Jessica Huseman
@JessicaHuseman
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.@VotebeatUS Editorial Director, managing investigations. Formerly @ProPublica. I’ve come back to the mountains, and they’re all still standing there. Texan.
The nearest Taco Bueno
Joined June 2009
We can all continually be like "oh he misspoke about this deeply held public policy position he has" but i think at some point we should just expect him to speak clearly
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lmaoooooooo ok sure
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New: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
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ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s...
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Argentina, now the 51st state.
THE UNITED STATES IS DONE SUBSIDIZING THE HEALTH CARE OF THE REST OF THE WORLD. AMERICA FIRST. 💪
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[taps mic] This is my last week at the Wall Street Journal. I'll be returning to Chalkbeat to launch a new section focused on the big ideas and debates in American education. More on this soon! You can sign up to keep following my work here: https://t.co/xuEvTdrXQ5
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Judge Sooknanan said she believes Reid's trial will be the first time in the District someone will be prosecuted for a misdemeanor version of the statute for assaulting a federal officer. Grand juries refused three times to indict the felony version. https://t.co/91V8pZ7AmA
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A federal judge said defense attorneys for Sidney Lori Reid should have the opportunity to show jurors texts calling her a "libtard."
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Jane Goodall has died at 91. Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. https://t.co/axM4A5nkhh
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Imagine having fought in Afghanistan and watched your troops die in Afghanistan and then having your actual boss say this to you
Trump: "Washington DC was the most unsafe, most dangerous city in the US and to a large extent, beyond. You go to Afghanistan, they didn't have anything like that."
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In September the number of jobs created was -32,000.
BREAKING: The number of jobs created in August has been revised from 54,000 down to -3,000.
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anyone remember jade helm
This morning, President Trump & Secretary Hegseth spoke to 800 high-ranking generals and admirals who had been called away from their stations around the world. At the meeting, Trump said he’d told Hegseth he should use American cities as “training grounds” for the military. 1/6
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where are my hometown friends from garland texas with private jets i need their assistance
Ok I hear y’all! Lol glad the keyboard warriors are well! Yesterday I went from English class to a campus speech 10 hrs away. A hometown friend offered to help get me there because I couldn’t afford it. I’ll keep showing up to do the hard work on campuses and I hope y’all do too!
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Should the government censor speech it doesn’t like? Of course not. The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the “public interest.” https://t.co/j4o2lA6LiL
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We can't sit idly by while the equivalent of the Marlboro Man surfaces in advertising, introducing the next generation to addicting tobacco products.
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#BREAKINGNEWS: Three students were injured after a shooting unfolded at a high school in Evergreen, Colorado, on Wednesday, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. The suspect was engaged and neutralized, according to law enforcement officials.
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In the last few years we've seen: - The plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer - The Storming of the Capitol and pipe bombs left at the RNC and DNC - The break-in to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and the brutal on Paul Pelosi - Multiple assassination attempts against Trump - The assassination
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There is a shocking pattern of political violence in this country right now, and assigning it singularly to either party feels hollow and is incorrect.
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And the CDC.
What happened to Charlie Kirk is unconscionable, but it was literally a few months ago that two Democratic state legislators were gunned down by a right wing activist. Let’s not pretend this is one-sided
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Charlie Kirk was scheduled to debate a progressive influencer, Hasan Piker, at Dartmouth College on Sept. 25. On his Twitch live stream, Piker reacted to the news with horror, urging some of his followers to stop making jokes about the shooting, and he expressed fear that he
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Please join @SethBluestein , Karen Brinson Bell, and me for a @votebeat webinar on public trust in elections, moderated by @JessicaHuseman on Friday, Sept. 19, noon EDT. Register here: https://t.co/maMfyohuU8
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Join us for a conversation on public trust in elections with an elections expert and two experienced election officials.
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Worried about trust in elections? Join @VotebeatUS @JessicaHuseman for a conversation with @cstewartiii @SethBluestein and former @NCSBE director Karen Brinson Bell on 9/19. Free registration here:
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Join us for a conversation on public trust in elections with an elections expert and two experienced election officials.
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.@VotebeatUS wants to know who our PET MASCOT should be. And guess what, WE ARE DOING RANKED CHOICE VOTING. Find out what ranked choice voting even is, and also vote for Walter here ty:
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Votebeat is working on a project that illustrates and explains how ranked choice voting works, so we decided to ask readers to vote.
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I'm working on a story for @VotebeatUS about poll worker pay in Michigan and I'd very much like to talk to someone who has worked as a poll worker in a town that they don't live in. Is that you? Please email me at hharding@votebeat.org
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