Jessica Huseman
@jessicahuseman.bsky.social
Editorial director at Votebeat, managing special projects and newsroom enthusiasm. Finding joy everywhere. Prev: ProPublica. You need a corn dog, I can tell. Texan. jhuseman at votebeat dot org.
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another day, another source assuming i was spam because my phone number comes up as "waxahachie texas"
When Trump issued a massive pardon for those involved in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, he may have accidentally pardoned a lot of other people who committed voter fraud too. Oops? www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
Double-voting suspect claims Trump election pardon applies
Legal scholars say the suspect’s claim stems from “sloppy” language in the president’s proclamation.
www.spotlightpa.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
When Trump issued a massive pardon for those involved in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, he may have accidentally pardoned a lot of other people who committed voter fraud too. Oops? www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11...
making a party trick that says mean things to people because you aren't normal enough to be at a party without digital assistance is a pretty big self own
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
making a party trick that says mean things to people because you aren't normal enough to be at a party without digital assistance is a pretty big self own
"The real scandal isn’t one journalist’s ethical compromises—it’s that we built a system where those compromises were inevitable, where they were actually incentivized, and where the only thing left to do is package them as content." www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"The real scandal isn’t one journalist’s ethical compromises—it’s that we built a system where those compromises were inevitable, where they were actually incentivized, and where the only thing left to do is package them as content." www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
It’s everything Id hoped for
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It’s everything Id hoped for
bamboo is the metaphor of our times
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
bamboo is the metaphor of our times
The house next door to me has been unoccupied for a WHILE and someone bought it and just sneezed in their lawfully-owned backyard and I thought I was being burgled
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The house next door to me has been unoccupied for a WHILE and someone bought it and just sneezed in their lawfully-owned backyard and I thought I was being burgled
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Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Alabama's new state Senate map was designed by an 18-year-old University of Alabama freshman who submitted his proposals, unsolicited, to a federal court hearing a lawsuit over the districts.
University of Alabama freshman draws state's court-ordered Senate map | Alabama Reflector
TUSCALOOSA — Daniel DiDonato says he’s been passionate about elections since he was a young child. He submitted six maps to a federal court.
alabamareflector.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Alabama's new state Senate map was designed by an 18-year-old University of Alabama freshman who submitted his proposals, unsolicited, to a federal court hearing a lawsuit over the districts.
my neighbors already have christmas lights up and i'm offended by that so i just bought this five foot tall highland cow holding a turkey
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
my neighbors already have christmas lights up and i'm offended by that so i just bought this five foot tall highland cow holding a turkey
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Bari Weiss, I believe this is your moment.
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Bari Weiss, I believe this is your moment.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Walter moves his bed around to where it suits him, and sometimes flips it over. I used to think it was an accident, and it isn’t. I think he’s flipping it to get to the cold side?
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Walter moves his bed around to where it suits him, and sometimes flips it over. I used to think it was an accident, and it isn’t. I think he’s flipping it to get to the cold side?
Not a single thing I write today will involve bamboo and I just need you to know that.
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Not a single thing I write today will involve bamboo and I just need you to know that.
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You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
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It takes a long time to get detailed precinct-level data for a presidential election. We're now at 99 percent complete.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2024 Election (Gift Article)
See how your neighborhood voted on our interactive, precinct-level results map of the presidential election.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It takes a long time to get detailed precinct-level data for a presidential election. We're now at 99 percent complete.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I keep running into bamboo in this business and it's always bad news, i tell you what
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I keep running into bamboo in this business and it's always bad news, i tell you what
it has EVERYTHING. THE BUDDHA. KEITH OLBERMANN. A PLOT TWIST.
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
it has EVERYTHING. THE BUDDHA. KEITH OLBERMANN. A PLOT TWIST.
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US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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An endless amount of deranged details in this interview with Greg Bovino's sister, but most notably that his uncle produced the Jack Nicholson movie The Border and the depiction of the agent as corrupt radicalized him as a 12-yr-old.
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
How a family secret led Greg Bovino to lead Trump's border crackdown
Before he became the face of Trump's tough ICE policies, Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino endured a childhood marked by a family scandal that changed the trajectory of his life.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
An endless amount of deranged details in this interview with Greg Bovino's sister, but most notably that his uncle produced the Jack Nicholson movie The Border and the depiction of the agent as corrupt radicalized him as a 12-yr-old.
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
I'll be running around at TribFest today and tomorrow, and moderating a panel at 1pm tomorrow. Find me around, and come ask questions about elections. festival.texastribune.org/event/c17d2d...
The Texas Tribune Festival 2025. Online registration by Cvent
Texas' breakout politics and policy event, The Texas Tribune Festival, is making its return to downtown Austin Nov. 13-15. 2025
festival.texastribune.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'll be running around at TribFest today and tomorrow, and moderating a panel at 1pm tomorrow. Find me around, and come ask questions about elections. festival.texastribune.org/event/c17d2d...
Despite not hearing or thinking about this song in more than a decade I have the 2008 classic “lip gloss” by lil mama stuck in my head
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Despite not hearing or thinking about this song in more than a decade I have the 2008 classic “lip gloss” by lil mama stuck in my head
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big story tomorrow if your interests lie in immigration policy, domestic intelligence gathering, or blatant government malfeasance. stay tuned.
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
big story tomorrow if your interests lie in immigration policy, domestic intelligence gathering, or blatant government malfeasance. stay tuned.
I LIVE for "look at this extremely affordable and well-kept rosemary bush we are selling as a $10 tree" season. Buy them all. Plant them in your yard.
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I LIVE for "look at this extremely affordable and well-kept rosemary bush we are selling as a $10 tree" season. Buy them all. Plant them in your yard.
Anyway if you told me in 2020 when the CEO of Chalkbeat called to ask if it was a good idea to start a voting publication that 5 years later @levinecarrie.bsky.social would be its EIC and @baseballot.bsky.social would me its managing editor, i would have maybe slapped you. HERE WE ARE.
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Anyway if you told me in 2020 when the CEO of Chalkbeat called to ask if it was a good idea to start a voting publication that 5 years later @levinecarrie.bsky.social would be its EIC and @baseballot.bsky.social would me its managing editor, i would have maybe slapped you. HERE WE ARE.
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New job alert! Today I started as the new managing editor of @votebeat.org, a nonprofit news site that covers election administration and voting rights issues.
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Dallas-area dog protests inhumane -60 temps.
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Dallas-area dog protests inhumane -60 temps.