Natalie Fertig
@natsfert
States Reporter @POLITICO ✍️ Roots in WA+CA ⛰️ Jesus kid, state school grad, outdoorsy » Talk to me about rural things 📧 [email protected]
🚨Some professional NEWS: After nearly 7 years on the cannabis beat — more than 5 of those at POLITICO — I am moving on. I’ll be covering all things STATES for POLITICO, from key legislative battles to political races — and I’m wildly excited about it!
Olivier just dropping journalism history on us right and left [clam]
it's from the days when media communicated by telegram. you kids never used clam (exclamation point) rog (question mark) but they were a feature of internal messages when I started at @AFP
I’m going to be tweeting news about fires out west this summer as I see them, because I think folks east of the Mississippi don’t really have a good scope of how many fires there are constantly burning in the west during fire season. Hope it’s helpful!
🔥 Fire Season Alert: The Deer Creek Fire on the Utah/Colorado border has grown to 17,123 acres and is at 30% containment as of 8 p.m. Sunday. abc4.com/utah-weather/w…
🔥 Fire Season Alert: The Deer Creek Fire on the Utah/Colorado border has grown to 17,123 acres and is at 30% containment as of 8 p.m. Sunday. abc4.com/utah-weather/w…
Minnesota assassination spurs wave of state bills to protect elected officials politi.co/4lVIieg via @natsfert
“Minnesota assassination spurs wave of state bills to protect elected officials.” (via @natsfert) politi.co/4lVIieg
Normalize not automatically putting pickles or mustard on sandwiches.
States have been passing bills to shield lawmakers’ personal info following the assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. But those laws also have been criticized for making it harder to hold politicians accountable. My latest: politico.com/news/2025/07/1…
the dreeeeeeam
Incredible 1924 Spanish home for sale in Los Feliz. Arched French doors, custom millwork wardrobe, and hand-painted ceiling by Claire Tabouret. — 3br/ 3ba, 2.8k sq ft for $2.9M — 5163 Franklin Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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As for what’s next — I’m joining the BBC to launch a new daily news podcast! It’s a show I deeply believe ought to exist in our world in this time — news + narrative + global issues. variety.com/2025/digital/n… We launch September 3 - Tune in!
Idaho @RepRussFulcher: “Public lands need to stay public, but it needs to be controlled locally.” Via @IdahoCapitalSun idahocapitalsun.com/2025/07/16/ida…
“Are you drinking right now, Derrick? That’s the real question.” - Rep Mark Pocan to Van Orden
Watch an extraordinary moment on Capitol Hill caught on camera. WI Congressmen @RepVanOrden and @RepMarkPocan frequently spar online, but the confrontation today was in person with both sides hurling insults. Full story: spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/n… @SpectrumNews1WI @SpectrumNewsDC
I beg to differ!
just remembered that americans don’t have random old castles in the countryside that they can go and visit
me explaining journalism to my retired writing teacher mom: "okay so here's the lede of the story - spelled l-e-d-e, not lead." mom: "what? why?" me: "I don't know. But then comes the nut graf - that's short for paragraph, but spelled g-r-a-f, not graph." mom: ??????!!
Spotted: A DC government van (had the flag on the side) just idling in the bike lane. 🤦🏻♀️
New: Nebraska is suing Colorado over the Perkins County Canal in the U.S. Supreme Court.