Tom Jackman
@tomjackmanwp.bsky.social
Former crime and justice reporter, The Washington Post. Big fan of sports, music, comedy, sleeping, not necessarily in that order.
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In 2001, terrorists tried to destroy the White House with a hijacked plane. 24 years later, the president of the United States accepted a plane from people funding terrorists and destroyed the White House himself.🔄
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In 2001, terrorists tried to destroy the White House with a hijacked plane. 24 years later, the president of the United States accepted a plane from people funding terrorists and destroyed the White House himself.🔄
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SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
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FBI Informant Who Lied About Bidens Quietly Released From Jail Sparking Trump Pardon Fears
Alexander Smirnov was quietly furloughed from prison months ago.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
SCOOP: Alexander Smirnov, the FBI informant convicted of lying about a fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens has been quietly released from prison just months into a six-year sentence—raising concern he could be pardoned by Trump any moment.
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jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/fbi-inform...
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New: Prosecutors suspended for mentioning Jan. 6 riot in sentencing memo.
"The depravity of the Trump administration is already well documented, but each day brings more evidence of the moral and ethical vacuity of this president and his Republican enablers."
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"The depravity of the Trump administration is already well documented, but each day brings more evidence of the moral and ethical vacuity of this president and his Republican enablers."
All links/subscriptions are free.
Are we supposed to remove Jan. 6 from our calendars?
Two prosecutors suspended for mentioning the riot in sentencing memo for armed man stalking Obama
fightthefire.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New: Prosecutors suspended for mentioning Jan. 6 riot in sentencing memo.
"The depravity of the Trump administration is already well documented, but each day brings more evidence of the moral and ethical vacuity of this president and his Republican enablers."
All links/subscriptions are free.
"The depravity of the Trump administration is already well documented, but each day brings more evidence of the moral and ethical vacuity of this president and his Republican enablers."
All links/subscriptions are free.
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There’s money for the Blue Angels during a shutdown, but not for children going hungry.
They’ve done at least four circles, I captured them going over DCA again.
October 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
There’s money for the Blue Angels during a shutdown, but not for children going hungry.
The Washington Post laid off their Opinion page copy desk and promptly served up this gem today:
October 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Washington Post laid off their Opinion page copy desk and promptly served up this gem today:
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Suddenly remembering the time The Washington Post gave a strong review to a book critical of Opus Dei only to have the paper's executive editor, whose father was a priest, write a defense of the book for a Catholic publication.
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei
If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Suddenly remembering the time The Washington Post gave a strong review to a book critical of Opus Dei only to have the paper's executive editor, whose father was a priest, write a defense of the book for a Catholic publication.
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Jeanine Pirro becoming the Washington Generals of prosecutors.
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Jeanine Pirro becoming the Washington Generals of prosecutors.
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I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges
Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!
October 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!
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Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.
October 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.
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A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0 www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0 www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
Fired prosecutor Mike Ben’Ary is a rock solid experienced AUSA and accuser Julie Kelly is a consistently wrong pro-Jan 6er.
The Trump administration fired the top national security prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia after a social media post by a right-wing activist and writer falsely tied him to the case of FBI Director James Comey. https://cnn.it/4745S3T
Justice Department fires prosecutor falsely tied to Comey case in social media post | CNN Politics
The Trump administration fired the top national security prosecutor in the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia after a social media post by a right-wing activist and writer falsely tied him to the case of FBI Director James Comey, ...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Fired prosecutor Mike Ben’Ary is a rock solid experienced AUSA and accuser Julie Kelly is a consistently wrong pro-Jan 6er.
Really good piece. Appalling work by NBC
Wrote about some failures of major media orgs to meet this moment with a few recent truly head-scratching examples.
The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment
Earlier today we wrote about Trump's extraordinary admission that he was basing military deployment decisions on old Fox News footage and lies from his advisors. But there's an even more damning story here: how that revelation…
Earlier today we wrote about Trump's extraordinary admission that he was basing military deployment decisions on old Fox News footage and lies from his advisors. But there's an even more damning story here: how that revelation…
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Really good piece. Appalling work by NBC
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exactly like the Chinese surveillance state
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
exactly like the Chinese surveillance state
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Pushback works
Complying doesn’t
Complying doesn’t
Trump demands that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco. Anybody from the party of small government have an issue with this or nah?
September 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Pushback works
Complying doesn’t
Complying doesn’t
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Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.
Karen Attiah Says Firing by Washington Post Violated Labor Agreement
The company fired Karen Attiah this month for her social media posts related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.
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Just gonna leave this here…. Scientist behind Trump’s Tylenol claims was paid $150K to give evidence against drug maker
www.thetimes.com/article/aa7f...
www.thetimes.com/article/aa7f...
Scientist behind Trump’s Tylenol claims was paid $150K to give evidence against drug maker
The Harvard academic Andrea Baccarelli gave an ‘unreliable’ testimony on the links between autism and paracetamol, and produced research that raises ‘serious concerns about bias’
www.thetimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Just gonna leave this here…. Scientist behind Trump’s Tylenol claims was paid $150K to give evidence against drug maker
www.thetimes.com/article/aa7f...
www.thetimes.com/article/aa7f...
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Trump’s attack on vaccines yesterday — delivered from the White House — “was the most dangerously irresponsible press conference in the realm of public health in American history” @pauloffit.bsky.social told us.
More on Trump’s false claims with @lenasun.bsky.social
More on Trump’s false claims with @lenasun.bsky.social
‘Based on what I feel’: Trump escalates attack on childhood vaccines
Trump promoted long-debunked claims that vaccines can cause autism as he called for changes to the childhood immunization schedule sought by anti-vaccine activists.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Trump’s attack on vaccines yesterday — delivered from the White House — “was the most dangerously irresponsible press conference in the realm of public health in American history” @pauloffit.bsky.social told us.
More on Trump’s false claims with @lenasun.bsky.social
More on Trump’s false claims with @lenasun.bsky.social
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Missing this guy today
September 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Missing this guy today
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New York Times: "Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring Media to Heel." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/b...
AP: “Trump’s moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent.”
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AP: “Trump’s moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent.”
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Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring Media to Heel
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September 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New York Times: "Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring Media to Heel." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/b...
AP: “Trump’s moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent.”
apnews.com/article/trum...
AP: “Trump’s moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent.”
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They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.