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Kyle Whitmire

@warondumb.bsky.social

2023 Pulitzer Prize, commentary. Columnist for AL.com (@aldotcom.bsky.social). Dislikes: corruption, cruelty, hypocrisy & incompetence. Likes: quiet heroes.

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Kyle Whitmire@warondumb.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tommy Tuberville says he wants Alabama to “do data centers” and that public concerns are “bullcrap.” I went to Sterling, VA, to see what “doing data centers” might look like.

Kyle Whitmire@warondumb.bsky.social · last mo.

1/ I appreciate Howell Raines giving me credit for naming "Alabamafication." A lot has happened since I coined that term in the spring of 2016, and I've come to think it's no longer sufficient. 🧵

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Kyle Whitmire@warondumb.bsky.social · last mo.

1/ A lot has been said about the Great American State Failure. Here's what's been missed: The National Mall was everything the fair aspires to be. It was free. It was fun. It was accessible. The fair is a phony copy that gets in the original's way. 🧵

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Kyle Whitmire@warondumb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Britt is not alone in her confusion. Now Tuberville says he has doubts which election is the real one. If US Senators don’t know which one counts, how are voters supposed to? www.al.com/news/2026/05...

Tommy Tuberville expresses doubt on Alabama redistricting: ‘I’m not so sure it’s going to go through’

Alabama is trying to change congressional districts during an election year.

al.com

Kyle Whitmire@warondumb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sen. Katie Britt is telling Alabama Republicans to vote today in a primary her party and state government have fought (thus far successfully) to render meaningless. Very much trying to make sense of this one.

Kyle Whitmire@warondumb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NAACP puts out a call to Sam “Bam” Cunningham SEC states that redraw district maps. Don't laugh. If you don't live in the South, you don't know what this means. If successful, it hits these states where it hurts, where NIL was already undercutting SEC football dominance.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The NAACP is urging Black athletes and fans to “withhold athletic and financial support” from public universities in states that “have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation”

NAACP Calls on Black Athletes & Fans to Withhold Athletic and Financial Support of Public Schools in States Attacking Black Voting Rights The NAACP today is launching the “Out of Bounds” campaign, a national call for Black athletes, families, fans, alumni, and consumers to withhold athletic and financial support from public universities in states that have moved to limit, weaken, or erase Black voting representation in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which gutted what was left of the Voting Rights Act The NAACP identified eight priority states — Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, and Georgia — and targeted flagship public athletic programs generating more than $100 million in annual revenue that continue to recruit Black athletes while their state governments dismantle the political power of Black communities.
Kyle Whitmire@warondumb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sen. Katie Britt is telling Alabama Republicans to vote today in a primary her party and state government have fought (thus far successfully) to render meaningless. Very much trying to make sense of this one.

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Kyle Whitmire@warondumb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Chief Justice Roberts says the court isn't political. This week, six justices "read" 107 pages of legal briefing in 38 minutes and let Alabama gerrymander its congressional map mid-election. The stopwatch says otherwise.

Kyle Whitmire@warondumb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Alabama officials are done pretending. 11 hours. That’s all it took from when SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act until Alabama officials began doing what should have been expected.

Kyle Whitmire@warondumb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

America’s top prosecutor (promotion pending) said the Southern Poverty Law Center never shared intelligence it gathered from informants with law enforcement. Then the SPLC brought the receipts.  These folks would be so much more dangerous if they weren’t so bad at this.

Kyle Whitmire@warondumb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I grew up Southern Baptist in rural Alabama. What I was 16, I read the Bible. And then I started to wonder whether anybody else had. Alabama just mandated the Ten Commandments in public schools. Then the president broke the first one on Truth Social. You don’t have to be part of that.

Kyle Whitmire@warondumb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

How far we’ve backslid in just two clips. “Islam is peace” — George W. Bush, six days after 9/11. “Do we want to wait until we have to fight them in the streets or do we want to kick them out now?” — Tommy Tuberville, 2026.

Rex Huppke@rexhuppke.bsky.social · 4mo ago

RALLY ‘ROUND THE BALLROOM! “From LBJ’s vast White House carpet project ‒ ‘Shag the People’s House’ ‒ during Vietnam to Bush’s Iraq-War-era construction of the Cheney Hot Tub Pavilion, Americans have never failed to support a president’s wartime build-o-rama.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Forget the war in Iran. We must support Trump's ballroom | Opinion

My fellow Americans, our nation is at war, and so it is vital we patriotically rally around our president’s ballroom.

usatoday.com