Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩

Event + journalism things @19thnews. Formerly: Producer @WTTW #ChicagoTonight, EIC @14EastMag, intern @ NBC + @TheView. @DePaulJOUR Alum. Tweets are my own. 🌈

[Amy Merrick @amyjmerrick]

What does it mean that the new pope has chosen the name Leo XIV? The news is still settling in, but we can look for clues from Leo XIII (1878-1903), an advocate for workers' rights. Part of the story runs through Chicago, where Robert Francis Prevost grew up. A thread. 1/

[Amanda Vinicky @AmandaVinicky]

A special - and final - time hosting @wttw’s weekly recap, before a new career adventure. It’s been an honor, truly. Tune in at 7 pm, with guests @rap30, @BpopeTV, @ndblumberg and @byaliceyin , produced by Paul Caine with @CrystinImmel and @jaysmithwttw in charge. ❤️

[Heather Cherone @HeatherCherone]

Lincoln never said "The best way to predict the future is to create it," as @nprillinois documented back in 2018 when former Gov. Bruce Rauner used the phrase in his State of the State address.
CONTEXT: https://t.co/MsdQstQhSf

[Jason Meisner @jmetr22b]

#BREAKING the jury finds Madigan GUILTY of bribery conspiracy

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

"Should Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth institute a ban against transgender service members, it could result in thousands of people leaving the military... and it would become one of the largest layoffs of transgender people in history."

https://t.co/FsAxq3Ptoj

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

@19thnews is FIVE! So glad this newsroom exists, and so grateful to work with such a brilliant, compassionate and chaotic team. 💜https://t.co/3wAmm8N9VY

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

"Some immigrant rights advocates are particularly worried that this could deter women experiencing domestic abuse from going to women’s shelters, which will no longer be protected from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)."
https://t.co/ysZusUiT5S

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

@19thnews explains — what to know about executive orders as Trump prepares to take office, including what executive orders are, how presidents use them and the scope of their power.

https://t.co/evFMUmxM7Y

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

House votes to ban trans girls from women’s sports in schools.

If passed into law, the legislation would change Title IX and revoke federal funding for schools that allow trans girls in women’s sports.

https://t.co/LL4eU63COP

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

The White House has withdrawn a proposed rule that would have ensured private health insurance plans cover birth control when it is purchased over the counter.

https://t.co/i8XRHVGbgC

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

“Everyone keeps telling me to have hope, but I don’t feel it. I can’t see it... I loved opening the door of my home and seeing the mountains. Now it’s like a bomb went off.”

https://t.co/nFqZZEY2Xt

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

Over a third of Americans are on TikTok. Roughly one in two adults on TikTok say they regularly get their news from the app — or about 17 percent of all adults nationwide.

That could change — in the U.S. at least — in a week.

https://t.co/IxkPZp5sqJ

[Melody Mercado @melodymercadotv]

My favorite interview of the late José “Cha Cha” Jiménez

50 Years Later: Lessons in Activism from the Young Lords of Lincoln Park via @14eastmag and @franimal10 https://t.co/gc3KP4ffDz

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

"We’re also going to make him answer to the thousands of highly qualified women in our military who he believes should be barred from combat.”

How women senators are preparing to question Trump defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth.

https://t.co/SJX89ho6nn

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

“It shouldn’t be seen as a zero sum game … If we invest in women’s economic opportunity, that somehow is leaving them behind. That’s really short-sighted, really misguided," said Jennifer Klein, White House Gender Policy Council lead.

https://t.co/6ib1kLyNhE

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

As a new GOP-controlled Congress signals that anti-trans legislation is a top priority + President-elect Trump takes office, a wave of federal anti-trans laws + executive orders is on the horizon.

What could this mean for trans people?@19thnews explains.

https://t.co/2XxI8x9biI

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

The 119th Congress was officially sworn in Friday, meaning the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate will soon begin the process of confirming President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees.

@grace_panetta explains what this process will look like.
https://t.co/ZTKPW8FX2b

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

Medical debt will be removed from consumer credit reports for all Americans under a final rule announced Tuesday by VP Kamala Harris.

The rule will affect more than 15 million Americans, raising their credit scores by an estimated avg of 20 points.

https://t.co/gXSVK86B8I

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

"Kamala Harris continues defending democracy.

Her role presiding over the certification of the results of the 2024 election is symbolic — and consequential."

@errinhaines' latest column for @19thnews.

https://t.co/CKTgD2cpS5

[Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 @ByMarissaNelson]

The 119th Congress: Some history makers, but fewer women overall.

Democrats are sending a record number of women to the House and Senate, but just two new women lawmakers are Republicans, leading to an overall decline in representation.

https://t.co/lxceLGW45B