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🗳️Just your friendly neighborhood election official. She/her 🦩

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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The chair of the Assembly elections committee doesn’t understand the difference between what the City of Milwaukee does and what Milwaukee County does.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
now you understand why
map of US counties with highest rates of excessive drinking. Wisconsin has by far the most
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Later friends
A table showing turnout percentage in Dane County for the August 11 Partisan Primary

Registered Voters Total 391,784
Ballots Cast Total 171,640
Turnout Percentage 43.8%
100% of Precincts Reporting
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I didn’t watch but turns out I didn’t miss anything.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Cabo Verde was heroic. Never to be forgotten
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Who would have known Argentina would have so much trouble battling a remote Atlantic archipelago?
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
One of those nights on this app.
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
More people need a healthy fear of rabies.
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I'm sorry but I thought this was a fic on ao3 at first glance.
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Love to see it
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I love that I birthed a kid who will accompany to a Pitbull concert, musical theater and MLB games.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/04/2026
you don’t have to know much world history to look at this map and immediately see why the entire western hemisphere has birthright citizenship
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Every year I have to call MLB customer service to whitelist my IP so I’m not incorrectly blacked out from watching the Cubs. Started that call during the 6th inning today. Looking increasingly likely I won’t get off hold while the game is still being played.
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
At the local Irish pub where I am definitely a regular. I’ve bussed a table, rolled silverware, and was given the remote to change the channel on a TV. I also broke a chair so we’ll call it a wash.
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Every election official in a swing state knows what site Jared is talking about.
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Folks, I promise you the election officials in places Trump would want to target have been on this earth longer than one day. They have thought about federal interference in their elections before.
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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Nathaniel is, of course, correct, and if anyone thinks 10,000 separate election jurisdictions will simply decide to violate their own state and local laws and not hold elections because President Trump says so, you have never talked to a county clerk.
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D.M. Schmeyer @dmschmeyer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I will reiterate my controversial take on this that Congressional pay is way too low, and the only way to combat this is to raise it by like 3-4x. I'm a successful lawyer with a varying income and in a typical month, I make more money than my congressperson. I could not afford two households.
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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground. "That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks. "It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2025
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
apnews.com
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
i respect how every tribute to robert redford is at least a little bit horny
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
My kid drove off with her keys in the house once. Discovered she didn't have them with her after she made a stop for coffee.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Happy anniversary to all who celebrate #SimplerTimes #PresidentialScandal
Obama in Tan Suit
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John @johncnj.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Greg Abbott has ordered the Texas Rangers to investigate the missing Democratic lawmakers. Call me crazy but this seems beyond the scope of what a baseball team should be tasked with.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Sorry, no: Lawyers who defend stripping birthright citizenship from 150,000 infants a year deserve to have that held against them. Forever. We should shame every lawyer who defends this egregiously unconstitutional cruelty. They are a stain on the legal profession.
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Why does the MLB app suck so fucking much?
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I keep thinking “WOKE MARXIST POPE” to the tune of Pink Pony Club
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tef @tef.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
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Mark @tolecover.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Chicago Pope's here
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
NBC somehow found a Chicagoan in St. Peter’s Square, who happily proclaimed “we’re not the Second City anymore.”
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
"Chicago Pope" is like a 1994 SNL sketch. Airs at 12:20am, the only gag is that Chris Farley has a mustache and is doing a big accent. David Spade and the guest host (Joe Mantegna) keep breaking during it.
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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
*superfans voice* DA PRAYERS
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Matt Wild @bymattwild.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Mayor, Boat
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I don't want to see any hot takes about Tony Evers' veto unless you know the history of the partial veto in Wisconsin. pbswisconsin.org/news-item/th...
pbswisconsin.org
The Story Of Wisconsin's Singular Partial Veto
Near the end of 2018, then Gov. Scott Walker publicly offered his rationale for signing Republican-backed bills passed in a lame-duck session of the Wisconsin Legislature that would constrain the ...
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Meteorologist Sam Kuffel @samkuffelwx.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Today’s a good day to remember that outdoor tornado sirens are NOT meant to be heard indoors. This is why it’s important to have a way to receive alerts on your phone (a weather radio works great too!) FEMA’s app, along with local tv station weather apps, will send you warnings.
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Joel Mendelson @jpmendelson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Roughly 98 percent of U.S. voters used paper ballots in 2024. NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT. They're just making shit up to create an argument to further restrict and attempt to control our election systems.
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
media.tenor.com
a man in a suit is standing in front of a crowd and says oh no .
Alt: a man in a suit is standing in front of a crowd and says oh no, anyway
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Nice
PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED VOTERS THAT CAST BALLOTS

Registered Voters Total	412,861
Ballots Cast Total	287,433
Turnout Percentage	
69.6%
100.0% of Precincts Reporting (266 of 266)
Results Last Updated On : 4/2/2025 12:47 AM
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Dan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
REMINDER: Wisconsin has same-day voter registration. So, if you haven’t registered or recently moved or anything like that, you can register at your polling place (with ID and proof of residence) TODAY. Every state should do this. It’s great that Wisconsin does this. Go vote.
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It's Election Day in Wisconsin (yes, again) and the polls are now open. Find your polling place and sample ballot at myvote.wi.gov.
myvote.wi.gov
Home
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Random assignments are entertaining
Dane County Case Number 2025CV001087 Josh
Kaul et al vs. Elon Musk
Case summary
Filing date 03-28-2025
Case type
Civil
Case status
Open - Electronic filing
Class code description
Other-Injunction/Restrain Order
Responsible official Crawford, Susan M.
Branch ID
1
Party summary
Party type
Party name
Party status
Plaintiff
Kaul, Josh

Defendant
Musk, Elon

Plaintiff
America PAC
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 26/03/2025
every MLB opening day I like to reflect on some of the lessons baseball teaches us about life, like how it's a miserable grinding slog that almost always ends in meaningless failure, and even your attempt to endeavor it is something most people will never have the time or inclination to care about
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
It doesn’t require a REAL ID to vote. It requires the EAC to change the national voter reg form to require proof of citizenship. There’s no requirement for already registered voters to present documentation & there’s no requirement for voters not using the national form to present documentation.
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
My WI specific addition is that this EO requires the EAC to make changes to the national voter registration form to require proof of citizenship. However, thanks to a court order, no voter in Wisconsin can use the national voter registration form to register to vote.
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I would highly recommend waiting to hear from election law experts and election administrators before pontificating about what Trump's EO on election administration does or doesn't do.
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nora "nora.jewelry is now open" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 20/02/2025
i feel like "we don't have a king" was basically the united states' only good idea until the invention of the corn dog
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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Folks, while its absolutely true that Trump's cuts and changes to the FAA are bad and will exacerbate existing issues, regarding the recent 'spate' of crashes, this is largely just a case of the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon, nothing causal. www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/b...
But sometimes feelings can be deceiving. A look at the statistics suggests that the skies are about as friendly as they’ve ever been.

Take a look at January’s preliminary data from the National Transportation Safety Board.

It appears that last month there was a record low number of airplane accidents nationwide, when combining private and commercial airline flights. Most of the 62 total airplane accidents were on private flights, and that total number was 18 less than the 80 recorded in January 2024.

In fact, if the preliminary numbers hold, January 2025 will surpass the previous record for the lowest number of total accidents, with eight fewer than the prior record low of 70 from January 2012.
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Rachel @badachie.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Do I think firing FAA staff is bad. Yes. But small planes crash way more often than people think they do. www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/b...
cnn.com
It feels like there are suddenly way more plane crashes and incidents. Here’s the truth | CNN Business
The crash landing of Delta Air Lines flight 4819 in Toronto is some of the scariest video I’ve ever seen. While thankfully there were no fatalities, videos like that are the stuff that nightmares are ...
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