Gail Thomas
@gthomaspoet.bsky.social
Poet and teacher, lover of women, dogs, the natural world, art, music. Be kind and keep hope alive! http://www.gailthomaspoet.com/
A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not just the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.
November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If Congress follows Trump's directive to rename the Defense Department, it could cost taxpayers nearly $2B in new signage, letterheads, and digital code.
Imagine if we invested that money — and our bloated military budget as well — on the American people instead of the Pentagon.
Imagine if we invested that money — and our bloated military budget as well — on the American people instead of the Pentagon.
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The House had three months off with pay and complete health care...while Trump's ballroom is being built and people are going without food. 😵💫
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The House had three months off with pay and complete health care...while Trump's ballroom is being built and people are going without food. 😵💫
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So Donald Trump’s big donors and giant corporations get massive tax breaks, but Americans waiting for SNAP payments are told to eat dirt? Did I get that right?
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Turns out it’s not very popular to shut down the government when you control everything, double people’s healthcare costs, raise grocery bills with price-hiking tariffs, protect pedophiles, bulldoze the White House & starve out 40+ million Americans including hungry kids.
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Trump still has not followed a court order to release SNAP funds for millions of people.
Meanwhile, he hosted a "Great Gatsby" themed party at Mar-a-Lago this weekend.
And he posted seven times about renovating a White House bathroom with marble and gold.
Priorities.
Meanwhile, he hosted a "Great Gatsby" themed party at Mar-a-Lago this weekend.
And he posted seven times about renovating a White House bathroom with marble and gold.
Priorities.
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in 103 days.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
When Trump said he would bring on a "New Golden Age," he was talking about his wallet.
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
October 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Sat., October 4, the Poetry Society of VT & NE Poetry Club are holding their first collaborative event & NEPC member Gail Thomas will be one of the readers! 10:30am-2:30pm, W. Village Meetinghouse, W. Brattleboro, VT. Reg by 10/1. (www.ascvt.org). @nepoetryclub.bsky.social @gthomaspoet.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sat., October 4, the Poetry Society of VT & NE Poetry Club are holding their first collaborative event & NEPC member Gail Thomas will be one of the readers! 10:30am-2:30pm, W. Village Meetinghouse, W. Brattleboro, VT. Reg by 10/1. (www.ascvt.org). @nepoetryclub.bsky.social @gthomaspoet.bsky.social
This Saturday, 9/20, 7-8:30, join PVWW for a night of poetry, stories & literary magic under the fairy lights on the lawn of the Florence Civic Center in downtown Florence MA! Featuring a lineup of local authors - including Perugia’s own Gail Thomas. ✨🌟✨ @gthomaspoet.bsky.social @pvww.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This Saturday, 9/20, 7-8:30, join PVWW for a night of poetry, stories & literary magic under the fairy lights on the lawn of the Florence Civic Center in downtown Florence MA! Featuring a lineup of local authors - including Perugia’s own Gail Thomas. ✨🌟✨ @gthomaspoet.bsky.social @pvww.bsky.social
Here’s a Friday writing prompt from Perugia Press, drawn from the poetry collection FINDING THE BEAR by Gail Thomas. Find more prompts, sample poems, and discussion questions in our reading companions, and check out Thomas’s book & others in our bookshop (linktree in bio). @gthomaspoet.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Thank you, Cory Booker! Let's go, everyone else!
April 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Thank you, Cory Booker! Let's go, everyone else!
The US military just purged their website of mentions of the Holocaust, 9/11 remembrance, cancer awareness, sexual assault, and suicide prevention to align with their new “anti-DEI” policies.
Massive purge of Pentagon websites includes content on Holocaust remembrance, sexual assault and suicide prevention | CNN Politics
Articles about the Holocaust, September 11, cancer awareness, sexual assault and suicide prevention are among the tens of thousands either removed or flagged for removal from Pentagon websites as the ...
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March 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Foreign nationals here legally getting thrown in prison without due process.
Illegally firing govt agency commissioners.
An unelected billionaire defunding vital services.
The Republicans who cried about "the left" violating checks and balances are now awfully quiet, huh?
Illegally firing govt agency commissioners.
An unelected billionaire defunding vital services.
The Republicans who cried about "the left" violating checks and balances are now awfully quiet, huh?
March 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
[You were so small in my hands]
You were so small in my hands no shrapnel could hit you,
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March 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Arresting someone without charge, explanation, or due process to silence dissent is unconstitutional. This type of thing happens in dictatorships, not America.
You don’t have to agree with Mahmoud Khalil to defend his rights—if his freedoms can be taken by the Trump administration, so can yours.
You don’t have to agree with Mahmoud Khalil to defend his rights—if his freedoms can be taken by the Trump administration, so can yours.
March 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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‘The Interview’: Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight (Gift Article)
The Massachusetts leader, whose influence goes well beyond her state, discusses how the Democratic Party can pick its battles and rebuild its brand.
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March 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 ✊
February 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Gutless Republicans need to stand up. Outrageous behavior with Zelensky -- tag team bullying by Trump and Vance. Disgraceful.
February 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Gutless Republicans need to stand up. Outrageous behavior with Zelensky -- tag team bullying by Trump and Vance. Disgraceful.