Jessica Huseman
@jessicahuseman.bsky.social
Editorial director at Votebeat, managing special projects and newsroom enthusiasm. Prev: ProPublica. You need a corndog, I can tell. Texan. jhuseman at votebeat dot org.
I just put on my 1st work away message since 2023. If no one could make any voting news while I’m in Scotland for the next two weeks, that would be excellent. St. Andrews recommendations welcome! My bf is teaching in a law abroad program, so he’s working, but I am very much not.
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Folks, after two days of searching the only foster I have found is willing to take only the babies and not the mother. I could make this happen, but it makes me sad. Do I do this? Do I leave them as they are? These are the only two choices.
Jessica Huseman@jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 3w agoFolks, a mama cat has given birth to four kittens in my bf’s Not At All Safe garage in oak cliff in Dallas. We cannot foster (leaving the country in 5 days), and I doubt my ability to capture any of them. If you are in Dallas and have experience fostering cats, please reach out.
Folks, a mama cat has given birth to four kittens in my bf’s Not At All Safe garage in oak cliff in Dallas. We cannot foster (leaving the country in 5 days), and I doubt my ability to capture any of them. If you are in Dallas and have experience fostering cats, please reach out.
President trump, of course, often casts his own ballot by mail.
Tony Dokoupil and Major Garrett started off the network’s "Special Report" by attempting to preemptively debunk the election lies Trump would tell before going airing the speech live.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3w agoSo CBS decided to air the Trump speech live on broadcast TV after all.
Trump: shut down news outlets that don't report what I tell them to
y'all want to hear something funny i have technically had the last four days off work.
Come to this @jessicahuseman.bsky.social piece for the ongoing federal threat to the integrity of American elections. But stay for DOJ's bumbling incompetence:
Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · last mo.This reporting is brought to you by @jessicahuseman.bsky.social of @votebeat.org. Their nonpartisan work is indispensable in these times. Support them.
Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · last mo.#ELB: BREAKING: “Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act” (This is going to be a BFD if Trump Tries to Assert the EAC’s Powers over the Federal Voter Registration Form) https://electionlawblog.org/?p=157199
Breaking from @votebeat.org: Trump has fired all three remaining commissioners of the Election Assistance Commission, leaving the only federal agency that touches election administration without any leadership. www.votebeat.org/national/202...
Trump fires all commissioners of federal election agency
Months before the midterms, the only federal agency dedicated solely to election administration is now unable to do anything.
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New from @votebeat.org: The DOJ has sent letters to several states warning they could face criminal prosecution if non-citizens are knowingly left on the rolls. None of the election administrators I've spoken to seem particularly worried. www.votebeat.org/national/202...
Trump administration threatens state election officials with criminal charges if they have noncitizen voters
The letters threaten criminal liability, but election officials and experts say they look more like political pressure than prosecution.
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Meet Conway, a cat who showed up in my front yard and then got stuck under my sister's car yesterday and who now runs my life and has already cost me hundreds of dollars.
Excellent news from @votebeat.org: We're doing the Expert Desk again this year. It will be bigger, better and simpler to use. This year, @zacknewsman.bsky.social will join us as the community editor, onboarding sources and journalists and moderating the space. I'm so excited.
Every time @votebeat.org has an event - or any time we send a newsletter - among the most frequently asked questions is "Will the midterms even happen?" Yes, they will. But we've heard you, and we're doing a whole event about just that on July 13 at 5pm eastern.
Schrodinger's Slush Fund www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump says he doesn’t know whether the $1.8 billion payout fund is dead
In his first comments since the apparent collapse of the plan, the president was less definitive than acting attorney general Todd Blanche was a day earlier.
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god bless the moment you spend so long deciding whether to reply to an email that it stops being useful to reply at all and you can finally mark it as read
ICYMI, I took an early look at this fall's races for the top election official in each state (usually—but not always!—the secretary of state): www.votebeat.org/national/202...
The most important 2026 elections no one is talking about
The 2026 midterms will determine who will oversee the 2028 presidential election in 29 states.
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If Jim Acosta kicks my ass outside a Hampton Inn, that will make me an actual victim, unlike the girls who were “trafficked” and “raped” by Jeffrey Epstein. by Michael Tracey
Last week a teenage DSW clerk informed me socks are visible again. I’ve tried it twice, and I don't like it, but I'm committed to being hip I think.
We just did an event about the 2000 election, and got a show and tell of a Palm Beach County voting machine. I was ... pretty jazzed.
I have purchased a 5 year old girl an ant farm. It, obviously - now that I have it in my hands - didn't come with any ants. Where the hell do you buy live ants for an ant farm in Dallas?
You cannot understand the next election unless you understand the 2000 election. Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/how-the-20...
