Reposted by Jackie MatusowCat Alyst 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦 (they/them) @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 8h#USDemocracy #MomSky #GOTV 6127103
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 23hJudges need to be better judges of government actors. We know they lie and cheat. Wake up! 000
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Librarians on libraries. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comLibrarians Discuss the Challenges and Triumphs of Running a Library Today (Gift Article)We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us. 011
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A visual piece with words. A worthwhile read on the topic of the moment. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comWill A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy? Here’s What the New Research Actually Shows. (Gift Article)We’re starting to learn more about how the technology can change us. 011
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026He has no shame. And I’ll bet he sleeps like a baby at night. 010
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What really angers me is he doesn’t live the words he preaches. 1100
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Curiosity. Outrage. Dedication. Legacy media has lots to learn from student journalists. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...nytimes.comStudents at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case. 072
Reposted by Jackie MatusowJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Todd Blanche now says "one-sided news" is a national security threat worth barring the press over. That's not a legal standard. It's a viewpoint test. I didn’t go to law school…and didn’t need to, to know that the First Amendment exists to STOP government from judging which coverage is balanced. 441103362846
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026But who’s surprised? Have they ever confronted Trump over his insulting treatment of female members of the press corps? Have they ever challenged the lies or the corruption to his face? I know what journalists are supposed to do. They’re not doing any of it. 041
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026She has a interesting take on the state of public schools in America today. As a retired teacher, I was not surprised by her assessment. 000
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m a boomer. Consequently, a I disagree with some of these choices. Peaky Blinders, for instance- should be higher 020
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Turns out, this president can be muted and we still get the news. Works for me. 000
Reposted by Jackie MatusowTommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Skipping the 2026 vote because of cynicism is a luxury belief. It is the view of those who do not face ICE vans, dying lakes, or surveillance cameras tracking family to clinics. Your apathy is a comfort they cannot afford. #GetReadyToVote #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory 12292170
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Come From Away. www.instagram.com/reel/DdKKm-z...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 000
Reposted by Jackie MatusowThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 10/09/2026A federal appeals court compared the Trump administration’s no-bond immigrant detention policy to the mass internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, in a scathing decision on Thursday.washingtonsun.comAppeals Court Compares ICE Detention to Japanese Internment in Scathing RulingThe Trump administration’s policy of holding undocumented immigrants without bond faced its ninth appeals court loss on Thursday. 412671
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I donated my money and my time to his campaign. I voted for him. I allowed him the grace and time he needed to recover after his near catastrophic health episode. The man is unfit to serve. share.inquirer.com/BjCixLshare.inquirer.comFetterman’s shiftlessness is an insult to his office and all Pennsylvanians | EditorialThe senator’s dysfunction has been well chronicled, but new revelations last week underscored his disregard for voters and his job. 053
Reposted by Jackie Matusowcapitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Years ago, soon after Jan 6, someone - possibly Ruth Ben-Ghiat - commented on right-wing rhetoric saying "this is genocidal language". As in, this is the language we see in history before truly awful things happen. I remember telling myself, you have to listen to the experts; it can happen here. 1343
Reposted by Jackie MatusowMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I don't understand why more people don't connect Trump calling Somalis "garbage" with the Hutus calling the Tutsis "cockroaches" and the Nazis calling the Jews "vermin." We know where it starts, and we know where it ends. 291401370
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Lies, tariff wars, endless wars and corruption. Just another day, folks. 000
Reposted by Jackie Matusowsepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is an insane detail in this report on cheating! nymag.com/intelligence... 122955
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“… I say to anyone here or around the world who questions Israel’s right to exist as a homeland for the Jewish people: you are wrong and we will call you out whenever you engage in this attempt at the erasure of Israel.” 000
Reposted by Jackie MatusowYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026every time I see this human thumb I think about how fuckin wild it is that the story about the cava bag full of $50K in bribe cash just... disappeared 403570654
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Sometimes you need a little Pittsburghese to say how you feel. 021
Reposted by Jackie MatusowAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026the president is now blacklisting companies by fiat. tell me more about how left-wing communism is the biggest threat to the country. 72478002292
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Bet I can make you smile this morning. ☕️ www.notus.org/perspectives...notus.orgHow Dolly Parton Unilaterally Fixed a Massive Flaw in American EducationThe hundreds of millions of books she gave to kids weren’t just an impressive act of charity. They created a common reading list in a society that desperately needs one. 000
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We read nonfiction to learn about the world. We read fiction to learn empathy. 0111
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Sharing the one post that made me smile today. 010
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Dolly maintained a strict political neutrality, but I can’t help thinking, “What would Dolly say?” about this government’s meanness. 010
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026You will not read a more moving tribute to Dolly Parton than this one, by @hcrichardson.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Jackie MatusowAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026You can make your voice heard for broadband in libraries, too. Use our new template to submit comments to the FCC, and find more resources at ala.org/erate And tell Congress to protect E-Rate: action.ala.org/campaign/saveourerate/ 0107
Reposted by Jackie MatusowAmerican Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026As Light Reading highlights, libraries and schools across the country are telling the FCC to #SaveOurERate. Library budgets, already stretched thin, would be under enormous pressure if the program, providing broadband discounts, were eliminated or decreased: www.lightreading.com/broadband/sm...lightreading.comSmall schools, libraries implore FCC not to destroy E-RateIn comments to the FCC, schools and libraries highlight the ongoing need for E-Rate to support daily operations and stress a loss of funds will cause harm. 24225
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 16/08/2026“Israel’s problems in the US stem from its policies and its actions, and the consequences of those problems are felt most immediately and acutely by American Jews.” 010
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 16/08/2026“Israeli voters must understand the impact of their vote on their American Jewish brethren, and it should be something they take into account when they decide which slip to put into the ballot box.” www.timesofisrael.com/the-future-o...timesofisrael.comThe future of American Jewry is on Israel’s ballotWith support for the Jewish state collapsing and antisemitism surging, the choice voters make on October 27 will reverberate through the world’s largest Diaspora community 110
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I don’t think it’s just Centrists v. Lefties. I think it’s Young v. Old. 100
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Any Republican or Libertarian who finds it 🤮 just thinking about working with a Democrat clearly missed that Civics lesson about how governing works in a Democracy … And you wonder why we are where we are … 000
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The Cassidy’s of the world just kill me. They sleep fine at night- unlike me. 010
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Are there ANY Republican officials who don’t cheat- or aspire to cheat? 010
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The Communist/Socialist bogeyman lands with folks who didn’t get a healthy dose of history and civics education. They don’t understand what these words signify. 001
Reposted by Jackie MatusowChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/08/2026Trump inherited one of the strongest economies in the world, yet 33% of Americans still think he inherited a disaster. The power of right wing propaganda. #BlueWaveIn90Days 19521701105
Jackie Matusow @bookjackie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026As I write this, Susan Collins is inking up her rubber stamp. 000