Casey Allen
@caseyallen.bsky.social
Cofounder of helpful.
I get the snowballs rolling down the hills.
I'm capping the # of people I'm following here to 101 to ensure unbelievably high signal.
I mostly talk about startups, Midwest, and a 🤏 of politics that I think is under-discussed.
I get the snowballs rolling down the hills.
I'm capping the # of people I'm following here to 101 to ensure unbelievably high signal.
I mostly talk about startups, Midwest, and a 🤏 of politics that I think is under-discussed.
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Name a Trump cabinet member who is not an active threat to the country. It can’t be done.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that it would be “up to the president” if he wants to sue his nominee to chair the Federal Reserve for not lowering interest rates to his liking.
Bessent Says ‘Up to’ Trump on Suing Warsh Over Interest Rates
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that it would be “up to the president” if he wants to sue his nominee to chair the Federal Reserve for not lowering interest rates to his liking.
bloom.bg
February 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Name a Trump cabinet member who is not an active threat to the country. It can’t be done.
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Find the answer by using the @kenwhite.bsky.social principle. Works with most things but it was literally made for this moment.
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Find the answer by using the @kenwhite.bsky.social principle. Works with most things but it was literally made for this moment.
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Steph Curry on watching the protests from his hotel window: "In negative 10-degree weather. It was beautiful to see that turnout. That speaks to how important people felt to have their voice heard. In those elements and whatever streets outside our hotel, they were out, and it was amazing to watch."
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Steph Curry on watching the protests from his hotel window: "In negative 10-degree weather. It was beautiful to see that turnout. That speaks to how important people felt to have their voice heard. In those elements and whatever streets outside our hotel, they were out, and it was amazing to watch."
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Strongly recommend watching every one of Aaron's clips of this Bash/ Bovino interview. This is how you do it. Keep asking the question, show video & photo evidence to do real time, as it happens fact checking.
Also: look out for the new DHS talking point: "freeze frame adjudication"
Also: look out for the new DHS talking point: "freeze frame adjudication"
BOVINO: He was in the scene actively impeding and assaulting law enforceme--
BASH: But he wasn't impeding. He was filming, which is a legal thing to do in the United States
BOVINO: Dana, let's not free frame adjudicate this now
BASH: But he wasn't impeding. He was filming, which is a legal thing to do in the United States
BOVINO: Dana, let's not free frame adjudicate this now
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Strongly recommend watching every one of Aaron's clips of this Bash/ Bovino interview. This is how you do it. Keep asking the question, show video & photo evidence to do real time, as it happens fact checking.
Also: look out for the new DHS talking point: "freeze frame adjudication"
Also: look out for the new DHS talking point: "freeze frame adjudication"
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It's never that they are wrong. It's that protestors are paid, or the judge is married to someone with an opposing viewpoint, or the polls are fixed.
For a party that wants everyone to "man up" and "be alphas," they are quite a group of little whiny bitch babies.
For a party that wants everyone to "man up" and "be alphas," they are quite a group of little whiny bitch babies.
Harmeet Dhillon on Don Lemon: "We made a presentation to the magistrate judge. And the judge, who is married to someone who works for AG Ellison, who has had a lot to say about ICE, declined to give us all we were asking for. That's just part of the process... there are other ways to pursue charges"
January 23, 2026 at 6:31 PM
It's never that they are wrong. It's that protestors are paid, or the judge is married to someone with an opposing viewpoint, or the polls are fixed.
For a party that wants everyone to "man up" and "be alphas," they are quite a group of little whiny bitch babies.
For a party that wants everyone to "man up" and "be alphas," they are quite a group of little whiny bitch babies.
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There are more things to be worried about in the world right now than at any prior point in my lifetime, yet I can still assure you that you are *not* as worried about the Board of Peace as you should be.
PROOF explains why the new group is an ongoing crime—and global danger.
PROOF explains why the new group is an ongoing crime—and global danger.
PROOF EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s “Board of Peace” Just Became a Criminal Enterprise
Either the international organization Trump just launched and put himself atop is illegal under federal criminal law, or Trump isn’t planning to honor the result of the 2028 election if Democrats win.
sethabramson.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:53 AM
There are more things to be worried about in the world right now than at any prior point in my lifetime, yet I can still assure you that you are *not* as worried about the Board of Peace as you should be.
PROOF explains why the new group is an ongoing crime—and global danger.
PROOF explains why the new group is an ongoing crime—and global danger.
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not surprising and yet still jarring to read ex-FBI agents describing how Kash Patel and Bongino reacted to Charlie Kirk's murder while running the agency. truly the content creator administration/podcast govt www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 22, 2026 at 10:49 PM
not surprising and yet still jarring to read ex-FBI agents describing how Kash Patel and Bongino reacted to Charlie Kirk's murder while running the agency. truly the content creator administration/podcast govt www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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They're doing this so they can call any government program that isn't ICE or the military "rife with fraud" and thus illegitimate. They are trying to manufacture consent to say any entitlement — from Medicare to social security — must be canceled because of extreme edge cases. Don't fall for it.
The Trump administration sent out letters tonight to 5 blue states, freezing about $10 billion in funding for child care and social services programs pending a "thorough review," citing concerns over "systemic fraud."
5 Democratic-run states are told that their child care funds have been frozen
The suspension of the funds could hurt low-income families in those states, depending on how long it lasts, advocates say.
www.axios.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:34 AM
They're doing this so they can call any government program that isn't ICE or the military "rife with fraud" and thus illegitimate. They are trying to manufacture consent to say any entitlement — from Medicare to social security — must be canceled because of extreme edge cases. Don't fall for it.
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"47 training days" is "Donald Trump is doing mad king shit that's about his ego, none of this is about what's good for us"
Abolish ICE is absolutely necessary (the institution is rotten and staffed with thugs), absolutely justified to anyone paying attention - but not a winning rhetorical issue
Abolish ICE is absolutely necessary (the institution is rotten and staffed with thugs), absolutely justified to anyone paying attention - but not a winning rhetorical issue
January 13, 2026 at 11:17 AM
"47 training days" is "Donald Trump is doing mad king shit that's about his ego, none of this is about what's good for us"
Abolish ICE is absolutely necessary (the institution is rotten and staffed with thugs), absolutely justified to anyone paying attention - but not a winning rhetorical issue
Abolish ICE is absolutely necessary (the institution is rotten and staffed with thugs), absolutely justified to anyone paying attention - but not a winning rhetorical issue
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Main message from admin on TV today: We stand by our unjustified murder of an innocent woman and there’s more where that came from if you dare criticize us.
January 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Main message from admin on TV today: We stand by our unjustified murder of an innocent woman and there’s more where that came from if you dare criticize us.
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It’s hard to believe a president would time an illegal military attack to distract the public’s attention, but today is the statutory deadline for DOJ to release its report on the Epstein file production. Maybe it is just a coincidence.
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
It’s hard to believe a president would time an illegal military attack to distract the public’s attention, but today is the statutory deadline for DOJ to release its report on the Epstein file production. Maybe it is just a coincidence.
1/ Outside VC firms that have made 2 or more investments into MN startups.
If you're a MN tech startup that will likely raise venture $ and most/all of your time is in Minnesota, you might find this relevant because getting intros to VCs is half the battle.
If you're a MN tech startup that will likely raise venture $ and most/all of your time is in Minnesota, you might find this relevant because getting intros to VCs is half the battle.
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
1/ Outside VC firms that have made 2 or more investments into MN startups.
If you're a MN tech startup that will likely raise venture $ and most/all of your time is in Minnesota, you might find this relevant because getting intros to VCs is half the battle.
If you're a MN tech startup that will likely raise venture $ and most/all of your time is in Minnesota, you might find this relevant because getting intros to VCs is half the battle.
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“For years, conservatives loudly complained that government spending was opaque, that their hard-earned dollars were being secretly misused, and that the government definitely did not need all the money it was taking from them.
That was always hyperbole … until now.”
That was always hyperbole … until now.”
King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank
He thinks our money is his.
www.publicnotice.co
October 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“For years, conservatives loudly complained that government spending was opaque, that their hard-earned dollars were being secretly misused, and that the government definitely did not need all the money it was taking from them.
That was always hyperbole … until now.”
That was always hyperbole … until now.”
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There’s a deli in south Minneapolis that’s North Stars themed (complete with showing old games) 35 years after the team relocated to Dallas. Pretty badass.
August 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
There’s a deli in south Minneapolis that’s North Stars themed (complete with showing old games) 35 years after the team relocated to Dallas. Pretty badass.
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And Senate Republicans are about to confirm him to a life appointment on a federal appeals court.
Democrats must ask: What’s a proportional response to Trump’s heinous corruption of the federal judiciary? Doing nothing means letting Bove and his ilk rule us for the next 40 years. I don’t accept it.
Democrats must ask: What’s a proportional response to Trump’s heinous corruption of the federal judiciary? Doing nothing means letting Bove and his ilk rule us for the next 40 years. I don’t accept it.
Emil Bove misled lawmakers in his confirmation hearings for a federal judgeship when he denied targeting prosecutors who refused to go along with his dismissal of corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
Bove misled lawmakers about his actions in NYC mayor case, evidence suggests
The details from a whistleblower complaint emerged hours before a final vote on Bove’s nomination to a federal judgeship.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
And Senate Republicans are about to confirm him to a life appointment on a federal appeals court.
Democrats must ask: What’s a proportional response to Trump’s heinous corruption of the federal judiciary? Doing nothing means letting Bove and his ilk rule us for the next 40 years. I don’t accept it.
Democrats must ask: What’s a proportional response to Trump’s heinous corruption of the federal judiciary? Doing nothing means letting Bove and his ilk rule us for the next 40 years. I don’t accept it.
Has any new startup come along that replaces the "here's an email with intel on the next person you're meeting with in your calendar" void left by Charlie App (pivoted away) and Accompany (acq and killed by Cisco)?
June 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Has any new startup come along that replaces the "here's an email with intel on the next person you're meeting with in your calendar" void left by Charlie App (pivoted away) and Accompany (acq and killed by Cisco)?
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
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American Semiconductor CEOs (the most important industry)
Nvidia CEO - Asian immigrant
AMD CEO - Asian immigrant
Intel CEO - Asian immigrant
Broadcom CEO - Asian immigrant
Nvidia CEO - Asian immigrant
AMD CEO - Asian immigrant
Intel CEO - Asian immigrant
Broadcom CEO - Asian immigrant
The U.S. literally gets the best and brightest PhD STEM talent from China and India to help our economy. Why risk messing this up? (chart source: WSJ)
May 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
American Semiconductor CEOs (the most important industry)
Nvidia CEO - Asian immigrant
AMD CEO - Asian immigrant
Intel CEO - Asian immigrant
Broadcom CEO - Asian immigrant
Nvidia CEO - Asian immigrant
AMD CEO - Asian immigrant
Intel CEO - Asian immigrant
Broadcom CEO - Asian immigrant
“Most successful startups are overnight success. That night is usually somewhere between day 1000 and day 3500.” - Startup L Jackson
May 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“Most successful startups are overnight success. That night is usually somewhere between day 1000 and day 3500.” - Startup L Jackson
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This is the chart I've been looking for. Exactly the right amount of detail on the new regime's tax policy goals.
May 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is the chart I've been looking for. Exactly the right amount of detail on the new regime's tax policy goals.
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If your new company didn’t have a logo, would anyone even notice?
Don’t dwell on things that don’t matter.
P.S. You can add one later if you want.
Don’t dwell on things that don’t matter.
P.S. You can add one later if you want.
May 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
If your new company didn’t have a logo, would anyone even notice?
Don’t dwell on things that don’t matter.
P.S. You can add one later if you want.
Don’t dwell on things that don’t matter.
P.S. You can add one later if you want.
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I am going to keep saying this until I am blue in the face: if we survive all this, and that’s a non-trivial if right now, it will take a generation to fix the damage.
By that point, China will have surpassed us.
By that point, China will have surpassed us.
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
scim.ag
May 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I am going to keep saying this until I am blue in the face: if we survive all this, and that’s a non-trivial if right now, it will take a generation to fix the damage.
By that point, China will have surpassed us.
By that point, China will have surpassed us.
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also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes
May 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes