2023 Pulitzer Prize, commentary. Columnist for AL.com (@aldotcom.bsky.social). Dislikes: corruption, cruelty, hypocrisy & incompetence. Likes: quiet heroes.https://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mlswuvzckc2zChief 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.14 May 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlswuvzckc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mlo2ix66x22oAre we supposed to believe SCOTUS read 107 pages — 26,000 words — conferred, voted and wrote a dissent in half an hour? The fix was already in. https://www.al.com/news/2026/05/whitmire-alabama-passes-the-john-roberts-literacy-test.html?gift=11838214-9257-4c9c-923b-1c5195e6ca2e12 May 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo2ix66x22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mliwfjilhk22Want to show your friends how far the GOP has backslid on voting rights? Come find me on TikTok and I’ll show you how to do it with just one picture. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkcCs5Xy/10 May 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mliwfjilhk22https://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mlgpq4twy22nWhat do IVF and voting rights have in common? Let me explain Alabama-style Somebody Stop Me Politics. My column 👉 https://www.al.com/opinion/2026/05/whitmire-whos-going-to-stop-alabama-this-time.html?gift=de8a94c0-3c15-4c37-a13b-3dea362da60009 May 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgpq4twy22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mlghlnukhs2rAlabama House speaker said he hopes SCOTUS “will overturn Amendment 14,” the one that made Black people citizens and guaranteed equal protection under law. It wasn’t just a slip. Today’s newsletter. 👉 https://link.al.com/public/4563659809 May 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlghlnukhs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mlg7nzzy4k26Only one of two things is possible: Either the acting AG lied or he didn’t know what he was talking about and made stuff up.09 May 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlg7nzzy4k26https://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mkxcf2y4vk2xAlabama 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.03 May 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxcf2y4vk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mkppicumw22lAmerica’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.30 Apr 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkppicumw22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mk6drj5qpk2vLet's dispense with the he-said/she-said silliness and talk about what's really going on here. This is a dumb case brought by dumb people, and it promises the same result we've seen in so many others like it. https://www.al.com/news/2026/04/justice-department-indicts-splc-for-doing-the-thing-justice-department-does.html23 Apr 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6drj5qpk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mjz5czevbk2jSouthern Poverty Law Center says it is under a federal investigation by DOJ for using paid informants to infiltrate hate groups in the US. https://www.splcenter.org/beacon-hope-55-years/21 Apr 2026 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz5czevbk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mjjzxzc64c2xI 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.15 Apr 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjzxzc64c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mjesga3z6s2bSomeone went full David Koresh last night, huh?13 Apr 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjesga3z6s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mj7t2njpf22bAmerica will tolerate a lot of things, but not a loser. https://www.al.com/news/2026/04/there-is-one-rule-left-that-limits-trumps-power-and-he-broke-it.html?gift=402e3bc6-e7da-4c67-b597-5f69a94a90b811 Apr 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7t2njpf22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3miodzseog22hHow 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, 2026.04 Apr 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3miodzseog22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mi5nux7pjk2tAs I listen to Tommy Tuberville, I hear state Rep. Chris England on the Alabama House floor four years ago: “You want life in Alabama to be so difficult, so people that don’t look like you or think like you or act like you go somewhere else.” https://www.al.com/news/2026/03/whitmire-tommy-tuberville-and-the-alabama-sundown-town.html?gift=4940744b-fb32-4589-939f-4c29a76c750928 Mar 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5nux7pjk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mhxqiio5yc2bTommy Tuberville seems upset that people are calling him a racist. Why would anyone think that? Let us count the ways.26 Mar 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxqiio5yc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mhbzahliqk2lReminder: Who the SAVE Act is for (and who it isn’t). [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Mar 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbzahliqk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mgzhlpirb22oFolks, we need to talk about Steve Marshall. Alabama’s AG keeps trying to execute people who didn’t kill anybody. And now he’s running for the US Senate.14 Mar 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzhlpirb22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mgpqyip33s2hAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Charles Lee Burton to life in prison. Good on her.10 Mar 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpqyip33s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mgi274ykac25Why do arms dealers advertise? In Washington, this stuff is so common nobody seems to notice. But to those of us from the rest of America? It’s kinda weird. And telling.07 Mar 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgi274ykac25https://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mfwgs46qlc2kIs this the sign of a man who will let go of power? The president and his allies are acting as though that’s something they’ll never let happen.28 Feb 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwgs46qlc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mfhdtl3a7225Alabama is waving this Globe & Mail story like an Olympic gold medal today. But is it true? The answer: A big YES with a lot of buts. Some thoughts …22 Feb 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhdtl3a7225https://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mfevvnfnhc2bRepublicans says they believe in voter ID, but when one of their own got caught in the snare, what happened? Donald Trump endorsed him. I give you the curious case of John Wahl.21 Feb 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfevvnfnhc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mfc3xke5ms2fA comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a prank to expose the most cruel among us, and then it caught a kindergarten teacher. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/20/fake-ice-tip-line-viral/20 Feb 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfc3xke5ms2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mebnpwbco22fAlabama’s past is America’s future. Ever met anyone who brags they voted for George Wallace?07 Feb 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mebnpwbco22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mcmu4isw5k2xWhen did police start dressing like Fortnite characters? And what is camouflage good for in a city? Dress is a form of speech and we need to pay attention to the message we’re being sent.17 Jan 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcmu4isw5k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mdisb2i3pk22Tommy Tuberville, 2023: “The constant malignment of Americans exercising a constitutional right has to end.” Tuberville, 2026: “Why would you take a gun? I don’t understand that.” https://www.al.com/news/2026/01/whitmire-where-does-tuberville-stand-on-the-2nd-amendment-it-depends.html?gift=e0d25daf-9138-4137-bcb6-6bb1f01ecffc28 Jan 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdisb2i3pk22