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Casey Allen

@caseyallen.bsky.social
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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.

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Casey Allen @caseyallen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You can't think of yourself as someone who is knowledgeable about modern day politics but also not reading Seth's content. This is a requisite. 1000x more valuable than Washpo or NYT
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thomasknoll @thomasknoll.info · 26/05/2026
We spent 20 years and tens of billions trying to solve loneliness with apps. It failed by design. I am betting on the alternative: member-owned physical spaces. community.wovencoops.com/why-im-betti...
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Why I'm betting on co-ops, not apps
We spent 20 years and tens of billions trying to solve loneliness with apps. It failed by design. I am betting on the alternative: member-owned physical spaces.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/05/2026
BREAKING: Minnesota has INDICTED ICE officer Christian Castro in the non-fatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. 4 counts of assault & 1 count of lying. This is the SECOND ICE officer charged by the Hennepin County DA. No charges yet for the murders of Good and Pretti. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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Minnesota county charges ICE officer in shooting during immigration crackdown
A Minnesota county prosecutor has charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the nonfatal shooting of a Venezuelan man.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
(🚨) Here it is. A massive report on what is really happening and what is about to happen in Iran. We have been failed by the institutions that were supposed to help protect us, and the next stage of the Great Iran War is likely to be its bloodiest.
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The Second Iran War Continues. There Is No Ceasefire. And Things Are About to Explode.
Our energy, food and financial networks now rest on media reporting what Trump and his administration aim to hide—that there’s never been a ceasefire in the Second Iran War and that the war continues.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
(🚨) OK, the time has come. Everyone needs to read the 2020 bestseller Proof of Corruption, in which the man pictured below is a key antagonist trying to steal the 2020 election for Trump. Don't care about the money here, just borrow it from the library.
nytimes.com
U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/03/2026
Over the last 25 years, six people who contracted measles in the U.S. died from it. A model built by Stanford researchers predicts that if Americans could no longer get the vaccine, measles could kill about 290,000 people in the next 25 years.
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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Marguerite @margueritek.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
You all saw this, right? www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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People of Twin Cities awarded JFK Profile in Courage Award over resistance to ICE surge
The people of Minneapolis-St. Paul are being honored with a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their response to the federal immigration enforcement operation this winter, the JFK Library Fo...
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Casey Allen @caseyallen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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Robert Ellingsworth @by1959.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
And, We Have Motive.
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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
NEW: We just published a deep dive into just how much billionaires are now dominating U.S. politics. We found 300 billionaire families accounted for 19% of federal donations in 2024. The deluge was even larger in many state and local races. 1/7 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
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The Scale of Billionaires’ Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/02/2026
Obama: "At some point, you age out. You're not connected directly to the immediate struggles that folks are going through. I'm not making a hard and fast rule here, but I think Democrats do well when we have candidates who are plugged into the moment. To the zeitgeist. To the times."
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/02/2026
If my followers have been inspired by the fierce resistance the Twin Cities has put up to ICE, you should make it a point to take a trip here (April through October 😬), enjoy the wonderful things MN has to offer and support our small businesses. It continues to be a really tough time for them.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Spot-on. Those who purport to advance "Immigration enforcement" should not be armed at all.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Name a Trump cabinet member who is not an active threat to the country. It can’t be done.
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POSIWID 🇵🇸🏴 @posiwidowmaker.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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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Jon Krawczynski @jonkrawczynski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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"
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Michael Salerno @mikenjd.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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.
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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.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
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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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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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AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
"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
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Five years ago.
Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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.
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Casey Allen @caseyallen.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
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.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
“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.”
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King Trump turns US Treasury into his personal piggy bank
He thinks our money is his.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2025
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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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
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.
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Casey Allen @caseyallen.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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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Tae Kim @firstadopter.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
American Semiconductor CEOs (the most important industry) Nvidia CEO - Asian immigrant AMD CEO - Asian immigrant Intel CEO - Asian immigrant Broadcom CEO - Asian immigrant
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Casey Allen @caseyallen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
“Most successful startups are overnight success. That night is usually somewhere between day 1000 and day 3500.” - Startup L Jackson
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Rand Fishkin @randfish.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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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Jason Cohen @asmartbear.com · 11/05/2025
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.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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.
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Talia al Ghoul 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Ten years of Trump going on TV and just fucking saying whatever, and still nothing like an industry set of best practices to deal with it. Put someone on the set with a laptop to look stuff up, pause the interview, whatever. He'd walk off but so what. Amazing to still be at "agree to disagree."
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Casey Allen @caseyallen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Paths to a VC intro. Ranked from hot to cold. 🤩Founder in fund’s portfolio 😇Investor in current round 😉Investor in prev round 😀Mutual founder friend 🙂Respected advisor 😌Mutual friend 🥶Cold email
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
MORGAN STANLEY: “.. Investors should prepare to be fooled many more times. If a master plan exists, .. it's unlikely to work in the way the US administration envisions.”
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Just call it surrender. Stop playing word games. The United States of America is surrendering to Russia.
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Laura Roeder @lauraroeder.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The problem is never that you don't know what to do. The problem is that you know what to do but have ruled it out because its mildly uncomfortable.
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John Br👻OoOOOoOoo👻ks @johnbrooks.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
VERY on brand for this administration, this is TEXTBOOK abuser language. Cool, normal stuff.
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Casey Allen @caseyallen.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
'lawfare' has now entered a new lexicon. just like the term witch hunt. anyone that uses it you should assume is just repeating political talking points and is not using any critical thinking whatsoever.
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Casey Allen @caseyallen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I just bought a Zoom Phone plan for one person, me, and I never had to spend more time and more energy setting up an account as I did this. I'm sure it's fantastic for big enterprise. But holy hell is it a terrible process for teams < 5.
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Casey Allen @caseyallen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Hubspot is running a sick deal right now where startups get almost the entire Hubspot suite of tools for $15/mo. If you have <$2m in funding + know you'll probably want to run on Hubspot some day, this is a no brainier. Courtesy of @enterpriserising.bsky.social offers.hubspot.com/startups/fou...
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Secure HubSpot’s Best Founder Discount Before It’s Too Late
Are you considering upgrading to HubSpot soon? HubSpots Pro and Enterprise-level services are increasing by 10% soon. Be sure to
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Casey Allen @caseyallen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I'm carving out a full day next week to have a 📞 w/ any founder (even you!) that wants to chat re: GTM, hiring, funding, whatever 👇 cal.mixmax.com/meetwithcase... Just click and book. Open to any tech founder. Excited to see how I can help you achieve big things. *Founders only please*
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