Andy Gaertner
@gaertnerandy.bsky.social
Farmer, Teacher, Writer on Medium, Morris Dancer, Genealogist, Ex Peace Corps Honduras ('93-'96). Climate Change, Anti-Racism, Photography, Food, Books, Green Bay Packers.
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Fewer than 1 in 10 of our Congressional races are considered competitive - in a country that's politically more or less 50-50.
This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.
This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.
October 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Fewer than 1 in 10 of our Congressional races are considered competitive - in a country that's politically more or less 50-50.
This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.
This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.
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We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
We’ve gotten several messages that the Trump administration has tampered with federal employees’ email systems, making some people’s automatic Out of Office replies blame the government shutdown on the “radical left.” This was done without the employees’ knowledge.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
September 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. -
Assata Shakur
Pic of the day
#photography
Assata Shakur
Pic of the day
#photography
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them. -
Assata Shakur
Pic of the day
#photography
Assata Shakur
Pic of the day
#photography
Pumpkin harvest time
September 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Pumpkin harvest time
These are beans that I grew.
September 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
These are beans that I grew.
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Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
August 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
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Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
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Doesn’t deploy federal troops to stop a Capitol invasion or save children from a Texas flood or clean up debris from a StL tornado.
Deployed federal troops to disperse people in sleeping bags.
Got it.
Deployed federal troops to disperse people in sleeping bags.
Got it.
August 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Doesn’t deploy federal troops to stop a Capitol invasion or save children from a Texas flood or clean up debris from a StL tornado.
Deployed federal troops to disperse people in sleeping bags.
Got it.
Deployed federal troops to disperse people in sleeping bags.
Got it.
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Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
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Thankful I bought a broom right before these sweeping tariffs
August 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Thankful I bought a broom right before these sweeping tariffs
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The CEO-to-worker pay ratio at S&P 500 companies last year was 285-to-1. The median employee would have had to start working in the year 1740 to earn what the average CEO received in 2024. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
August 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The CEO-to-worker pay ratio at S&P 500 companies last year was 285-to-1. The median employee would have had to start working in the year 1740 to earn what the average CEO received in 2024. Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
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weird how the guy born into obscene wealth, bailed out repeatedly, allowed to fail upwards forever until he fell ass-backwards into the presidency, and then was declared by the Supreme Court to be a Very Special Boy Who Can Crime Forever never stops whining about how everything is rigged against him
August 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
weird how the guy born into obscene wealth, bailed out repeatedly, allowed to fail upwards forever until he fell ass-backwards into the presidency, and then was declared by the Supreme Court to be a Very Special Boy Who Can Crime Forever never stops whining about how everything is rigged against him
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Russia was never a hoax
The 2020 election wasn’t stolen
Tariffs are a tax on you
Haitians didn’t eat pets
The Epstein files exist
The 2020 election wasn’t stolen
Tariffs are a tax on you
Haitians didn’t eat pets
The Epstein files exist
July 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Russia was never a hoax
The 2020 election wasn’t stolen
Tariffs are a tax on you
Haitians didn’t eat pets
The Epstein files exist
The 2020 election wasn’t stolen
Tariffs are a tax on you
Haitians didn’t eat pets
The Epstein files exist
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Lol
Release the files!!!
Release the files!!!
July 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Lol
Release the files!!!
Release the files!!!
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A Trump-appointed judge overturned a Biden-era rule that removed medical debt from credit reports.
The ruling came days after Republicans voted to kick millions of Americans off healthcare – which will likely cause medical debt to skyrocket.
A perfect storm of cruelty.
The ruling came days after Republicans voted to kick millions of Americans off healthcare – which will likely cause medical debt to skyrocket.
A perfect storm of cruelty.
July 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A Trump-appointed judge overturned a Biden-era rule that removed medical debt from credit reports.
The ruling came days after Republicans voted to kick millions of Americans off healthcare – which will likely cause medical debt to skyrocket.
A perfect storm of cruelty.
The ruling came days after Republicans voted to kick millions of Americans off healthcare – which will likely cause medical debt to skyrocket.
A perfect storm of cruelty.
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If the president can revoke people's citizenship, we don't have a country. Simple as.
July 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If the president can revoke people's citizenship, we don't have a country. Simple as.
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has the US simply tried detaining the wildfire smoke at the border. have they tried putting a tariff on the fire
July 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
has the US simply tried detaining the wildfire smoke at the border. have they tried putting a tariff on the fire
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Imagine this!
The “Big Beautiful Bill” gives ICE $170 billion to lock people up and build walls, but only $150 billion for the entire US Marines to fight wars, house troops, and support families.
Because nothing says “secure nation” like funding cages over combat.
The “Big Beautiful Bill” gives ICE $170 billion to lock people up and build walls, but only $150 billion for the entire US Marines to fight wars, house troops, and support families.
Because nothing says “secure nation” like funding cages over combat.
July 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Imagine this!
The “Big Beautiful Bill” gives ICE $170 billion to lock people up and build walls, but only $150 billion for the entire US Marines to fight wars, house troops, and support families.
Because nothing says “secure nation” like funding cages over combat.
The “Big Beautiful Bill” gives ICE $170 billion to lock people up and build walls, but only $150 billion for the entire US Marines to fight wars, house troops, and support families.
Because nothing says “secure nation” like funding cages over combat.
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I do not meet Medicaid requirements, but my healthcare premiums became affordable when Missouri expanded Medicaid.
Medicaid cuts will impact my insurance. It will impact my rural hospital. It will impact my life.
It’s all connected.
Medicaid cuts will impact my insurance. It will impact my rural hospital. It will impact my life.
It’s all connected.
July 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I do not meet Medicaid requirements, but my healthcare premiums became affordable when Missouri expanded Medicaid.
Medicaid cuts will impact my insurance. It will impact my rural hospital. It will impact my life.
It’s all connected.
Medicaid cuts will impact my insurance. It will impact my rural hospital. It will impact my life.
It’s all connected.
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Useful phrases for this week:
- No.
- So?
- In my lessons, (insert subject) is always fun.
- He did NOT say that.
- No- not even in the last 10 minutes.
- Education is its own reward.
- I don't care if they did.
If you know, you know.
#edusky
- No.
- So?
- In my lessons, (insert subject) is always fun.
- He did NOT say that.
- No- not even in the last 10 minutes.
- Education is its own reward.
- I don't care if they did.
If you know, you know.
#edusky
July 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Useful phrases for this week:
- No.
- So?
- In my lessons, (insert subject) is always fun.
- He did NOT say that.
- No- not even in the last 10 minutes.
- Education is its own reward.
- I don't care if they did.
If you know, you know.
#edusky
- No.
- So?
- In my lessons, (insert subject) is always fun.
- He did NOT say that.
- No- not even in the last 10 minutes.
- Education is its own reward.
- I don't care if they did.
If you know, you know.
#edusky
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Truly imagine if Mamdani had used the word “Shylock.”
It would have quite literally destroyed his career and every org and leader calling him out would be making this into a month long news cycle.
Trump? Hardly a peep.
When you accept antisemitism from the president, you aren’t fighting it.
It would have quite literally destroyed his career and every org and leader calling him out would be making this into a month long news cycle.
Trump? Hardly a peep.
When you accept antisemitism from the president, you aren’t fighting it.
July 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Truly imagine if Mamdani had used the word “Shylock.”
It would have quite literally destroyed his career and every org and leader calling him out would be making this into a month long news cycle.
Trump? Hardly a peep.
When you accept antisemitism from the president, you aren’t fighting it.
It would have quite literally destroyed his career and every org and leader calling him out would be making this into a month long news cycle.
Trump? Hardly a peep.
When you accept antisemitism from the president, you aren’t fighting it.
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Court papers filed Wednesday state that Mr. Abrego Garcia was beaten, deprived of sleep, and subjected to psychological torture during the nearly three months he spent in Salvadoran custody. It is unacceptable to send people to other countries to be tortured!
July 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Court papers filed Wednesday state that Mr. Abrego Garcia was beaten, deprived of sleep, and subjected to psychological torture during the nearly three months he spent in Salvadoran custody. It is unacceptable to send people to other countries to be tortured!
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