Andy Jackson
@12andyjackson.bsky.social
I am a librarian who taught high school English for a long time. Also a public school graduate and @adriancollege alum. I like camping, reading, movies, Springsteen. Lions, Tigers, Pistons and U-M. "To last, one must endure."--Ernest Hemingway.
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Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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I’m too old to remember when conservatives harshly criticized Obama for using executive orders.
Now that Trump is issuing more executive orders than any president in modern history, Republicans in Congress are totally silent.
Now that Trump is issuing more executive orders than any president in modern history, Republicans in Congress are totally silent.
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I’m too old to remember when conservatives harshly criticized Obama for using executive orders.
Now that Trump is issuing more executive orders than any president in modern history, Republicans in Congress are totally silent.
Now that Trump is issuing more executive orders than any president in modern history, Republicans in Congress are totally silent.
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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After Trump’s major losses yesterday, the White House says it’s preparing executive orders aimed at changing how U.S. elections are run, citing so-called “blatant fraud” as the reason. It’s clear they just can’t accept losing.
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
After Trump’s major losses yesterday, the White House says it’s preparing executive orders aimed at changing how U.S. elections are run, citing so-called “blatant fraud” as the reason. It’s clear they just can’t accept losing.
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This traitor was not only a Confederate general who fought for the destruction of the U.S., he may have been involved in the development of the murderous KKK after the Civil War which terrorized Blacks seeking elective office & voting. What a disgrace to put his statue up again.
A statue of Confederate general Albert Pike, which had been pulled down during the Black Lives Matter movement, has been put back up in Washington, D.C.'s Judiciary Square.
A Confederate statue toppled in Washington, D.C., in 2020 has been reinstalled
A statue of Confederate general Albert Pike, which had been pulled down during the Black Lives Matter movement, has been put back up in Washington, D.C.'s Judiciary Square.
n.pr
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This traitor was not only a Confederate general who fought for the destruction of the U.S., he may have been involved in the development of the murderous KKK after the Civil War which terrorized Blacks seeking elective office & voting. What a disgrace to put his statue up again.
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Obama: "It's like every day is Halloween, except it's all tricks and no treats. And here's the thing -- it's not as if we did not see some of this coming. I mean, I'll admit it's worse than even I expected, but I did warn y'all. And you know what? Donald Trump warned you too."
November 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Obama: "It's like every day is Halloween, except it's all tricks and no treats. And here's the thing -- it's not as if we did not see some of this coming. I mean, I'll admit it's worse than even I expected, but I did warn y'all. And you know what? Donald Trump warned you too."
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"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere." -- Elie Wiesel
November 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere." -- Elie Wiesel
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
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“Nothing will be torn down."
-- Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary
-- Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary
October 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“Nothing will be torn down."
-- Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary
-- Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary
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Just because you and your partner share a bed, doesn’t mean you also need to share a blanket. "We didn’t know it at the time, but we had adopted the Scandinavian sleeping method." nyti.ms/4qbOIsC
October 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just because you and your partner share a bed, doesn’t mean you also need to share a blanket. "We didn’t know it at the time, but we had adopted the Scandinavian sleeping method." nyti.ms/4qbOIsC
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🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2
October 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2
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Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?
October 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?
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We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.
October 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.
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"Eventually you are going to have to answer for your conduct in this. You won't do it today, but eventually you will." - Sen. Dick Durbin to Pam Bondi
October 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Eventually you are going to have to answer for your conduct in this. You won't do it today, but eventually you will." - Sen. Dick Durbin to Pam Bondi
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The great sleeping giant of America always remains asleep until some venality becomes so noxious, some action so disrespectful of the common good, some brutality so noisy, that he has no choice but to awaken.
I believe that sleeping giant is awake – and turning the tide on Trump.
I believe that sleeping giant is awake – and turning the tide on Trump.
September 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The great sleeping giant of America always remains asleep until some venality becomes so noxious, some action so disrespectful of the common good, some brutality so noisy, that he has no choice but to awaken.
I believe that sleeping giant is awake – and turning the tide on Trump.
I believe that sleeping giant is awake – and turning the tide on Trump.
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Meet the Press put together a clip of Trump vowing in January to "bring back free speech to America," followed by him saying last Friday that negative coverage of him is "no longer free speech"
September 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Meet the Press put together a clip of Trump vowing in January to "bring back free speech to America," followed by him saying last Friday that negative coverage of him is "no longer free speech"
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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
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This is so true!!
September 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is so true!!
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The control of information is paramount in any authoritarian takeover, especially controlling the press.
"If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them,"
--George Orwell
"If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them,"
--George Orwell
September 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The control of information is paramount in any authoritarian takeover, especially controlling the press.
"If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them,"
--George Orwell
"If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them,"
--George Orwell
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September 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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