Andy Pickert
@pickert84.bsky.social
Dad to 2 boys, husband, dogdad, construction QC guy. #BillsMafia, Celtics, Ford Trucks, gaming, grilling, books, hiking, anything that’s a good time with good people. Here to talk sports, life, dadding, and whatever else.
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
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Between Sliwa and Brad Lander probably the best thing you can do as a public figure right now (even if you’re odious! like Curtis!) is lose gracefully being exactly who you are. People are desperate for dignity to make a comeback and they’ll reward you later.
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Between Sliwa and Brad Lander probably the best thing you can do as a public figure right now (even if you’re odious! like Curtis!) is lose gracefully being exactly who you are. People are desperate for dignity to make a comeback and they’ll reward you later.
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Wrote about some basic misunderstandings about what it means to be an "alpha male."
badfaithtimes.com/alpha-energy...
badfaithtimes.com/alpha-energy...
'Alpha Energy' Is Not What You Think It Is
Senator Elissa Slotkin says Democrats need the "goddamn alpha energy" of Dan Campbell. She's half right.
badfaithtimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Wrote about some basic misunderstandings about what it means to be an "alpha male."
badfaithtimes.com/alpha-energy...
badfaithtimes.com/alpha-energy...
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🔥MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS UPDATE🔥
1) Some MA Providers are leaving marketplace.
2) No auto-enrollment if YOUR plan is dropped, you'll have until 12/31 to sign-up OR in 2026 have 80% Medicare Coverage & NO RX PLAN!
3) 1M+ which is an estimated 3% on MA will LOSE their plans.
PLEASE REPOST & SHARE!🔥
1) Some MA Providers are leaving marketplace.
2) No auto-enrollment if YOUR plan is dropped, you'll have until 12/31 to sign-up OR in 2026 have 80% Medicare Coverage & NO RX PLAN!
3) 1M+ which is an estimated 3% on MA will LOSE their plans.
PLEASE REPOST & SHARE!🔥
October 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🔥MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS UPDATE🔥
1) Some MA Providers are leaving marketplace.
2) No auto-enrollment if YOUR plan is dropped, you'll have until 12/31 to sign-up OR in 2026 have 80% Medicare Coverage & NO RX PLAN!
3) 1M+ which is an estimated 3% on MA will LOSE their plans.
PLEASE REPOST & SHARE!🔥
1) Some MA Providers are leaving marketplace.
2) No auto-enrollment if YOUR plan is dropped, you'll have until 12/31 to sign-up OR in 2026 have 80% Medicare Coverage & NO RX PLAN!
3) 1M+ which is an estimated 3% on MA will LOSE their plans.
PLEASE REPOST & SHARE!🔥
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ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
October 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
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Whatever else you think of him, I don't think he is insincere about this stuff, and it should be recognized as extraordinary that he, Pritzker, and other governors are talking about the federal government in these terms. It's not normal political rhetoric, it's the language of existential emergency.
Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."
September 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Whatever else you think of him, I don't think he is insincere about this stuff, and it should be recognized as extraordinary that he, Pritzker, and other governors are talking about the federal government in these terms. It's not normal political rhetoric, it's the language of existential emergency.
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America in a nutshell.
July 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
America in a nutshell.
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Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that."
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July 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that."
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when i think of Colbert, i think of an interview he gave to GQ when he first took over The Late Show, and had this to say about losing his father and brothers in a plane crash. www.gq.com/story/stephe...
July 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
when i think of Colbert, i think of an interview he gave to GQ when he first took over The Late Show, and had this to say about losing his father and brothers in a plane crash. www.gq.com/story/stephe...
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Multiple times yesterday, Trump attacked decisions he made himself - because he can’t remember his first term.
He then told a Unabomber story as his own, when it was actually a story Jeffrey Epstein used to tell.
Mainstream media remains silent on his debilitating illness.
He then told a Unabomber story as his own, when it was actually a story Jeffrey Epstein used to tell.
Mainstream media remains silent on his debilitating illness.
July 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Multiple times yesterday, Trump attacked decisions he made himself - because he can’t remember his first term.
He then told a Unabomber story as his own, when it was actually a story Jeffrey Epstein used to tell.
Mainstream media remains silent on his debilitating illness.
He then told a Unabomber story as his own, when it was actually a story Jeffrey Epstein used to tell.
Mainstream media remains silent on his debilitating illness.
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The Trump admin sent an Irish tourist in ICE custody to a federal prison that was leasing beds to ICE, where he says "we were treated less than human."
Staff at the prison would throw his medicine on the ground rather than deliver it to him in person.
Staff at the prison would throw his medicine on the ground rather than deliver it to him in person.
July 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Trump admin sent an Irish tourist in ICE custody to a federal prison that was leasing beds to ICE, where he says "we were treated less than human."
Staff at the prison would throw his medicine on the ground rather than deliver it to him in person.
Staff at the prison would throw his medicine on the ground rather than deliver it to him in person.
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This has been the golden rule for fascists and racists since time began:
Identify the parts of your nation that are crumbling (on your watch) and blame it on people who don’t look like you.
What is rare (and uniquely dangerous) is to find these people running the government.
Identify the parts of your nation that are crumbling (on your watch) and blame it on people who don’t look like you.
What is rare (and uniquely dangerous) is to find these people running the government.
Stephen Miller: "What would LA look like without illegal aliens? You would be able to see a doctor in the ER right away, no wait time, no problem. You kids would go to a public school that had more money than they know what to do with. Classrooms would be half the size."
July 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This has been the golden rule for fascists and racists since time began:
Identify the parts of your nation that are crumbling (on your watch) and blame it on people who don’t look like you.
What is rare (and uniquely dangerous) is to find these people running the government.
Identify the parts of your nation that are crumbling (on your watch) and blame it on people who don’t look like you.
What is rare (and uniquely dangerous) is to find these people running the government.
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America is a police state:
Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
July 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
America is a police state:
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Trump’s EPA put 130+ employees on leave for sending a letter opposing the administration’s anti-science policies.
Punishing federal employees for speaking out is un-American.
The workers must be reinstated immediately.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Punishing federal employees for speaking out is un-American.
The workers must be reinstated immediately.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
EPA workers stand up for public health. Then Trump officials sent home.
The document criticizes the agency for “undermining the public trust."
www.motherjones.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Trump’s EPA put 130+ employees on leave for sending a letter opposing the administration’s anti-science policies.
Punishing federal employees for speaking out is un-American.
The workers must be reinstated immediately.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Punishing federal employees for speaking out is un-American.
The workers must be reinstated immediately.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Your Medicaid is cut. Your health insurance is not safe. Your tips are still taxed. You pay the tariffs. There’s no trade deals. No wars have ended. Gas isn’t $2. Eggs aren’t cheaper. There isn’t $10 trillion in investment. The Epstein files are buried.
It’s. All. Lies.
All the time.
It’s. All. Lies.
All the time.
July 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Your Medicaid is cut. Your health insurance is not safe. Your tips are still taxed. You pay the tariffs. There’s no trade deals. No wars have ended. Gas isn’t $2. Eggs aren’t cheaper. There isn’t $10 trillion in investment. The Epstein files are buried.
It’s. All. Lies.
All the time.
It’s. All. Lies.
All the time.
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Yesterday, Trump illegally cut off funding for public schools, precipitating a huge crisis for thousands of schools.
This is a result of the recent Supreme Court ruling neutering federal courts.
1/ A dystopian new reign of lawlessness is likely coming. Let me explain.
This is a result of the recent Supreme Court ruling neutering federal courts.
1/ A dystopian new reign of lawlessness is likely coming. Let me explain.
The Trump administration declined to release nearly $7 billion in school funding that helps pay for after-school programs and other services. https://trib.al/CIBxpaX
Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation
The money, which was allocated by Congress, helps pay for after-school programs, support for students learning English and other services.
trib.al
July 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yesterday, Trump illegally cut off funding for public schools, precipitating a huge crisis for thousands of schools.
This is a result of the recent Supreme Court ruling neutering federal courts.
1/ A dystopian new reign of lawlessness is likely coming. Let me explain.
This is a result of the recent Supreme Court ruling neutering federal courts.
1/ A dystopian new reign of lawlessness is likely coming. Let me explain.
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I've always loved Jon Meacham, even more now after watching this clip
June 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I've always loved Jon Meacham, even more now after watching this clip
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Trump is up to something, he's been barricading the White House and US treasury overnight.
June 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Trump is up to something, he's been barricading the White House and US treasury overnight.
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I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.
June 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.