Mary K. Pleiss

YA and MG writer; VCFA graduate; curriculum development specialist; occasional professor; Husker fan

[FlyWithKamala @flywithkamala]

VP Harris and SG Emhoff board Air Force Two in Philly en route to DC with their lovely great-nieces Amara and Leela. #FamilyIsEverything

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

@NWSGreenBay From just west of Oshkosh.

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

FS1 needs to work on their volleyball calls, obv--to be fair, none of the major networks have done vb enough to be good at it yet. But getting the team name correct on your chyrons (and knowing which players are on the court!) seems like sports broadcasting 101, maybe? Kinda?

[Amie Just @Amie_Just]

Nebraska Golden Eagles

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

@LibraryLydia I've always wanted to do that! Have a wonderful trip!!

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

@AbbieSomething As a UNL alum who went to Purdue for grad school and ended up living in Indiana for a while after--it's always weird there. 😆

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

@spooloflies @nypl Karma comes for us in many different ways…

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

Wanna see real election interference?

The GOP is trying to change the rules for allocating electoral college votes in Nebraska. less than 50 days out.

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

This whole thread is so great, ugh, I will never not be mad about what happened to what started out so amazing.

[Secrets and Laws @secretsandlaws]

Two elementary schools were evacuated today bc of the racist lies this guy spread, and he responds by doubling down.

I don't say this lightly, but any blood that's shed will be on his hands, and it won't wipe away.

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

Gotta say, @lo_westy's "That's not just volleyball. That's *Nebraska* volleyball," in the first set gave me life! Great call tonight!

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

Gwen FTW:

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Gwen Walz knocks JD Vance for his comments on teachers having children and fertility treatments: "We do not take kindly to folks like JD Vance telling us when or how to start our families."

"So let me use my teacher voice … Mr. Vance, how about you mind your own business?"

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

@Lincoln_VB Ready to run through a wall for all of them. Hoping it encourages fans to stand up for players as people, and not as win-loss records.

[John-Uh Harris ☀️ @johnnarae]

America really needed some oldest daughter energy.

[Rudy FunkMeyer @rudyfunkmeyer]

I just have to say. The highlight of the night for me personally was watching @ewarren witness firsthand the outpouring of love for her that so many of us feel and have felt for a long time.

She is so deserving. She is forever my inspiration and hero. 💙

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

@kohenari

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

Um, did that DJ just play "Hold On, I'm Coming"? The song Isaac Hayes's estate is suing TFG for using? 😆

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

Remember, they are a *month* into this. That reaction wasn’t scripted—there wasn’t time. There was barely time to get speeches written &clothes bought. But each of them reacted uniquely&honestly, & what shines thru that vulnerability is a love we are privileged to witness.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Walz: Hope, Gus, and Gwen you are my entire world. And I love you.

[Rick Ellis @aysrick]

I don't cry easily, but as the dad of a teenage son with autism, ADHD & anxiety issues, watching Tim Walz's 17-year-old son(who has a non-verbal learning disorder, ADHD & anxiety disorder)standing up, crying & pointing to the stage telling everyone "that's my dad" just gutted me

[Cathy Holland @cathymholland]

Gus Walz ❤️😭

If anyone dares say anything negative about Tim Walz son for getting emotional because he’s so proud of his dad…

we ride at dawn.

[Mary K. Pleiss @mkpleiss]

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