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Abby Vesoulis

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Abby Vesoulis

@abbyvesoulis

National Politics reporter at Mother Jones magazine. Previously: TIME magazine. Signal: abbyvesoulis.09 Proton: [email protected] 📥

Washington, DC

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Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Dec 4, 2024
Usually, we learn about the fall of media organizations retrospectively, in postmortems. I wanted to see one in its liminal moment between bustling existence and relative extinction. So I spent Election Day in the Scripps News offices.
Watching the media reckoning unfold in a now-shuttered broadcast newsroom
From motherjones.com
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Feb 1, 2023
The woman—me—was too stunned to speak.
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Feb 2, 2023
Replying to @abbyvesoulis
I think the part that really gets me is that she’s a senior software engineer and he says “she will never understand what it's like to study so much.” Ummmm 🤔
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Mar 20, 2020
An uninsured COVID-19 patient just got her medical bill: $34,927.43. @abbyabrams has the story.
Total Cost of Her COVID-19 Treatment: $34,927.43
From time.com
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Oct 3, 2020
Tonight I’m thinking of a Detroit bus driver who died of COVID in April. His loving wife tried to bring him to the hospital when he was feeling quite ill—he was sent home and died a few days later. Why does Christie get to be admitted to a hospital if he has “mild” symptoms?
Chris Christie
@GovChristie
Oct 3, 2020
In consultation with my doctors, I checked myself into Morristown Medical Center this afternoon. While I am feeling good and only have mild symptoms, due to my history of asthma we decided this is an important precautionary measure.
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Feb 2, 2023
Replying to @abbyvesoulis
Also, to clarify: this man is (luckily) not MY husband. “The woman was too stunned to speak” is a pop culture reference that I now realize may come off confusing in this context. I would personally divorce a dude like this SO QUICK.
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Jan 30, 2023
Victoria and Jonathan Regor each contributed $2,800—the max amount—to George Santos' first bid for a House seat. Their listed address was 45 New Mexico Street in New Jersey. Various databases suggest those names don't exist. Neither does that address. 👀
We tried to call the top donors to George Santos' 2020 campaign. Many don’t seem to exist.
From motherjones.com
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Feb 2, 2023
Replying to @abbyvesoulis
Anyway, this is blowing up. Men who feel bad for this insane man child, please go to therapy. Everybody else, please subscribe to journalism you value. 💕 secure.motherjones.com/flex/MOJ/SUBS/…
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Jan 30, 2025
I was literally talking to the union representing federal air traffic controllers earlier today about how there’s already a major shortage of air traffic controllers and the resignation offers they all just got from OPM could seriously endanger public safety.
Thomas Schaller
@schaller67
Jan 29, 2025
An FAA employee I know confirms agency already lacks sufficient air traffic controllers. The so-called “buyouts” and other attacks on federal employees won’t help. Remember that fact when the flight delays (crashes?) commence and Trumpers start falsely blaming DEI or Biden.
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Aug 19, 2019
My mom is a financial advisor, and when I asked her if I should be worried about an economic recession, she was like: "Oh honey, don't worry. You don't have enough money for a recession to hurt you too much." Is this supposed to make me feel relieved?
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Feb 2, 2023
Replying to @racheline_m
RIGHT! deranged people are everywhere. I recently (& unfortunately) sat next to a "pilot" on a plane who kept telling me about how planes work & showing me his reading material on plane crashes. (I had airpods in— he ignored them.) I'm not 100% convinced that guy wasn't this guy.
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Mar 17, 2020
As COVID-19 threatens to wreak havoc on the economy, Mnuchin announced the administration was seriously considering sending Americans checks. I talked to OG basic income advocate @AndrewYang about the recent cash infusion ideas that are similar to his.
Universal Basic Income Gains Traction As Coronavirus Spreads
From time.com
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
Feb 3, 2023
Replying to @Fouss
hi Mrs. Fouss! hope you're well.
Abby Vesoulis
@abbyvesoulis
May 24, 2022
In 2021, Gov. Abbott signed 2 laws allowing Texans 21+ to carry handguns without licenses or gun training, and to allow certain 18-20 year olds to carry handguns too. Today, he says the shooting—which killed at least 14 children and one teacher—is "incomprehensible."