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/3mwsz3lp4w22sAlabama public television commissioners polled PBS approval with an eye toward cutting ties. Instead, they showed Trump’s approval is underwater in the state.01 Oct 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsz3lp4w22shttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mwbdd3ukv22mGas is $4 a gallon and Tommy Tuberville wants to talk about furries flying airplanes. ✈️ 🦊24 Sep 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbdd3ukv22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mvuqywvxbc23Why does it matter what happens to the Kennedy Center? Because the guy running it into the ground is the same guy running the war with Iran.19 Sep 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvuqywvxbc23https://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mvd4hpztfk2nElection laws for thee but not for me. Alabama law requires candidates for lieutenant governor to have lived in the state for the last seven straight years. So why did the GOP nominee register to vote in Tennessee six years ago?12 Sep 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvd4hpztfk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3murh6gagk22wAlabama GOP nominee for lieutenant governor swore he was a Tennessee resident, voter registration shows. My column: https://www.al.com/news/2026/09/alabama-lt-governor-candidate-swore-he-lived-in-tennessee-voter-registration-shows.html?gift=05fb51a6-c1e0-4355-99c0-c5a2c116983305 Sep 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3murh6gagk22whttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mu5xiv3hl22sBeing a finalist for an ONA Award is an honor. Being a finalist along side my colleague @roysj.bsky.social is something else entirely. We’re doing exceptional things at AL(dot)com and I’m proud to be a part of it. awards.journalists.org/winners/2026/ https://awards.journalists.org/winners/2026/28 Aug 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5xiv3hl22shttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mslaeqlryk2tWhy can’t he stop painting things gold?08 Aug 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mslaeqlryk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mrajwx634s2nAlso, Tuberville said Alabama data centers will run off grant-funded gas lines. He didn’t say who would pay for the grants. https://www.al.com/news/2026/07/whitmire-tuberville-says-alabama-will-teach-all-elementary-school-kids-to-use-ai.html22 Jul 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrajwx634s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mqyt3rpqf22hTommy 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.19 Jul 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqyt3rpqf22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mqeqrixnss2vTommy Tuberville promised to donate “every dime” of his Senate salary to veterans charities. His tax returns don’t show he did that. So where is it?11 Jul 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqeqrixnss2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mpw4uhbnms2j1/ 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. 🧵05 Jul 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpw4uhbnms2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mpt7astlrs2v1/ 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. 🧵04 Jul 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpt7astlrs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mo6dg2plck22Ken McFeeters has the future of Alabama in his hands and an opportunity that would make many people jealous – to put Tommy Tuberville under oath. Also, did I mention he gives ivermectin to his dog? My column: https://www.al.com/news/2026/06/whitmire-he-could-put-tuberville-under-oath-if-he-doesnt-blow-it.html13 Jun 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo6dg2plck22https://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mnivwyahy22rTommy Tuberville just proved he lived in Alabama three months before he cast his last ballot in Florida. Yeah, you read that right. https://www.al.com/news/2026/06/tuberville-voted-in-florida-after-tax-records-say-he-moved-back-to-alabama.html?gift=fc3b1d8a-5d27-4a90-888b-d086d086210005 Jun 2026 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnivwyahy22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mn32qzl5t22gYou ain't paranoid if they're really out to get you. My column: https://www.al.com/news/2026/05/whitmire-theyre-out-to-get-me-just-became-a-winning-legal-defense.html?gift=183ff125-ad23-4154-9623-e2dbc6e0113f30 May 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn32qzl5t22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mmtlzc2d2c2jTommy Tuberville says he goes back to Auburn for ball games three or four times a year — then remembers he “lives” there.27 May 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtlzc2d2c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mmem23y5bc2uIf U.S. Senators Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville didn't understand it, how were voters supposed to?21 May 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmem23y5bc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mma3mmvm4s2wBritt 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? https://www.al.com/news/2026/05/tommy-tuberville-expresses-doubt-on-alabama-redistricting-im-not-so-sure-its-going-to-go-through.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mma3mmvm4s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mm7smpd5y22bNAACP 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7smpd5y22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mm7rvjwsc22rSen. 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.19 May 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7rvjwsc22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/warondumb.bsky.social/post/3mm5bgz7bk22zThese were your tax dollars. Now they’re a $1.8 billion slush fund to go with the Billion Dollar Ballroom.18 May 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:wyb65bbbdfc7taqvdaq7h6h6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5bgz7bk22zhttps://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/3mkppicumw22l