Reposted by Nick EskowThe Downballot @the-downballot.com · 11hIf you're running for office, you need to set up the email address "press@[campaignsite].com". 0292
Nick Eskow @nickeskow.bsky.social · 11hA day late, but here's my obit of Hastert. Probably the best quote I heard on him came from the judge at his sentencing in 2015: "Nothing is more stunning than having the words ‘serial child molester’ and ‘speaker of the House’ in the same sentence."rollcall.comDisgraced former Speaker Hastert diesJ. Dennis Hastert has died at the age of 84, his legacy as the longest-serving House Republican speaker eclipsed by later revelations that he had abused underage boys as a high school teacher and wres... 100
Nick Eskow @nickeskow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is completely unrelated to my normal work in political journalism, but I have a background in historical archaeology and I am probably in the top 1% of people who get really fired up about records of historic farming life. I hope at least some of these will be accessible in the US! 3677
Nick Eskow @nickeskow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Not technically true: Jacky Rosen and Roger Marshall also have associate degrees, although they later earned more advanced degrees. But yes, Jackson would be the only senator with ONLY an associate degree. Mullin was the first, I think, or at least the only one in the last 25-30 years. 100
Reposted by Nick EskowMatt Singer @mattsinger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When will the age of peak TV return? 29893107
Reposted by Nick EskowVince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Frank took us on a real roller coaster here 421894279
Nick Eskow @nickeskow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This has nothing to do with the video, but a fun fact about Jimmy Patronis is that "Jimmy" isn't short for anything. It's his legal birth name 110
Reposted by Nick EskowPolitico @politico.com · 26/08/2026Appeals court rejects Rep. McIver's challenge to charges for alleged assaults at ICE facilitydlvr.itAppeals court rejects Rep. McIver's challenge to charges for alleged assaults at ICE facilityBut a 2-1 split suggests the House member may have an avenue for further appeals. 2219
Reposted by Nick EskowThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“By her example, we believed anything was possible… she will always love you.” ❤️ #RIPDolly From the family of Dolly Parton: www.facebook.com/share/v/1P2y... 8442461049
Reposted by Nick EskowEmily Moin @emilymoin.com · 25/08/2026OK in my rush to post I realized this is actually only my second favorite underappreciated Dolly track. THIS duet with Chet Atkins is unironically one of my favorite songs and performances of all time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyRq...youtube.comChet Atkins, Dolly Parton "Do I ever Cross Your Mind'YouTube video by daffydoug 2348
Reposted by Nick EskowAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com 69135058680
Nick Eskow @nickeskow.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP to one of the most genius songwriters we've ever seen 000
Reposted by Nick EskowSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 25/08/2026SCOOP: Republican House candidate Ralph Alvarado is pivoting his message, editing his website to remove Trump mentions and delete a photo of them together. From “America First Fighter” to “Independent Leadership.” Trump won KY06 by 15 pts. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... BEFORE/AFTER 1922887764
Reposted by Nick EskowNaomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias. 9955311132
Reposted by Nick EskowJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 05/08/2026As of last night, there are now *7* pastors, former pastors and seminarians who've become Democratic nominees running for Congress. Some have already won safe Dem seats, and several are in hotly contested races. In multiple cases, the GOP has attacked their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...religionnews.com'They're not real pastors': As clergy run as Democrats, Republicans question their faith(RNS) — 'It's a sign that they are really scared they're gonna lose this seat,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran pastor running for Congress in Iowa, said. She is part of a wave of religious ... 1024977
Reposted by Nick EskowJason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Not sure why this is news, it's called a lunch break 414125379
Nick Eskow @nickeskow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I never post, but as a lifelong drummer, "Ringo sucks" drives me up the wall. There is a difference between technical skill and knowing how to serve the song! You can have one and not the other. If Ringo truly sucked, we wouldn't like the songs he played on. They weren't the Beatles in spite of him 260
Reposted by Nick EskowBulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 09/07/2026The 1984 film "Threads" endures as the most devastating depiction of nuclear war in apocalyptic cinema, writes @dandrezner.bsky.social — and its scenario of escalation from a Middle Eastern crisis has acquired renewed relevance in the 21st century.thebulletin.orgThe brutal, powerful legacy of ThreadsMick Jackson’s 1984 film Threads endures as the most devastating depiction of nuclear war in apocalyptic cinema. Its portrayal of societal collapse is unrelenting. Threads depicts nuclear war as a… 1014842
Reposted by Nick EskowLiliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 07/07/2026"I'll Just Put the Game On in the Background": A Memoir 243260
Reposted by Nick EskowJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 01/07/20261. Congressman Mike Collins, the GOP nominee for US Senate in Georgia, has spent over $400,000 of taxpayer money designated for office expenses on TV ads that are virtually indistinguishable from his campaign ads.popular.infoGOP Senate candidate spent $400,000 of taxpayer money on campaign-style adsGeorgia Congressman Mike Collins is using public funds to pay a political ad firm — the same firm that makes his Senate campaign ads. 21640287
Reposted by Nick EskowMike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 26/06/2026I just noticed that HHS Civil Rights office has deleted its webpage about the Supreme Court's 1999 landmark Olmstead decision, which guaranteed the rights of disabled people to live in their homes rather than being institutionalized. It was live on May 25. Now it's "PAGE NOT FOUND" 8196142
Reposted by Nick EskowThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 24/06/2026It’s grimly revealing that whenever a beloved media property is destroyed (fortnightly) people just wish that the staff would get together and start a new publication. 2717
Reposted by Nick EskowKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Hunter is not completely right, but he's not completely wrong either! This is a longer essay, but having spent my entire career at WaPo as an opinion editor and then a columnist -- I have quick thoughts! 1/n 1543086
Reposted by Nick EskowMolly Reynolds @mollyereynolds.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I have been shouting with only moderate degrees of coherence about this very point so you should all read @mattglassman312.bsky.social's cogent written version. The erosion of the division between mandatory and discretionary $$ is, in short, an extremely big deal. 13916
Reposted by Nick Eskowringwiss @ringwiss.bsky.social · 07/04/2026It’s very cool to see traces of this in the current rules. 072
Reposted by Nick EskowJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 08/04/2026I... uh... wha... huh. 2535595
Reposted by Nick Eskowtony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 07/04/2026it is as if a group of smart people convened in a room with the explicit goal to build something that would sap every small and accidental joy out of normal human life 1124
Reposted by Nick EskowNorah Woodsey @norahwoodsey.com · 05/04/2026Eleanor Roosevelt’s gun permit (which she got it around the time the klan put a $25k bounty on her head). What a vibe 613544729
Reposted by Nick EskowCapital Weather @capitalweather.com · 03/04/2026While you slept last night: ~100 million birds took to the skies 🐦 The Mid-Atlantic saw heavy traffic moving north/northeast, with migration hotspots from the Southeast to Ohio Valley and Southern Plains. The overnight rush continues this weekend. Details at cwg.live 612240607
Reposted by Nick EskowThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/04/2026Georgia’s election system is flirting with disarray, experts say, after the state legislature failed overnight to push back a deadline that requires Georgia to get rid of its current voting system, which uses QR codes, before the November midterm elections.nyti.msGeorgia Lawmakers End Session Without Fixing a Threat to Its Midterm ElectionsThe state legislature failed to push back a deadline that requires Georgia to get rid of its current voting system and find a new one — all before November. 25332
Reposted by Nick EskowSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Trump is asking Congress for a $1.5 TRILLION military budget in fiscal year 2027. A massive increase. Pentagon funding hit $1 trillion last year between appropriations and party-line reconciliation legislation. The military has failed to pass an audit for eight straight years. 62761265
Reposted by Nick EskowDan Nexon @dhnexon.net · 03/04/2026What made “Cold War I” (1948–1963) a Cold War was, among other things, the expansion of great-power competition to a wide variety of domains, including music and architecture. 4236
Reposted by Nick Eskowrickhutzell.bsky.social @rickhutzell.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Maryland campaign finance expert James Appel has joined the long line of political figures accused of putting their hands in other people's pockets. And because he's from Annapolis, of course there's a boat involved. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...thebanner.comAnnapolis Republican’s fraud charges started with Chasing SunsetsCOLUMN | By the time James Appel, a top Maryland Republican finance expert, set off for the Bahamas in November 2023, he and his wife had upgraded to a 65-foot luxury yacht. That’s what got the Annapo... 044
Reposted by Nick EskowCharlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 02/04/2026New memo by Trump's 36-year-old OLC chief, Elliot Gaiser, says Congress's Constitutional power to make laws necessary and proper to regulate how the U.S. government works is actually just a power to "assist" the president--so laws are valid if they increase Trump's power but not if they restrict it. 68616236
Reposted by Nick EskowAlex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Did you know that there is one group of Americans who are not entitled to birthright citizenship? People born American Samoa are classified instead simply as “U.S. nationals” — and as a result they cannot vote or run for office anywhere else in the country. Much more here, for anyone curious:boltsmag.orgAmericans by Name, Punished for Believing It - BoltsIn a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public official... 8552232
Reposted by Nick EskowCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 13/03/2026who up makin defense department shrimp linguine 1928035
Nick Eskow @nickeskow.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Before Congress, Hanabusa made history as first woman president of either chamber of the HI legislature. Also notable: A dying Sen. Inouye wanted her to be his successor in 2012, but then-Gov. Abercrombie chose Brian Schatz (Hanabusa had a valuable House Armed Services seat at the time)rollcall.comFormer Rep. Colleen Hanabusa remembered as trailblazerFormer Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, a Hawaii Democrat who made history as the first woman president of the Hawaii state Senate before serving four terms in the U.S. House, died on March 5 after a battle wit... 000
Reposted by Nick EskowDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 25/02/2025A version of Microsoft Word with banner ads and surprise video pop-ups that doesn't let you *save files to your computer*. Just the thought of this is painful www.theverge.com/news/618278/... 991365315
Reposted by Nick EskowPamela Wood @pwoodreporter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025One of Gov. Wes Moore's budget cuts would eliminate a program that gives grants of up to $2K to families who care for a person w/developmental disabilities - and who otherwise receive no state support. Money is used for ramps, therapy, assistive tech, etc. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...thebaltimorebanner.comMoore’s proposed budget cuts include $2K grants to help people with disabilitiesGov. Wes Moore's proposed budget cuts include a small program that provides modest grants to families caring for a loved one with developmental disabilities. 033
Reposted by Nick EskowBrad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The U.S. attorney in Washington says DOJ "will be vigilant in standing against entities" like the Associated Press, that "refuse to put America first." The AP's transgression is, apparently, not adopting the president's preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico. 1601378367
Reposted by Nick EskowAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 25/02/2025The story of Haishan Yang, a PhD student at UMinn, who allegedly used ChatGPT in his qualifying exams, got caught, was expelled. The evidence against him is...substantial, and hard to refute. Yang then filed a lawsuit against the profs, USING CHATGPT. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNon...youtube.comPhD student expelled from University of Minnesota for allegedly using AIYouTube video by KARE 11 137112
Reposted by Nick EskowRep. Debbie Dingell @debbiedingell.house.gov · 25/02/2025She was an icon. When I was in college she would sing at Mr. Henry’s. It was a college student break that allowed us to be inspired and dream. You’ve Got a Friend is one I still break out in today. Killing Me Softly With His Song is what I will always think of. 4387
Reposted by Nick EskowEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Reminder from the @steventdennis.bsky.social school of legislating: If Republicans had the votes for the budget bill, they'd be voting. 2497
Reposted by Nick EskowK. Sophie Will @ksophiewill.bsky.social · 14/01/2025As a committees reporter, I regularly worked 10+hr days & through the night without overtime. To expect reporters to RTO only on certain days with too few benefits is exploitative and without reason. They've been successful WFH for years. Let them do their jobs flexibly @ Fiscal Note. 133
Nick Eskow @nickeskow.bsky.social · 18/12/2024I'm going over election results, and shoutout to the candidate in CT-02 who got 0 votes as a write-in I mean, how is that even possible? Do you write a name on the ballot and then vote for someone else anyway? Thinking about this feels like staring into the abyss 050
Reposted by Nick EskowDerek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024We will soon get an actual official API for House votes! Long time coming (and Senate seems to lag as usual), but this is a big deal. 37922
Reposted by Nick Eskowjae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10/12/2024i spent a month investigating how republicans could cut off access to trans healthcare for most americans, and how democrats can likely stop them — but it’s unclear if they will. tw: president of wpath warning of mass suicides www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comWill Democrats Let the GOP Gut Trans Health Care?Donald Trump and Republicans may try to ban funding to companies that perform trans health care. Some fear Democrats won't stop them. 6720871026