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Andrew Ordover

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Educator, Substacker, Novelist, Walker of Dog. Husband of Heather (producer of the CraftLit podcast). Father of two amazing young artists.

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That's humbly stupid and quietly stupid and apologetically stupid... and then there's this. Aggressively, arrogantly, brayingly stupid.

09.03.2026 15:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Curious to see which historian grabs "Man-Made Disaster" as the title for their retrospective of this era.

09.03.2026 15:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He's a walking war crime waiting to happen. I guess that's "hot" to some people.

08.03.2026 20:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Solemn, sacred, and respectful are words that Trump has never understood.

07.03.2026 23:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eternally the ugliest of ugly Americans

07.03.2026 17:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Add "I Wish."

07.03.2026 17:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Out.Standing.

07.03.2026 16:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't let them see the big board

07.03.2026 14:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So much winning

06.03.2026 22:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œA country that can instantly fund endless wars but debates every dime for healthcare and education doesn't have a budget issue--it has a values issue."

A billion dollars a day going towards the war in Iran so far.

06.03.2026 15:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 7229 ๐Ÿ” 1883 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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06.03.2026 14:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Poetry is an elitist luxury that has no use or meaning for real Americans and needn't be taught in our CTE and STEM-focused schools anymore...unless you want to understand deeply the times we live in, in which case, "The Second Coming" and "The Hollow Men" will tell you more than CNN can.

06.03.2026 12:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Elect a sociopath, get a graveyard

06.03.2026 04:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iran: the Waiting for Godot of international evil.

06.03.2026 00:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The SECDEF can please go fuck himself.

05.03.2026 23:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This from the crowd for whom every promise and threat is always two weeks away.

04.03.2026 23:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's because they make judgements based on cognitive shortcuts instead of actual thinking. He's an old, large white man with big hair and big shoulders and big attitude. Therefore smart, strong leader. She's a young, slight Latina woman. Therefore utterly dismiss-able. Lizard-brain democracy.

04.03.2026 21:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Small, empty men revelling in violence to give their lives meaning

04.03.2026 17:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"We had to pre-emptively defend ourselves against the retaliatory strike we knew they would make if we attacked them" is the most twisted, MC-Escher-like argument I've ever heard.

04.03.2026 15:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donald Trump is always happy for other people to pay his bills.

04.03.2026 15:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ I wish I knew

04.03.2026 13:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But this was true of him long before. He has created carnage for 80 years and has never stuffed a moment of real consequence. He walks away unscathed, even from bankruptcies.

04.03.2026 13:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Apparently, public service means the public exists to serve our glorious masters

04.03.2026 01:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Democratic process is such an inconvenience

04.03.2026 01:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The only joy he experiences is in forcing people to obey his will

04.03.2026 01:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

More of this, please.

04.03.2026 00:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would be willing to offer him a blanket pardon if he went into exile and surrendered all access to social media

03.03.2026 18:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Enough! Bring in the comfy chair

03.03.2026 18:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"The things that will DESTROY US are:

POLITICS WITHOUT PRINCIPLES;

PLEASURE WITHOUT CONSCIENCE;

WEALTH WITHOUT WORK;

knowledge without character;

BUSINESS WITHOUT MORALITY;

SCIENCE WITHOUT HUMANITY;

and worship without sacrifice."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

03.03.2026 13:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 7335 ๐Ÿ” 2136 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 199 ๐Ÿ“Œ 89