Michelle Hassler

Former journalist and journalist prof @UNL_CoJMC. Forever a news junkie and editor.

[Jack Cocchiarella 🌹 @JDCocchiarella]

Iran just closed the Strait of Hormuz again

Meanwhile Trump:

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

You could start by walking down the hall. See why your boss keeps pardoning people convicted of money laundering, wire fraud, tax evasion, and securities fraud.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Trump tore down nearly half the White House, without approval, then told you this ballroom would not cost any taxpayer money. Now, Republicans are requesting $1 Billion of your money for security features related to it. #ballroominflation

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

Outrageous.

Afghan allies who fought alongside us — including family members of American service members — could now be abandoned by Trump and his henchman Miller.

America must honor our commitments — not cruelly discard our friends.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Busy days ahead for our new Fraud Czar, JD Vance.

[John Nevelten @NeveltenJohn]

For those of you not steeped in nuances of immigration law, this is arrest of REFUGEES, not asylum seekers. These are the vetted people we hand selected and invited here.

To now arrest them is an abomination.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!)

This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: https://t.co/G7kv4neDUn

[Janet Chung @janet_chung]

“It is already illegal for noncitizens to register and vote in federal or state elections. Requiring documentary proof of American citizenship to register to vote in federal elections is unnecessary and seeks to divide us. It simply creates another barrier to voting.”

[Matt Olberding @LincolnBizBuzz]

Talk about the law of unintended consequences: https://t.co/bNSarMkEkj

[Tim Royers @MW_Royers]

This is incredibly simple: if students want to start a Turning Point USA club, great. They have a constitutional right to do so.

But that is wildly different than the governor abusing his position to try and force every high school to have one. Beyond unacceptable.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Take a moment to look at the inhumanity captured in this extraordinary photo running on the front page of tonight's Minneapolis @StarTribune. It shows federal immigration agents immobilizing a protester on the ground and spraying chemical irritant directly into his face. The scene reminds me of the brutality used against civil rights protesters in the 1960s. We look back at those old photos and wonder how the authorities could have behaved so savagely; many years from now, young Americans will look at these photos from 2026 and wonder how anyone could have justified shooting a woman in the head as she tried to drive away, arresting 5-year-old schoolchildren on the street, or holding a man down and spaying chemicals into his face. Thanks to the Star Tribune reporters and photographers for documenting this work; they create accountability, they make democracy work, and they make all of us in journalism proud.

[Steven Waldman @stevenwaldman]

Communities should ask/require that AI data centers help finance independent local journalism (in part to report on data centers)
https://t.co/aOBTUHKEQn

[Acyn @Acyn]

Buttigieg: In a country that amended its constitution so you could not purchase a beer and then realized it was a bad idea and amended it back, surely we can have an amendment clarifying that a corporation is not a person and money is not speech.

[Mediaite @Mediaite]

Trump Drops Weird Election Lie Rant Smack in Middle of Christmas Tree Festivities https://t.co/xPWj5xnWXJ

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

Trump’s priorities:

Bulldozing the White House ✅
Reopening the government ❌

[Jerri Green @Jerri_M_Green]

St. Jude reduced its budget by $150million because the White House blindly cut funding to children’s cancer research. #priorities

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

It’s not his house.

It’s your house.

And he’s destroying it.

[Michelle Hassler @MichelleHassler]

Seems like exactly what a king would do. So sad. 😪

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

You need to see this…

Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.

[Tim Walz @Tim_Walz]

Most Republicans are good people. Most Democrats are good people.

The White House says outrageous things to make you hate your neighbor.

Your neighbor isn’t the problem. The White House is.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

No, Speaker Johnson:

The No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a “hate America” rally.

Quite the contrary.

It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country.