Rachel
@badachie.bsky.social
🗳️Just your friendly neighborhood election official. She/her 🦩
Every election official in a swing state knows what site Jared is talking about.
A hyper partisan news blog that declared bankruptcy in 2024 while facing defamation suits over conspiracy theories it promoted about elections has become the center of gravity for partisan conspiracy theorists focus on voting in Michigan
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Election Denialists Still Targeting Michigan in 2025 With Most Narratives Driven by One Conspiracy Site - Open Measures
Open Measures builds accessible and transparent products to contextualize the spread of harmful online information that impacts public discourse and global events.
openmeasures.io
January 22, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Every election official in a swing state knows what site Jared is talking about.
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.
imho people are focusing on the words "cancel the midterms" and saying uh actually a president cannot do that at the expense of what they would actually try to do, ie send troops/ice into liberal cities to suppress the vote
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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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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.
If Trump issued an executive order today canceling the 2026 election, it would still happen. The president has no involvement in the running of elections, which is done by states.
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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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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.
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.
Rep. Roger Williams defends members of Congress trading stocks: "I think we gotta be careful that we don't limit Congresspeople to where they can do nothing ... from a financial standpoint, it's not easy being up in Congress."
December 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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.
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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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.
"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.
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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.
"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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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...
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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October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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...
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i respect how every tribute to robert redford is at least a little bit horny
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
i respect how every tribute to robert redford is at least a little bit horny
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.
Today I learned, through an unfortunate chain of events, that it’s possible to start a car with the keys on the roof, have the keys stay on the roof for five miles, ask “what’s that clunk” as they fall off, continue for a further 20 miles, then find you can’t lock your car and it won’t restart.
August 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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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Happy anniversary to all who celebrate #SimplerTimes #PresidentialScandal
August 28, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Happy anniversary to all who celebrate #SimplerTimes #PresidentialScandal
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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.
August 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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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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.
We should shame every lawyer who defends this egregiously unconstitutional cruelty. They are a stain on the legal profession.
She co-wrote an amicus brief for Tennessee as an employee of the state. It's not like she's on the forefront of the issue. Attorneys shouldn't be penalized for zealously advocating the position of a client. What should be held against her is everything else she's done. afj.org/nominee/whit...
Whitney Hermandorfer - Alliance for Justice
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July 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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.
We should shame every lawyer who defends this egregiously unconstitutional cruelty. They are a stain on the legal profession.
Why does the MLB app suck so fucking much?
June 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Why does the MLB app suck so fucking much?
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I keep thinking “WOKE MARXIST POPE” to the tune of Pink Pony Club
May 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I keep thinking “WOKE MARXIST POPE” to the tune of Pink Pony Club
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you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
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NBC somehow found a Chicagoan in St. Peter’s Square, who happily proclaimed “we’re not the Second City anymore.”
May 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NBC somehow found a Chicagoan in St. Peter’s Square, who happily proclaimed “we’re not the Second City anymore.”
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"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.
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"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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“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration
May 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration
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*superfans voice* DA PRAYERS
The new Pope is an American (from Chicago), Robert Francis Prevost
May 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
*superfans voice* DA PRAYERS
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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...
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 ...
pbswisconsin.org
April 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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...
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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.
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.
April 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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.
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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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.
NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT.
They're just making shit up to create an argument to further restrict and attempt to control our election systems.
Tulsi Gabbard: "Electronic voting systems have been vulnerable to hackers for a very long time and vulnerable to exploitation to manipulate the results of the votes being cast, which further drives forward your mandate to bring about paper ballots across the country."
April 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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.
NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT.
They're just making shit up to create an argument to further restrict and attempt to control our election systems.