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Andrew Lessman

@atlessman.bsky.social
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Teacher at heart, attorney, higher education regulation, ADA compliance and inclusive design

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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
This administration constantly makes clear how little regard it has for vulnerable communities, especially those whom there has been a bipartisan desire to help. As always, cruelty is the point. www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
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Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education
Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Object permanence remains a tricky concept for them.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Do I think Trump's policies will be as disastrous as Mao's GLF and CR? Boy I hope not. Do I think Trump conducts himself like Mao, as well as some other historical dictators? Yes. Do I think international bodies should take those similarities into account when bestowing a peace prize? Yes.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Trump and Mao share many similarities. Both largely dismissed as too crass by the upper class but who rose to the absolute peak of power. Both very callous to human suffering and unwilling to accept criticism of their disastrous policies. Very different systems and periods of history, though.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Certainly not my intention. Been able to speak with many people about it who lived through it. It was a terribly violent and chaotic time when even family members turned against one another. Great Leap Forward and the resulting Great Famine seem to have been higher total death toll situations.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Most of Mao's death toll was due to gross policy negligence. In addition to maximizing Executive power, Trump has built a "Red Guard"-style personality cult that can and will engage in violence on his behalf. He's also a protectionist who increasingly meddles in business for his own benefit.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Mao didn't. Trump is clearly more along that trajectory as opposed to Kissinger or Arafat.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Nothing Kimmel actually said was factually wrong.
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Stuart Leavenworth @sleavenworth.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
ICE is sweeping up people with disabilities now, making no accommodations for them. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas
Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and mute, was swept up in a federal immigration raid at his job in Temple City, unable to communicate in handcuffs. His attorney says U.S. agents "don’t care whether y...
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
"REAL MEN save money by growing their own vegetables"
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Always was one of the more absurd lawsuits.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Trump: "The plan is to act like I wanted to attack Iran all along, bomb the shit out of them, then declare a ceasefire. I'm sure Iran won't just use that as an opportunity to launch a barrage against a now temporarily hesitant Israel. That way I still get my Nobel Peace Prize!"
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
"Foreign policy" just was not a big deal to these people. Now it is a really, really, really, enormously too big a deal to be left up the whims of any single individual. Checks and balances for all important matters.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We've still made a mess of things with the little bit of the universe we're stuck on. No reason to get overly Zen and forget that there are big problems that need collective action to fix. Everyone just dig into which ever of the many critical problems suits your fancy.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/06/2025
according to conservatives on the court, the constitution does not protect your right to your own body but does enable the government to ship you off to a foreign gulag without any hope of return
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Bugs are summer's endless buzzkills.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The list has become painfully long. www.npr.org/2025/06/10/n...
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All the ways the Trump administration is going after colleges and universities
In seeking to reshape elite universities, the Trump administration is using several tactics, including freezing federal grants and contracts, and threatening colleges' tax-exempt status.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
That hardly anyone is even talking about the Robot Rules makes me sad.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Ninja flips or nothing.
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a woman says you swing the hardest damn it you go big or you go home .
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Make Airplanes Crash Again!
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Looking good, sir.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Everyone on the left that is still talking about moral victories or only wanting to win "the right way" is part of the problem.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"PLEASE TRY AGAIN... (not that it will fucking work)...."
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
A little too late to make it into Gladiator 2, but there's always Gladiator 3, starring Chalamet as Lucius's son Maxius.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Fine, I'll admit it. I love black backgrounds and the color purple, so I've been hacking everyone's Gmail accounts in order to make them suit my tastes.
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a man and a woman are sitting at a table with a lamp and the words `` when in rome '' .
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
No deregulation here. www.npr.org/2025/04/23/n...
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Trump signs executive actions on education, including efforts to rein in DEI
The directives include new efforts to curtail DEI programs at colleges, and discipline guidance for public schools.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I mean, if it is a powerful enough Draugr....
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
As someone with allergies, I see through your little lies. I know to stay away from ANY restaurant with ANY reputation for ANYTHING spicy.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Catturd wishes he was this yoked.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
His endorsement losing issue HAS to be noticed at some point, right?
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
It is outsourcing too much of the education process. People still need to learn judgment and the nuances of social interaction. Psychological impact of children disappearing into their own worlds is troubling. Concerns about lack of physical activity would increase. Policy needs to restrict use.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The proper terminology is "fucking dirtbag."
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
So they even tell new recruits not to text battle plans over unsecured networks?
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Some additional context on the "A1" statement. Might well have been referring to this particular AI vendor. Teacher's unions might actually have preferred this to be a straight gaffe. finance.yahoo.com/news/secreta...
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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Congressman Byron Donalds of Florida Visits FuturEdge Charter Academy and Future Home of Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy of Nevada, Spotlights AI-Powered Lea...
Alpha 1 (A1) AI Tutor Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy LAS VEGAS, NEVADA / ACCESS Newswire / April 18, 2025 /Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Visits FuturEdge Charter Academy and Future Home of P...
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Day-workers can carry small amounts of recreational drugs too.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
They cannot use a late run at a non-competitive seat as a "reward for service." That seat needs to go to a young, hungry person trying to succeed. Left needs way more enterprising young energy. Older generation does not have a clear vision at all to justify remaining in control.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Yikes. Seems they no longer want to be constrained by ethical obligations.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
They all voted for him and are absolutely desperate to lock in their bonuses, hence why they nearly jump out of their skin to buy at every little flicker of hope. Alas...
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Whenever this administration claims to be powerless to do something, we need to push back. They claim power over every area of our lives, but that they do not have the power to correct their own abuses.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
We could put Trump up against a Big Mac. Given how little "food" is in them, I am pretty sure those could last until the Sun goes supernova. Just can't let Trump into the room with it.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Biden got pummeled for stuttering. Meanwhile, Trump can speak to the dead and implement the biggest unilateral tax hike in American history, and plenty of supposedly sentient beings will spend hours of their lives trying to concoct some justification beyond cruelty, selfishness and stupidity.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We must immediately close our buggy-whip gap!
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Moving these functions under RFK's supervision would be an unforgivable travesty. www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
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How the Education Department helps students with disabilities get an education
Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Dead people telling the President to pursue a trade war with an uninhabited island is real George III territory
Trump said he talked to Lee Iacocca, deceased, about his tariff plan
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
"This will be the Greatest Depression. They called that one Great. This one will be Greater than even the Greatest Depression you've ever seen. Lee Iacocca told me the other day that the Great Depression wasn't so great. He told me we should do it BIGGER and BETTER than EVER. MAGA FOREVER!!!"
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Without due process protections, anyone could be next.
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Andrew Lessman @atlessman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Is she pregnant or patently pregnant?
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