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Jackie Matusow

@bookjackie.bsky.social

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Retired Librarian, Educator. Current Literacy Coordinator for RSVP, a non-profit. Perpetual Phillies phan. “The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library.” - Albert Einstein

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Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · Mar 2

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 2d

Any news organization that treated "Will Trump Get Nobel?" as a remotely serious question, and not one more indication of his accelerating hallucinatory patterns, has some 'splaining to do.

Looking at you, all major news orgs.

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Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 2d

And here you have it: it’s about the courage and integrity of one Venezuelan woman, not how many innocent Venezuelans in boats you can kill.

Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sad. These men fought hard. They lost this one. But, when I talk about/think about these Phillies, I will always remember the character of the men.
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Orion Kerkering learns his Phillies teammates are winners | David Murphy

This was a series decided by a handful of moments which could have easily broken in a different direction. The Phillies lost too many of those. Kerkering’s was simply the last.

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Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 2d

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Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 2d

A hallowed destination for smoked fish lovers. Every New Yorker- Jew and not- loved this place.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 3d

Right now there is a man sending violent federal agents into cities in his own country and thinking he might get a Nobel Peace Prize

The mind reels

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Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 3d

At 9:31 A.M. and I already know this is my favorite post of the day.

TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 3d

#MorningVibe

I got a new doormat. You like it?

Doormat that says: Wel—-
Wait. Who did you vote for?

Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 3d

They never have/never will/ever (have a plan).

The ignorant among us are lied to, and they don’t know how to think or feel about this. Any of this.

The lack of a proper education that teaches critical thinking skills rears its ugly head again.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3d

Truly excellent new piece by Lincoln Caplan in @harvardmagazine.bsky.social on John Roberts, seen in full.

Careful, meticulous, devastating case on how "institutionalist" has enabled destruction of crucial institutions. Including his now discredited court.
www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...

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Their outcomes, along with the Court’s actions in the last few years, carry the seeds of American tragedy. Roberts, often described as an institutionalist, has enabled the most hostile anti-institutionalist ever elected president. The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy. The chief justice, attempting to thread the needle between principle and practicality, has opened the door to the possibility of the ultimate constitutional crisis: a president’s outright defiance of the Supreme Court.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 3d

Schiff Lists Every Question Pam Bondi Ignored as She Melts Down newrepublic.com/post/201437/... via @newrepublic.com

Schiff Lists Every Question Pam Bondi Ignored as She Melts Down

Senator Adam Schiff went toe to toe with Trump’s attorney general in a Senate hearing.

newrepublic.com

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Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 3d

Ha. They have not/will not/ever.

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StandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 3d

Update:
🇮🇱 The IDF has begun operational preparations for the implementation of the agreement.
🇮🇱 The release of all living hostages is expected on Saturday or Sunday.

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Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 4d

Hmmm. So the U.S. is exporting its own special brand of hate and bigotry, to be used as a tool to win Trump’s affection. Not new/news.

Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 4d

The bullying on this campus is merely performative. They’re afraid. Very afraid.

Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 4d

“The irony was not lost on the faculty: The university was censoring its own conference about censorship.”

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4d

Hey, remember the impassioned defense of free speech, especially on college campuses, that Utah Gov. Spencer Cox made after Charlie Kirk was assassinated?

Well... www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference

University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.

www.insidehighered.com

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Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 4d

lol.

Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 5d

Gross. Unpatriotic, even.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

There are no small government traditional conservatives left in the Republican Party, so this seems like a huge waste of time. But huge wastes of time are Ted’s specialty.

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Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 6d

Wow- you had a Civics class? In public school? Civics classes have gone the way of the dinosaurs.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 6d

"NPR dropped by D.C.-area public radio station"

by @davelevinthal.com

NPR dropped by D.C.-area public radio station

Beethoven, Brahms and Shostakovich remain. Korva Coleman and Windsor Johnston do not.

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 6d

As you read this puff piece about how brave and steadfast Amy Coney Barrett is, keep in mind that the house of South Carolina circuit court judge Diane Goodstein exploded over the weekend and some of her family members barely escaped with their lives. She had recently ruled against the admin.

As justices confront harassment, death threats and an assassination attempt, Barrett declares "I'm not afraid"

In an interview with CBS News, Justice Amy Coney Barrett said of the Supreme Court's emergency orders in the Trump cases, "This isn't the final decision."

www.cbsnews.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d

Federal agents charged and knocked down two 84-year-olds (84!) as they peacefully protested on Saturday in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland, just blocks from their home. Psychopaths.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d

If I were starting a civil war, I would send National Guard troops from one state to another.

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