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.
Character matters, and the problem with this administration's leadership is that it's an assemblage of liars whose moral character resembles that of Donald Trump.
January 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Character matters, and the problem with this administration's leadership is that it's an assemblage of liars whose moral character resembles that of Donald Trump.
Of course they have been. Local prosecutors must fight for justice.
January 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Of course they have been. Local prosecutors must fight for justice.
Fox News, the right-wing propaganda network, is doing everything it can to promote the administration's lies about ICE's murder of an American citizen. Never forget: our whole Trump nightmare would not have been possible without the journalistic malpractice of Fox. Its lies are destroying America.
January 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Fox News, the right-wing propaganda network, is doing everything it can to promote the administration's lies about ICE's murder of an American citizen. Never forget: our whole Trump nightmare would not have been possible without the journalistic malpractice of Fox. Its lies are destroying America.
"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.