Tom Eblen
@tomeblen.com
Writer, photographer, cyclist, Kentucky history nerd. Retired newspaper editor, columnist, reporter. (AP, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Lexington Herald-Leader.) Biased in favor of truth, facts, justice, democracy, bourbon.
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Tom Eblen
@tomeblen.com
· Jun 23
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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This has never been more relevant for Americans to hear. Take 10 minutes and listen. Now.
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"The visual evidence shows no indication that the agent who fired the shots, Jonathan Ross, had been run over. The footage ... also establishes — millisecond by millisecond — how Mr. Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place." FREE
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Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
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January 16, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"The visual evidence shows no indication that the agent who fired the shots, Jonathan Ross, had been run over. The footage ... also establishes — millisecond by millisecond — how Mr. Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place." FREE
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"If battalions of militarized federal agents can occupy American cities under the pretext of combating fraud, arresting undocumented felons and targeting any American seemingly at will without transparency or accountability, then no state is immune."
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Editorial | Minnesota is under siege. This cannot stand.
"What we are witnessing is the storming of the state by the federal government," the Editorial Board writes.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:48 PM
"If battalions of militarized federal agents can occupy American cities under the pretext of combating fraud, arresting undocumented felons and targeting any American seemingly at will without transparency or accountability, then no state is immune."
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"Denmark’s loyalty to America brought Sophia Bruun to Afghanistan, and it ended her life."
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The Sacrifice of the Danes
After September 11, Denmark fought alongside its ally. The families of fallen soldiers have a message for Trump.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:36 PM
"Denmark’s loyalty to America brought Sophia Bruun to Afghanistan, and it ended her life."
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Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
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Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
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Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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January 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
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Trump is making the United States weaker by the day.
Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday. n.pr/4bzqnrR
Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products
Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Trump is making the United States weaker by the day.
"The administration has now openly shifted from using federal agents to round up undocumented immigrants to using federal power to suppress political opponents." @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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January 15, 2026
You know what Americans aren’t talking about very much today after Trump’s threat to detonate the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) this week and his threat this morning to invoke the Insurrec...
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January 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM
"The administration has now openly shifted from using federal agents to round up undocumented immigrants to using federal power to suppress political opponents." @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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It's been 27 days since the DOJ was required by law to release all documents in the Epstein files.
January 16, 2026 at 3:03 AM
It's been 27 days since the DOJ was required by law to release all documents in the Epstein files.
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If Machado was trying to convince Trump that she was a strong leader who could handle Maduro’s thugs while keeping the oil flowing, giving Trump her prize was the exact opposite way to do that. What an epic fail allowing herself to be used like that by the charlatan.
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 AM
If Machado was trying to convince Trump that she was a strong leader who could handle Maduro’s thugs while keeping the oil flowing, giving Trump her prize was the exact opposite way to do that. What an epic fail allowing herself to be used like that by the charlatan.
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80 co-sponsors on resolution impeaching Noem on three articles: obstruction of Congress, 'violation of public trust' (ICE crimes), and self-dealing corruption.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:03 AM
80 co-sponsors on resolution impeaching Noem on three articles: obstruction of Congress, 'violation of public trust' (ICE crimes), and self-dealing corruption.
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If we break our alliances, we are smaller and weaker. If we break them for pride and power and greed, then we don’t just break an alliance, we break our own character. We diminish ourselves in every way that matters, and no amount of newly sovereign frozen ground can obscure our national shame.
Opinion | Something Is Rotten in the State of America
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January 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
If we break our alliances, we are smaller and weaker. If we break them for pride and power and greed, then we don’t just break an alliance, we break our own character. We diminish ourselves in every way that matters, and no amount of newly sovereign frozen ground can obscure our national shame.
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🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.
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Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
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🚨BREAKING: The Virginia House of Delegates approved a Democratic-backed constitutional amendment Wednesday that would allow lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts mid-decade, a significant step toward countering nationwide GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Virginia House passes amendment allowing redistricting to counter GOP gerrymanders
Read more here.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Virginia House of Delegates approved a Democratic-backed constitutional amendment Wednesday that would allow lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts mid-decade, a significant step toward countering nationwide GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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American dipshits are going to send their kids to die for this man
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How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
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January 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
American dipshits are going to send their kids to die for this man
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Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
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Amazing how completely nonviolent anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota have been. There haven’t been any legitimate reports of assaulting an officer. Not even one incident AFAIK.
Appears frustrating to the pro-repression politicians and secret police, who seem to have real trouble understanding it.
Appears frustrating to the pro-repression politicians and secret police, who seem to have real trouble understanding it.
January 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Amazing how completely nonviolent anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota have been. There haven’t been any legitimate reports of assaulting an officer. Not even one incident AFAIK.
Appears frustrating to the pro-repression politicians and secret police, who seem to have real trouble understanding it.
Appears frustrating to the pro-repression politicians and secret police, who seem to have real trouble understanding it.
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Pam Bondi’s decision to rescind rules to protect journalists is being used as a cudgel to attack the First Amendment.
FBI Raid on WaPo Reporter’s Home Was Based on Sham Pretext
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to rescind rules protecting journalists are being used as a cudgel to attack the First Amendment.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Pam Bondi’s decision to rescind rules to protect journalists is being used as a cudgel to attack the First Amendment.
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JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
JUST IN: New ACLU class action lawsuit in Minnesota seeks to bar ICE from stopping Latino and Somali residents without probable cause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This excellent investigative report by John Cheves of Lexington Herald-Leader @kentucky.com is a great example of why you should support strong local journalism by becoming a subscriber. Government must be held accountable to citizens, now more than ever. FREE LINK
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Multiple KY probation officers preyed on felons they were supposed to help reform
At least seven probation and parole officers in recent years crossed professional boundaries with felons, according to state records.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
This excellent investigative report by John Cheves of Lexington Herald-Leader @kentucky.com is a great example of why you should support strong local journalism by becoming a subscriber. Government must be held accountable to citizens, now more than ever. FREE LINK
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Much of the money comes from outside Kentucky and from Big Tobacco.
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Kentucky AG Russell Coleman amasses mighty war chest for reelection in '27 • Kentucky Lantern
Political committees supporting Republican Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman have quietly raised $1 million, most of it from out of state.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Much of the money comes from outside Kentucky and from Big Tobacco.
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