Marisa Kabas
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Oct 21, 2026
Jim BiedermanHOST
Here we go.
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The following day, an online outlet called The Handbasket, founded by independent journalist Marisa Kabas, reported that Tomi is Thomas Tippel, a Detroit man who has previously served as operations director for Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri.
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The outlet further reported that Tippel's father was a Republican strategist who ran the failed presidential campaign of Indiana's Republican governor at the time, Bobby Jindal, back in 2015.
Michael Ian BlackHOST
Right, of course.
Chris HayesHOST
It turns out there's a little more to the story.
Chris HayesHOST
Independent reporter Marisa Kabas, who's been a guest on the show before, was the first to report that Tommy was actually Thomas Teple.
Chris HayesHOST
He's a Republican political operative who served as operations director for Missouri Republican senator Josh Hawley until February this year.
Chris HayesHOST
Kabas also reported Teple has kept a close relationship with a Christian nationalist organizer who rose to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic for opposing lockdowns.
Mary HarrisHOST
And I, what I've...
Mary HarrisHOST
The reason I'm bringing this up is that Marisa Kabas, who I bet you both know, she does "The Handbasket," she's a reporter, she did this really good video where she IDs who Tommy is.
Mary HarrisHOST
You know, he's worked, uh, with Josh Hawley.
Mary HarrisHOST
He's tied through family to, I think, Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana.
Allison GillHOST
Definitely subscribe to Handbasket for great independent journalism like this.
Allison GillHOST
I know it's Marisa Kabas who often finds out the identities of these folks.
Allison GillHOST
She was the one who found out the identity of the two guys behind Eric Schmidt when he held up his stupid text messages about the Hawkeyes game.
Allison GillHOST
Yes.
Emily JashinskyHOST
His subsequent uninterrupted three-minute diatribe proving your exact point is the kind of spectacular self-own most people only dream about triggering.
Emily JashinskyHOST
Congrats." Now, independent journalist Marisa Kabas in a, according to Forbes, in a post on her site, The Handbasket, identified Tomi as Thomas Teeple, who previously worked for Republican Senator Josh Hawley.
Emily JashinskyHOST
So Jan Crawford over at CBS gets caught doing what looks like she posted accidentally what was meant to be a direct message, or maybe it was supposed to be a reply.
Emily JashinskyHOST
But, uh, a lot of people said, "That looks like it was supposed to be a DM to Tomi," a private message to Tomi.
Marisa KabasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's a former staffer for Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican, and he also helped run a failed gubernatorial campaign in Kansas this year.
Marisa KabasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Uh, my name is Marisa Kabas.
Marisa KabasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm an independent reporter and I publish The Handbasket, and I was the first to report this information in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
Marisa KabasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
After the video went pretty much instantly viral, I wondered who this guy was.