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Michael Tomasky

@mjtoma.bsky.social

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Editor, The New Republic. Editor, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Scribbler. Serbo-Calabrian West Virginia Episcopalian.

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@mjtoma.bsky.socialJun 29, 2026, 2:09 PM Pinned

Out now, my new novel, Killing Baby Hitler. "Savagely funny," says @mollyjongfast.bsky.social. Vonnegut-esque, says @kurtandersen.bsky.social. Five stars, says guy on Amazon whom I actually do not know! Set in 2141 and 1889, it's really about, well, right now. Buy it!
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orbooks.comKilling Baby HitlerFrom the editor of The New Republic, a side-splitting, super-smart story of an odyssey from the future to the past aimed at forestalling global calamity in a single stroke.
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@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:40 AM

Yet again, the Georgia senator showed in Thursday’s debate that he knows how to throw haymakers. Until someone else proves otherwise, he’s the front-runner for 2028. trib.al/qlVZHk8

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 5:44 PM

The guy is a virtuoso—Bernstein with a baton, Jordan with a basketball. trib.al/7kM0xz0

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:31 PM

New Column: "Half the Third Reich"!! Man that guy is GOOD! newrepublic.com/post/216452/... via @newrepublic.com

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 3:06 PM

Forty-three states have passed 63 bills this year alone impinging on the rights of transgender people. In one poll, nearly half of trans respondents said they had moved or wanted to move to a more hospitable place. trib.al/n1SipKU

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 1:43 PM

If Republicans are going to bang on about trans athletes, then part of the Democratic response must be to broaden the conversation and remind Americans of this appalling dehumanization campaign. trib.al/wCT5FeR

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 12:56 PM

New Column: The most pressing issue in America, to Republicans? The 10 transgender NCAA athletes (out of 510,000; for real). Disgusting people. Repubs, not trans athletes! newrepublic.com/article/2161... via @newrepublic.com

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 2:15 PM

That was the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen a United States senator do. But it was also two other things besides embarrassing. trib.al/4tyVK2h

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 7:17 PM

Republicans say his investigations were unprecedented. Well, yes, they were—but that’s because we’ve never had a president who orchestrated a coup against the United States. trib.al/ewTPw5n

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 6:56 PM

That was the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen a United States senator do. But it was also two other things besides embarrassing. trib.al/chAAYKn

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 6:02 PM

New Column: Eric Schmitt is not only a joke. He's...let's say fascist adjacent. And Todd Blache is probably going to indict Jack Smith. It's all quite insane. newrepublic.com/post/216176/... via @newrepublic.com

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 5:12 PM

From @gregsargent.bsky.social:

"If Democrats can win the House and/or the Senate with such a coalition, it will have the party’s back in constraining Trump as the era of Late Stage Trumpism sputters out during his final two years."

trib.al/GMDh83z

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 4:00 PM

From @timothynoah.bsky.social:

"Trump is throwing his arms around an industry that even many Republican candidates right now are turning into a political bogeyman. Politically, he can’t afford that. Maybe this last part should be our little secret."

trib.al/hds4fhY

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 3:40 PM

From @mford.bsky.social:

"For the first time since the Supreme Court revived capital punishment in 1976, a death-row prisoner has survived an execution."

trib.al/io74qw0

@mjtoma.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 4:05 PM

From @brynntannehill.bsky.social:

"Many Americans would be largely OK with fascism so long as they felt the economy was improving for themselves personally. The problem for the GOP is that fascism caters to the wealthy elite, causing average Americans to suffer." trib.al/FrtsN29

@mjtoma.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 3:39 PM

From @davidcorn.bsky.social:

"His strategy for surmounting the Russia scandal boiled down to deny, define, deflect, and repeat."

trib.al/KPeXGMB

@mjtoma.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 3:07 PM

From @gregsargent.bsky.social:

"Talarico has already demonstrated that even in deep-red Texas, people want something higher, something better."

trib.al/b1B1lx0

@mjtoma.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 1:35 PM

From @rossrosenfeld.bsky.social:

"It’s like we built a hydrogen bomb, then entrusted Gordon Gekko to make a profit off it and Barney Fife to monitor him. What could go wrong?"

trib.al/SfwHdK7

@mjtoma.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 1:03 AM

In terms of pure numbers, probably. But Lenin doesn't have the same hold on our collective imagination. Killing Baby Mao would be the actual choice, by numbers alone, right?!

@mjtoma.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 2:27 PM

He may have driven the country into the ditch, but at least he will have exploded the “we need a businessman” myth with a force no liberal Democrat could ever hope to. trib.al/Q5cRvjz

@mjtoma.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 2:05 PM

Every decision he makes is the wrong one and makes the situation worse. trib.al/vi4cOV8

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