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Why hasn't Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva been sworn in yet? Democrats cry foul over delays The Arizona Democrat and allies say it’s related to an attempt to delay the release of files related to the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

On September 23, Adelita Grijalva was elected to Arizona’s 7th Congressional District. But she still hasn’t been sworn in, leaving more than 800k constituents without representation in the House.
Grijalva and Dems are crying foul. @gracepanetta.bsky.social covering for @19thnews.org

Such a special night last night at the Murrow Awards ceremony with some of my @19thnews.org colleagues celebrating win for our breaking 2024 election coverage! 🏆💐

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Want signs of bipartisanship? In the House, look to women. • Michigan Advance This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet Grace and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. The divisions in American politics are usually obvious, often...

The divisions in American politics are usually obvious, often nowhere more than in the U.S. House. But there are also glimmers of bipartisanship, and, lately, many of those have been driven by women.

Story by @gracepanetta.bsky.social & @19thnews.org

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‘There is no hoax’: Epstein survivors demand justice and transparency Over a dozen women spoke amid an effort to push the government to release more information about Epstein, the convicted sex offender who had powerful connections.

“We are not the footnotes in some infamous predator’s tabloid article. We are the experts and the subjects of this story. We are the proof that fear did not break us.”

@gracepanetta.bsky.social reports for @19thnews.org.

To raise fertility rates, it’s not women who need to step up — it’s men New research found that countries where men do more housework and child care have higher fertility rates.

A new paper by Harvard professor Claudia Goldin found that countries where men take on more of the household labor and child care have higher fertility rates.
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Who's questioning women's right to vote? • Wisconsin Examiner A fringe evangelical Christian belief system that questions women’s right to vote is gaining more traction in the Republican Party

Who’s questioning women’s right to vote? A special report republished from @19thnews.org by Mariel Padilla, @gracepanetta.bsky.social & Mel Leonor Barclay

holy shit @19thnews.org won a Murrow (for the second year in a row!!!)

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@19thnews.org just received our second Murrow award, thanks to the indefatigable work of @gracepanetta.bsky.social @terri.bsky.social @errinhaines.bsky.social and our whole politics team as they covered the 2024 election

Mary Peltola would be the strongest likely candidate for Alaska governor, poll shows Peltola, a Democrat who made history with her 2022 election to the U.S. House, is widely seen as a top Democratic recruit for Alaska’s open governor’s race in 2026.

The poll also found plummeting favorability numbers for Sen. Lisa Murkowski, whose nets favs fell from +1 in DFP's last Alaska survey released in March to -23 in this survey. Her favs fell from +63 to +26 among Dems and +12 to -21 among independent/third-party voters 19thnews.org/2025/08/mary...

Mary Peltola would be the strongest likely candidate for Alaska governor, poll shows Peltola, a Democrat who made history with her 2022 election to the U.S. House, is widely seen as a top Democratic recruit for Alaska’s open governor’s race in 2026.

In the poll's ranked-choice voting simulations for Alaska gov, Peltola comes out on top by double-digits over a crowded field of potential R opponents — even in "the most pessimistic" of ways a ranked-choice election could play out 19thnews.org/2025/08/mary...

Mary Peltola would be the strongest likely candidate for Alaska governor, poll shows Peltola, a Democrat who made history with her 2022 election to the U.S. House, is widely seen as a top Democratic recruit for Alaska’s open governor’s race in 2026.

“The policies that she spent her whole last two years running on, especially on fisheries policy, are really, really popular things in Alaska, and the policies of the Republican governor are extremely unpopular,” said @jasonkatzbrown.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/08/mary...

Mary Peltola would be the strongest likely candidate for Alaska governor, poll shows Peltola, a Democrat who made history with her 2022 election to the U.S. House, is widely seen as a top Democratic recruit for Alaska’s open governor’s race in 2026.

New @dataforprogress.org polling of Alaska, shared first with @19thnews.org, shows former Rep. Mary Peltola as the strongest likely/possible candidate for Alaska's 2026 governor's race, beating other potential opponents by double-digits in RCV simulations 19thnews.org/2025/08/mary...

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She was a rising senior on the honor roll. ICE just upended her life. Nory Sontay Ramos thought her immigration check-in was routine. Five days later, she and her mother were swiftly deported to Guatemala — a country she barely remembers.

"Nory Sontay Ramos thought her immigration check-in was routine. Five days later, she and her mother were swiftly deported to Guatemala — a country she barely remembers." 19thnews.org/2025/07/ice-...

Women have long fought to protect the Florida Everglades, the site of 'Alligator Alcatraz' President Donald Trump on Tuesday visited the center, built in a biodiversity-rich area that environmentalists like Marjory Stoneman Douglas have worked to preserve.

Women like Marjory Stoneman Douglas fought to protect the Florida Everglades from real estate developers and agricultural interests. Now, a new generation of environmental leaders is trying to halt a new immigrant detention center in the Everglades. @gracepanetta.bsky.social via @19thnews.org

Cuomo concedes to Zohran Mamdani in New York City mayoral primary Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old Democratic socialist could again face the former governor, as well as the current mayor, in November.

Cuomo conceded the race — just now!! — before the final results of ranked-choice voting were clear.

Assemblymember Zohrani Mamdani will be the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City. More from @gracepanetta.bsky.social: 19thnews.org/2025/06/zohr...

Deadly shootings in Minnesota have shaken abortion providers The suspected shooter had a list of targets that included abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood affiliates and employees.

The deadly shootings in Minnesota have left abortion providers shaken in an already hostile political climate. Story from @shefali.bsky.social and me: 19thnews.org/2025/06/minn...

Deadly shootings in Minnesota have shaken abortion providers The suspected shooter had a list of targets that included abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood affiliates and employees.

Abortion providers have long grappled with threats of political violence, but Saturday’s shootings targeting Minnesota lawmakers have put them on high alert, and many say they feel newly vulnerable. @gracepanetta.bsky.social and @shefali.bsky.social for @19thnews.org news.org

New statement from Planned Parenthood preemptively addressing upcoming reporting it says is based on “misunderstanding”

“There is not now, and has never been, a plan to stop providing abortion care in the hopes of preserving federal funding. Any claims to the contrary are an outright lie.”

Rep. Melissa Hortman, killed in targeted attack, was a champion for Minnesotan families Hortman worked closely with Gov. Tim Walz to enact policies that prioritized children and expanded protections for abortion and gender-affirming care

When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman.
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
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Nancy Mace's Former Staff Claim She Had Them Create Burner Accounts to Promote Her According to former staffers and a deposition, Nancy Mace has allegedly used her tech background to deploy bots across social media—and asked staffers to surreptitiously post on her behalf.

Scoop: Nancy Mace's fmr staff tell me they were assigned to create burner accounts to bolster their boss online.

“We were congressional staff, and there were actual things we could be doing to help the constituents," one said. 1/
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in fairness, I almost walk into things at least once a day at the US Capitol

Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.

Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly.

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how *not* to respond to sexual misconduct allegations 101 www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

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Democratic women don’t want the White House talking about raising birth rates Some programs aimed at supporting women have taken a hit from the Trump administration and could face more as Congress considers and tax and spending bill.

scoop from @gracepanetta.bsky.social: 39 members from the House Democratic Women’s Caucus sent a letter to Trump today to blast his admin's "hollow incentives for childbirth" while "simultaneously work[ing] to dismantle the very systems that help women and families"

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