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.
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another day, another source assuming i was spam because my phone number comes up as "waxahachie texas"
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🗓️ TOMORROW, get your election questions answered!
Votebeat's experienced election reporters @jessicahuseman.bsky.social, @alexandershur.bsky.social, @hayleyharding.bsky.social, and @sashahupka.bsky.social will explain what mail voters need to know, election security basics, and more.
Votebeat's experienced election reporters @jessicahuseman.bsky.social, @alexandershur.bsky.social, @hayleyharding.bsky.social, and @sashahupka.bsky.social will explain what mail voters need to know, election security basics, and more.
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September 14, 2026 at 6:54 PM
🗓️ TOMORROW, get your election questions answered!
Votebeat's experienced election reporters @jessicahuseman.bsky.social, @alexandershur.bsky.social, @hayleyharding.bsky.social, and @sashahupka.bsky.social will explain what mail voters need to know, election security basics, and more.
Votebeat's experienced election reporters @jessicahuseman.bsky.social, @alexandershur.bsky.social, @hayleyharding.bsky.social, and @sashahupka.bsky.social will explain what mail voters need to know, election security basics, and more.
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September 14, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Thank you to our lawyers at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for representing me and AP to fight to bring these records to light #foia
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RFK Jr. lied to Congress about 2019 trip to Samoa, according to documents obtained by The Guardian, AP
The records were released in response to a lawsuit Reporters Committee attorneys filed on behalf of the AP.
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August 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Thank you to our lawyers at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for representing me and AP to fight to bring these records to light #foia
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On Tuesday, get your midterm election questions answered.
Submit a question to @jessicahuseman.bsky.social, @alexandershur.bsky.social, @hayleyharding.bsky.social, and @sashahupka.bsky.social here: www.eventbrite.com/e/will-the-m...
Submit a question to @jessicahuseman.bsky.social, @alexandershur.bsky.social, @hayleyharding.bsky.social, and @sashahupka.bsky.social here: www.eventbrite.com/e/will-the-m...
September 10, 2026 at 10:25 PM
On Tuesday, get your midterm election questions answered.
Submit a question to @jessicahuseman.bsky.social, @alexandershur.bsky.social, @hayleyharding.bsky.social, and @sashahupka.bsky.social here: www.eventbrite.com/e/will-the-m...
Submit a question to @jessicahuseman.bsky.social, @alexandershur.bsky.social, @hayleyharding.bsky.social, and @sashahupka.bsky.social here: www.eventbrite.com/e/will-the-m...
Turns out that, when it wants to, the Supreme Court can move quickly.
Here's a piece from @votebeat.org, explaining how all the chaos before the decision played out for Missouri election administrators: www.votebeat.org/national/202...
Here's a piece from @votebeat.org, explaining how all the chaos before the decision played out for Missouri election administrators: www.votebeat.org/national/202...
Supreme Court ends Missouri map uncertainty as ballot deadlines approach
Missouri election officials say switching congressional maps was manageable. The real risk came from prolonged uncertainty as voting drew closer.
www.votebeat.org
September 11, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Turns out that, when it wants to, the Supreme Court can move quickly.
Here's a piece from @votebeat.org, explaining how all the chaos before the decision played out for Missouri election administrators: www.votebeat.org/national/202...
Here's a piece from @votebeat.org, explaining how all the chaos before the decision played out for Missouri election administrators: www.votebeat.org/national/202...
Journalists, welcome to Dallas. I'm sorry about the heat. Let me know if you need restaurant recommendations.
September 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Journalists, welcome to Dallas. I'm sorry about the heat. Let me know if you need restaurant recommendations.
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No Dem has served on the TX Railroad Commission in over 30 years. Will one of the most extreme candidates running on the GOP's statewide ticket change that? I interviewed the man who hopes to stop an open "Great Replacement" theory proponent from helming the RRC www.texasobserver.org/railroad-com...
Who Stands Between Texas and a Fascist Railroad Commission?
This man here—and a plurality of voters if he can find them
www.texasobserver.org
September 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
No Dem has served on the TX Railroad Commission in over 30 years. Will one of the most extreme candidates running on the GOP's statewide ticket change that? I interviewed the man who hopes to stop an open "Great Replacement" theory proponent from helming the RRC www.texasobserver.org/railroad-com...
Election conspiracies aren’t confined to the right. In anti-Trump corners, a UMichigan professor’s fraud model has become evidence that something went wrong in 2024.
@bycarterwalker.bsky.social and I look at what the model actually shows — and what it doesn’t.
www.votebeat.org/national/202...
@bycarterwalker.bsky.social and I look at what the model actually shows — and what it doesn’t.
www.votebeat.org/national/202...
Inside an academic model used to question Trump’s win in the 2024 election
A statistical model claims there were enough fraudulent votes in 2024 to cast doubt on Trump’s win in Pennsylvania. Experts say the model is fundamentally flawed.
www.votebeat.org
September 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Election conspiracies aren’t confined to the right. In anti-Trump corners, a UMichigan professor’s fraud model has become evidence that something went wrong in 2024.
@bycarterwalker.bsky.social and I look at what the model actually shows — and what it doesn’t.
www.votebeat.org/national/202...
@bycarterwalker.bsky.social and I look at what the model actually shows — and what it doesn’t.
www.votebeat.org/national/202...
@bycarterwalker.bsky.social and I worked on this piece for nearly a year. I hope you give it some of your time.
A statistical model claims there were enough fraudulent votes in 2024 to cast doubt on Trump’s win in Pennsylvania. Experts say the model is fundamentally flawed.
Inside an academic model used to question Trump’s win in the 2024 election
A statistical model claims there were enough fraudulent votes in 2024 to cast doubt on Trump’s win in Pennsylvania. Experts say the model is fundamentally flawed.
bit.ly
September 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
@bycarterwalker.bsky.social and I worked on this piece for nearly a year. I hope you give it some of your time.
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A statistical model claims there were enough fraudulent votes in 2024 to cast doubt on Trump’s win in Pennsylvania. Experts say the model is fundamentally flawed.
Inside an academic model used to question Trump’s win in the 2024 election
A statistical model claims there were enough fraudulent votes in 2024 to cast doubt on Trump’s win in Pennsylvania. Experts say the model is fundamentally flawed.
bit.ly
September 3, 2026 at 4:35 PM
A statistical model claims there were enough fraudulent votes in 2024 to cast doubt on Trump’s win in Pennsylvania. Experts say the model is fundamentally flawed.
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In academia, a working paper is provisional. Online and in court, Walter Mebane’s working paper turned into evidence that the 2024 election might be flawed. Our story is about what got lost in translation.
With @jessicahuseman.bsky.social www.votebeat.org/national/202...
With @jessicahuseman.bsky.social www.votebeat.org/national/202...
Inside an academic model used to question Trump’s win in the 2024 election
A statistical model claims there were enough fraudulent votes in 2024 to cast doubt on Trump’s win in Pennsylvania. Experts say the model is fundamentally flawed.
www.votebeat.org
September 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
In academia, a working paper is provisional. Online and in court, Walter Mebane’s working paper turned into evidence that the 2024 election might be flawed. Our story is about what got lost in translation.
With @jessicahuseman.bsky.social www.votebeat.org/national/202...
With @jessicahuseman.bsky.social www.votebeat.org/national/202...
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The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking.
An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times.
The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.
An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times.
The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.
Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
data4democracy.substack.com
August 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking.
An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times.
The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.
An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times.
The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.
Votebeat’s Expert Desk is back for 2026.
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August 24, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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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.
St. Andrews recommendations welcome! My bf is teaching in a law abroad program, so he’s working, but I am very much not.
July 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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.
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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July 23, 2026 at 3:48 PM
📣 Local investigative journalists! There are less than five days left until the deadline to apply to ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network.
Newsrooms from 26 states can apply. Check your eligibility and submit here by July 27 at midnight ET 👇
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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.
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.
July 21, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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.
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🚨 Dallas foster folks, head's up.
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.
July 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
🚨 Dallas foster folks, head's up.
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.
July 21, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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.
July 17, 2026 at 1:27 AM
President trump, of course, often casts his own ballot by mail.
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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.
So CBS decided to air the Trump speech live on broadcast TV after all.
July 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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.
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Trump: shut down news outlets that don't report what I tell them to
July 17, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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.
July 10, 2026 at 6:24 PM
y'all want to hear something funny i have technically had the last four days off work.
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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:
But stay for DOJ's bumbling incompetence:
July 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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:
But stay for DOJ's bumbling incompetence:
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#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
July 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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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.
www.votebeat.org
July 10, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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...