Tommy Bobo
@iamtommybobo.bsky.social
I make art with actual smoke and mirrors.
@washingtonpost.com today’s letter to the editor praising Mayor Bowser was written by her former comms director. Might be worth mentioning that.
September 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
@washingtonpost.com today’s letter to the editor praising Mayor Bowser was written by her former comms director. Might be worth mentioning that.
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Interesting: A new economic analysis released today by the D.C. Council's Budget Office finds that mixed-use development without a stadium at RFK would eventually produce more tax annual revenue for the city than mixed-used development *with a stadium*. But...
July 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Interesting: A new economic analysis released today by the D.C. Council's Budget Office finds that mixed-use development without a stadium at RFK would eventually produce more tax annual revenue for the city than mixed-used development *with a stadium*. But...
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President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.
Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades
President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.
wrd.cm
April 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support for centers that help US firms do just that.
If a movie wins Best Adapted Screenplay, the writer of the adapted work should get a lil Oscar. Possibly made of chocolate.
February 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
If a movie wins Best Adapted Screenplay, the writer of the adapted work should get a lil Oscar. Possibly made of chocolate.
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your identity in a capitalist society
July 23, 2024 at 12:54 AM
your identity in a capitalist society
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oof at this footnote in the letter that the (resigning) U.S. Attorney of SDNY sent to Pam Bondi. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
February 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
oof at this footnote in the letter that the (resigning) U.S. Attorney of SDNY sent to Pam Bondi. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
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Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports
February 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports
I do think the Dept of Ed did overreach when it co-sponsored No Nut November.
February 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I do think the Dept of Ed did overreach when it co-sponsored No Nut November.
Trying to play Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza with a 4 yo who desperately needs a nap.
February 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trying to play Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza with a 4 yo who desperately needs a nap.
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I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.
February 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.
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Well whatever faults he had, Diefenbaker, that populist conservative, was a Prime Minister who successfully annoyed the shit out of a popular president. Bring Dief back from the grave I say
February 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Well whatever faults he had, Diefenbaker, that populist conservative, was a Prime Minister who successfully annoyed the shit out of a popular president. Bring Dief back from the grave I say
In a flurry of terrible news, I am so grateful for this op-ed.
Growing up evangelical it was obvious to me that the church was wrongfully and willfully withholding love and compassion from any number of communities. An issue that for some has only gotten worse and more entrenched with time.
Growing up evangelical it was obvious to me that the church was wrongfully and willfully withholding love and compassion from any number of communities. An issue that for some has only gotten worse and more entrenched with time.
Opinion | How My Dad Reconciled His God and His Gay Son (Gift Article)
How did my dad go from hating homosexuality to imploding his church by embracing me? His journal entries show how he changed his mind.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In a flurry of terrible news, I am so grateful for this op-ed.
Growing up evangelical it was obvious to me that the church was wrongfully and willfully withholding love and compassion from any number of communities. An issue that for some has only gotten worse and more entrenched with time.
Growing up evangelical it was obvious to me that the church was wrongfully and willfully withholding love and compassion from any number of communities. An issue that for some has only gotten worse and more entrenched with time.
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BREAKING: Rep. Mark Pocan has introduced the ELON MUSK act which would ban "special" government employees like Musk from having federal contracts.
The full title of the bill is the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.
The full title of the bill is the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
BREAKING: Rep. Mark Pocan has introduced the ELON MUSK act which would ban "special" government employees like Musk from having federal contracts.
The full title of the bill is the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.
The full title of the bill is the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act.
Well there’s one W.
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Well there’s one W.
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I demand that Chuck Schumer be digitized and uploaded so he can take back control of government systems from inside the computer realm
February 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I demand that Chuck Schumer be digitized and uploaded so he can take back control of government systems from inside the computer realm
Being PTA Co-President at a school with a significant immigrant population, a lot of lgbt+ families, and a large federal employee population is an amazing cocktail of anxiety on top of the normal PTA stuff.
I believe in the power of community, education, and an ample supply of juice boxes.
I believe in the power of community, education, and an ample supply of juice boxes.
January 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Being PTA Co-President at a school with a significant immigrant population, a lot of lgbt+ families, and a large federal employee population is an amazing cocktail of anxiety on top of the normal PTA stuff.
I believe in the power of community, education, and an ample supply of juice boxes.
I believe in the power of community, education, and an ample supply of juice boxes.
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No point mincing words: this will kill a lot of people.
January 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
No point mincing words: this will kill a lot of people.
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"Tillis personally assured Danielle Hegseth in a call on Jan. 19 that if she signed [her sworn] statement...it would carry weight & potentially move 3 votes—his own, along with Collins & Murkowski...Tillis [was] the 50th senator to vote 'yes' on Hegseth" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
January 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"Tillis personally assured Danielle Hegseth in a call on Jan. 19 that if she signed [her sworn] statement...it would carry weight & potentially move 3 votes—his own, along with Collins & Murkowski...Tillis [was] the 50th senator to vote 'yes' on Hegseth" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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you know what this wholesale destruction of the federal bureaucracy reminds me of? “Debaathification!” it reminds me of the immediate aftermath of the Iraq war or rather the beginning of the occupation.
January 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
you know what this wholesale destruction of the federal bureaucracy reminds me of? “Debaathification!” it reminds me of the immediate aftermath of the Iraq war or rather the beginning of the occupation.
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It's good that there's a 25% tarriff on imported coffee now. This will incentivize people to purchase American coffee, grown in the New Jersey coffee forests
January 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It's good that there's a 25% tarriff on imported coffee now. This will incentivize people to purchase American coffee, grown in the New Jersey coffee forests
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Hi, I’m God.
Your reality is in a Groundhog Day loop of misery until you all decide to embrace a revolutionary progressive form of politics.
Lmk
Your reality is in a Groundhog Day loop of misery until you all decide to embrace a revolutionary progressive form of politics.
Lmk
January 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Hi, I’m God.
Your reality is in a Groundhog Day loop of misery until you all decide to embrace a revolutionary progressive form of politics.
Lmk
Your reality is in a Groundhog Day loop of misery until you all decide to embrace a revolutionary progressive form of politics.
Lmk
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All that power, all those resources, all that potential influence - and Mark Zuckerberg uses it to make himself smaller, bow lower, and surrender in ever more craven contortions of the human spirit.
This Man is a Coward.
This man is a coward. And no amount of corporate jargon or performative masculinity can make that stain go away.
www.theindex.media
January 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
All that power, all those resources, all that potential influence - and Mark Zuckerberg uses it to make himself smaller, bow lower, and surrender in ever more craven contortions of the human spirit.
I hate that I am used to parenting through overlapping crises.
January 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I hate that I am used to parenting through overlapping crises.
Fuck yeah!!!
If we do nothing else in the next four years lets at least not apologize for being enthusiastic and discerning about the art we like. Loudly and unapologetically and obnoxiously liking difficult art should our version of rolling coal. Choke on my art farts idiots
January 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fuck yeah!!!