A book by Sasha Issenberg (@sissenberg) about the new science of winning elections, now in paperback. Order and read via thevictorylab.com
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20 May 2020
How did gay-marriage campaigners go from losing everywhere in 2004 to winning everywhere in 2012? That’s a big part of the next story @sissenberg has to tell.
19 May 2020
"The Engagement: America's Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage" by @sissenberg is coming to bookstores this fall. Learn more and pre-order: sashaissenberg.com
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Do you miss “Spot the Ball!” newspaper competitions? Do you worry they might be too trifling an entertainment for such a politically fraught World Cup?
@POLITICO has you covered, as our Forecast newsletter follows its World Cup obsession for the next few weeks. ->
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26 Jun 2025
Ten years ago, the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage the law of the land — something even more stunning in retrospect than it did in the moment.
If Obergefell had arrived at the court two years earlier or two years later it likely would have turned out very differently. ->
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5 Nov 2024
Unable to take your mind off the big thing but eager for an escapist diversion til numbers come in?
It is a great time for my "Takedown in Terre Haute" — a bit of historic true crime about one of the wildest election days the United States has ever seen. smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
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3 Nov 2024
Let me tell you about one of the wildest election days in U.S. history.
In 1914, hundreds of Indiana women stood outside the taverns used as polling places. Unable to vote, they instead amassed evidence that took down a conspiracy to rig the election. smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
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27 Oct 2024
My latest, informed by my book THE LIE DETECTIVES: politico.com/news/magazine/2…
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25 Oct 2024
A true story about election fraud — what it looks like, how people pull it off, and what it actually takes to stop them — is your weekend read: smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
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22 Oct 2024
Why doesn't the voter fraud alleged by @elonmusk and @realDonaldTrump actually exist anymore?
It's because of heroes like Stella Stimson, whose courageous work to expose an election-rigging conspiracy helped clean up American politics. Learn her story: smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
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18 Oct 2024
A true-crime read for the ##ElectionTwitter crowd smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
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13 Oct 2024
Your Sunday read:
An election-season true-crime story about the biggest voter-fraud conspiracy in American history, and the churchgoing suffragist and reformed murderer who teamed up to expose it
From the latest issue of @SmithsonianMag: smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
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9 Oct 2024
Here's what it looks like when someone courageously exposes an actual conspiracy to rig an election.
Meet Stella Stimson, your new stop-the-steal hero. (Pros: helped women win the right to vote. Cons: doesn't sell pillows online.)
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5 Oct 2024
Your weekend read: a wild true-crime tale about the churchgoing suffragist and reformed murderer who teamed up to unmask the largest election-fraud conspiracy in American history (until now)
In the new issue of @SmithsonianMag: smithsonianmag.com/history/t……
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4 Oct 2024
I was happy to get my @tribstar closeup but even more excited to see Stella Stimson on the front page of her hometown paper this election season. You can read @TribStarMark's column here: yahoo.com/news/mark-bennett-…
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2 Oct 2024
The road to Jack Smith's prosecution of @realDonaldTrump really began in 1914, when hundreds of Indiana women unable to vote persuaded @TheJusticeDept to act on its authority to investigate election interference.
Read the entire, astonishing story here: smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
9 Sep 2024
I’ve got a story to tell you.
It’s about the largest election-fraud conspiracy in American history (until now) and the churchgoing suffragist who partnered with a reformed-murderer-turned-crusading-prosecutor to expose it and send 116 men to prison. —> smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
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26 Sep 2024
Did you hear about the time the mayor went to prison? I’ve got a wilder story than anything out of New York today.
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26 Sep 2024
Jack Smith today delivers his evidence that Donald Trump criminally interfered with citizens exercising their right to vote in 2020.
But the road to that prosecution actually begins more than a century earlier, with a political true-crime story that will blow your mind. ->
9 Sep 2024
I’ve got a story to tell you.
It’s about the largest election-fraud conspiracy in American history (until now) and the churchgoing suffragist who partnered with a reformed-murderer-turned-crusading-prosecutor to expose it and send 116 men to prison. —> smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
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18 Sep 2024
This woman couldn't vote in 1914. But she organized 450 women to stand watch outside polling places to document the ballot-box stuffing that marred her city's elections, instigating the largest election-fraud dragnet in American history.
Learn her story: smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
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16 Sep 2024
Do you love the escapism of historic true crime but can't take your mind off all things election-related?
I've got something for you, the wild story of an unlikely duo that partnered to take down the biggest voter-fraud conspiracy in U.S. history. smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
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15 Sep 2024
My latest, a pulpy true-crime story that helps explain our current election-fraud-crazy moment:
13 Sep 2024
How an unlikely duo exposed political corruption in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1914—and set a new precedent for fair voting across the country. bit.ly/3ZmgyYc
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13 Sep 2024
Great read
13 Sep 2024
Some weekend reading:
A wild yarn about a churchgoing suffragist and reformed murderer who teamed up to take down the biggest voter-fraud conspiracy in American history (until now) and helped set a template for clean elections that prevails today smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
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11 Sep 2024
Thanks to @andylewis of @OptionistAnkler for recognizing the cinematic potential of my @SmithsonianMag article "Takedown in Terre Haute," about the unlikely duo who cracked open the biggest election-fraud conspiracy in American history (until now). smithsonianmag.com/history/t…
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