Tom Porter

@TomPorterDC

Advocate for military/veterans. Former: Hill staff, energy lobbyist, Mustang Navy PAO, OEF/Middle East, Teacher. 5th gen California Native, #GirlDad #50states

Washington, DC Joined January 2009

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Tom Porter @TomPorterDC Jul 8, 2018

Facebook remind me that I celebrated #IndependenceDay 2010 in Afghanistan. @SenJohnMcCain used to celebrate the holiday on the road, too, with troops. He and Sens. Graham and Lieberman joined my media team and me for a press conference to discuss the trip.

Tom Porter @TomPorterDC 5h

With all the rising costs, this was a shocker. $1.19 for these bananas! Who knew? I might just go to an all banana diet. Do people do that?

Tom Porter @TomPorterDC 9h

Trump says he offered White House press secretary role to UFC’s Dana White

washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

www.washingtonpost.com Trump says he offered White House press secretary role to UFC’s Dana White If was not immediately clear whether the UFC chief executive, a longtime supporter who worked with Trump to host an MMA event at the White House, had accepted.

Tom Porter @TomPorterDC 12h

You know you're old when you try "Gen X Dad Rock" on Amazon and the songs seem to you ike they just came out a couple years ago.

Tom Porter @TomPorterDC 1d

So my college daughter asked me if I wanted to support her "small business" to support her class. They look suspiciously like left over Halloween candy, but says they're definitely not. Said I should buy my coworkers this not Halloween candy and they'd think I was a good boss.