Jessica Huseman

Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Minimum-Security Women’s Prison in Texas

There it is.

Perhaps my own bias, but Columbia journalism school is less my target here than Columbia University. Certainly affiliated, but the j-school has done a comparatively great job not laying over here. Not much it can do about the university as a whole.

had to google it just now to make sure it was actually spelled the same way and also an acronym because i momentarily thought i was hallucinating

it is not lost on me that one of the things i hated most during childhood and one of things i had both about adulthood are both called PACER

glad other generations will also be exposed to the modern water torture of PACER tests

Anyway I hope I’m never as absolutely gutless as an elite institution with a billion dollar endowment with a lot of powerful alumni to assist me apparently is

Texas GOP’s redistricting plan aims for a five-seat gain in House No Republican incumbents’ districts were made significantly more competitive under the proposed new boundaries.

No Republican incumbents’ districts were made significantly more competitive under the proposed new boundaries.

when you host a book club but also you run a voting newsroom

Extremely

So let’s embrace it as a model is all I am saying tbh

*Jessica singing loudly*
I BELIEVE NON PROFIT JOURNALISM IS THE FUTURE
READ THEM WELL AND LET THEM LEAD THE WAY

not me finishing something in 14 minutes i've put off for two weeks

What

Yet another argument for a female president

Before/After saying “hey Walter”

Michigan gets DOJ letter questioning its high voter registration rate It is the latest in a series of letters the Justice Department has sent to states about their management of voter rolls, following directives in President Donald Trump’s March executive order on elections.

It is the latest in a series of letters the Justice Department has sent to states about their management of voter rolls, following directives in President Donald Trump’s March executive order on elections.

Fired Speechwriter From First Trump Term Appointed to Lead the Institute of Peace In 2018, the White House fired Darren Beattie for attending a gathering of white supremacists. Mr. Beattie will head the institute while keeping his senior State Department position.

A senior State Department official who was fired as a White House speechwriter during the first Trump administration for attending a gathering of white supremacists has been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.

“He has also inquired to at least two confidants about naming a renovated wing or sections of the center after himself, and even whether it would make sense to put a “statue” of himself in the building — much like how there is a famous, large bust of JFK…” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I *am* a constitutional scholar and you are correct.

Perfect quote. No notes.

The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...

"We obtained internal data showing the Trump administration knew that at least 197 of the men had not been convicted of crimes in the U.S....

The truth of all their stories—one by one—will begin to be told."

Astonishing reporting from my colleagues:
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...

Hackers who breached Arizona election website aimed at other targets, too Two days after U.S. airstrikes on Iran, hackers swapped out photos on the election results site with images of Ayatollah Khomeini. Officials cite the “sophistication and persistence of the attacks.”

NEW: Hackers who breached Arizona election website aimed at other agencies, too.

The top cybersecurity official for the state's Department of Homeland Security tells me he believes Iran was likely involved, given the image uploaded, methods & persistence
www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...

Made the bed. Walter is helping with pillow chops.

Omg how wholesome

I found this extremely stale tortilla behind my fridge. Thought it might’ve been a monster.

Just spent 20 min moving my fridge to get out whatever gross, gigantic thing was wedged between it and my oven.

It was a petrified tortilla.

This is hilarious

In the public reactions to this, you’re going to observe the pathologies Americans have about crime and the penal system.

People are going to treat it as if a judge said “molesting kids is fine, lol.”

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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

This is the funniest story I have edited in my career. Please read all the way to the end - you won’t regret it: