Andy Bertsch
@andybertsch.bsky.social
Not afraid to call out white people.
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Voting Rights will change everything.
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Voting Rights will change everything.
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Andy Bertsch
@andybertsch.bsky.social
· Dec 29
Until white people speak up about the systemic problems inherent in the system that white people created, nothing will change. There will never be "liberty and justice for all" until white people are willing to call out the privilege and supremacy in the system. Do the work.
In a world with the likes of Greg Abbott and MAGA Republicans, be a Marc Elias.
At 2:00 a.m., Texas Republicans passed their gerrymandered congressional map.
At 8:00 a.m., with the support of the National Redistricting Foundation, my law firm sued.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
At 8:00 a.m., with the support of the National Redistricting Foundation, my law firm sued.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Advocates File Immediate Legal Challenge to Texas Gerrymander
Advocates File Immediate Legal Challenge to Texas Gerrymander
www.democracydocket.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In a world with the likes of Greg Abbott and MAGA Republicans, be a Marc Elias.
Let's use this! #ManyOverMoney
The many triumphed over the money in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election yesterday.
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford, to the people of Wisconsin, and to everyone fighting for a just and free America. Let's keep going.
Congratulations to Judge Susan Crawford, to the people of Wisconsin, and to everyone fighting for a just and free America. Let's keep going.
April 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It cannot be overstated how totally f*cked up the current U.S. international trade policy has to be for China, Japan, and South Korea to decide to jointly respond to the U.S.
www.reuters.com/world/china-...
www.reuters.com/world/china-...
China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media says
China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It cannot be overstated how totally f*cked up the current U.S. international trade policy has to be for China, Japan, and South Korea to decide to jointly respond to the U.S.
www.reuters.com/world/china-...
www.reuters.com/world/china-...
Facts matter. Meiselas brings the facts.
Schumer’s decision is an unconscionable surrender that shows he does not have what it takes to meet this moment, and the charade he pulled yesterday makes it even worse. Time for new leadership in the Democratic Party.
March 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Facts matter. Meiselas brings the facts.
Knew this was coming. And it is not terrible news for the Vikings.
People ought to be hoping JJ will be ready by August. McConnell is the QB Whisperer so that should alleviate some of the fear about starting McCarthy.
People ought to be hoping JJ will be ready by August. McConnell is the QB Whisperer so that should alleviate some of the fear about starting McCarthy.
The Seahawks have their new QB: It’s Sam Darnold.
The former Vikings starter is finalizing a deal with Seattle, per The Insiders. He gets a 3-years deal worth nearly $100M, taking the place of Geno Smith.
Darnold has been the favorite ever since the trade.
The former Vikings starter is finalizing a deal with Seattle, per The Insiders. He gets a 3-years deal worth nearly $100M, taking the place of Geno Smith.
Darnold has been the favorite ever since the trade.
March 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Knew this was coming. And it is not terrible news for the Vikings.
People ought to be hoping JJ will be ready by August. McConnell is the QB Whisperer so that should alleviate some of the fear about starting McCarthy.
People ought to be hoping JJ will be ready by August. McConnell is the QB Whisperer so that should alleviate some of the fear about starting McCarthy.
I will not buy that car, you see,
Not for a dollar, not even free.
I will not buy that car, I swear,
Not anyplace, not anywhere!
Not for a dollar, not even free.
I will not buy that car, I swear,
Not anyplace, not anywhere!
My question is whether Wall Street understands that an important segment of the EV market customer base will not buy a Tesla at any price. It could teleport me places and I would not buy it. I would not drive one if you gave it to me for free.
“.. Tesla is on track for its worst day since July 24, 2024, when it fell 12.33%. Tesla has erased nearly $800 billion in market value since its record close on December 17, 2024.”
@cnbc.com $TSLA
@cnbc.com $TSLA
March 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I will not buy that car, you see,
Not for a dollar, not even free.
I will not buy that car, I swear,
Not anyplace, not anywhere!
Not for a dollar, not even free.
I will not buy that car, I swear,
Not anyplace, not anywhere!
Big shout out to all the badass women in the world.
#InternationalWomensDay
"I am woman, hear me roar,
In numbers too big to ignore."
-Helen Ready (1972)
#InternationalWomensDay
"I am woman, hear me roar,
In numbers too big to ignore."
-Helen Ready (1972)
March 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Big shout out to all the badass women in the world.
#InternationalWomensDay
"I am woman, hear me roar,
In numbers too big to ignore."
-Helen Ready (1972)
#InternationalWomensDay
"I am woman, hear me roar,
In numbers too big to ignore."
-Helen Ready (1972)
What George said.
Every U.S. Senator who voted for Hegseth should be speaking out about Hegseth's recklessness. He demonstrates daily is incompetence.
The longer GOP Senators are silent on these matters, the more we see their complacency.
Every U.S. Senator who voted for Hegseth should be speaking out about Hegseth's recklessness. He demonstrates daily is incompetence.
The longer GOP Senators are silent on these matters, the more we see their complacency.
Let’s face it. Getting rid of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is to make way for less qualified white men to take positions they don’t deserve.
February 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
What George said.
Every U.S. Senator who voted for Hegseth should be speaking out about Hegseth's recklessness. He demonstrates daily is incompetence.
The longer GOP Senators are silent on these matters, the more we see their complacency.
Every U.S. Senator who voted for Hegseth should be speaking out about Hegseth's recklessness. He demonstrates daily is incompetence.
The longer GOP Senators are silent on these matters, the more we see their complacency.
Marc Elias and Democracy Docket are on the right side of history.
Voting rights changes everything and the extreme right - dominated by angry, hateful, wealthy, white patriarchy - know it, too.
Voting rights changes everything and the extreme right - dominated by angry, hateful, wealthy, white patriarchy - know it, too.
I am proud that my law firm is currently litigation 48 voting and election cases in 18 states.
February 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Marc Elias and Democracy Docket are on the right side of history.
Voting rights changes everything and the extreme right - dominated by angry, hateful, wealthy, white patriarchy - know it, too.
Voting rights changes everything and the extreme right - dominated by angry, hateful, wealthy, white patriarchy - know it, too.
White patriarchy ensures that lesser-qualified white men have opportunities over equally or more qualified women and people of color.
Ooh, I know: the Black guy and the woman.
Not qwhite sure why, though.
Not qwhite sure why, though.
February 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
White patriarchy ensures that lesser-qualified white men have opportunities over equally or more qualified women and people of color.
So says the 34-time convicted felon.
February 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
So says the 34-time convicted felon.
Jo forgot to add "piece of shit".
The Republican Party is a goddamn motherfucking joke.
February 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Jo forgot to add "piece of shit".
This won't matter to Trump & his sycophants; nor will it matter to the MAGA base.
It won't even matter to MAGA Catholics. Most are not faithful to the Catholic doctrine they claim to follow.
There seems to be no moral authority that will break through to the MAGA faithful.
apnews.com/article/pope...
It won't even matter to MAGA Catholics. Most are not faithful to the Catholic doctrine they claim to follow.
There seems to be no moral authority that will break through to the MAGA faithful.
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope rebukes Trump administration over immigrant deportations and appears to aim directly at Vance
The U.S. border czar has pushed back against Pope Francis' criticism of the U.S. mass deportation of migrants plan.
apnews.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This won't matter to Trump & his sycophants; nor will it matter to the MAGA base.
It won't even matter to MAGA Catholics. Most are not faithful to the Catholic doctrine they claim to follow.
There seems to be no moral authority that will break through to the MAGA faithful.
apnews.com/article/pope...
It won't even matter to MAGA Catholics. Most are not faithful to the Catholic doctrine they claim to follow.
There seems to be no moral authority that will break through to the MAGA faithful.
apnews.com/article/pope...
Dems are rightfully using the words "constitutional crisis" or "fascism". No one is going to argue with that.
But! It is high time to DO SOMETHING!
Saying that the place is burning to the ground without doing something to put out the fire is not helpful. Step up and lead.
But! It is high time to DO SOMETHING!
Saying that the place is burning to the ground without doing something to put out the fire is not helpful. Step up and lead.
Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
February 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Dems are rightfully using the words "constitutional crisis" or "fascism". No one is going to argue with that.
But! It is high time to DO SOMETHING!
Saying that the place is burning to the ground without doing something to put out the fire is not helpful. Step up and lead.
But! It is high time to DO SOMETHING!
Saying that the place is burning to the ground without doing something to put out the fire is not helpful. Step up and lead.
We all need to refer to red states as "republican-owned".
Those republican legislators are bought & paid for by extreme right special interest groups.
How do we know? Because none have the courage to expand voting rights, defend DEI, or advance any other initiative that benefits everyone.
Those republican legislators are bought & paid for by extreme right special interest groups.
How do we know? Because none have the courage to expand voting rights, defend DEI, or advance any other initiative that benefits everyone.
The good news:
Canada & Mexico are defending their economic interests against trump tariffs with retaliatory tariffs that target republican states
The bad news:
Most Black Americans live in republican-owned states
Always direct and/or collateral damage when confederates do shit
Canada & Mexico are defending their economic interests against trump tariffs with retaliatory tariffs that target republican states
The bad news:
Most Black Americans live in republican-owned states
Always direct and/or collateral damage when confederates do shit
February 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We all need to refer to red states as "republican-owned".
Those republican legislators are bought & paid for by extreme right special interest groups.
How do we know? Because none have the courage to expand voting rights, defend DEI, or advance any other initiative that benefits everyone.
Those republican legislators are bought & paid for by extreme right special interest groups.
How do we know? Because none have the courage to expand voting rights, defend DEI, or advance any other initiative that benefits everyone.
1 out of every 50 people on Bluesky follows @marcelias.bsky.social.
Like, what's up with the other 49??? Y'all are missing out.
Like, what's up with the other 49??? Y'all are missing out.
Thank you to my 600k followers here on Bluesky!🥳
January 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
1 out of every 50 people on Bluesky follows @marcelias.bsky.social.
Like, what's up with the other 49??? Y'all are missing out.
Like, what's up with the other 49??? Y'all are missing out.
There is no bottom to the reckless, spiteful, and cruel dumbf*ckery coming out of this administration.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
There is no bottom to the reckless, spiteful, and cruel dumbf*ckery coming out of this administration.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Weaponizing earned payments Trump's game.
"[David Lebryk, the top-ranking career U.S. Treasury official] and Musk's surrogates clashed over access to a sensitive system used to pay out more than $6 trillion a year in Social Security and Medicare benefits."
www.reuters.com/world/us/sen...
"[David Lebryk, the top-ranking career U.S. Treasury official] and Musk's surrogates clashed over access to a sensitive system used to pay out more than $6 trillion a year in Social Security and Medicare benefits."
www.reuters.com/world/us/sen...
Senior US Treasury official to exit after rift with Musk allies, report says
David Lebryk, the top-ranking career U.S. Treasury Department official, will leave following a clash with allies of billionaire and Trump adviser Elon Musk over payment system access, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Weaponizing earned payments Trump's game.
"[David Lebryk, the top-ranking career U.S. Treasury official] and Musk's surrogates clashed over access to a sensitive system used to pay out more than $6 trillion a year in Social Security and Medicare benefits."
www.reuters.com/world/us/sen...
"[David Lebryk, the top-ranking career U.S. Treasury official] and Musk's surrogates clashed over access to a sensitive system used to pay out more than $6 trillion a year in Social Security and Medicare benefits."
www.reuters.com/world/us/sen...
If media outlets had any courage at all, nearly every story that captures what spews out of Trump's mouth would begin, "Trump, without citing evidence, ..."
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump, without citing evidence, appears to blame FAA diversity initiatives as factor in helicopter-plane collision
Donald Trump claimed, without citing evidence, that DEI initiatives at the FAA were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in D.C.
abcnews.go.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If media outlets had any courage at all, nearly every story that captures what spews out of Trump's mouth would begin, "Trump, without citing evidence, ..."
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Reposted by Andy Bertsch
If China took Taiwan tomorrow we wouldn't have the leadership to deal with the situation. We are the weakest we have been at any time in the last 200 years.
January 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
If China took Taiwan tomorrow we wouldn't have the leadership to deal with the situation. We are the weakest we have been at any time in the last 200 years.
They want to ban the teaching of the unpleasant facts of American history because people might conclude injustices in the past that contribute to inequalities in the present should be rectified, instead of their belief, which is that some groups of people are inherently superior to others
January 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
“She’s the first to really find her footing and show no fear. She did what needs to be done, and we hope to see our elected leaders do the same, including Republicans.”
It will take #BadassWomenEnergy to save America.
It will take #BadassWomenEnergy to save America.
January 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“She’s the first to really find her footing and show no fear. She did what needs to be done, and we hope to see our elected leaders do the same, including Republicans.”
It will take #BadassWomenEnergy to save America.
It will take #BadassWomenEnergy to save America.