Tom Eblen
@tomeblen.com
Writer, photographer, cyclist, Kentucky history nerd. Retired newspaper editor, columnist, reporter. Biased in favor of truth, facts, justice, democracy, bourbon.
"It does feel as if November 2025 is to Trump what April and September 1862 were to the Confederacy. Not the beginning of the end, but the beginning of the beginning of the end." @jamellebouie.net
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November 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"It does feel as if November 2025 is to Trump what April and September 1862 were to the Confederacy. Not the beginning of the end, but the beginning of the beginning of the end." @jamellebouie.net
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Comment restrictions at @nytimes.com have gotten ridiculous.
November 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Comment restrictions at @nytimes.com have gotten ridiculous.
America's first No Kings protest.
October 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
America's first No Kings protest.
In Lexington, Kentucky, the event is 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Courthouse Plaza, Main and Limestone streets.
October 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
In Lexington, Kentucky, the event is 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Courthouse Plaza, Main and Limestone streets.
"Doing the work of a journalist can never be considered a crime, but it is a right that must be protected. Free access to information is a pillar that upholds the edifice of our societies, and for this reason, we are called to defend and guarantee it." Pope Leo XIV
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October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Doing the work of a journalist can never be considered a crime, but it is a right that must be protected. Free access to information is a pillar that upholds the edifice of our societies, and for this reason, we are called to defend and guarantee it." Pope Leo XIV
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October 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Impeach this fascist ASAP.
September 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Impeach this fascist ASAP.
Turns out would-be dictators aren't very popular.
September 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Turns out would-be dictators aren't very popular.
The big question now is whether Justice Department employees will all resign now or stick around so they can be prosecuted after Trump is gone.
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The big question now is whether Justice Department employees will all resign now or stick around so they can be prosecuted after Trump is gone.
Most corrupt president ever.
September 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Most corrupt president ever.
On the Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket, Sharp Partisan Divides www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
September 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
On the Supreme Court’s Emergency Docket, Sharp Partisan Divides www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
"It's a perilous time for our country right now." Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social gave the 2025 Joe Creason Lecture today at the University of Kentucky. Inspiring words from a champion of free speech and good journalism.
September 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"It's a perilous time for our country right now." Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social gave the 2025 Joe Creason Lecture today at the University of Kentucky. Inspiring words from a champion of free speech and good journalism.
September 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM