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Tom Prezelski

@tomprezelski.bsky.social
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Washed up ex-politician with nerd tastes e.g. prog rock, ttrpgs, comic books and using archaic latinisms like "e.g." Wrote a book, Californio Lancers (University of Oklahoma Press, 2015), a while back. It got some recognition back in the day.

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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The proper response would be "but I thought that you liked putting your name on things."
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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The Ballad of "Sarah Bonita"
What happened when the most powerful cattleman in the Territory tried to make his own county?
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Powerless To Restrain Fraud: How Prescott Stole The Capitol From Tucson open.substack.com/pub/tompreze...
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Powerless To Restrain Fraud: How Prescott Stole The Capitol from Tucson
A controversial census changed the course of Arizona's history
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
BREAKING: ABC unveils its new logo.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
A Paradise of Devils tomprezelski220922.substack.com?r=2wqb8&utm_...
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A Paradise of Devils | Tom Prezelski | Substack
Two cents that no one asked for from noted political has-been Tom Prezelski from the adobe-walled frontier outpost of Tucson. Click to read A Paradise of Devils, by Tom Prezelski, a Substack publicati...
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Tom's rules of politics, the latest in an occasional series: anyone who complains about political machines is probably trying to build one of their own.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Who knew that Joni Ernst was so goth?
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
In a time of increasing wildfire risk, the legislature's priority is to shield Arizona's wealthiest corporations from responsibility. coppercourier.com/opinion/opin...
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Opinion: Our homes are at risk, so why are lawmakers protecting corporations?
So why has the legislature made protecting multi-billion-dollar corporations from liability for wildfires a priority?
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
One of the buzzwords that I hate is "unintended consequences." If the opposition clearly states, on the record, in public, what will happen if a given course of action moves forward, and the powers-that-be go ahead with it anyway, then the consequences are clearly intended.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Folks this week have been making a lot out of the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride. This is actually incorrect. The anniversary of the release of Midnight Ride by Paul Revere and the Raiders actually does not come for another two weeks, May 6. youtu.be/IP8G4clUJBY?...
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Paul Revere and The Raiders - Kicks
YouTube video by Astra Hart
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The Accountant 2, which continues the tale of a neurodivergent accountant who is also some kind of cold badass special forces type, premieres within 24 hours of RFK Jr.'s comments about autism. Who would have thought that a silly action movie was more reality-based than a speech by an HHS Secretary?
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Its worth remembering that Arizona's "Confederate Heritage" is largely bunk. www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/repo...
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Stolen Picacho plaque honoring Confederate cavalry was missing historical facts | Commentary
Stolen Confederate plaque at Picacho Peak misrepresented about actual history as part of a long-standing project to vindicate the Southern cause and perpetuate a certain narrative about who we are as ...
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
It's The People's Front of Judea vs. The Judean People's Front.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
It's okay because Obama once said something I didn't like.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I am so glad that she didn't break decorum.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
And Chris Squire is no longer touring with Yes. Coincidence?
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
My high school chemistry teacher was always bothered by the premise of the show. He found it inconsistent with physics. He went on about it in class once, but we were a year or two too young to remember the show except that some kids had Space 1999 lunchboxes in elementary school.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Its funny how folks who call for the privatization of Amtrak point to examples like China where passenger rail is also a government enterprise. Musk helped to kill passenger rail in California by proposing an impractical alternative, so his history on this issue is problematic to say the least.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Tired of businesses making things where it’s like “if you don’t have time for lunch, Sponk is a full meal replacement drink” first of all fuck you I want time for lunch
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Exactly. When I was in the legislature in Arizona, this issue came up. Weirdly enough, barbers are regulated separately from hair stylists. I was never able to figure out if there was a practical reason for this, or if it is just about sexism.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Just a reminder that there are still nationalist elements in Russia that call for the return of Alaska and former colonial outposts in California.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
These people probably think that Kevin Sorbo's Oscar snub is proof that there is some kind of conspiracy by the man to keep mediocrity down.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Of course, there is the possibility that he is perfectly lucid and that he is just a bullshitter per Harry Frankfurt.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I can picture both Omelet Hut and Yogurt Yurt in complete detail, even the signs and the typeface on the menu board.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Appology accepted. Now what are you going to do to make things right again?
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Leo doesn't die in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, but he could have died at any time.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The line "silly human race" is from "Yours Is No Disgrace," not "All Good People." Its on the same album, though, which must be what you meant.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Rather than a long post detailing my experiences at the state capitol this week, I will leave it at this: for folks who claim that they have the people, the power of a righteous cause, and an ascendant movement on their side, they sure seem frightened, angry and miserable.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
So, what ever happened to the filibuster?
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I think a lot of us in Tucson would not mind being in Mexico again.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The term "NPC" actually comes from Dungeons & Dragons (1974). I think that you have lost your nerd card.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
One day late, but happy Arizona Statehood Day to those who celebrate.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This makes no sense. Its worse than the People's Front For The Liberation Of Judea.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Prediction: Kid Rock and Lee Greenwood will be doing the halftime show next year. There will be a lot of flags, crosses and praise for the President, but it will totally not be political.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
When Gail Simone says she's old school, she means white-box old school.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
We need to come up with a better metaphor for deferred maintenance than "kicking the can down the road."
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I guess the good news is that this all means Ted Nugent, the scribe of such life-affirming entries into the Great American Songbook as "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang," "Cat Scratch Fever" and "Jailbait," will finally get that long-deserved Kennedy Center Honor. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Trump Takes Over the Kennedy Center
The president intends to replace members of the institution’s board as he adopts a more aggressive approach toward the arts.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I like the fact that they set it in the 1960s. There are aspects of the FF, especially the origin story, that make less sense once you take it out of the Cold War.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Just think of it is an homage to Vinnie Coletta's inkwork.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Meanwhile, at the Arizona State Capitol...
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
THE INCREDIBLE HULK #181: an analogy for the current moment. Canada is represented by Wolverine, feisty, resilient and punching above his weight. The US is represented not by the noble Captain America, but the Hulk, a dumb and impulsive brute who somehow forgot that Canada is a sovereign country.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I have said it for years, trans women would be welcomed as sisters of Themyscira.
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
In my experience as an elected official, the CW was that time put into getting media hits was time not spent on actual policymaking or constituent work. As @chrislhayes.bsky.social says, there is something good to say for this mentality, but this is not the world where we are living now.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Opinion | The way to avoid tragedies like yesterday's crash is to use hiring practices that put only the most qualified people in important federal jobs. by Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Senator Adam Schiff torched Kash Patel: "Mr. Patel may be, I don't know, but he may be the first nominee for FBI Director in history who felt it necessary to plead the 5th." BOOM! 🔥
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Tom Prezelski @tomprezelski.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
In arguing for a bill that was effectively a book ban, a 70-something committee chair waxed nostalgic for his own school days, when everything was better and no one complained. This was the same era when my mother had her mouth washed out with soap for speaking Spanish on the playground.
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