Kristin Hussey
@kristinhussey1.bsky.social
Freelance Reporter | @IRE_NICAR | McGraw Fellow | @capgaznews @wsj alum | [email protected]
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So, as you know, we had a big cheat sheet to the elections on Bolts: nearly 200 key contests that we were tracking, & why.
The page is now updated with the results of ALL the races that were on it — from judges to mayors to school boards.
You can explore! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
The page is now updated with the results of ALL the races that were on it — from judges to mayors to school boards.
You can explore! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So, as you know, we had a big cheat sheet to the elections on Bolts: nearly 200 key contests that we were tracking, & why.
The page is now updated with the results of ALL the races that were on it — from judges to mayors to school boards.
You can explore! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
The page is now updated with the results of ALL the races that were on it — from judges to mayors to school boards.
You can explore! boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
We're accepting gold bars from Switzerland in exchange for a lower tariff rate? And weeks after DOJ said no further action on Epstein files, Trump orders an investigation, which means DOJ now can't release files bc of an active investigation? And Flynn wants a settlement? ❗WHAT ❗IS ❗HAPPENING ❗
This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We're accepting gold bars from Switzerland in exchange for a lower tariff rate? And weeks after DOJ said no further action on Epstein files, Trump orders an investigation, which means DOJ now can't release files bc of an active investigation? And Flynn wants a settlement? ❗WHAT ❗IS ❗HAPPENING ❗
A glorious history of a famous headline, by NYT's Bill Brink.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
50 Years Ago, My Father Wrote the Headline That Refuses to Die
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A glorious history of a famous headline, by NYT's Bill Brink.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
This investigation is as sobering as they come, by Mark Maremont and Paul Overberg. (Free link)
www.wsj.com/us-news/homi...
www.wsj.com/us-news/homi...
Six Words Every Killer Should Know: ‘I Feared for My Life, Officer’
The number of legally sanctioned homicides has grown substantially in states with expanded self-defense rights under stand-your-ground laws.
www.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This investigation is as sobering as they come, by Mark Maremont and Paul Overberg. (Free link)
www.wsj.com/us-news/homi...
www.wsj.com/us-news/homi...
Who will save wedding announcements, obituaries, school honor roll lists, and high school sports events -- all the milestones that make life special?
www.cjr.org/analysis/dig...
www.cjr.org/analysis/dig...
Who’s going to save local newspaper archives?
Archivists worry in particular about photographs that have never been digitized.
www.cjr.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Who will save wedding announcements, obituaries, school honor roll lists, and high school sports events -- all the milestones that make life special?
www.cjr.org/analysis/dig...
www.cjr.org/analysis/dig...
Look, I don't know, but it sure seems like this move is abridging freedom of speech and of the press, no?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What Do the New Pentagon Press Reporting Rules Say?
The new rules codify strict limitations on access and raise the prospect of punishment for requesting information on matters of public interest.
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Look, I don't know, but it sure seems like this move is abridging freedom of speech and of the press, no?
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Mr. Jones for years falsely claimed on his Infowars show and website that the shooting was a hoax and that family members of the victims were actors in a plot...
Twenty children, all of them first graders, and six educators died in the shooting. By Ann E. Marimow
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Twenty children, all of them first graders, and six educators died in the shooting. By Ann E. Marimow
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Supreme Court Denies Alex Jones’s Appeal of Payment to Sandy Hook Families
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Mr. Jones for years falsely claimed on his Infowars show and website that the shooting was a hoax and that family members of the victims were actors in a plot...
Twenty children, all of them first graders, and six educators died in the shooting. By Ann E. Marimow
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Twenty children, all of them first graders, and six educators died in the shooting. By Ann E. Marimow
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
It's time to dial back the insanity and get our shit together, America.
September 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It's time to dial back the insanity and get our shit together, America.
"A midshipman who was sheltered in place thought a member of law enforcement was a threat and hit him with a training weapon. Law enforcement then shot the midshipman, who is at a hospital and expected to recover."
No credible threat at USNA; Here's what happened
There is no credible threat to the U.S. Naval Academy, Gov. Wes Moore's office told 11 News.
www.wbaltv.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"A midshipman who was sheltered in place thought a member of law enforcement was a threat and hit him with a training weapon. Law enforcement then shot the midshipman, who is at a hospital and expected to recover."
Thank goodness someone is taking up this necessary project! #savethepast #savethememories
Newspapers disappear. Communities’ stories shouldn’t.
Community Webs librarians are archiving grassroots news to preserve the web we built.
Learn more ⤵️
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Community Webs librarians are archiving grassroots news to preserve the web we built.
Learn more ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/08/27/p...
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August 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thank goodness someone is taking up this necessary project! #savethepast #savethememories
Sigh.
The White House is planning to deploy the National Guard in as many as 19 states
August 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Sigh.
No transparency here. #FOIA www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
Homeland Security Dept. Says It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
No transparency here. #FOIA www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...
This is bananas. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is bananas. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Hat tip to the 160,000 people still connecting to the interwebs via dial-up. Good luck on the other side. From @brianstelter.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Hat tip to the 160,000 people still connecting to the interwebs via dial-up. Good luck on the other side. From @brianstelter.bsky.social
NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files
The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....
www.bloomberg.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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A man, a dream, a ... wool mill in Connecticut? What a story.
By Steven Kurutz
Visuals by Jillian Freyer
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/f...
By Steven Kurutz
Visuals by Jillian Freyer
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/f...
A Risky Plan Made in America
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A man, a dream, a ... wool mill in Connecticut? What a story.
By Steven Kurutz
Visuals by Jillian Freyer
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/f...
By Steven Kurutz
Visuals by Jillian Freyer
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/f...
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BREAKING: President Donald J. Trump has pardoned former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland, who said he was "humbled and appreciative" after learning of it.
Former CT Gov. John Rowland pardoned by Donald Trump
Rowland, the twice-convicted former governor of Connecticut, said he was “humbled and appreciative” Wednesday after learning he was pardoned.
ctmirror.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
BREAKING: President Donald J. Trump has pardoned former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland, who said he was "humbled and appreciative" after learning of it.
On Wednesday, Moderna announced that it had received positive interim data about immune response and safety from an early-stage clinical trial
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
HHS cancels funding for Moderna to develop vaccines to combat bird flu
The department cited Moderna’s use of the messenger RNA technology, which it said “remains under-tested,” for the cancellation of the funding.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
On Wednesday, Moderna announced that it had received positive interim data about immune response and safety from an early-stage clinical trial
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Why is this happening?
It's a question many are asking.
👉If I do one thing, I hope it's getting across how news deserts underlie the decline in our democracy.
They are where: pubic officials have no checks, there's a lack of civic engagement, more risk of corruption at the local level.
It's a question many are asking.
👉If I do one thing, I hope it's getting across how news deserts underlie the decline in our democracy.
They are where: pubic officials have no checks, there's a lack of civic engagement, more risk of corruption at the local level.
May 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Why is this happening?
It's a question many are asking.
👉If I do one thing, I hope it's getting across how news deserts underlie the decline in our democracy.
They are where: pubic officials have no checks, there's a lack of civic engagement, more risk of corruption at the local level.
It's a question many are asking.
👉If I do one thing, I hope it's getting across how news deserts underlie the decline in our democracy.
They are where: pubic officials have no checks, there's a lack of civic engagement, more risk of corruption at the local level.
Reposted by Kristin Hussey
Today's must-read, featuring incredible reporting by @jasonleopold.bsky.social. His story is wild—and scary as all get-out, if you care about the security of data at just about every federal agency.
Then, as a companion piece, read Jason's new FOIA Files, which turns the craziness up to 11.
Then, as a companion piece, read Jason's new FOIA Files, which turns the craziness up to 11.
May 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today's must-read, featuring incredible reporting by @jasonleopold.bsky.social. His story is wild—and scary as all get-out, if you care about the security of data at just about every federal agency.
Then, as a companion piece, read Jason's new FOIA Files, which turns the craziness up to 11.
Then, as a companion piece, read Jason's new FOIA Files, which turns the craziness up to 11.
Reposted by Kristin Hussey
An immensely important First Amendment Q right now is when the government may regulate speech by imposing conditions on federal funding. Here’s a new @knightcolumbia.org series on this topic. 1/ knightcolumbia.org/research/fed...
Federal Funding and the First Amendment
knightcolumbia.org
May 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
An immensely important First Amendment Q right now is when the government may regulate speech by imposing conditions on federal funding. Here’s a new @knightcolumbia.org series on this topic. 1/ knightcolumbia.org/research/fed...