Tom Gibson
@tjg79.bsky.social
Environmental advocate and sailor in Newport RI. “Sea Lawyer.” Former lots of things from my time in DC.
I proudly worked for one of them, John H. Chafee of RI.
October 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I proudly worked for one of them, John H. Chafee of RI.
It would be unwise to place too much confidence in a 21st Century Maginot Line.
October 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It would be unwise to place too much confidence in a 21st Century Maginot Line.
It is a cult. If he said the Sun would rise in the West tomorrow, MAGA would get up tomorrow morning and look towards the Pacific.
October 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It is a cult. If he said the Sun would rise in the West tomorrow, MAGA would get up tomorrow morning and look towards the Pacific.
They want the fight, not a deal. MAGA base loves fighting with Harvard. Goes well with the narrative, and the general assault on science and knowledge.
September 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
They want the fight, not a deal. MAGA base loves fighting with Harvard. Goes well with the narrative, and the general assault on science and knowledge.
Kind of like when Hirohito welcomed MacArthur.
September 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Kind of like when Hirohito welcomed MacArthur.
He committed the sin of truth about Joe Biden.
August 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
He committed the sin of truth about Joe Biden.
I support Ukraine wholeheartedly, but it would be better that debates about US weapons, capabilities and possible targets not happen in public. It happened too much in Biden and now way too much in Trump.
August 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I support Ukraine wholeheartedly, but it would be better that debates about US weapons, capabilities and possible targets not happen in public. It happened too much in Biden and now way too much in Trump.
I once knew a principled and politically courageous grown-up named Mike DeWine. This must be some other guy.
August 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I once knew a principled and politically courageous grown-up named Mike DeWine. This must be some other guy.
Probably eats it on Wonder Bread.
August 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Probably eats it on Wonder Bread.
She will sign any statement that will get her out of prison. Then she better find a nice one story ranch house somewhere.
July 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
She will sign any statement that will get her out of prison. Then she better find a nice one story ranch house somewhere.
Half the words out of his mouth are outright lies. The other half are felonies.
July 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Half the words out of his mouth are outright lies. The other half are felonies.
So who gets to break this to the corn lobby?
July 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So who gets to break this to the corn lobby?
With respect, when exactly was the second term ever in control?
July 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
With respect, when exactly was the second term ever in control?
And on CNN, while the House gets ready to pass the most shameful since the (fill in the blank Jim Crow era?), and the world is burning down, we have breathless coverage of Diddy.
July 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
And on CNN, while the House gets ready to pass the most shameful since the (fill in the blank Jim Crow era?), and the world is burning down, we have breathless coverage of Diddy.
Went to my Fox-addled 96 year old MIL’s house today. Bread and Circus over there: Ryan Kohlberger and Diddy. Red America does not care about losing Medicaid as long as TACO is sticking it to Harvard.
July 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Went to my Fox-addled 96 year old MIL’s house today. Bread and Circus over there: Ryan Kohlberger and Diddy. Red America does not care about losing Medicaid as long as TACO is sticking it to Harvard.
The Maggots in the House will bloviate but it will get done. They’ll complain about the Senate jamming them, but in reality they will just be pissed that they can’t get a Murkowski deal too. It is Kabuki at this point.
July 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The Maggots in the House will bloviate but it will get done. They’ll complain about the Senate jamming them, but in reality they will just be pissed that they can’t get a Murkowski deal too. It is Kabuki at this point.
She is worse than the other idiots because she knows better. Special place in hell for people like that.
July 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
She is worse than the other idiots because she knows better. Special place in hell for people like that.
But I am sure Collins still has serous concerns. And her pearls will be taking another beating tonight, assuming they are not already clutched into dust.
June 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
But I am sure Collins still has serous concerns. And her pearls will be taking another beating tonight, assuming they are not already clutched into dust.