Jim Brandsma
dajimmer.bsky.social
Jim Brandsma
@dajimmer.bsky.social
Teacher, reader, gad-fly.
Biden should have packed the Court. Most untrusted, biased,and corrupt Court in history. Robert's legacy...Love Joe, but he played soft and high-road. Now WE have to scratch away for our childrens' futures.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Texas to use a new congressional map that could help Republicans win five more U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. A lower court found the map is likely unconstitutional for discriminating based on race
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25A608 Order
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December 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Let's get rid of Louisiana Jack!
The Northern Michigan / UP 1st Congressional District is ripe for a takeover! Great Dems are stepping up to unseat MAGA Jack Bergman ... here's a great opportunity to meet one of them in Houghton - @blomquist4congress.bsky.social

Share with locals you know - and come out yourself to meet him!
Hope to see you tomorrow afternoon for our Meet & Greet with Kyle Blomquist, candidate for the US House.

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November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Nope. He's being brow-beaten to hold the line by his constituents, who refuse to see their health care trashed and know that the American Fascist Party is being pummeled...But you do you, John.
John Thune Argues Democrats Are ‘Being Browbeaten Into Submission’ by Chuck Schumer to Continue Shutdown
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John Thune Argues Democrats Are ‘Being Browbeaten Into Submission’ by Chuck Schumer to Continue Shutdown
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November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Comrades! You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege?". Blah, Blah, Blah ..
Johnson: “They're going to descend on our capital for their much-anticipated so-called ‘No Kings’ rally. We refer to it by its more accurate description: 'The Hate America' rally. I'm not sure how anybody can refute that."
October 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy to see that Ferris State University politely declined to place a statue of Kirk on their campus.
The cultists are going apeshit in my town because the town council voted down a Charlie Kirk Day 6-1 yesterday. They are shocked that the majority of people don't like a racist.
October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Even the beagle is happy for the fall color change.
October 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Oh, Yeah! Some light in a time that needs it! So much awesomeness...thanks, Mel and thanks Danny for posting. Made my day during a 7 hour slog through Parent/Teacher Conferences🙄
In 1983, Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft appeared on a British variety show and sang Sweet Georgia Brown.

In Polish.

Happy Birthday 99th birthday to an absolute legend.
October 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Gotta share more beauty...take a break. Sunset, Dec.2017 on our lake. Ice is just setting up. Glad I snapped this picture, happy I found it again.
August 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
There was a time when this type of comment would have you politically pilloried...might have sent you to the noose.
Trump: So the line is I’m a dictator, but I stop crime. A lot of people say, if that is the case I would rather have a dictator
August 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Gotta repost...so COOL! These posts will be my tonic, when it gets crushing...gotta celebrate the beauty that resists/persists.
Here is an instrument I invented, play and write for.

It's a Bamboo stalk with 8 strings spiraling around it.
Played with a bow it sounds something like Cello with a more harmonic rich tone.

It's pretty tall, about 6 and a half feet in height.
Enjoy! : ]

#art #music #workshop #instruments
August 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is kinda aloe to my SOUL. Such interesting posts.
I took the [Bell Piano] out into the snow.
Stay warm everyone! : }

#music #snow #winter #instruments #piano
August 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Guess he totally blew the "Good Samaritan" parable....the problem with charletans, they have no clue.

And they don't wanna know.
August 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My mother used to sing this song to me at bedtime when I was very young. She didn't have a great voice, but I remember an Angel singing to me. And I remember this song. Monsters stayed in the closet, and the Sandman was always kind...
A reminder for future generations….please don’t let this kind of music die out.
August 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Second day of HS PD...can relate.
5:30am: ugh birds
“Caw caw”
Youthful joy
For a worm or mate
Christ!
Scale says “nope,”
Coffee spills,
grounds of course.
Next door has
a shouting match.
Loud. Christ!
I go downstairs to the
Copper Dome.
A pancake shack
below my home
A #grumpy waiter
says I can’t sit “there”
“It’s for people”
#vss365
August 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Smoked whole venison shoulder barbacoa tacos tonight (and for several nights to come)!
July 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Holy whaaa! I come looking for a motorcycle video, and this is what I get?! Canada, Knight this guy, his whole production team! If you don't do Knighting, do the equivalent! BEST content in my feed. Consistently. Every effing time. Writers are brilliant. Kudos! National treasure.
What is the "Greedy Algorithm" and Why is it So Dangerous?
YouTube video by FortNine
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June 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I include this Puck political cartoon on every one of my Freshman exams...it has always been a fav and my students get it. Let's hope they remember it as adults.
Who’s replacing whom? Lovely historical perspective from Kevin Kruse.
Some perspective on the great conservative freak-out about Mamdani in NYC:

campaign-trails.ghost.io/the-not-so-g...
June 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
June 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"Let them eat cake..."
Is it time for the pitchforks?
Trump: “Somebody said, ‘Oh the shelves are going to be open.’ Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.”
April 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Truly insane. His brain is a rancid scrambled egg...
Q: "You think Vladimir Putin wants peace?"

Trump: "I think he does, yes."

Q: "Still? Even with the raining missiles?"

Trump: "His dream was to take over the whole country."

Q: "Do you trust him?"

Trump: "I don't trust you."
April 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Torn....I love my country and my flag. I have flown it faithfully from my porch, when weather is good...disposed of torn,faded banners when needed. I have a pulling desire to fly it inverted. Really having a hard time....sick, angry, saddened. Ready to fight...ready to broadcast. Thoughts?
April 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Bring him back...bring all of them back. Give them due process and honor our asylum process.
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 43 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
April 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Yay, Cheyboygan! Cadillac, MI was with you!
April 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
About 400 in my small Northern MI town. Patriots all!
April 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Jim Brandsma
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from deporting foreign nationals under the Alien Enemies Act. Thomas, Alito dissent.
April 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM