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Andy Gradel

@andygradel.bsky.social
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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.

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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Interesting how basic math is hard for the (checks notes) economics guy. /s
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is what an actual "DEI hire" looks like.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Of course there's no money for healthcare or free school lunches while we inch closer to $40T in gov debt, but I'm glad that $464M DHS spent for no-bid jets is being put to good use... Oh, wait... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...
nytimes.com
Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them. (Gift Article)
The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
She's great... Congrats to the people of Minnesota on having an amazing candidate to rally behind and get elected this November.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Funny how Obama didn't need missiles and barbed wire for the 333 rounds of golf he played during his entire 8 years in office. By contrast, Trump has golfed 166 times in just the first year and a half of his 2nd term...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Did she say "federal drug administration?"
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
If it was Biden or Harris, I bet they'd find a way...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
So, what - exactly - did we go to war for in Iran? Or is that semantics and doesn't count as a "war?"
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"strong economic growth" is now +57K? Funny how that wasn't the case just 2 years ago...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
105 years, eh? So, how many years should Trump and those in his orbit get for their thousands of insider trades over the last year and a half? Not saying Muggleston is innocent, but the two-tier application of "justice" in our country is beyond pale...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
And how much of that $300bn will be funneled into companies he and his donors are involved with? 100%?
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Ahh... glad to see she's been rehabilitated and is starting the next chapter of her life off on the right foot. /s
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I can believe he never actually met him, but to say " I don't know who he is" stretches the truth a bit too far...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Perfect example of "smart" people trying to sound profound when talking about a basic concept (ie: infant mortality) but ending up sounding like a complete and utter racist.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This is adorable. If the whole "Mayor of NYC" thing doesn't work out, you're more than welcome as mayor of my little town here in the depths of South Jersey... Really is refreshing to see someone in office who actually acts like an honest-to-goodness human being.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/05/2026
Markwayne Mullin: "We are currently drawing up plans to say, listen, in these sanctuary cities where the local radical left Democrats aren't allowing us to do our job and enforce federal laws, then we shouldn't be processing international flights into their cities."
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Of course, everyone in that video will say "as soon as the war is over" hasn't happened yet.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Why does it feel like Polis is crossing over and will soon be brunching with Fetterman?
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The @washingtonpost.com can suck it. I'd rather have my tax dollars used for diapers and anything that helps people any day of the week as opposed to ballrooms, arches and payouts to criminals. Seriously, this is the most tone deaf video they could have possibly made in 2026.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
He thinks it's golf - lower is better.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
@livenationconcerts.bsky.social Hey! At Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden. You really should liwt tickets in the middle of section 202 as partially obstructed, unless staring at a cameraman's back the whole show is just an added bonus no one told me about...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
For the amount we've spent for him to play golf over the past year, I expected so much more...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I hope Dana Bash also asks Trump why he doesn't back down on his "heated rhetoric" whenever he calls reporters: horrible, terrible, dishonest, fake, piggy, etc. Isn't that creating an environment where he's encouraging his supporters to take action against a class of people?
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
As usual, obviously dumb decision made by one of the supposed smartest people in the world: why wouldn't these have 4 doors? You're limiting your customers right off the bat.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Cancelled my subscription in November of 2024 and have never looked back. Democracy is dying in darkness because Jeff Bezos and whoever is left @washingtonpost.com refuse to shine a light on it.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Cancelled my subscription in November of 2024 and have never looked back. Democracy is dying in darkness because Jeff Bezos and whoever is left @washingtonpost.com refuse to shine a light on it.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
How? How is it still that HIGH? What 39% of humans wake up, see anything going on and say "that's exactly what I voted for... Great work...?"
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The part about party affiliation would be interesting. Bet a bunch of Republicans would find themselves voting Dem if they actually knew what each side was focused on and how it impacted their day-to-day lives.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
👆 This x100. Whoever gets in office next will have 2 years to right the ship before voters with insanely short attention spans drift back to Republicans because "nothing is getting done."
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
So, that sounds like an awfully long list of exceptions he's "ok" with, so that means he's "ok" with mail-in voting, right? /s
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Funny how the guy who "hates" mail-in ballots so much can't manage to waddle to the nearest polling location to vote in-person...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Why do "they" want this shutdown? How about so ICE agents have to follow the same rules as every other law enforcement officer in the United States? Sounds reasonable and simple enough Uncle Fester...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I love how "stays calm" is somehow headline worthy. If that was even a question, he's not qualified for the role.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Every time he says it won't cost us one cent and the money's "donated," I get so annoyed that no one asks what else that money could have been used for?
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
These people never seem to know anything about anything. I work 50+ hours a week, am raising two teenage daughters and I've still had time to read stories about their affair for 5+ years. Love that I'm apparently more looped in than the POTUS...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Alex, I'll take things that didn't really happen for $1000.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
They want to pull "their aid?" Haven't these idiots seen the upside-down ROI "blue states" already get on every dollar sent to the feds? Markwayne Mullin should be thanking every blue state for every dollar contributed to the rest of "red" America...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Who would have thought that would even need to be said...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Every... single... congressman should be forced to listen to every word these people have to say. Otherwise, it truly is taxation without representation from people who just want to insulate themselves from their constituents.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Every... single... congressman should be forced to listen to every word these people have to say. Otherwise, it truly is taxation without representation from people who want to insulate themselves from their constituents.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Isn't it great that he's suing for more than he's paid in actual taxes his whole life.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Yes, "the Dems" - which you are one of, so that should be a "we" - should ask for all of that and more. Use all your leverage to ask for everything. Now is not the time to pull punches and, even if ICE is "funded for 6 years," voting "yes" for their budget sends the wrong msg.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If only our country's "ICE threat" could be measured in hours, not months or years to come. 281 days until the midterm elections with primaries just months away. We cannot afford to vote for any candidates who continue to fund a rogue government agency.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It's like they think we'll all just magically forget about slavery.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I hate seeing "U.S. has lost its way" when the vast majority of Americans do not agree with the actions of this administration.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
They should stop picking up the pieces weeks later and start doing their job to proactively prevent the administration from going off the rails in the first place.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
When robbing Americans isn't enough, it's time for the grift to shift to Venezuela...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Working group? JUST TELL HIM "NO" AND MOVE ON! Simple as that. Call his bluff.
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I never thought we'd have a president simultaneously say "we have the hottest country in the world" while also being a climate change denying, coal advocate. Unfortunately, he'll be dead long before feeling how hot it will actually get...
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Andy Gradel @andygradel.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
👆 This. Full stop. Anyone who votes to fund DHS in this midst of this shitshow has committed a dereliction of duty to the Constitution.
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