Andy Gradel
@andygradel.bsky.social
Jersey lifer who spends too much time thinking about #DigitalMarketing, #Springsteen, #FantasySports, #RetroGaming, #Pinball and #Plex while doing my best to rail against the #FoxNews and right-wing propaganda machine.
But, here in America, let's get rid of solar subsides and (checks notes) promote coal... *Sigh*
Btw, love my solar panels. Best investment ever.
Btw, love my solar panels. Best investment ever.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
But, here in America, let's get rid of solar subsides and (checks notes) promote coal... *Sigh*
Btw, love my solar panels. Best investment ever.
Btw, love my solar panels. Best investment ever.
For anyone keeping score of which crimes are still crimes, apparently prosecuting money laundering is "political persecution" when it's someone who is aligned with the president, but still a crime if NBA players are involved.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Exclusive | Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder
The pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company.
www.wsj.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
For anyone keeping score of which crimes are still crimes, apparently prosecuting money laundering is "political persecution" when it's someone who is aligned with the president, but still a crime if NBA players are involved.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Reposted by Andy Gradel
📌This Ontario, Canada, commercial is the truth, sheer brilliance, and should spread like wildfire across the United States.
Ontario launches $75 million ad campaign using the words of Ronald Reagan to argue against tariffs.
YouTube video by Toronto Sun
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
📌This Ontario, Canada, commercial is the truth, sheer brilliance, and should spread like wildfire across the United States.
Beyond the $8.4M -> $71M YoY increase in spending, which is crazy on its own, the fact that ICE is purchasing “guided missile warheads and explosive components" should be raising all kinds of red flags.
Chasing down illegal immigrants requires guided missiles?
newrepublic.com/post/202031/...
Chasing down illegal immigrants requires guided missiles?
newrepublic.com/post/202031/...
ICE Spent 700% More on Weapons. What They Bought Will Terrify You.
Donald Trump is arming his masked immigration agents with increasingly lethal weapons.
newrepublic.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Beyond the $8.4M -> $71M YoY increase in spending, which is crazy on its own, the fact that ICE is purchasing “guided missile warheads and explosive components" should be raising all kinds of red flags.
Chasing down illegal immigrants requires guided missiles?
newrepublic.com/post/202031/...
Chasing down illegal immigrants requires guided missiles?
newrepublic.com/post/202031/...
Federal law prohibits any living person's face from appearing on U.S. currency, but of course this is just another example of laws no longer mattering... www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin
The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump’s profile on one side of the coin.
www.politico.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Federal law prohibits any living person's face from appearing on U.S. currency, but of course this is just another example of laws no longer mattering... www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
White House moves to cut approved funds for Dem-led states + targeted RIFs as retaliation are purely punitive.
Why is #NJ sending tax 💵 to a gov that uses it as a weapon instead of working to pass bipartisan legislation? @andykimnj.bsky.social @govmurphy.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
Why is #NJ sending tax 💵 to a gov that uses it as a weapon instead of working to pass bipartisan legislation? @andykimnj.bsky.social @govmurphy.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
White House moves to cut approved funds for Dem-led states + targeted RIFs as retaliation are purely punitive.
Why is #NJ sending tax 💵 to a gov that uses it as a weapon instead of working to pass bipartisan legislation? @andykimnj.bsky.social @govmurphy.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
Why is #NJ sending tax 💵 to a gov that uses it as a weapon instead of working to pass bipartisan legislation? @andykimnj.bsky.social @govmurphy.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...
REPUBLICANS: We need Dems to lower the temperature, stop calling us Nazis and fascists.
POTUS: It’s the enemy from within and we have to handle it before it gets out of control.
Interesting how some people don't get that the "enemy from within" is core to Nazi ideology.
apnews.com/live/donald-...
POTUS: It’s the enemy from within and we have to handle it before it gets out of control.
Interesting how some people don't get that the "enemy from within" is core to Nazi ideology.
apnews.com/live/donald-...
Live updates: Trump targets ‘the enemy from within’ in speech to top military leaders
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump addressed hundreds of U.S. military officials Tuesday, announcing directives to end “woke” culture in the military.
apnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
REPUBLICANS: We need Dems to lower the temperature, stop calling us Nazis and fascists.
POTUS: It’s the enemy from within and we have to handle it before it gets out of control.
Interesting how some people don't get that the "enemy from within" is core to Nazi ideology.
apnews.com/live/donald-...
POTUS: It’s the enemy from within and we have to handle it before it gets out of control.
Interesting how some people don't get that the "enemy from within" is core to Nazi ideology.
apnews.com/live/donald-...
The Republicans have majorities in both houses, control the White House and have the SCOTUS rubber-stamping expansions of executive power, but #FoxNews is running a "Democrat Shutdown Countdown?"
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears, indeed... #1984
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears, indeed... #1984
September 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The Republicans have majorities in both houses, control the White House and have the SCOTUS rubber-stamping expansions of executive power, but #FoxNews is running a "Democrat Shutdown Countdown?"
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears, indeed... #1984
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears, indeed... #1984
Happy to live in a state where we have evidence-based public health. 🩺
Sad our country has come to this, but CT, Maine, Mass, #NewJersey, #NewYork, #Pennsylvania and Rhode Island are doing what needs to be done in a time when others are trying to undo decades of progress. www.nj.gov/health/news/...
Sad our country has come to this, but CT, Maine, Mass, #NewJersey, #NewYork, #Pennsylvania and Rhode Island are doing what needs to be done in a time when others are trying to undo decades of progress. www.nj.gov/health/news/...
www.nj.gov
September 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Happy to live in a state where we have evidence-based public health. 🩺
Sad our country has come to this, but CT, Maine, Mass, #NewJersey, #NewYork, #Pennsylvania and Rhode Island are doing what needs to be done in a time when others are trying to undo decades of progress. www.nj.gov/health/news/...
Sad our country has come to this, but CT, Maine, Mass, #NewJersey, #NewYork, #Pennsylvania and Rhode Island are doing what needs to be done in a time when others are trying to undo decades of progress. www.nj.gov/health/news/...
Couldn't agree more @warren.senate.gov.
Within a year, I bet @lastweektonight.com and @thedailyshow.com will be in the same boat as @colbertlateshow.bsky.social if this deal goes through. Will do nothing but further consolidate oligarchical editorial power.
awfulannouncing.com/politics/eli...
Within a year, I bet @lastweektonight.com and @thedailyshow.com will be in the same boat as @colbertlateshow.bsky.social if this deal goes through. Will do nothing but further consolidate oligarchical editorial power.
awfulannouncing.com/politics/eli...
Elizabeth Warren sounds alarm on potential Paramount-WBD deal
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sounded the alarm on a potential deal between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.
awfulannouncing.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Couldn't agree more @warren.senate.gov.
Within a year, I bet @lastweektonight.com and @thedailyshow.com will be in the same boat as @colbertlateshow.bsky.social if this deal goes through. Will do nothing but further consolidate oligarchical editorial power.
awfulannouncing.com/politics/eli...
Within a year, I bet @lastweektonight.com and @thedailyshow.com will be in the same boat as @colbertlateshow.bsky.social if this deal goes through. Will do nothing but further consolidate oligarchical editorial power.
awfulannouncing.com/politics/eli...
This post is a perfect reminder that, as everyone from the president on down makes assumptions - and even vow revenge against "libs" - they have no idea what the shooter's motivation was.
Maybe everyone should step back, wait for those elusive things known as facts and then determine next steps.
Maybe everyone should step back, wait for those elusive things known as facts and then determine next steps.
Laura Loomer, Trumps alleged mistress, a MAGA & pro-israel influencer, targeted Charlie Kirk weeks before his assassination.
Loomer painted Kirk as a traitor and placed a target on his back after he called for the release of the Epstein files and opposed a war with Iran.
Loomer painted Kirk as a traitor and placed a target on his back after he called for the release of the Epstein files and opposed a war with Iran.
September 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This post is a perfect reminder that, as everyone from the president on down makes assumptions - and even vow revenge against "libs" - they have no idea what the shooter's motivation was.
Maybe everyone should step back, wait for those elusive things known as facts and then determine next steps.
Maybe everyone should step back, wait for those elusive things known as facts and then determine next steps.
If you had said '25 would bring us 7 discs of unreleased music in "Tracks 2" + an unreleased BTR track in "Lonely Night In The Park" + the mythical "electric" Nebraska ALL IN THE SAME YEAR, you would have sounded nuts.
Amazing year to be a @brucespringsteen.net fan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YNu...
Amazing year to be a @brucespringsteen.net fan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YNu...
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (Electric Nebraska - Official Audio)
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If you had said '25 would bring us 7 discs of unreleased music in "Tracks 2" + an unreleased BTR track in "Lonely Night In The Park" + the mythical "electric" Nebraska ALL IN THE SAME YEAR, you would have sounded nuts.
Amazing year to be a @brucespringsteen.net fan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YNu...
Amazing year to be a @brucespringsteen.net fan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YNu...
Who is the "we" here? I'd say that's a "you" problem.
September 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Who is the "we" here? I'd say that's a "you" problem.
Interesting timing for BLS data retrieval tools to be "experiencing technical difficulties."
www.streetinsider.com/General+News...
www.streetinsider.com/General+News...
Bureau of Labor Statistics faces technical issues before jobs report
(Updated - September 5, 2025 8:05 AM EDT)The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported technical difficulties with its website data retrieval tools ahead of the scheduled monthly employment report release a...
www.streetinsider.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Interesting timing for BLS data retrieval tools to be "experiencing technical difficulties."
www.streetinsider.com/General+News...
www.streetinsider.com/General+News...
When I miss goals at work, what would happen if I said the "real numbers" would magically appear next year?
I'd expect to be shown the door, as should be the case here, too.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
I'd expect to be shown the door, as should be the case here, too.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When I miss goals at work, what would happen if I said the "real numbers" would magically appear next year?
I'd expect to be shown the door, as should be the case here, too.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
I'd expect to be shown the door, as should be the case here, too.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Reminder that #ElonMusk is not Democracy's friend.
"Musk and his associates have told people close to him that he is considering using some of his vast financial resources to back Vance if he decides to run for president in 2028."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"Musk and his associates have told people close to him that he is considering using some of his vast financial resources to back Vance if he decides to run for president in 2028."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Elon Musk Pledged to Start a Political Party. He Is Already Pumping the Brakes.
The billionaire has sought to maintain ties with Vice President JD Vance, a potential heir to Donald Trump’s MAGA political movement.
www.wsj.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Reminder that #ElonMusk is not Democracy's friend.
"Musk and his associates have told people close to him that he is considering using some of his vast financial resources to back Vance if he decides to run for president in 2028."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"Musk and his associates have told people close to him that he is considering using some of his vast financial resources to back Vance if he decides to run for president in 2028."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
We rolled out the red carpet for a war criminal before rolling over and saying that it's up to Ukraine to make peace.
That's our country only 8 months into 2025.
That's our country only 8 months into 2025.
Heinrich: And what was really stunning to me as someone who has been in a lot of these press conferences a few things very unusual. You had Putin come out and address the press first. We are on U.S. Soil here
August 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We rolled out the red carpet for a war criminal before rolling over and saying that it's up to Ukraine to make peace.
That's our country only 8 months into 2025.
That's our country only 8 months into 2025.
"Penn Wharton’s budget model projected if the gov deports 10% of undocumented immigrants annually over next 10 years, Social Security will lose $133bn in funds over that period of time."
Plus, on the other side, there's the extra $165bn DHS is now spending. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Plus, on the other side, there's the extra $165bn DHS is now spending. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump claims credit for fixing Social Security as it barrels to insolvency
Many of the president’s claims were misleading and ignore months of turmoil at the embattled agency.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Penn Wharton’s budget model projected if the gov deports 10% of undocumented immigrants annually over next 10 years, Social Security will lose $133bn in funds over that period of time."
Plus, on the other side, there's the extra $165bn DHS is now spending. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Plus, on the other side, there's the extra $165bn DHS is now spending. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Reason 452 why corps have lower tax rates than the rest of us: "Trump made a change in '17 that eliminated the tax benefit’s expiration date for all companies. For #SpaceX, that means nearly $3bn of losses can be indefinitely applied against future taxable income."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
SpaceX Gets Billions From the Government. It Gives Little to Nothing Back in Taxes.
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Reason 452 why corps have lower tax rates than the rest of us: "Trump made a change in '17 that eliminated the tax benefit’s expiration date for all companies. For #SpaceX, that means nearly $3bn of losses can be indefinitely applied against future taxable income."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
One thing leads to another: "People are moving... at around the lowest rate on record. Companies have fewer roles for entry-level workers... Workers who do have jobs are hanging on to them."
All of this leads to an even larger economic divide down the road. www.wsj.com/economy/amer...
All of this leads to an even larger economic divide down the road. www.wsj.com/economy/amer...
Nobody’s Buying Homes, Nobody’s Switching Jobs—and America’s Mobility Is Stalling
America’s mobility is stalling, and it has economic consequences for everyone. Growing families can’t upgrade, empty-nesters can’t downsize, and when people can’t move for a job offer, they often earn...
www.wsj.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
One thing leads to another: "People are moving... at around the lowest rate on record. Companies have fewer roles for entry-level workers... Workers who do have jobs are hanging on to them."
All of this leads to an even larger economic divide down the road. www.wsj.com/economy/amer...
All of this leads to an even larger economic divide down the road. www.wsj.com/economy/amer...
Know who I'M going to believe? The contractor who was going to charge me $4k back in December for windows who just quoted me $8k for the same, exact thing!
Economists are 100% correct, which is why they're economists and not someone with a fictional alter ego (Ron Vara) who they use as a "source."
Economists are 100% correct, which is why they're economists and not someone with a fictional alter ego (Ron Vara) who they use as a "source."
NAVARRO: Are tariffs price hikes or tax cuts? I say they're tax cuts
EISEN: I mean, many economists would say they are tax hikes because ultimately a consumer will pay for some of those increased prices
NAVARRO: Most economists just don't agree with us. Who has credibility here?
EISEN: I mean, many economists would say they are tax hikes because ultimately a consumer will pay for some of those increased prices
NAVARRO: Most economists just don't agree with us. Who has credibility here?
August 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Know who I'M going to believe? The contractor who was going to charge me $4k back in December for windows who just quoted me $8k for the same, exact thing!
Economists are 100% correct, which is why they're economists and not someone with a fictional alter ego (Ron Vara) who they use as a "source."
Economists are 100% correct, which is why they're economists and not someone with a fictional alter ego (Ron Vara) who they use as a "source."
Reminder set for 2:30pm EDT. ✊
Looking forward to the STRONGEST, GREATEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL MAPS THAT WILL MAKE ELECTIONS GREAT AGAIN! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER @gavinnewsom.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=io2H...
Looking forward to the STRONGEST, GREATEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL MAPS THAT WILL MAKE ELECTIONS GREAT AGAIN! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER @gavinnewsom.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=io2H...
Governor Newsom, California leaders make major announcement countering Trump's gerrymandering scheme
YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom
www.youtube.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Reminder set for 2:30pm EDT. ✊
Looking forward to the STRONGEST, GREATEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL MAPS THAT WILL MAKE ELECTIONS GREAT AGAIN! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER @gavinnewsom.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=io2H...
Looking forward to the STRONGEST, GREATEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL MAPS THAT WILL MAKE ELECTIONS GREAT AGAIN! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER @gavinnewsom.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=io2H...
Nothing like salt, salt, salt on a random Wednesday night! Coral Reefers amazing as always... #Magaritaville
August 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Nothing like salt, salt, salt on a random Wednesday night! Coral Reefers amazing as always... #Magaritaville