Jeff Ash

Jeff Ash

@jeffash26.bsky.social

Many interests. News (38 years in the news biz in Wisconsin). Progressive politics. Pop culture. Vintage soul/R&B/rock LPs. Old sports cards. Baseball. Ballparks. Back roads. Dive bars with good food. Old muscle cars. Local + Packers historian (4 books).

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Jeff Ash reposted

Everyone keeps asking me how I’m feeling about early voting so far. I’m feeling like nobody *actually* knows anything, and this is the most important midterm of our lives. I’d rather be us than them, but we can’t get comfortable. We can’t get complacent. Go vote like we’re down 3%.

Jeff Ash reposted

Even with all the levers of power he has his hands on, and even with control of every mechanism in the federal government, Trump has been unable to find election fraud. So he's crowdsourcing it now.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, will be paid $1,000,000 upon the arrest and conviction of those that created the Fraud! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"

"The same crew that tried to prevent the transfer of power before, it’s coming together around Tom Tiffany’s campaign."

Jeff Ash reposted

Replying to @nmfa17.bsky.social

(2) the day-to-day petty crime and grand corruption infecting the operations of the US government; (3) the political weaponization of the Justice Department; (4) the president’s abuse of our “normal” process of government; (5) the squandering of our nation’s standing around the world.

Jeff Ash reposted

These essays specifically highlight five areas where I fear we’ve lost sight of the sheer scale and horrific departure-from-normality that we’re all living through: (1) The abuses of the regime’s secret police force, a.k.a. ICE and CBP;

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social

My second essay on how under Trump we’ve already gotten used to a level of fascism, authoritarianism, and corruption that would be unthinkable to us just years ago. Today: The corruption of the Justice Dept and *EIGHT* scandals on par with Watergate: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-s-ty...

Jeff Ash reposted

No matter the language you speak, make sure to get your November 3 voting information from reliable sources, including: 🗳 myvote.wi.gov 🗳 The Wisconsin Elections Commission 🗳 Your local clerk’s office 🗳 Election workers at your polling place

politico.comAI has a language gap. That could be a problem for some voters.AI models underperform in non-English languages, which national organizations and experts say unintentionally disenfranchises communities using AI for election information.

Vote accordingly.

Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social

My second essay on how under Trump we’ve already gotten used to a level of fascism, authoritarianism, and corruption that would be unthinkable to us just years ago. Today: The corruption of the Justice Dept and *EIGHT* scandals on par with Watergate: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-s-ty...

Jeff Ash reposted

Closing argument for the Republicans. Asses and tacky glitz.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump is BIG MAD about Obama saying the White House now looks like Saddam opened a Cheesecake Factory: "He's not a smart guy. He's not smart at all ... for you to say it's a Cheesecake Factory, that just shows why you were a lousy president"

Do your thang, Wisconsin. Vote. There's so much at stake.

Law Forward@lawfwd.bsky.social

Our country is strongest when all of us show up, speak out and refuse to be intimidated. Every eligible voter should have an equal say in the decisions that impact our lives. This is the last week for in-person early voting! Find your location(s) here: buff.ly/z6JeYln

Jeff Ash reposted

There is no human on earth more easily or predictably baited than this man.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump is BIG MAD about Obama saying the White House now looks like Saddam opened a Cheesecake Factory: "He's not a smart guy. He's not smart at all ... for you to say it's a Cheesecake Factory, that just shows why you were a lousy president"

Jeff Ash reposted

Anyone else deeply ashamed of our country for allowing a convicted felon, pathological liar, serial abuser of women, and traitor to seize power? Ready to fight back? Vote against all Republicans.

Vote NO, NO and NO on these statewide referendum questions in Wisconsin.

captimes.com@captimes.com

Dave Zweifel: Wisconsin Republicans couldn't pass their noxious measures through the legislative process, so they're trying to fool voters into passing them.

Jeff Ash reposted

Encouraging sign that Democrats will play hardball if they win the midterms.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

NEWS --> Dems are planning novel ways to wield power of the purse against Trump's corrupt prosecutions of critics like Ilhan Omar if they win House. Reps Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin tell me a range of aggressive tactics will be deployed. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2171...

Noting Tiffany’s plane crash, (Tina) Descovich (one of the founders of Moms for Liberty, a right-wing organizing group for parents) said she thought God saved Tiffany for the state of Wisconsin. Tin-foil hats for everyone! Vote accordingly, Wisconsin.

Oh, just buying a northern Wisconsin resort town for starters. Must read, then vote accordingly.

Jeff Ash reposted

Trump Unleashes Racist Tirade That should be the headline in every newspaper.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Somalia -- 98% of the people here now from Somalia don't work. They don't have to work because they steal so much. They all have a Mercedes Benz. Low IQ and they live better than you do."

Here's your vintage throwback game-day scene for today's Packers-Lions game. 3:25 p.m. CT kickoff from Ford Field in Detroit. Fox is showing the game to most of the nation. Enjoy!

It's another good day for many far-flung Packers fans. Fox is showing today's game vs. the Lions to the RED areas (plus Alaska, Hawaii) on this @506sports.bsky.social map. 3:25 p.m. CT kickoff from Detroit. Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady on the call. (Just one coverage change: Eugene, OR, dropped.)

A friend from suburban Chicago was seriously injured earlier this year when a kid on an e-bike hit him while he was riding his more conventional bike.

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Jeff Ash reposted

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

Jeff Ash reposted

This is taxpayer-funded research data and info that belongs to the public and is not this administration’s to erase.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

In a little-noticed webpage update, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to decommission its online web archive at the end of the year, a move that would wipe tens of thousands of publicly available environmental resources from the web.

When the Brewers were in the 1982 World Series, the NBC broadcast team was Dick Enberg and Joe Garagiola on play-by-play, Tony Kubek with analysis and Bob Costas on the field.

I wore the same kind of Nike Air Force 2 shoes worn here by Michael Cooper. I was never a big Nike guy, but those were the best Nikes I ever wore.

Paul Knepper@paulknepper.bsky.social

Michael Cooper guarding Sleepy Floyd.

This is business. No sentimentality. The Brewers believe Woodruff can make a contribution, make a difference, bring something to the table, give them some kind of edge to help them win this World Series.

An oldie but a goodie ... Heard this on the Green Bay Press-Gazette newsroom scanner 15 years ago today: Someone called 911 to complain that a railroad engineer was parking his locomotive near the bars and going in to get drunk.

Gas price at the Kwik Trip two blocks from my house in Green Bay, Wisconsin, this morning: $4.69/gallon, up 50 cents from the beginning of the week. Vote accordingly.

Jeff Ash reposted

RAGBRAI (The Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) is one of the most celebrated bike rides in the world.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Joe Mitchell: "Thank God you're building the ballroom. Thank God you're getting rid of those awful bike lanes. We don't ride bicycles in Iowa."

The greatest dance number ever filmed, set up by "Jumpin' Jive" by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra. From "Stormy Weather," 1943.

Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle@dytsras.bsky.social

okay, just one more, because im laying in bed and need to go to sleep. But this stuff this makes me smile. And there's nothing like the Nicholas Brothers. Before them or after them. And this scene never gets old

Jeff Ash reposted

Trump's vicious cycle of corruption and unaffordability: Big Oil and DoD contractors profit from Trump's Iran War. You pay higher gas prices. Big AI rakes it in from Trump's support. You pay higher electricity prices. The rich get huge tax cuts. You get worse healthcare. See how this works?

Proud to have voted for Rick.

Jeff Ash reposted

By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Donald Trump: widening inequality, economic insecurity, and the unchecked political power of corporations and the rich. Political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

Jeff Ash reposted

Rein in data centers. Block corporations from mass layoffs. Make the AI economy benefit everyone. Stop AI abuses of our data. Require government approval for new AI products. Together, these five guardrails will protect us from an AI-powered dystopia.

Jeff Ash reposted

To be clear, Trump hates it when poor people use the government to get access to food and medicine. He loves it when rich people sell pardons for $50M

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

JD Vance: "There's no person who hates the idea of people enriching themselves fraudulently over access to the government than Donald J. Trump."

Jeff Ash reposted

Mr. Hitler, sir, you are a humanitarian, just like my boss who is an avid fan of your 'Mein Kampf.' And let me salute you. I commend you.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

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