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).
The Great Lakes are home to anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 shipwrecks, most of which remain undiscovered, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Wisconsin Water Library.
Searchers have discovered the wreck of a luxury steamer that sank in a Lake Michigan gale in the late 19th century, completing a quest that began almost 60 years ago. https://to.pbs.org/4au4hFe
Wreck of steamer lost in 1872 discovered in Lake Michigan
a group that works to discover shipwrecks around the world, announced Friday that a team led by shipwreck hunter Paul Ehorn found the Lac La Belle about 20 miles offshore between Racine and Kenosha, W...
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February 15, 2026 at 11:05 PM
The Great Lakes are home to anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 shipwrecks, most of which remain undiscovered, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Wisconsin Water Library.
My wife might be eligible for Canadian citizenship through a great-grandparent if documentation could be found.
Though my grandfather came to the United States via Canada as a boy, he was never a Canadian citizen. Just passing through in search of a better life than in turn-of-the-century Germany.
Though my grandfather came to the United States via Canada as a boy, he was never a Canadian citizen. Just passing through in search of a better life than in turn-of-the-century Germany.
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FYI, info from the Canadian gov's immigration site. immigration.ca/claiming-can...
My Mackenzie/Nova Scotia forebear would be the one in blue. I would be the one in red.
I will always be the most believe-in-America person you have met. But this is ... intriguing, in current circumstances.
FYI, info from the Canadian gov's immigration site. immigration.ca/claiming-can...
My Mackenzie/Nova Scotia forebear would be the one in blue. I would be the one in red.
I will always be the most believe-in-America person you have met. But this is ... intriguing, in current circumstances.
February 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
My wife might be eligible for Canadian citizenship through a great-grandparent if documentation could be found.
Though my grandfather came to the United States via Canada as a boy, he was never a Canadian citizen. Just passing through in search of a better life than in turn-of-the-century Germany.
Though my grandfather came to the United States via Canada as a boy, he was never a Canadian citizen. Just passing through in search of a better life than in turn-of-the-century Germany.
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Twisted people gravitate to the Republican Party like flies to cow dung.
UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
February 15, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Twisted people gravitate to the Republican Party like flies to cow dung.
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Bullshit.
Homan: "When they say 'stop racial profiling' -- that's just not occurring. ICE will briefly detain and question somebody based on reasonable suspicion. It has nothing to do with racial profiling."
February 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Bullshit.
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Hear, hear! I don’t give a shit about someone’s immigration status.
I want them all to get citizenship if they want it. I want a legal, tractable and accessible process. That’s all.
Immigrants are not a threat. Racists are.
Hear, hear! I don’t give a shit about someone’s immigration status.
I want them all to get citizenship if they want it. I want a legal, tractable and accessible process. That’s all.
Immigrants are not a threat. Racists are.
Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data.
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 15, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Hear, hear! I don’t give a shit about someone’s immigration status.
I want them all to get citizenship if they want it. I want a legal, tractable and accessible process. That’s all.
Immigrants are not a threat. Racists are.
Hear, hear! I don’t give a shit about someone’s immigration status.
I want them all to get citizenship if they want it. I want a legal, tractable and accessible process. That’s all.
Immigrants are not a threat. Racists are.
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<<taps sign>> Harming someone and demanding gratitude for it is what abusers do.
Tom Homan on Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey: "They ought to be saying 'thank you.'"
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
<<taps sign>> Harming someone and demanding gratitude for it is what abusers do.
Know what you're seeing out there.
Many of the phrases, images, and attached media used by the Trump administration aren’t just regular social media content.
They repurpose language, symbolism, and cultural references with direct connections to neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements.
They repurpose language, symbolism, and cultural references with direct connections to neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements.
The US government will not stop sharing Nazi propaganda
And their supporters are loving it.
www.motherjones.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Know what you're seeing out there.
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Who Save America Act could disenfranchise:
-146 million without passport
-69 million married women who took spouse's last name
-21 million without ready access to citizenship docs
-21 million without current drivers license
-Rural voters forced to drive 4.5 hours to show docs at election office
-146 million without passport
-69 million married women who took spouse's last name
-21 million without ready access to citizenship docs
-21 million without current drivers license
-Rural voters forced to drive 4.5 hours to show docs at election office
You need to know about the SAVE Act, which recently passed in the House.
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
February 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Who Save America Act could disenfranchise:
-146 million without passport
-69 million married women who took spouse's last name
-21 million without ready access to citizenship docs
-21 million without current drivers license
-Rural voters forced to drive 4.5 hours to show docs at election office
-146 million without passport
-69 million married women who took spouse's last name
-21 million without ready access to citizenship docs
-21 million without current drivers license
-Rural voters forced to drive 4.5 hours to show docs at election office
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Elon Musk, a pro-apartheid South African, may have come here believing the US was a bastion of English-Scots-Irish culture. (By the way, were the Irish welcomed by the English?)
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
February 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Elon Musk, a pro-apartheid South African, may have come here believing the US was a bastion of English-Scots-Irish culture. (By the way, were the Irish welcomed by the English?)
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
My grandparents and so many others came here because of the promise of freedom, tolerance, equal rights, and opportunity.
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As Will Bunch says, we won a battle, but the struggle is far from over...
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February 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
As Will Bunch says, we won a battle, but the struggle is far from over...
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"A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests (and) concentration camps."
"The Department of Homeland Security has lied repeatedly to the American people, which means there's no way of truly knowing to what extent the Minnesota surge has even ended."
"The Department of Homeland Security has lied repeatedly to the American people, which means there's no way of truly knowing to what extent the Minnesota surge has even ended."
February 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
"A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests (and) concentration camps."
"The Department of Homeland Security has lied repeatedly to the American people, which means there's no way of truly knowing to what extent the Minnesota surge has even ended."
"The Department of Homeland Security has lied repeatedly to the American people, which means there's no way of truly knowing to what extent the Minnesota surge has even ended."
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If my math is right, the current force is 10X the normal amount
And what’s a “security force”? This is Minneapolis, not Baghdad
And what’s a “security force”? This is Minneapolis, not Baghdad
White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that more than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota's Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead. A "small" security force will stay for a short period. https://to.pbs.org/4aDO804
Trump's border czar says smaller force of ICE agents will remain in Minnesota amid drawdown
He also said agents will keep investigating fraud allegations as well as the anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a church service.
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February 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
If my math is right, the current force is 10X the normal amount
And what’s a “security force”? This is Minneapolis, not Baghdad
And what’s a “security force”? This is Minneapolis, not Baghdad
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Donald Trump is "the Epstein Administration."
Pass it on
Pass it on
Massie: "Donald Trump told us that even though he had dinner with these people in NYC and West Palm Beach, that he would be transparent. But he's not. He's still in with the Epstein class. This is the Epstein administration."
February 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Donald Trump is "the Epstein Administration."
Pass it on
Pass it on
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The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one
robertreich.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
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This is important to recognize. There are very few brakes on the actions of the Trump regime and things are very likely to get worse before they can get better. The example of the bravery of the people of Minneapolis is going to need to be repeated in other places.
While MLPS was a victory, moral and tangibly, for ICE resisters, don't call it 'a retreat.' The dystopia is just getting started
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
Thousands of new agents. 150 new offices in every state. And the nationwide gulag archipelago. The fight has just begun
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
No, ICE isn’t ‘retreating.’ It’s loading up to invade your town. | Will Bunch
A much-hyped ICE pullback from Minneapolis is a blip in a looming nationwide surge of arrests, concentration camps.
www.inquirer.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This is important to recognize. There are very few brakes on the actions of the Trump regime and things are very likely to get worse before they can get better. The example of the bravery of the people of Minneapolis is going to need to be repeated in other places.
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Even compared to the dire state of the newspaper business in general, Black newspapers in particular are getting fucking hammered.
February 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Even compared to the dire state of the newspaper business in general, Black newspapers in particular are getting fucking hammered.
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Bad officers should be fired. Flagged. Make their record follow them so they can’t quietly move to the next department and start over.
February 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Bad officers should be fired. Flagged. Make their record follow them so they can’t quietly move to the next department and start over.
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This is wild.
41 DUI arrests by a Tennessee trooper. All dismissed. 22 drivers were completely sober.
He “resigned”. No explanation. No accountability. No apology. His personnel file doesn’t even mention the cases.
Police departments shouldn’t be in the business of shielding corrupt officers.
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41 DUI arrests by a Tennessee trooper. All dismissed. 22 drivers were completely sober.
He “resigned”. No explanation. No accountability. No apology. His personnel file doesn’t even mention the cases.
Police departments shouldn’t be in the business of shielding corrupt officers.
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February 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
This is wild.
41 DUI arrests by a Tennessee trooper. All dismissed. 22 drivers were completely sober.
He “resigned”. No explanation. No accountability. No apology. His personnel file doesn’t even mention the cases.
Police departments shouldn’t be in the business of shielding corrupt officers.
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41 DUI arrests by a Tennessee trooper. All dismissed. 22 drivers were completely sober.
He “resigned”. No explanation. No accountability. No apology. His personnel file doesn’t even mention the cases.
Police departments shouldn’t be in the business of shielding corrupt officers.
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"here's a heartwarming story that came out this week about Little Miss Hair Extensions, the military-cosplaying cuckoo-pants who heads the Department of Homeland Security. ...
"they're all preening, performative-nonsense prima donnas, the whole lot of them."
"they're all preening, performative-nonsense prima donnas, the whole lot of them."
here's today's post: "Kristi Noem wants her fucking blanket NOW" — she doesn’t care how.
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Kristi Noem wants her fucking blanket NOW
she doesn’t care how
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February 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
"here's a heartwarming story that came out this week about Little Miss Hair Extensions, the military-cosplaying cuckoo-pants who heads the Department of Homeland Security. ...
"they're all preening, performative-nonsense prima donnas, the whole lot of them."
"they're all preening, performative-nonsense prima donnas, the whole lot of them."
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MAGA started a spreadsheet of all the things they're boycotting but the color coding accidently made a rainbow so now they're boycotting Excel.
February 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
MAGA started a spreadsheet of all the things they're boycotting but the color coding accidently made a rainbow so now they're boycotting Excel.
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So the United States will only use empty warehouses to house people it wants to terrorize, not people it wants to shelter from the cold.
We really are not a very good-natured country.
We really are not a very good-natured country.
February 15, 2026 at 7:24 PM
So the United States will only use empty warehouses to house people it wants to terrorize, not people it wants to shelter from the cold.
We really are not a very good-natured country.
We really are not a very good-natured country.
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We ate lunch at a Chinese restaurant that had a Suggestion Box so I dropped in a slip of paper that read, “free Tibet and leave Taiwan alone.”
February 15, 2026 at 8:11 PM
We ate lunch at a Chinese restaurant that had a Suggestion Box so I dropped in a slip of paper that read, “free Tibet and leave Taiwan alone.”
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.