List: Politics As Usual | Curated by Andrew Gaertner

Feb 25, 2024
40 stories
Politics As UsualI am a Progressive, AOC-loving Democrat living in Trump country in Northwest Wisconsin.  I actually think Progressive candidates and policies can win in rural Wisconsin. Look at Bernie! He has that anti-elite stance that resonates here. Each of these essays is a response to a political moment.
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Fuck Capitalism
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Andrew Gaertner
What If We Give People Money?A white guy stumbles through the topic of Reparations
Feb 23, 2024
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Feb 23, 2024
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An Injustice!
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Christyl Rivers, Phd.
People Don’t Support Trump Despite His Flaws, It’s Because Of ThemWhat a man can get away with displays his power like nothing else can. American history is all about power
Jan 28, 2024
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Jan 28, 2024
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Fuck Capitalism
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Andrew Gaertner
Little Libertarian Compound on the PrairieHow my genealogy quest for pioneer ancestors was corrupted by made-up stories
Sep 18, 2023
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Sep 18, 2023
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New Choices
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Andrew Gaertner
Try This in a Small Town That I LoveBayfield, Wisconsin could be a template for making America great
Aug 17, 2023
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Aug 17, 2023
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Republicans Decide to Run AI Trump(Fake) News from the near future
Sep 2, 2023
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Sep 2, 2023
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It is Time to Talk to Friends and Family About the Mid-TermsWe have tuned out everything else
Oct 30, 2022
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Oct 30, 2022
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Fuck Capitalism
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Andrew Gaertner
Why Aren’t We More Concerned About Nuclear War?Individual action is a red herring; people in the U.S. need to engage in our imperfect political system
Oct 20, 2022
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Oct 20, 2022
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Fuck Capitalism
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Andrew Gaertner
Gavin Newsom Gets California Into the Insulin BusinessNOW DO HOUSING!
Jul 25, 2022
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Jul 25, 2022
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Why I’m Proud To Be a Dunn County DemocratWe need to turn Western Wisconsin blue
Aug 18, 2022
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Aug 18, 2022
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Liberals, Please Come to Wisconsin!Is it a Republican strategy to try to force liberals to leave Purple states? Perhaps this was their game all along?
May 8, 2022
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May 8, 2022
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Replacement Theory is BullshitAsk anyone in Latin America
May 16, 2022
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May 16, 2022
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An Injustice!
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Andrew Gaertner
We Need to Talk About Suicide in BIPOC Young AdultsI know four young people who have taken their own lives in the last year
Mar 31, 2022
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Mar 31, 2022
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Politically Speaking
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Andrew Gaertner
Poll Work is Real WorkWitnessing voter suppression in real time
Apr 11, 2022
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Apr 11, 2022
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Alternative Perspectives
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Andrew Gaertner
Using Maple Syrup to Stick the Left and the Right TogetherCan real work connected to the land be a good way to reunify the United States?
Apr 20, 2022
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Apr 20, 2022
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Alternative Perspectives
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Andrew Gaertner
Hopping on the Neo-Feudalism TrainShort fiction from the near future
May 3, 2022
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May 3, 2022
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Politically Speaking
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Andrew Gaertner
Meme WarsHow the extreme right “owns the libs” and riles up the base on Facebook
Mar 31, 2022
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Mar 31, 2022
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Politically Speaking
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Andrew Gaertner
A Progressive Democrat, a Centrist Democrat, and Republican Walk Into a BarOuch!
Feb 26, 2022
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Feb 26, 2022
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Andrew Gaertner
Crowdfunding the ResistanceWhen I am two degrees of separation from unimaginable injustice
Mar 9, 2022
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Mar 9, 2022
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Politically Speaking
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Andrew Gaertner
Why Don’t Democrats Win More Working Class Votes?We should win every time but we don’t
Feb 22, 2022
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Feb 22, 2022
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Politically Speaking
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Andrew Gaertner
Why Do Republicans Keep Winning With Working Class Voters?As a Democrat I am genuinely curious about this question
Feb 20, 2022
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Feb 20, 2022
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