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Keith Alexander Ashe @lifeofkaashe.bsky.social · 1d

The US Government is still shut down, Federal workers are working without pay and lining up at food banks, but Dear Leader tore down the West Wing to build a $300 M ballroom.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 7d

They won’t even give the movement a name as they did the Tea Party.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 7d

Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Apr 10

In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.

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Keith Alexander Ashe @lifeofkaashe.bsky.social · 14d

"It feels terrible." Federal worker's family tightens their belts as shutdown drags on www.britannica.com/biography/Je... via @npr.org

Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable | Biography, Founder of Chicago, Fur Trader, & Facts | Britannica

Jean-Baptiste-Point Du Sable was a pioneer trader who founded the settlement that later became the city of Chicago.

www.britannica.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14d

Speaker Johnson: "People’s faith in the government is at an all time low"

Republicans control all 3 branches of the government.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 14d

Trump claimed that immigrants were “taking Black jobs,” but even after he deported 350,000 immigrants this year, 300,000 Black women lost their jobs. Black unemployment, overall, has soared to 7.5% under Trump, while white unemployment has dropped to 3.7%.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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Keith Alexander Ashe @lifeofkaashe.bsky.social · 14d

Markets braced for chaos after Trump triggers record-breaking crypto crash. City of London traders on alert for panic selling after $400bn slump in less than 24 hours. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202... via @telegraphnews.bsky.social

Markets braced for chaos after Trump triggers record-breaking crypto crash

City traders on alert for panic selling after $400bn slump in less than 24 hours

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Keith Alexander Ashe @lifeofkaashe.bsky.social · 15d

Vought is probably more of a hairless cat, James Bond S.P.E.C.T.R.E villain.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15d

Dozens of employees at the CDC — including “disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists and the entire Washington office — were notified late Friday that they were losing their jobs as part of the Trump administration’s latest round of federal layoffs.

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.

nyti.ms

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15d

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16d

This is what ice is doing

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16d

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 16d

It’s the boring stuff that’ll make you rich.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 19d

ICE is shooting pastors girl

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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Keith Alexander Ashe @lifeofkaashe.bsky.social · 23d

ICE Agents Dragged Naked Children Out of Homes in Chicago Raid: Neighbors www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-d... via @newsweek.com

ICE agents dragged naked children out of homes in Chicago: Neighbors

Two residents reported witnessing federal immigration agents forcibly removing unclothed children from apartments during the raid.

www.newsweek.com

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Keith Alexander Ashe @lifeofkaashe.bsky.social · 24d

Watchdog group files Hatch Act complaint over federal agencies blaming Democrats for shutdown thehill.com/homenews/adm... via @thehill.com

Watchdog group files Hatch Act complaint over federal agencies blaming Democrats for shutdown

A watchdog group has filed a Hatch Act complaint against two government agencies that added banners to their websites blaming the government shutdown on Democrats. Public Citizen filed the complain…

thehill.com

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Keith Alexander Ashe @lifeofkaashe.bsky.social · 25d

Is Life a Form of Computation?
Alan Turing and John von Neumann saw it early: the logic of life and the logic of code may be one and the same. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/is-life-a-fo... via @mitpress.bsky.social

Is Life a Form of Computation?

Alan Turing and John von Neumann saw it early: the logic of life and the logic of code may be one and the same.

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 28d

Instead of putting "tariff" on the tag, some retailers are slipping costs into shipping, fees or relabels.

www.axios.com/2025/09/28/t...

How retailers are masking tariffs in new shipping and fee hikes

Instead of putting "tariff" on the tag, some retailers are slipping costs into shipping, fees or relabels.

www.axios.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29d

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100

Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots in the United States.

www.nbcnews.com

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Keith Alexander Ashe @lifeofkaashe.bsky.social · Sep 26

Welcome to the club!! 🏄🏾‍♂️

Keith Alexander Ashe @lifeofkaashe.bsky.social · Sep 25

Excited to be back at Columbia University for the 11th Annual Bloomberg-Columbia Machine Learning in #Finance Conference! Reconnecting with old friends, forging new connections, and delving into the latest advancements in #AI and #ML techniques within the finance sector. #LLM #GenAI #Accounting

Image of a stage at Columbia University's Roone Arledge Auditorium at Lerner Hall. A projector projects the title of the conference: 11th Annual Machine Learning in Financd Conference September 25, 2025.

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Keith Alexander Ashe @lifeofkaashe.bsky.social · Sep 22

Trump admin draws UNPROVEN link between autism and Tylenol ingredient use during pregnancy www.cnbc.com/2025/09/22/t... via @cnbc.com by @ANNIKAKIMC

Trump admin draws unproven link between autism and Tylenol ingredient use during pregnancy

Officials warned pregnant women against using acetaminophen unless they have a fever, and touted a lesser-known drug as a potential treatment for autism.

www.cnbc.com

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Keith Alexander Ashe @lifeofkaashe.bsky.social · Sep 21

My friend's film "A New Dad" is a finalist for the Audience Choice Award, and we need your support to win. 30% of the score comes from YOU!

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Every view, like, and rating counts. Appreciate you helping me make this a reality! ❤️

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · Sep 20

I guess I don’t understand the whole “If we abandon our values we’ll win elections” thing. Kind of seems like it misses the point but I’m just an actor.

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