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Lawyer, would like to be an author. ๐Ÿ“• Go USAFA ๐Ÿ’™

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Finally, a good ๐Ÿ“• bio:

When he found out congressmen donโ€™t read any of the letters they receive, Thule Taaffe decided to start writing humorous political satire. Like so many great American authors, Thule now writes for personal pleasure, and for beer money.
#books
#booksky
#GreatAuthors

24.12.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hate to brag, but I just learned that the building where I work has been re-named โ€œThe Turner Building.โ€ I had nothing to do with this, but I am very honored.

19.12.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thule Taaffe Author Event Welcome to our new website! We're excited to see you. *** RETURNING USERS WILL NEED TO RESET THEIR PASSWORD FOR THIS NEW SITE. CLICK HERE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD.***

EXCITING NEWS: The government shutdown will not prevent me from having my first author event! ๐Ÿ“•
#books
#HilariousBooks
#TaxDollars

wordsworthbookstore.com/event/2025-1...

03.10.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My great-great-great-grandfather, James Kearney Taaffe was born on this day in 1830.
He hated tariffs, but he wouldโ€™ve freaking loved my books.
#GroovyBooks

14.08.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Time to get ready for football season.
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PurpleHullPress.com
#booksky

06.08.2025 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Drink some ocean water.

04.08.2025 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Time to get ready for football season.
๐Ÿˆ
PurpleHullPress.com

02.08.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With the release of my third book,๐Ÿ“•Iโ€™d like to thank my literary team:

๐Ÿ’ฅ Authorโ€” me
๐Ÿ’ฅ Editorโ€” me
๐Ÿ’ฅ Agentโ€” me
๐Ÿ’ฅ Exec. Asstโ€” me
๐Ÿ’ฅ Marketingโ€” N/A
๐Ÿ’ฅ Researchโ€” me
๐Ÿ’ฅ Legalโ€” me

๐Ÿ™ Thanks to all of you heroes.

16.07.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thuleโ€™s newest book is now available at PurpleHullPress.com

27.06.2025 00:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Purple Hull Press | Author Thule Taaffe Purple Hull Press is where Southern charm meets storytelling! As the home of seventh-generation Arkansan Thule Taaffe, weโ€™re all about serving up bold, unique tales with a side of humor and heart. Get...

My social media posts are like my novels. ๐Ÿ“•๐Ÿ“• Incredibly clever, yet lightly read.
#Authors
#BannedBooks
PurpleHullPress.com

18.05.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump's Plan to Kick Millions of Americans Off Medicaid, Explained Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are imposing massive cuts to Medicaid in order to fund tax breaks for the richest Americans.

A whopping 76 percent oppose significant cuts to Medicaid.

The tax bill that Republicans ultimately pass โ€” public opinion be damned โ€” will make life more difficult for millions of low-income Americans.

Hereโ€™s everything you need to know โคต๏ธ

19.05.2025 12:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 398    ๐Ÿ” 145    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Former circuit judge Wendell Griffen is running for Pulaski County judge - Arkansas Times Wendell Griffen will challenge incumbent Barry Hyde for the Pulaski County chief executive position in 2026.

Big news for Pulaski County politics: Wendell Griffen, the retired circuit judge and vocal activist for progressive causes, will run for Pulaski County judge in 2026. He'll challenge incumbent Barry Hyde, who said he's running for a 5th term in 2026.

arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

14.05.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Let me get this straight, the US govt is rewarding Syria and punishing Harvard?
#Yikes
#Whoa

14.05.2025 15:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you take a couple of hours to read my books, youโ€™ll be just as dismayed as I am that they did not win Pulitzer Prizes.

05.05.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I donโ€™t think autism is preventable, but ignorance is.

17.04.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m considering withholding billions of dollars from Harvard unless they start saying good things about my books.
#books
#billions

16.04.2025 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Readers: Itโ€™s OFFICIALโ€” no animals were injured in the making of my books. Not only are the books at PurpleHullPress.com hilarious, they are also vegan-friendly!
#WritingCommunity
#readers
#booksky

13.03.2025 12:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“• SALES NEWS:
The # of ๐Ÿ“• ๐Ÿ“• Iโ€™ve sold is now officially HIGHER than the # of moons around Saturn; but is still LOWER than the # of Americans with measles.
#funnybooks
#books
#Vax&Read
PurpleHullPress.com

04.04.2025 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œTrout couldn't tell one politician from another one. They were all formlessly enthusiastic chimpanzees to him. He wrote a story one time about an optimistic chimpanzee who became President of the United States.โ€

04.04.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

YIKES! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ The presidentโ€™s tariff on Heard and McDonald Islands is gonna hurt my sales. I fear that none of the readers in the HAM islands will get the chance to read my awesome books ๐Ÿ“•
#books
#HAMislands
#stephenking

03.04.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In this mad, absurd, and raving world, I find Vonnegut a writer appropriate for our times.

I wasnโ€™t particularly a fan when I was younger, but I now find myself reading more and more of him.

27.03.2025 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ’กHUGE NEWS-- Since I have no marketing strategy, Iโ€™m now asking national security officials to include excerpts from my books when they send top-secret, classified messages. That will expose my books to MILLIONS of people all over the world!๐Ÿ“•
PurpleHullPress.com
#books
#marketing

25.03.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of my readers said my book made her laugh so hard she spit up some omelette. ๐Ÿณ I told her she has nothing to complain about if sheโ€™s wealthy enough to buy eggs.
#eggcellent
#booksky

09.03.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When a tornado damages the local Rebel statue, it creates hilarious turmoil in a town down south.
My second book is now available at PurpleHullPress.com

05.03.2025 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Somewhere, Jeff Bezos is angrily clicking โ€œtrack shipmentโ€ to see what happened to his new editorial page.

05.03.2025 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28551    ๐Ÿ” 4303    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 477    ๐Ÿ“Œ 202

โ€œThere I was in late middle age, cut loose in a thoroughly looted, bankrupt nation whose assets had been sold off to foreigners, a nation swamped by unchecked plagues and superstition and illiteracy and hypnotic TV, with virtually no health services for the poor. Where to go? What to do?โ€

(HP 1990)

18.02.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Attention Authors: Iโ€™ve created the Department Of Publishing Efficiency (DOPE) to help with my book sales. ๐Ÿ’ต
I think DOPE is going to be great for me.
#Writers
#WritingCommunity
#DOPE

19.02.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

IMPORTANT NEWS: I have rejected DOGEโ€™s demand that I resign from my position as a part-time author of hilarious novels.
#booksky

16.02.2025 00:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bad News: USAID will no longer be sending my books to people in other countries.

Good News: Since the CFPB has been dismantled, I can start scamming consumers!

09.02.2025 17:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I believe in honesty and the U.S. Constitution.

(Iโ€™m only saying this because if I ever decide to run for office, someone will find this message and realize that Iโ€™m unqualified to serve).

08.02.2025 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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