Kyle Whitmire ✓

@WarOnDumb · Washington, D.C. · joined 13 Dec 2009

2023 Pulitzer Prize winner. Columnist for @aldotcom. I write about character, cruelty and corruption.

45 798Followers

3 917Following

47 023Posts total

25.3KViews on collected posts

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Kyle Whitmire ✓@WarOnDumb12 Sep

Election 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? https://t.co/ze1OTkGsga

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2.8K views · 109 likes · 35 reposts · 7 replies Open on X →

Kyle Whitmire ✓@WarOnDumb5 Sep

@WarOnDumb So Alabama has the potential to have a Florida governor and Tennessee Lt. Governor? A Volunteer Gator government in Alabama. The self-own will be hilarious and ripe for 4 years of epic trolling. 140 views · 9 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Kyle Whitmire ✓@WarOnDumb5 Sep

This is only the latest from Wahl, a former Alabama GOP chair who has voted with an ID he made himself. Some backstory here: 5/ https://t.co/X89Kk5qtlU 737 views · 31 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Kyle Whitmire ✓@WarOnDumb5 Sep

Read the rest of the latest story here. 4/ https://t.co/jGeAkwKeQT 835 views · 34 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Kyle Whitmire ✓@WarOnDumb5 Sep

In 2020, Wahl swore on a Tennessee voter registration form that he lived there. 3/ https://t.co/9P4UzAz3Kv

1.4K views · 40 likes · 3 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Kyle Whitmire ✓@WarOnDumb5 Sep

John Wahl, who is running for lieutenant governor of Alabama, has given different answers to different people at different times about his residency. Only one was under sworn oath. 1/ https://t.co/u05lIztqhJ

5.8K views · 208 likes · 75 reposts · 12 replies Open on X →

Kyle Whitmire ✓@WarOnDumb5 Sep

Under Alabama law, candidates for lieutenant governor must have lived in the state for the last seven years. 2/ 683 views · 33 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Kyle Whitmire ✓@WarOnDumb29 Aug

When debates became optional, the system broke. It’s not “strategy.” It’s subversion of a norm. Candidates like Tuberville are the result. https://t.co/WpXgTQduJd

5.4K views · 250 likes · 61 reposts · 40 replies Open on X →

Kyle Whitmire ✓@WarOnDumb28 Aug

Being a finalist for an ONA Award is an honor. Being a finalist along side my colleague @roysj is something else entirely. We’re doing exceptional things at AL(dot)com and I’m proud to be a part of it. https://t.co/yzebiWD2DJ 2.7K views · 33 likes · 3 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

Kyle Whitmire ✓@WarOnDumb25 Aug

If our New Gilded Age tech titans followed Dolly's example with their wealth and influence, the world would be a much better place. Few folks have quietly done so much good. #RIP 4.8K views · 253 likes · 36 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views2 079this account1 041median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.54%this account3.61%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %5.25%this account1.70%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	2 079	1 041	2.00×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.54%	3.61%	1.26×
Engagement rate	5.25%	1.70%	3.10×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

4.8K25 Aug

2.7K28 Aug

5.4K29 Aug

6835 Sep

5.8K

1.4K

835

737

140

2.8K12 Sep

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

6.17%25 Aug

1.43%28 Aug

6.46%29 Aug

5.56%5 Sep

5.09%

3.22%

4.55%

4.75%

8.57%

5.41%12 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.70%.

What the audience does

Likes76.0%1 000 in total

Reposts17.2%226 in total

Replies5.5%72 in total

Bookmarks1.3%17 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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