Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Even white people were strongly urged to do the hump. 31571
Reposted by Tom JackmanMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026When Donald knew there was no real threat to his life, he preened for photographers, yelled “Fight, fight, fight!” and didn’t care if a fireman died. When Donald knew there was a real threat to his life, he hid in a catering truck and didn’t care if his staff died in the decoy plane. 12443921294
Reposted by Tom JackmanMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This never would happened if (a) thirsty Ted Cruz hadn't been searching for tweets about himself; and (b) sloppy Ted Cruz paid as much attention to details as he does to trolling. 1192997614
Reposted by Tom JackmanChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Some people might not be aware, but it is entirely possible that without Dolly Parton we wouldn’t have had a COVID vaccine. She partly funded Moderna’s research and gave the largest individual contribution to make it all happen. Just gives you an idea of the kind of person she was. 235281297747
Reposted by Tom JackmanDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Trump told the Supreme Court this month that he must build his ballroom so he'll have a secure space in case of attack. But he already has one, former officials say — a secret bunker under the White House. (No, not the one under the East Wing.) Our exclusive tonight at @washingtonpost.com.washingtonpost.comSecret White House bunker undercuts Trump’s ballroom lawsuit, ex-officials sayThe White House already has a nuclear-proof facility buried deep underground and built in secret after 9/11. 33578207
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 18/08/2026My man looks like Wilson from Cast Away if you punched it in the mouth. 000
Reposted by Tom Jackmanalec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 14/08/2026THREAD. As you read chilling stories emerging about the illegal surveillance that Trump's DHS has been doing, recognize that federal law makes it nearly impossible for victims to sue feds for constitutional violations. A minimum part of Democratic platform should call for this. 412954
Reposted by Tom JackmanNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy hired his mother to manipulate clinical trial data for an Alzheimer's drug he owned the rights to, which he used to inflate its stock price and cash out before the stock tanked. But his opponent is a Democrat. Our rating: Lean Republican. 221301203
Reposted by Tom JackmanAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I am not the first to make this point but imagine a woman president obsessing constantly over her “ballroom” as the economy imploded and her war spun out of control 13280241435
Reposted by Tom JackmanHeadquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026New reporting reveals Ohio Republican Gov. candidate Vivek Ramaswamy hired his mother to manipulate clinical trial data for an Alzheimer's drug he owned the rights to. This scheme boosted Ramaswamy's company stock price and generated a $1.4 B IPO, where he then cashed out before the stock tanked. 1191128550
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 13/08/2026And yet nothing for him in Northern Virginia, where he grew up and played in multiple bands before landing in Nirvana. I once wrote a piece for The Post calling for a statue outside the rec center where he used to play. And another proposed naming a Metro station after him. No luck. 030
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 06/08/2026“I will consider it, and then I will vote for Blanche anyway.” 0150
Reposted by Tom JackmanMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 04/08/2026David Ellison wants us to know he’s not ideological, and that’s why he put a conservative with no tv experience in charge of CBS 992770586
Reposted by Tom JackmanMark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Picture Biden trying to make his long time personal attorney the Attorney General of the United States. 172
Reposted by Tom JackmanOrganized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 04/08/2026Today marks six years since a catastrophic explosion of ammonium nitrate tore through Beirut’s port, killing over 200 people in one of the most powerful non-nuclear blasts in modern history. 1126
Reposted by Tom JackmanRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it. 670252238960
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The Daily Herald in LaPorte, not far from my alma mater in South Bend. 120
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Why would @NPR give this spineless tool any air? 010
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Well there’s only two things in life but I forget what they are. - John Hiatt 000
Reposted by Tom JackmanThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21/07/2026More than two dozen accusers of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sent a letter to Republican Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn urging them not to confirm acting attorney general Todd Blanche to lead the Justice Department permanently.washingtonpost.comEpstein accusers urge Tillis, Cornyn not to confirm Blanche after meeting with himThe votes of the two Republican senators are key to advancing the nomination of Todd Blanche as attorney general. 211227
Reposted by Tom JackmanAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/06/2026One of my favorite parts of this project was scooping up the www.nytimes.lgbt domain and using it to host the data dashboard. Check it out!nytimes.lgbtThe New York Times changed how it covers trans people. I measured it.An investigation by Alejandra Caraballo for The Dissident: twelve years and 3,242 articles of New York Times transgender coverage, scored and open to review. 345393
Reposted by Tom JackmanCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 19/06/2026RFK seeing this footage and bolting down to the Reflecting Pool so he can drink from the hose 627132
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I noticed Wemby and Castle went straight to the locker room at the buzzer, not sure how many followed 000
Reposted by Tom JackmanProPublica @propublica.org · 08/06/2026NEW: Trump administration officials earlier this year killed a federal criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice, the Republican former governor of West Virginia and a close ally of the president’s. By @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social propublica.orgTrump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator's Coal CompaniesEPA and Justice Department officials were looking into potential criminal violations by the vast coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice. Then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told them “pencils down.” 471186619
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 09/06/2026A friend on 29th St said they towed all the cars and it’s now a giant police staging area. 230
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 06/06/2026That's been the Trump admin's argument in so many cases: This is not your jurisdiction, courts/Congress. We have the sole authority do this (eliminate agencies, impose tariffs, tear down part of the White House). 070
Reposted by Tom JackmanKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Trump's Department of Homeland Security has awarded more than $19.4 billion in border wall contracts in the past six months — compared with $2.1 billion from 2016 to 2024. Most of it has gone to two firms that have ties to the White House and the Republican Party, according to a WaPo analysis.washingtonpost.comSpike in border wall spending goes mostly to 2 firms with GOP, White House tiesConstruction contracts are being awarded at a historic scale through a streamlined process that could put Trump on track to realize his vision for a border wall. 28371239
Reposted by Tom JackmanEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 02/06/2026That's not even his final form 939458
Reposted by Tom JackmanJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 28/05/2026New: Regretful cities are literally covering their Flock cameras with black trash bags because they cannot figure out how to immediately exit their surveillance contracts or get the cameras taken down: www.404media.co/cities-are-c...404media.coCities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash BagsRegretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras. 12142331481
Reposted by Tom JackmanChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 01/06/2026the trump official — who led the siege & occupation of Minneapolis — admitting to having an ongoing dialogue/rapport with Martin Sellner, a straight-up Nazi who influenced the Christchurch shooter, while speaking at a conference about remigration (read: ethnic cleansing) is a pretty big deal! 5237021486
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 31/05/2026He reacts by thinking he’s a pretty good player. And then passes to someone else. 000
Reposted by Tom JackmanMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 20/05/2026This New Yorker cartoon is accurate but a gut punch. 364193904674
Reposted by Tom Jackmanemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19/05/2026From the reporter who scooped the news that Treasury's GC was quitting, IRS wrote a 25-page memo about why Trump's IRS lawsuit was dogshit. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/a... 332082827
Reposted by Tom Jackmanjen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 16/05/2026via @hissgoescobra.bsky.social Listen to the judge at Tina Peters's trial give a searing condemnation of her crimes and behavior in Court. Compare this to what Polis is trying to spin today, in order to justify the bended knee to Trump and his shortcutting of the judicial process: 261268441
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Little Steven Van Zandt is on Fallon at the same time as Dave Grohl on Colbert. Boomer dilemmas! 030
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026WHO’s the cat that won’t cop out when there’s danger all about. Which you like to see in an agency. 0290
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 02/05/2026The depth and uniqueness of the Wire’s characters was what made that show so memorable. If anything it was some Sopranos characters who were one note caricatures. 020
Reposted by Tom JackmanSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 01/05/2026It’s telling that absolutely nobody can convince him to not brag about constantly being administered dementia tests. 761827368
Reposted by Tom JackmanSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 01/05/2026As a political holiday, May Day began in Chicago after the Haymarket Massacre in 1886 when workers demanded an eight hour workday. It’s “as American as apple pie.” 516648
Reposted by Tom JackmanSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 29/04/2026There is absolutely no way anyone in the administration will understand a joke about the French and Indian War. That’s half the joke.🔥🔥🔥 634037582
Tom Jackman @tomjackmanwp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026“It” would be a comically inept assassination attempt. Knocked that right off the To Do list. 000
Reposted by Tom JackmanMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 26/04/2026“Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery—the greatest material interest of the world,” Mississippi’s 1861 Declaration of Secession declared. Once again, the Mississippi governor has declared April as Confederate Heritage Month. buff.ly/1JqEwko 76129