This weekend I went to a black tie dinner that was a fundraiser for LGBTQ+ orgs and because I got the ticket for free I felt I needed to financially contribute and purchased an antique chamber pot at the silent auction gonna put some plants in it

He "violated the rules of his release by assaulting a nanny, swinging an IV pole at a nurse and dodging tolls in luxury cars." "He is at least the eighth convict to whom Mr. Trump granted clemency during his first term who has since been charged with a crime." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...

DOJ is sending election monitors to California and New Jersey tomorrow, but before you react, read @jessicahuseman.bsky.social: www.votebeat.org/2025/11/01/j...

Back on my tree bullshit (smokey mountains edition) see yall in a week

Finally, a beer that is not woke

he imagines the winner does too but has no further comment at this time

The results of our ranked-choice pet election are out. Walter, despite overwhelmingly leading in the first round, lost by a single vote in the fourth round. He will not be the Votebeat pet mascot, but despite his disappointment, he will not contest the results projects.votebeat.org/2025/how-ran...

The Brennan Center's State Court Report is publishing articles on each of the American State Constitutions. I wrote the one about Maryland's. Give it a look! @brennancenter.org @statecourtreport.org

free recommendation buy your plants hats

coworker rejects work

gonna go out on a limb and say that new york city probably has among the highest percentage of dual citizens in the country

We live in an episode of Veep

The voting machines weren't hacked and the vote counts weren't fabricated in 2024 for all the same reasons it didn't happen in 2020, either. Most charitably, those pushing that stuff are gullible and ill-informed. There's a real constitutional omni-crisis going on without making stuff up.

just out here answering my door to my neighbor in a sports bra while tinting my own hair in because i thought it was a grocery drop off

Cuomo, meanwhile, famously a self-made man.

Voters really don't like inflation, and frankly everything else is secondary to that.

Bari Weiss has been head of CBS News for less than a month and already top leaders and talent are jumping ship: -Claudia Milne, head of standards and practices has left -John Dickerson, anchor of CBS Evening News, is leaving deadline.com/2025/10/john...

“See! She’s an ass rider!“ - my mom, referring to the driver of a nearby car

Remember the inflatable-penis protester in Alabama who was thrown to the ground, handcuffed and arrested during No Kings? The local paper is following up on it, and has done its best to make the suspect's photo SFW. thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com/2025/10/demo...

More from the scene

Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.

We are living in hell

When my boyfriend leaves me unsupervised in his house I leave cartoons on his fridge. today he’s judging a mock trial competition:

another day, another source assuming i was spam because my phone number comes up as "waxahachie texas"

It really feels like every day you get out of bed with a nazi tattoo and don't make an appointment to get it covered up or removed you are making a new decision

Anyway, there's an app that will read PDFs to you in Snoop Dogg's voice, and here is how AI Snoop pronounces "Rudy Giuliani."

listen, chat gpt does have its uses.

Election officials were surprised by the deal, but now say they’re not expecting big changes under the new owner, Scott Leiendecker’s Liberty Vote story via @jessicahuseman.bsky.social & @votebeat.org

Shout out to my neighbor for yelling "DO YOU NEED HELP THIS FEELS UNSAFE" to me while i tried to get a branch out of my tree on a ladder today and then just doing it himself it takes a village to keep me out of the hospital

That’s some chyron. 👑 @atrupar.com

I'm sorry you think it's ridiculous, but Google is right there and i would encourage you to pick up the phone and call your clerk. She (it's definitely a she) will explain exactly how it works with the exact type of machines your county has. Again, ignorance is a choice.

I hope a lot of you will read my replies to this, it's actually fascinating: Voting machines actually are individually updated by hand. It takes hundreds of hours. Lots of people. You can watch it happen, too! Most counties have public viewing areas.

god this is boring

It's amazing to me that after all of the explainers I and so many other journalists have written about this in the last five years that this absolute fiction still has such a stranglehold on people. I have a whole website for you to read.

In the same way this was not remotely possible for Democrats to do in 2020, it is not remotely possible for Republicans to do this now.

So what does the sale of Dominion to Liberty Vote mean for election officials, and for voters? For now, nothing. www.votebeat.org/2025/10/17/d...

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

“The source told CBS News that [Kash Patel and Dan Bongino] asked for "large, beefy" agents to conduct an arrest of Comey "in full kit," including Kevlar vests and exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo.” The leadership of the FBI is now in the hands of infantile psychopaths.

A reporter at that notorious leftist rag, The Economist. 👇🏼

I’d say ignoring problems because you like someone’s politics is a far more obvious purity test than a basic conflict of interest.

This is something that’s been bothering me. Folks often dont know the difference between commentary/journalism. Commentators benefit from not discussing the nuance by co-opting the appearance of journalistic standards. We see it repeat with influencers and journalists pay as trust continues to erode

I don’t think calling yourself a journalist and fundraising off coverage you personally profit from is the right thing. Sorry.

Also not journalism

Lawyers and adjacent also have some complaints about him. electionlawblog.org?p=127270

Media Matters shouldn't be paying for this at all. a big firm should be doing this pro bono. this is about basic press freedom. and Elias, if they stand by their convictions, shouldn't be charging them. if they don't have the capacity to take the case for free, they shouldn't have taken it.

of we’re dragging him, this is what the first rancid vibes post was about

I’m not a lawyer. I’m a journalist. He is a lawyer. Not a journalist. That very, very, specifically the point that I’m making. Thanks for helping me drive that home.

El Paso Matters is a great nonprofit news website in El Paso that covers it every day. Doesn't just parachute in for a story then leave. elpasomatters.org

Exactly. Marc Elias allowed much of the big money politics you all hate. Give to an actual journalism organization whose goal isn’t affecting policy for their own gain.