Andrew Dressel
adressel.bsky.social
Andrew Dressel
@adressel.bsky.social
Country lawyer (not really)
I don’t think there is ever any grand strategy going on in Trumpworld, but I do think he knows that “I am a gutter racist and I will make it ok for you to be a gutter racist” is his strongest political message
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
They have station wagons in Europe. They don’t bother to import them here because no one wants to buy them.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is a good message. GOP should campaign on this next year.
Trump: "I think affordability is the greatest con job."
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
How does anyone respond to that with anything but “fuck off, man”?
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If I could send one post back in time 10 years as a warning, this might be it.
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: FIFA announced that the Village People, the pop group that sings President Trump’s adopted anthem of “Y.M.C.A.,” will perform at the World Cup draw on Friday.
Village People will perform Trump anthem ‘Y.M.C.A.’ at World Cup draw, FIFA says
There will also be live music performances from Andrea Bocelli, Robbie Williams and Nicole Scherzinger.
nyti.ms
December 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Not only is everyone in this administration an asshole bigot, they never stop braying for approval about being an asshole bigot
I assume she means everyone who isn’t white.
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
NJ:
1. The Jersey Devil
2. Taylor Ham
3. The Lindbergh Kidnapping
4. Trenton Makes, The World Takes
5. The gigantic beach at Wildwood
6. Waking up in the morning, getting yourself a gun
Question: if Sufjan Stevens did an album about your state, what would there be songs about? (sorry, Michigan and Illinois, you have to sit this one out.

I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Yuja Wang
Dead and Company
LCD Soundsystem
Tool
Radiohead
Introduce yourself with artists you've seen multiple times:

Elvis Costello (7)
Richard Thompson (2)
Lucinda Williams (2)
Nanci Griffith (2)
Indigo Girls (2)
Introduce yourself with artists you've seen multiple times:

Jason Isbell
The Hold Steady
Barenaked Ladies
Poison
The Decemberists
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is a grotesque country
“It’s insane to have them rip our family apart.” Federal agents are arresting the foreign spouses of Americans during interviews at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices. The couples and their lawyers said they had followed the required steps to secure permanent residency.
For Spouses of U.S. Citizens, Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs
Agents are arresting foreign-born spouses when they report for the final step to obtain permanent residency, and charging them with visa violations that could result in deportation.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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“Hey, look ... you knew when you married me that I was a nonworking breed.”
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The calls to primary senate dems are correct but seems the best current course of action is to call your Dem senator (if you have one) and demand they call for Schumer’s resignation
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
October 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I think it’s clear that when Cass Sunstein talks about liberalism it really just means “me and my tenured friends should be able to say what we want without too much pushback from hoi polloi.” It’s utterly divorced from the real world consequences of ideas.
September 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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people/link, internet provider, print ad, imagery (1985) archive.org/details/1985...
September 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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In retrospect the end of Grantland and the Dissolve, and Microsoft’s Tay fiasco, were clear harbingers of where we were headed culturally.
August 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In retrospect the end of Grantland and the Dissolve, and Microsoft’s Tay fiasco, were clear harbingers of where we were headed culturally.
August 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Humanity was not meant for social media
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Probably not going to get to see much art in the future? There’s already more art out there than I can enjoy in a lifetime.
Honestly this is an excuse.

I know plenty of people who are not “naturally gifted” who do art.

It requires effort to learn. I feel you did not approach it correctly or think things happen over night.

Also hard work and skill is not “naturally gifted” as that undermines their efforts to draw.

1/2
August 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Trump is attempting a kind of regime change or political revolution. The constitution is, at best, only partially operative right now.

We live in a new system which is not a democracy. It’s not fully consolidated, but it’s so far along that there is likely no going back to the status quo ante.
August 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
NYC, Paris, Tokyo, Miami, Berlin
If you could get a crib in any five cities (five cribs) of your choice in the world, which would you choose?

Me: Philly, NYC, LA, Chicago, Atlanta
August 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Make Pete a Met for life
August 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Drafters of the Constitution: we’re adding all these protections to make sure accused criminals are protected from abuse by the state.

“Constitutional scholar”: Have you considered that some people might see upsetting things?
August 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM