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11 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I just walked past a hotel in downtown Dallas in which I was hilariously and unexpectedly hugged by Rick Perry and I cannot stop laughing
I was there in college with a journalism professor who’d covered Texas politics for decades before retiring. He saw her, yelled “HEY GIRL!” and hugged her. I was standing there, being awkward, and he decided the least weird thing to do was give me a hug as well.
I have apparently buried this memory for 11 years.
So for clarity this happened 11 years ago - not today

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12 May
I’ll just add that it isn’t an accident newsrooms stopped having “internships” all at the same time. Fellowships are a race to the bottom. And we’re watching it.
People often blame fellows for taking these roles, which are just explicitly exploitative. But it’s the fault of editors who were once fellows (interns) and have no real motivation to make things better when they do the hiring. That’s got to stop, and I won’t be doing it.
It is the absolute height of entitlement to force those that come after you to unnecessarily struggle with no help and no stability. it will only stop when editors comfortable in their jobs start remembering that they, too, would be better now if they hadn’t experienced that.
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12 May
It’s always mind boggling to me when newsrooms announce they’ve hired an imminently and uniquely qualified journalist with years of experience... as a fellow.
This rat race we do by only being willing to “take risks” giving temporary jobs to journalists who’ve already proven themselves to make sure they are worthy is wild.
Are they qualified? I guess but let’s see if they are willing to take 40 percent less pay in the most expensive city on earth just to make sure. Don’t forget to write a press release.
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12 May
This year I’ve done 7 affordable trainings for newsrooms on public records requests, customized for your needs complete with fill in FOI letters and tools for tracking and more advanced internal training. Want one? Lmk! Jessicalhuseman@gmail.com
Smallish newsrooms in Texas, NY, Louisiana, Illinois, California and Virginia have done these. They are fun, interactive and I guarantee public records will be demystified and a part of your reporters repertoire by the end, or you don’t get charged.
After the training, I’ll do individual consultations w reporters to perfect their requests before they send them. FOI is a crucial part of journalism, and big newsrooms shouldn’t be the only ones that can afford good training, and non profits can’t keep up with training demand.
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11 May
i genuinely don't understand why anyone gives a fk about these cicadas. they are bugs. we've had bugs forever.
most cicadas are here every year, emerging when it gets warm. if i were a cicada I'd be pissed everyone was freaking out about my lazy brethren, who sit underground for 17 years, when I've been here the whole damned time. Screaming.
when i was a teacher in Newark they were COVERING the park we used for field day, and while I tried to teach a bunch of students to do a three legged race they kept dropping from the trees on top of the students. Let me tell you something, no one wanted to do the race.
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11 May
look I get why Ossof is so mad about the water ban, but are we really spending time talking about water for the few jurisdictions in GA with hours long lines? When anyone in GA can just vote by mail?

Like there are millions in funding at stake, and we're talking abt this.
There *are* lines in Georgia. There are. They are generally in specific jurisdictions and the recent bill in georgia breaks those up anyway. We're talking about a tiny handful of people who will need water, which elections officials are expressly allowed to give them.
And we are talking about this *instead of* talking about funding, machine upgrades, the necessary changes this bill needs to be at all viable. Why? Like honestly, why.
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11 May
I'd just like to point out that everyone forgets about legal immigrants, who in every single state can get a drivers license but cannot register to vote. Cruz doesn't mention that they can get drivers licenses in Texas, because that - i guess - doesn't support his point.
The DMV is perfectly capable of distinguishing against citizens and non-citizens. They literally do it every single day. They are, generally, in two separate databases, and in fact Texas routinely uses the list of non-citizens to check the rolls.
It is impossible that Ted Cruz does not know this. There is a reason he - after asked to do so four separate times - that he had absolutely no evidence that his claims that thousands of "illegal immigrants" would be registered using a system already in use by several states.
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