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).
Still haven't forgotten about developing "Smokey and the Bandit IV," in which the Bandit, Frog and the Snowman run a semi full of paczki (these fruit-filled Polish pastries) from a bakery in Pulaski, Wisconsin, to Bourbon Street in New Orleans in 15 hours, just in time for Fat Tuesday.
February 17, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Still haven't forgotten about developing "Smokey and the Bandit IV," in which the Bandit, Frog and the Snowman run a semi full of paczki (these fruit-filled Polish pastries) from a bakery in Pulaski, Wisconsin, to Bourbon Street in New Orleans in 15 hours, just in time for Fat Tuesday.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition complained when the Packers fired coach Ray Rhodes, offensive coordinator Sherman Lewis and defensive coordinator Emmitt Thomas -- all Black -- after the 1999 season. GM Ron Wolf assured Jackson that he was committed to racial inclusion.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition complained when the Packers fired coach Ray Rhodes, offensive coordinator Sherman Lewis and defensive coordinator Emmitt Thomas -- all Black -- after the 1999 season. GM Ron Wolf assured Jackson that he was committed to racial inclusion.
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As the Rev. Billy Kyles told me in 1988, "If King was Moses, Jesse is Joshua. He stands on King's shoulders. Whoever comes after Jesse will stand on his shoulders."
There’s no President Barack Obama without Jesse Jackson. It just doesn’t happen.
February 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
As the Rev. Billy Kyles told me in 1988, "If King was Moses, Jesse is Joshua. He stands on King's shoulders. Whoever comes after Jesse will stand on his shoulders."
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Remembering Jesse Jackson, some songs. RIP
February 17, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Remembering Jesse Jackson, some songs. RIP
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RIP to Jesse Jackson, who in this debate w/David Duke in 1977 delivered (until the host cut him off) a message of unity and against "national isolationism" that's important to hear today. He also ended the show w/one of the sickest burns ever directed at Duke: "You're not even a legitimate Klansman"
February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
RIP to Jesse Jackson, who in this debate w/David Duke in 1977 delivered (until the host cut him off) a message of unity and against "national isolationism" that's important to hear today. He also ended the show w/one of the sickest burns ever directed at Duke: "You're not even a legitimate Klansman"
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Major media have decided that openly racist members of Congress are normal now, not worth writing about.
Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
popular.info
February 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Major media have decided that openly racist members of Congress are normal now, not worth writing about.
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If Trump's seizure of Venezuela's oil is simply "diplomacy," so were Bonnie and Clyde's visits to banks.
Chris Wright on seized Venezuelan oil: "We've sold about $1 billion of oil so far. We've recently signed agreements to sell about another $5 billion in the next several months. So you're talking well north of $10 billion a year ... this is way out of the box, groundbreaking Trump diplomacy."
February 17, 2026 at 4:06 PM
If Trump's seizure of Venezuela's oil is simply "diplomacy," so were Bonnie and Clyde's visits to banks.
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"If we have to follow the law and constitution we won't be allowed to break the law and violate the constitution" says man sworn to uphold the constitution.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
"If we have to follow the law and constitution we won't be allowed to break the law and violate the constitution" says man sworn to uphold the constitution.
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anyone who speaks or listens. for a living knows the difference between rhetorically clearing your throat and incoherence, and that in a conversational setting, the first is not just unremarkable but normal, but I guess we’re in for another round of “look at this vapid girl”
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
anyone who speaks or listens. for a living knows the difference between rhetorically clearing your throat and incoherence, and that in a conversational setting, the first is not just unremarkable but normal, but I guess we’re in for another round of “look at this vapid girl”
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A sprawling international network of wealthy men trafficking and raping children without consequences seems like the kind of moral issue that would justify panic.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
A sprawling international network of wealthy men trafficking and raping children without consequences seems like the kind of moral issue that would justify panic.
I might just do the same and encourage others to listen to good music as well.
February 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I might just do the same and encourage others to listen to good music as well.
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[bedtime prayer]
"Dear Lord, you've taken my favorite actor, Robert Duvall, my favorite comedian, Catherine O'Hara, and my favorite musician, Bob Weir. I just wanted to let you know my favorite president is Donald Trump."
"Dear Lord, you've taken my favorite actor, Robert Duvall, my favorite comedian, Catherine O'Hara, and my favorite musician, Bob Weir. I just wanted to let you know my favorite president is Donald Trump."
February 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
[bedtime prayer]
"Dear Lord, you've taken my favorite actor, Robert Duvall, my favorite comedian, Catherine O'Hara, and my favorite musician, Bob Weir. I just wanted to let you know my favorite president is Donald Trump."
"Dear Lord, you've taken my favorite actor, Robert Duvall, my favorite comedian, Catherine O'Hara, and my favorite musician, Bob Weir. I just wanted to let you know my favorite president is Donald Trump."
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Trump claims to be “Working Hard” in his President’s Day Truth Social post.
He is currently enjoying a 4 day Palm Beach golf getaway.
He is currently enjoying a 4 day Palm Beach golf getaway.
February 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Trump claims to be “Working Hard” in his President’s Day Truth Social post.
He is currently enjoying a 4 day Palm Beach golf getaway.
He is currently enjoying a 4 day Palm Beach golf getaway.
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It’s interesting that 2nd Amendment people think the Trump dictatorship will protect their gun rights after it dismantles the rest of the Bill of Rights.
February 16, 2026 at 8:37 PM
It’s interesting that 2nd Amendment people think the Trump dictatorship will protect their gun rights after it dismantles the rest of the Bill of Rights.
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The DOJ claims it has released all of its “relevant” Epstein files.
Bullshit! Pam Bondi is facing allegations of redacting the names of potential co-conspirators.
Looks like the rest of the world may have to hold the rich and powerful accountable.
Bullshit! Pam Bondi is facing allegations of redacting the names of potential co-conspirators.
Looks like the rest of the world may have to hold the rich and powerful accountable.
February 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The DOJ claims it has released all of its “relevant” Epstein files.
Bullshit! Pam Bondi is facing allegations of redacting the names of potential co-conspirators.
Looks like the rest of the world may have to hold the rich and powerful accountable.
Bullshit! Pam Bondi is facing allegations of redacting the names of potential co-conspirators.
Looks like the rest of the world may have to hold the rich and powerful accountable.
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fuck ALL THE WAY OFF, facebook
February 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM
fuck ALL THE WAY OFF, facebook
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
February 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence
These are the foundations of real freedom.
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I'm sorry but invading a foreign country for no reason and slaughtering thousands of people actually is "worse." Please do not give this war criminal a free pass on President's Day
February 16, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I'm sorry but invading a foreign country for no reason and slaughtering thousands of people actually is "worse." Please do not give this war criminal a free pass on President's Day
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In America you can get shot dead by a person with a gun if you go to school, go to the grocery store, go to a concert, go to the movies, go to your office, go to the mall, go to a high school hockey game. A young girl was killed today. And so many, too many to count, before her.
Two people are dead, multiple with ‘extremely serious’ injuries following shooting at Rhode Island ice rink
Two people are dead, multiple with 'extremely serious' injuries following shooting at Rhode Island ice rink
A shooter is “down” and several people are injured after a shooting at Dennis Lynch Arena, an ice rink in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, authorities say.
www.ms.now
February 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM
In America you can get shot dead by a person with a gun if you go to school, go to the grocery store, go to a concert, go to the movies, go to your office, go to the mall, go to a high school hockey game. A young girl was killed today. And so many, too many to count, before her.
Stop buying stuff from Uline.
Back in the News: Uihleins Shuttled In Workers From Mexico
Back in the News: Uihleins Shuttled In Workers From Mexico
Billionaires supported Trump's anti-immigration stance while using Mexican workers.
urbanmilwaukee.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Stop buying stuff from Uline.
Well done, sir.
Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
February 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Well done, sir.
Some say Wisconsin has a drinking problem.
On Saturday afternoon, a line of people stood in line on frozen Lake Winnebago — home to one of North America’s largest sturgeon populations — waiting to purchase a drink from the first legal, full-service cocktail bar built on the lake’s frozen surface.
'Only in Wisconsin': Lake Winnebago's first legal bar opens for sturgeon spearing season
A Wisconsin bar is giving new meaning to serving drinks on ice.
www.wpr.org
February 16, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Some say Wisconsin has a drinking problem.
Good.
"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center
The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...
www.dallasnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Good.
RIP, the great Robert Duvall.
Favorite films: "True Grit" -- "I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man," he tells John Wayne -- "The Godfather" 1 and 2, "Network," "Apocalypse Now," "The Natural."
Also fun to see him pop up in '60s TV guest spots.
youtu.be/9-cPWheNyaA?...
Favorite films: "True Grit" -- "I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man," he tells John Wayne -- "The Godfather" 1 and 2, "Network," "Apocalypse Now," "The Natural."
Also fun to see him pop up in '60s TV guest spots.
youtu.be/9-cPWheNyaA?...
True Grit (9/9) Movie CLIP - Bold Talk for a One-Eyed Fat Man (1969) HD
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February 16, 2026 at 7:05 PM
RIP, the great Robert Duvall.
Favorite films: "True Grit" -- "I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man," he tells John Wayne -- "The Godfather" 1 and 2, "Network," "Apocalypse Now," "The Natural."
Also fun to see him pop up in '60s TV guest spots.
youtu.be/9-cPWheNyaA?...
Favorite films: "True Grit" -- "I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man," he tells John Wayne -- "The Godfather" 1 and 2, "Network," "Apocalypse Now," "The Natural."
Also fun to see him pop up in '60s TV guest spots.
youtu.be/9-cPWheNyaA?...