Matthew Hansen

Editor of the Flatwater Free Press, Nebraska’s first statewide journalism nonprofit. Ex-columnist for the Omaha World-Herald. Purveyor of artisanal tweets.

[Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep]

Join us tomorrow for a happy hour in Kearney to welcome our new reporter, Pierce Gentry!

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[Andrew Wegley @andrewwegley]

The most vulnerable Senate Republican to survive last week's blue wave? Nebraska's Pete Ricketts.

How did he do it?

On an oppo campaign that "endeavored to have somebody at every one of" Dan Osborn's public events and the "earnestness" gap it revealed:

https://t.co/pM0Y3eKB5e

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@johnrobertgage Wellll we are the only one with a Cordes

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@jamsinnebraska GoFundMe?

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Nebraska is fiscally conservative right up until the point they pay head football coaches 50 bajillion dollars to go away

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Hi, it’s your friendly @flatwaterfreep editor, for no reason whatsoever reminding you the NU athletic dept is now 12th in country in football spending…& has spent more per win than every major college team except (gulp) Rutgers.
Good work by Henry Cordes:
https://t.co/gflYj3PhgZ

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@jamsinnebraska You got a spare $63 mil?

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I guess they gotta rename
it Theranos International now

[Grace Panetta @grace_panetta]

How far did the blue wave go? A special education teacher named Elizabeth Holmes beat the Florida state rep who sponsored the bill to rename Palm Beach International Airport after Trump, in a Trump +10 seat in Palm Beach County

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This should have said “tepid interest” but whatever, it was late

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We should probably remember this the next time a head coach has two good weeks and Penn State expresses tepid support and we freak out and give the coach a 99-year contract. But to be clear, we will not.

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@jooztrolling Correlation does not equal causation alert

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“We gotta fire the guy!”
“It’s gonna cost us 63 million.”
“Maybe we do a car wash?”

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@joshtweeterson @dirkchatelain @JackMitchellLNK Friday night losses are fine! It frees up Saturday.

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The midterm maps are (understandably) broken as they compare R & D, leaving out indie Senate candidates like in Nebraska and Montana.
Monday in @flatwaterfreep we will have the story on how Pete Ricketts survived (quite a W actually) with more revealing maps from Nebraska.

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

The 2026 midterms in one picture.

[Jacob Bigelow @JacobABigelow]

Here’s a Pryce Sandfort transition three-pointer as a timeline cleanse.

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@3PuttPaulie A really really stupid golf hole

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4th and 18.
Nebraska had Washington in a 4th and 18 to clinch the win.
4th and 18.

[Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep]

Flatwater is excited to announce that Sara Gentzler has been named a senior reporter!

For four years, she has chased story after story with tenacity, compassion and a mission to share the facts.

View her author page here 🔗 https://t.co/ak5tK3dPNw…

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“The point is, I never wanted to do anything else. Just this.”

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“I never wanted to do anything else,” and every single Nebraska basketball fan, whether they have listened to @KentPavelka for 4 years or for 40, knows he’s telling the truth.
You simply cannot fake Kent’s love for his job. It’s such a good lesson. And such a wonderful legacy.

[Nebraska Men's Basketball @HuskerMBB]

An unmistakable voice.
An unforgettable legacy.