Darrel Andrews

Retired teacher; seasonal golf gofer.

[Darrel Andrews @Gopher56Darrel]

@Mr_Husky1 🥲🥲🥲👏👏👏👏❤️❤️

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.

She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.

Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.

Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.

Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.

She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.

By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.

[Darrel Andrews @Gopher56Darrel]

@sarobertson_ 👏👏👏👏👏

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Wab Kinew on US booze ban: No CUSMA, no BOOZMA.

[Humans Being Wholesome @UNIVERSE_FEEDS]

wholesome ❤️☺️

[Rep. James Walkinshaw @Rep_Walkinshaw]

.@PamBondi accused me of “misrepresenting” her Epstein files interview.

Then the transcript dropped.

Turns out I quoted her word for word, 100% accurate.

[Darrel Andrews @Gopher56Darrel]

@Ojeda4America @OccupyDemocrats 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤯😳🤯

[Maj. (Ret.) Richard Ojeda @Ojeda4America]

What the Trump administration is doing to the finest military in the world is absolutely shameful.

[Darrel Andrews @Gopher56Darrel]

@WolfofX 🥲🥲👏👏👏👏👏❤️❤️

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

After spending years in foster care and moving through four different homes, 7-year-old Mary entered a second-grade classroom in Bentonville, Arkansas, where she met teacher Lexi McClelland.

Mary had been removed from her biological family due to neglect and substance abuse issues and had already experienced years of uncertainty.

But Lexi quickly noticed something special about her student. The two formed a strong bond through Mary's love of books, learning, and her bright personality.

In 2021, a planned adoption for Mary unexpectedly fell through. Rather than watch her return to an uncertain future, Lexi and her husband, Max, stepped forward and welcomed her into their home through a kinship placement.

On Christmas Eve 2021, they surprised Mary with a children's book that contained a life-changing question: would she become part of their family forever? She said yes.

In April 2022, the adoption was officially finalized, giving Mary the permanent home she had always deserved.

Many people have compared their journey to a real-life "Matilda" story, where a caring teacher becomes the loving parent figure a child never had.

[Darrel Andrews @Gopher56Darrel]

@ProjectLincoln 😳🤯😳🤔🤔😤😠😡🤔🤔🤯😳🤯

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Trump's Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins: "If we have a big screwworm infestation—which we will not, we're on top of it..."

The screwworm has returned to the US after 60 years after Trump and DOGE eliminated a program to contain the flesh-eating parasite.

[Darrel Andrews @Gopher56Darrel]

@Mylovanov 🤔🤔🤔🤯😳🤯🤔🤔😤😠😡

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Applebaum: Trump is using a specific language from the 1930s: “enemies within,” “enemies of the people,” migrants and political opponents as “vermin,” migrants “poisoning the blood” of Americans.

That language comes from Hitler, Stalin and the Stasi. 1/

[Darrel Andrews @Gopher56Darrel]

@JaneFranklin99 @ForcesNews 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[Jane @JaneFranklin99]

Normandy veterans Henry Rice and Ken Hay - both 100 - on Sword Beach once more. @ForcesNews #D-Day

[Darrel Andrews @Gopher56Darrel]

@travisakers 😢😢🤔🤔🤔😤😠😡

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

After taxes, $36,325 was my bring home pay as a public school teacher in Florida this year.

For a state that likes to brag about having the top education system in the country, they sure don’t show appreciation for the ones who achieved it.

Florida is dead last for average teacher pay, 50th in the country. It’s shameful.

Fortunately, I have my retirement from the DoD and healthcare through the VA and Navy; but I am an outlier.

It’s unacceptable that teachers in Florida are working 2-3 jobs just to make ends meet as the cost of living continues to skyrocket, including unaffordable housing, gas prices, astronomically priced groceries, and healthcare expenditures.

This is unsustainable for Florida’s educators and their families.

Don’t just say you appreciate teachers, show it.

[Darrel Andrews @Gopher56Darrel]

@SarahIronside6 😳🤯😳🤯😳🤔🤔😤😤😤😤😠😡

[Sarah Ironside 💙 @SarahIronside6]

Hey, Lisa Murkowski, was selling your soul and selling out Alaska worth it?