Tom the Bomb 💣💥
@katmando.bsky.social
Long time tree-hugger. Long time veghead. Animal lover. Bernie lover. Hater… of all things maga.
With a red hot poker…
Speaker Mike Johnson wants you to know, "I'm grateful to God for being able to get this Bill done. Our rights did not come from the government; they came from God himself."
On behalf of Democracy loving Americans, I say this to Speaker Mike Johnson: Go F*ck Yourself.
On behalf of Democracy loving Americans, I say this to Speaker Mike Johnson: Go F*ck Yourself.
July 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
With a red hot poker…
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For 50+ years, GOP presidential wins have often depended not on democracy—but on manipulation, voter suppression, or backchannel deals.
Let’s connect the dots.
(A thread)
For 50+ years, GOP presidential wins have often depended not on democracy—but on manipulation, voter suppression, or backchannel deals.
Let’s connect the dots.
(A thread)
May 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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For 50+ years, GOP presidential wins have often depended not on democracy—but on manipulation, voter suppression, or backchannel deals.
Let’s connect the dots.
(A thread)
For 50+ years, GOP presidential wins have often depended not on democracy—but on manipulation, voter suppression, or backchannel deals.
Let’s connect the dots.
(A thread)
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1968: Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks to hurt LBJ and help his campaign.
LBJ called it “treason.”
22,000 more Americans died.
Nixon still won.
Docs + tapes:
wapo.st/2iFMbfn
bbc.in/2FdIAFx
1968: Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks to hurt LBJ and help his campaign.
LBJ called it “treason.”
22,000 more Americans died.
Nixon still won.
Docs + tapes:
wapo.st/2iFMbfn
bbc.in/2FdIAFx
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May 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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1968: Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks to hurt LBJ and help his campaign.
LBJ called it “treason.”
22,000 more Americans died.
Nixon still won.
Docs + tapes:
wapo.st/2iFMbfn
bbc.in/2FdIAFx
1968: Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks to hurt LBJ and help his campaign.
LBJ called it “treason.”
22,000 more Americans died.
Nixon still won.
Docs + tapes:
wapo.st/2iFMbfn
bbc.in/2FdIAFx
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1980: Reagan allies told Iran to delay releasing hostages until after the election to hurt Carter.
Confirmed by Iran’s former president and Ben Barnes.
csmonitor.com/Commentary/O...
nyti.ms/3Fykv1r
1980: Reagan allies told Iran to delay releasing hostages until after the election to hurt Carter.
Confirmed by Iran’s former president and Ben Barnes.
csmonitor.com/Commentary/O...
nyti.ms/3Fykv1r
csmonitor.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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1980: Reagan allies told Iran to delay releasing hostages until after the election to hurt Carter.
Confirmed by Iran’s former president and Ben Barnes.
csmonitor.com/Commentary/O...
nyti.ms/3Fykv1r
1980: Reagan allies told Iran to delay releasing hostages until after the election to hurt Carter.
Confirmed by Iran’s former president and Ben Barnes.
csmonitor.com/Commentary/O...
nyti.ms/3Fykv1r
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1992: George H.W. Bush (on advice from Bill Barr) pardoned 6 Iran-Contra officials, ending the investigation.
Special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh called it a “cover-up.”
nyti.ms/2iNjSRk
1992: George H.W. Bush (on advice from Bill Barr) pardoned 6 Iran-Contra officials, ending the investigation.
Special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh called it a “cover-up.”
nyti.ms/2iNjSRk
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May 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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1992: George H.W. Bush (on advice from Bill Barr) pardoned 6 Iran-Contra officials, ending the investigation.
Special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh called it a “cover-up.”
nyti.ms/2iNjSRk
1992: George H.W. Bush (on advice from Bill Barr) pardoned 6 Iran-Contra officials, ending the investigation.
Special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh called it a “cover-up.”
nyti.ms/2iNjSRk
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2000: Florida’s GOP gov. Jeb Bush & Sec. of State Katherine Harris purged tens of thousands of voters (mostly Black).
The Supreme Court halted the recount.
Bush “won” by 537 votes.
gregpalast.com/jeb-bushs-fl...
oyez.org/cases/2000/0...
2000: Florida’s GOP gov. Jeb Bush & Sec. of State Katherine Harris purged tens of thousands of voters (mostly Black).
The Supreme Court halted the recount.
Bush “won” by 537 votes.
gregpalast.com/jeb-bushs-fl...
oyez.org/cases/2000/0...
gregpalast.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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2000: Florida’s GOP gov. Jeb Bush & Sec. of State Katherine Harris purged tens of thousands of voters (mostly Black).
The Supreme Court halted the recount.
Bush “won” by 537 votes.
gregpalast.com/jeb-bushs-fl...
oyez.org/cases/2000/0...
2000: Florida’s GOP gov. Jeb Bush & Sec. of State Katherine Harris purged tens of thousands of voters (mostly Black).
The Supreme Court halted the recount.
Bush “won” by 537 votes.
gregpalast.com/jeb-bushs-fl...
oyez.org/cases/2000/0...
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Media recount later? Gore won.
nyti.ms/3Fz2CGJ
But the public barely heard—9/11 had just happened, and the story got buried.
Media recount later? Gore won.
nyti.ms/3Fz2CGJ
But the public barely heard—9/11 had just happened, and the story got buried.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Media recount later? Gore won.
nyti.ms/3Fz2CGJ
But the public barely heard—9/11 had just happened, and the story got buried.
Media recount later? Gore won.
nyti.ms/3Fz2CGJ
But the public barely heard—9/11 had just happened, and the story got buried.
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2016: Kris Kobach’s “Crosscheck” system purged voters—mostly people of color—from rolls in key states.
Meanwhile, Trump campaign data was handed to a Russian agent.
brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
intelligence.senate.gov/sites/defaul...
2016: Kris Kobach’s “Crosscheck” system purged voters—mostly people of color—from rolls in key states.
Meanwhile, Trump campaign data was handed to a Russian agent.
brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
intelligence.senate.gov/sites/defaul...
Voter Purges Report
This report is one of the first systematic examinations of voter purging, a practice — often controversial — of removing voters from registration lists in order to update state registration rolls.
brennancenter.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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2016: Kris Kobach’s “Crosscheck” system purged voters—mostly people of color—from rolls in key states.
Meanwhile, Trump campaign data was handed to a Russian agent.
brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
intelligence.senate.gov/sites/defaul...
2016: Kris Kobach’s “Crosscheck” system purged voters—mostly people of color—from rolls in key states.
Meanwhile, Trump campaign data was handed to a Russian agent.
brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
intelligence.senate.gov/sites/defaul...
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2020–2024: After losing, GOP state legislatures passed 100+ voter suppression laws:
• Fewer drop boxes
• Restricted mail-in voting
• Mass voter challenges
All disproportionately hit Black, Latino & young voters.
brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
2020–2024: After losing, GOP state legislatures passed 100+ voter suppression laws:
• Fewer drop boxes
• Restricted mail-in voting
• Mass voter challenges
All disproportionately hit Black, Latino & young voters.
brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Voting Laws Roundup: January 2021
After historic turnout and increased mail voting in 2020, state lawmakers across the country are pulling in opposite directions by introducing restrictive and expansive voting legislation.
brennancenter.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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2020–2024: After losing, GOP state legislatures passed 100+ voter suppression laws:
• Fewer drop boxes
• Restricted mail-in voting
• Mass voter challenges
All disproportionately hit Black, Latino & young voters.
brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
2020–2024: After losing, GOP state legislatures passed 100+ voter suppression laws:
• Fewer drop boxes
• Restricted mail-in voting
• Mass voter challenges
All disproportionately hit Black, Latino & young voters.
brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Since 1988, the GOP has lost the popular vote in 7 of 8 presidential elections.
Yet they’ve held the White House for 12 of those years.
How?
Not by expanding their base.
By shrinking the electorate.
Since 1988, the GOP has lost the popular vote in 7 of 8 presidential elections.
Yet they’ve held the White House for 12 of those years.
How?
Not by expanding their base.
By shrinking the electorate.
May 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Since 1988, the GOP has lost the popular vote in 7 of 8 presidential elections.
Yet they’ve held the White House for 12 of those years.
How?
Not by expanding their base.
By shrinking the electorate.
Since 1988, the GOP has lost the popular vote in 7 of 8 presidential elections.
Yet they’ve held the White House for 12 of those years.
How?
Not by expanding their base.
By shrinking the electorate.
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This isn’t partisanship. It’s a pattern:
• Secret deals with foreign powers
• Strategic voter suppression
• Judicial interference
• Racialized election policy
All documented. All real.
This isn’t partisanship. It’s a pattern:
• Secret deals with foreign powers
• Strategic voter suppression
• Judicial interference
• Racialized election policy
All documented. All real.
May 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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This isn’t partisanship. It’s a pattern:
• Secret deals with foreign powers
• Strategic voter suppression
• Judicial interference
• Racialized election policy
All documented. All real.
This isn’t partisanship. It’s a pattern:
• Secret deals with foreign powers
• Strategic voter suppression
• Judicial interference
• Racialized election policy
All documented. All real.
11/
Until we admit it—until we name it—we’ll keep losing our democracy in slow motion.
The GOP didn’t win fair and square.
They rigged the system, again and again.
And we let them.
Let’s stop pretending.
(end)
Until we admit it—until we name it—we’ll keep losing our democracy in slow motion.
The GOP didn’t win fair and square.
They rigged the system, again and again.
And we let them.
Let’s stop pretending.
(end)
May 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Until we admit it—until we name it—we’ll keep losing our democracy in slow motion.
The GOP didn’t win fair and square.
They rigged the system, again and again.
And we let them.
Let’s stop pretending.
(end)
Until we admit it—until we name it—we’ll keep losing our democracy in slow motion.
The GOP didn’t win fair and square.
They rigged the system, again and again.
And we let them.
Let’s stop pretending.
(end)
Word.
March 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Word.
(1) One of the saddest things about the trump era is how it has divided friends and family… not because of simple political differences, but because it has exposed who is willing to embrace cruelty, dishonesty, and authoritarianism.
March 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
(1) One of the saddest things about the trump era is how it has divided friends and family… not because of simple political differences, but because it has exposed who is willing to embrace cruelty, dishonesty, and authoritarianism.
(2) Trumpism isn’t about policy disagreements… it’s about values. It has shown us who is comfortable with hate, who is fine with misogyny, who ignores blatant corruption, and who is willing to throw democracy under the bus in exchange for power.
March 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
(2) Trumpism isn’t about policy disagreements… it’s about values. It has shown us who is comfortable with hate, who is fine with misogyny, who ignores blatant corruption, and who is willing to throw democracy under the bus in exchange for power.
(3) That’s a hard thing to reconcile when you see people you once respected cheering for a fraud who openly mocks the disabled, dehumanizes immigrants, brags about assaulting women, and tries to dismantle the very foundation of our country.
March 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
(3) That’s a hard thing to reconcile when you see people you once respected cheering for a fraud who openly mocks the disabled, dehumanizes immigrants, brags about assaulting women, and tries to dismantle the very foundation of our country.
(4) I never wanted politics to define my friendships, but support for trump isn’t just “another opinion…” it’s a reflection of character. And every time I see someone I know defending him, it’s a painful reminder that they’re okay with the kind of rhetoric and policies that harm people I care about.
March 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
(4) I never wanted politics to define my friendships, but support for trump isn’t just “another opinion…” it’s a reflection of character. And every time I see someone I know defending him, it’s a painful reminder that they’re okay with the kind of rhetoric and policies that harm people I care about.
(5) That they’re okay with a man who wants to rule, not govern.
So yes, it makes me sad. And if you’re feeling defensive reading this, maybe it’s worth asking yourself why.
We all have a choice. We can stand for democracy, decency, & truth, or we can stand for a man who cares about none of those.
So yes, it makes me sad. And if you’re feeling defensive reading this, maybe it’s worth asking yourself why.
We all have a choice. We can stand for democracy, decency, & truth, or we can stand for a man who cares about none of those.
March 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
(5) That they’re okay with a man who wants to rule, not govern.
So yes, it makes me sad. And if you’re feeling defensive reading this, maybe it’s worth asking yourself why.
We all have a choice. We can stand for democracy, decency, & truth, or we can stand for a man who cares about none of those.
So yes, it makes me sad. And if you’re feeling defensive reading this, maybe it’s worth asking yourself why.
We all have a choice. We can stand for democracy, decency, & truth, or we can stand for a man who cares about none of those.
(6) But let’s stop pretending both sides are the same. They aren’t. And history will remember who defended democracy and who cheered for its destruction.
March 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
(6) But let’s stop pretending both sides are the same. They aren’t. And history will remember who defended democracy and who cheered for its destruction.
These mother phuckers are attacking everything America stands for. The Russian Asset has opened up the back door for the enemy. We are SO phucked.
Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
These mother phuckers are attacking everything America stands for. The Russian Asset has opened up the back door for the enemy. We are SO phucked.
The Fascist Felon is gonna talk to Stupid Putin about “Dividing up certain assets” in Ukraine? What the ACTUAL Phuck?!! The so-called leader of the free world is a shit stain on our legacy. Foxtrot Delta Tango/8647
March 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Fascist Felon is gonna talk to Stupid Putin about “Dividing up certain assets” in Ukraine? What the ACTUAL Phuck?!! The so-called leader of the free world is a shit stain on our legacy. Foxtrot Delta Tango/8647
Arrest the MF’er
Here we go: openly ignoring federal court orders.
Trump is saying "Oh yeah? Make me." Knowing that the enforcement mechanisms--US Marshalls, the FBI, etc--are under control of the White House now.
That leaves no way to hold him accountable but mass protest. Hegseth is ready to shoot protestors.
Trump is saying "Oh yeah? Make me." Knowing that the enforcement mechanisms--US Marshalls, the FBI, etc--are under control of the White House now.
That leaves no way to hold him accountable but mass protest. Hegseth is ready to shoot protestors.
This is outrageous. Judge Boasberg’s order went against government agencies which were in the US, and which were in direct contact with the plane. He must hold them in contempt of court.
March 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Arrest the MF’er
Nailed it.
March 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Nailed it.
ENOUGH! Schumer is a doddering old fool. He needs to step DOWN! I say AGAIN… E-Phucking-Nuff!!!
March 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
ENOUGH! Schumer is a doddering old fool. He needs to step DOWN! I say AGAIN… E-Phucking-Nuff!!!