Really can’t get over this nyt article about talarico’s boots. People know men in Texas just wear boots every single day right?
Jessica Huseman
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.@VotebeatUS Editorial Director, managing investigations. Formerly @ProPublica. Teaching: @StBonaventure, @AU_SPA. You need a corndog, I can tell. Texan.
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I got an email from a major international radio station asking me if I could come on. They didn’t tell me the hit time, asked for no information. Then 20 minutes later I was flooded with calls and texts telling me the anchor was waiting on air.
I flaked on more commitments than I have in years this week, and I want to make a PSA out of this: Call people on the phone.View quoted post on X
You would not believe how many professional international TV networks toss you an email and don’t go any further. Okay, let me find that email below the 200 pitches that came in right after. I am finding DM requests with no follow up from three days ago. Guess what — I had a lot of DMs on Tuesday!
Call the person’s phone.
Just a few days ago Randy said Texas wasn’t riggable:
100% rigged. This time they are caught.View quoted post on X
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NEW: Some Austin press corp-related news this Friday evening — @VikkiGoodwinTX’s transition team tells me, “Governor-Elect Vikki Goodwin will be welcoming journalists onto the Senate floor in the next session.” #txlegeView quoted post on X
Natalia has been covering the debacle with the Texas voter registration system for a year. The reason we know so much about these problems is because of her.
Last year, @VotebeatUS first reported on the problems Texas election officials experienced using the state’s revamped version of TEAM.View quoted post on X
And we’ve covered the burdens it’s created for election officials since. Now the state is set to audit the system and is seeking election officials’ feedback to make improvements. #txlege
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