gordonachaffin

Professional dog walker that ran for Congress 2025-26 (D.C. Delegate). Campaign donations still help! Also lead community nonprofit Friends of Met Branch Trail.

[gordonachaffin @gordonachaffin]

I've been writing election columns in popular finance newsletter The Financial Diet. I had fun with today's edition. I wrote a politician concession speech as if they were a losing football coach — using sports clichés. Scroll to bottom for the feature. https://t.co/FwFwljIZns

[gordonachaffin @gordonachaffin]

This is a well researched and helpful summary of D.C. Statehood support among Members of Congress.

[v4dc2 - DC statehood News @V4DC2]

@ankitjaindc Summary map v001, of how I am seeing #DCstatehood in 2027-2028, so far, before AK & MS US Senate races are even called, so based on what little we know. 43 votes & 10 refusing, (2 races not called, AK MS).

[gordonachaffin @gordonachaffin]

I explain here how political candidates like me simplify our personal backgrounds to persuade voters. We boil down military service and prior roles as lower-level politicians. Here's how to decode those simplified stories, in my The Financial Diet column: https://t.co/ipWSvk6MuV

[Zachary Parker @ZacharyforWard5]

Grateful for @DDOTDC replacing the graffiti-covered panels on the Rhode Island Ave Metro pedestrian bridge with new clearvu fencing.

[gordonachaffin @gordonachaffin]

I wrote about a scary money thing politicians aren't fixing. Government assumes I'll get high-paying jobs to pay off my $210,000 student loan debt. But in 16 years of working, my income was only high enough to make a payment greater than $0 for 4 years. https://t.co/5rqTH3kDn6

[gordonachaffin @gordonachaffin]

Cool to hear @NPR "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" feature @ThroneBathrooms public restroom deployments in NYC. You can hear the panelists joke about the new bathrooms showing up in NYC -- after debuts in LA, D.C., & more -- at 9 m 35 s mark of Sept 26 show. https://t.co/b1jUFGRHjN

[PoPville @PoPville]

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[gordonachaffin @gordonachaffin]

I wrote about my $213K student loan debt for an upcoming The Financial Diet email newsletter. Sign up to get my 2026 election coverage in columns within TFD's great emails. https://t.co/YQiv1qczIN

[gordonachaffin @gordonachaffin]

2026 Primary in nutshell: Voters make election decisions based on their emotions, and we want boldness from political candidates. I wrote in this week's The Financial Diet newsletter about how it's good to vote from the heart. https://t.co/nViDQGEb8Y

[gordonachaffin @gordonachaffin]

Excited to contribute politics, election commentary to The Financial Diet newsletter through the November 2026 midterm elections. In my first post, I share how difficult I found my first time running for office. We need fresh perspectives in power! https://t.co/0g16o5EKRn

[Barred in DC @BarredinDC]

Lots of folks have been and will continue to complain about the new traffic ellipse/circle coming to Pennsylvania and Potomac Ave SE by Potomac Ave Metro that is scheduled to be finished by end of year.

Sorry commuting drivers, this isn’t supposed to help you

[gordonachaffin @gordonachaffin]

I love that YouTube added the AI fast-forward button to the beginning of @PabloTorre's latest @pablofindsout episode -- meaning people are skipping past the friendly chit-chat with @katienolan and Michael Cruz Kayne before they dive into a story. https://t.co/MfDNfTCBb7

[Samuel Littauer @swlittauer]

Shoutout to whoever rode 26+ miles on a @bikeshare e-bike from Columbia Heights to Dulles at 3:28 AM in June.

[Jerusalem @JerusalemDemsas]

The voters love OpenAI.

According to @TheArgumentMag polling, none of the major AI discourse (e.g. Anthropic's fight with Trump) seems to have had much of an impact on public opinion of the AI labs.

Even among *people worried about catastrophic risks* OpenAI has a +8 favorability whereas Anthropic only breaks even.

Lots more analysis (and graphs!) on AI lab favorability at the link: https://t.co/JeKJs9fe4x

[Mark Segraves @SegravesNBC4]

I’d like to associate myself with the comments by the gentleman from DC. Shame on everyone who sat in that room.

[gordonachaffin @gordonachaffin]

I'm working on some new D.C. dog business stuff! For now, booking and reviews for my custom dog walks, training, and sitting is on Rover. https://t.co/WwsiHhCs5S

[Guy Berger @EconBerger]

Job losses in finance are happening where AI adoption is lowest; job growth is strongest where AI adoption is highest.

[Emma Uber @EmmaUber7]

SCOOP: Less than a month after the opening of a $69 million exhibit beneath the Lincoln Memorial, Park Service officials are raising alarm bells.

They say rare copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment are being kept in temperatures above 80 degrees. Preservation experts tell me that's hot enough to damage the documents, which date back to the 1860s and bear Lincoln's signature.

It’s the latest in a string of troubles involving upgrades to the National Mall as part of America’s 250th birthday celebrations.

An NPS spokesperson told me the documents are being properly cared for. They did not answer when I asked why there was a fan pointed toward the display case.

https://t.co/AC3uTggL57

[AG Brian Schwalb @DCAttorneyGen]

DC, we're in the midst of another heat wave. ☀️🌡️

If you're a renter, and your AC is broken or your water is being disconnected — we have your back.

Just call our Consumer and Tenant Response unit at 202-442-9828, and we'll work to get the cool air or cool water flowing again.

[Alex Taliadoros @AlexCTaliadoros]

There's been so much rhetoric about the need to support restaurants in DC — only for the city to kneecap them like this.

And for what? 2-3 parking spaces? Because an agency is dragging its feet on permits? Maddening.

So much potential for the next Administration to do better.