Sandra Thompson Gassner
@sandygassner.bsky.social
Retired educator, lifelong learner...Pepperdine OMET, TCNJ, NJ Excel, Howell HS Grad, Mom to 4, Gram to 10, wife to John, So long X...Twitter user since 2007...seeking blue skies!
I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
Opinion | I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger
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September 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I Look at This Country and I See a Stranger www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
#NeverForget 9.11.01 💔 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
A photographer’s view of 9/11 from across the river
On the morning of September 11th, photojournalist Jennifer Brown raced down to the waterfront in her town of Jersey City, NJ. Directly across the river from the World Trade Center, Brown photographed ...
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September 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#NeverForget 9.11.01 💔 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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The horror of these killer tornados and flash floods killing Americans should redouble our efforts to slow climate change and increase the National Weather Service enhanced warning systems. Instead this Administration is heading us in the opposite direction.
July 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The horror of these killer tornados and flash floods killing Americans should redouble our efforts to slow climate change and increase the National Weather Service enhanced warning systems. Instead this Administration is heading us in the opposite direction.
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A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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July 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
Bernie Sanders thoughts are correct...We all need to be aware of what is really going on!
June 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bernie Sanders thoughts are correct...We all need to be aware of what is really going on!
#LinManuelMiranda and the cast of #Hamilton remind us we are a nation of immigrants! Poignant words from then President and First Lady, #BarackObama #MichelleObama It's worth another watch today! youtu.be/Fb4GlOabb1M?...
Hamilton | 2016 Tony Awards
YouTube video by Matt Hagmeier Curtis
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June 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#LinManuelMiranda and the cast of #Hamilton remind us we are a nation of immigrants! Poignant words from then President and First Lady, #BarackObama #MichelleObama It's worth another watch today! youtu.be/Fb4GlOabb1M?...
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The people and places we love and care about are worth protecting. Big polluters will try to enrich themselves by destroying our only home, but we refuse to let them take what's most precious to us.
Let Earth Day be a reminder that we have a future to win.
Let Earth Day be a reminder that we have a future to win.
April 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The people and places we love and care about are worth protecting. Big polluters will try to enrich themselves by destroying our only home, but we refuse to let them take what's most precious to us.
Let Earth Day be a reminder that we have a future to win.
Let Earth Day be a reminder that we have a future to win.
Thank you @booker.senate.gov for standing up for what is right! You made this lifelong NJ resident proud!!! Let’s all make our voices heard!
April 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Thank you @booker.senate.gov for standing up for what is right! You made this lifelong NJ resident proud!!! Let’s all make our voices heard!
#DayofGiving Support the college of your choice or click the link below to show your love for NJ’s best, TCNJ or as we all knew it, Trenton State College.
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TCNJ Day of Giving
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March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
#DayofGiving Support the college of your choice or click the link below to show your love for NJ’s best, TCNJ or as we all knew it, Trenton State College.
dayofgiving.tcnj.edu/pages/home-2...
dayofgiving.tcnj.edu/pages/home-2...
Planting this spring with the pollinators in mind. 🐝
To design a garden that supports the greatest number and diversity of pollinators, don’t worry about what your neighbors are doing or not doing. Just focus on planting different kinds of flowers – and lots of them.
Dreaming of spring gardening? Bees and other pollinators like a variety of flowers
For those thinking ahead to spring gardening, a biologist explains what to focus on when designing a garden with pollinators in mind and what not to worry about.
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March 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Planting this spring with the pollinators in mind. 🐝
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“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
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March 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
@msnbc.com
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If you care about fighting book bans, this toolkit from @uabookbans.bsky.social is a great place to start. It's full of tips, talking points, and lots more helpful stuff: buff.ly/TD2ppGI #UniteAgainstBookBans @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
Toolkit - Unite Against Book Bans
How can you and your community unite against book bans? We've put together this action toolkit to help you get started.
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March 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you care about fighting book bans, this toolkit from @uabookbans.bsky.social is a great place to start. It's full of tips, talking points, and lots more helpful stuff: buff.ly/TD2ppGI #UniteAgainstBookBans @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
How is it that Congress rebukes #AlGreen for his actions Tuesday night but does nothing to condemn #47 for calling the female senator from MA “Pocahontas?” Why is he allowed to bully a Senator? His actions are the opposite of everything we try to model for our children in schools and at home.
March 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How is it that Congress rebukes #AlGreen for his actions Tuesday night but does nothing to condemn #47 for calling the female senator from MA “Pocahontas?” Why is he allowed to bully a Senator? His actions are the opposite of everything we try to model for our children in schools and at home.
February 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Please pray for the people of #Ukraine I have never felt so disheartened by the actions of our government…earlier this week and then today. We have abandoned our allies.
February 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Please pray for the people of #Ukraine I have never felt so disheartened by the actions of our government…earlier this week and then today. We have abandoned our allies.
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Premise of the Trump regime & Supreme Court: Any diverse environment "is one in which white men have been discriminated against" b/c they "are by definition the most competent possible candidates." Read @adamserwer's brilliant analysis of the civil rights counterrevolution now underway: is.gd/w1D9BT
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
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February 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Premise of the Trump regime & Supreme Court: Any diverse environment "is one in which white men have been discriminated against" b/c they "are by definition the most competent possible candidates." Read @adamserwer's brilliant analysis of the civil rights counterrevolution now underway: is.gd/w1D9BT
The Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and Ours | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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February 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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I did an event in IN a few weeks ago where I said that on 1/6/21 Mike Pence saved the country (for now) by being one of very very few who stood by his principles under maximum threat.
February 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I did an event in IN a few weeks ago where I said that on 1/6/21 Mike Pence saved the country (for now) by being one of very very few who stood by his principles under maximum threat.
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
At what cost DOGE? Among receipts on the DOGE wall was funding for a #DOE project that's now been scrapped. There are real-world consequences! Thirteen school districts in 11 states will not receive more than $13 million to support over 1,070 youth w/ disabilities participating in the program." 😢
February 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
At what cost DOGE? Among receipts on the DOGE wall was funding for a #DOE project that's now been scrapped. There are real-world consequences! Thirteen school districts in 11 states will not receive more than $13 million to support over 1,070 youth w/ disabilities participating in the program." 😢
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If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
January 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
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Winston Churchill was right: "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried.”
Too many Americans have fought and died defending democracy. We must stand with our European allies against the authoritarianism of Putin and Trump.
Too many Americans have fought and died defending democracy. We must stand with our European allies against the authoritarianism of Putin and Trump.
February 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Winston Churchill was right: "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried.”
Too many Americans have fought and died defending democracy. We must stand with our European allies against the authoritarianism of Putin and Trump.
Too many Americans have fought and died defending democracy. We must stand with our European allies against the authoritarianism of Putin and Trump.
