Michelle Clasen
@michelleclasen.bsky.social
Washington County Commissioner | Mamabear
This is the last day of SNAP benefits for 10,000 Washington county residents. Our wonderful food shelf partners came to board members to ask for support we listened and we answered. $250,000 of reserve funds were approved at our special board meeting on Thursday to distribute locally. #donate
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is the last day of SNAP benefits for 10,000 Washington county residents. Our wonderful food shelf partners came to board members to ask for support we listened and we answered. $250,000 of reserve funds were approved at our special board meeting on Thursday to distribute locally. #donate
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Businesses in Belmont Cragin and Hermosa have seen massive slowdowns in sales — with some facing closure within months — as ICE and Border Patrol agents have descended on the majority-Latino communities. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/b...
Belmont Cragin Business Owners Beg For Support As ICE Fears Devastate Sales And Closures Loom
Despite fear and uncertainty in the area, business owners are trying to stay positive: "One less dinner in Roscoe Village and Wrigley and out in this neighborhood that needs help will make a huge difference."
blockclubchicago.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Businesses in Belmont Cragin and Hermosa have seen massive slowdowns in sales — with some facing closure within months — as ICE and Border Patrol agents have descended on the majority-Latino communities. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/b...
Yes, this is how we fight back. Let’s go #minnesota public health is number #1
September 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Yes, this is how we fight back. Let’s go #minnesota public health is number #1
$1M to Trump’s inauguration meant a boycott of Target for my family. Spend your money wisely!
Target CEO Brian Cornell to step down, COO announced as replacement
Target CEO Brian Cornell to step down, COO announced as replacement
Michael Fiddelke will replace Cornell, who will become executive chair of the
bringmethenews.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
$1M to Trump’s inauguration meant a boycott of Target for my family. Spend your money wisely!
EV Chargers are going up around Washington County Minnesota!! A long road of advocacy for this renewable energy project, but we’re here!
August 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
EV Chargers are going up around Washington County Minnesota!! A long road of advocacy for this renewable energy project, but we’re here!
We have people in our state of MN that can stay nonpartisan while still moving boulders forward in thought and compassion. NAMI is an organization known for working hard advocating for mental health services and suicide prevention. Sue Abderholden has been a tremendous leader.
#nami #mentalhealth
#nami #mentalhealth
August 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We have people in our state of MN that can stay nonpartisan while still moving boulders forward in thought and compassion. NAMI is an organization known for working hard advocating for mental health services and suicide prevention. Sue Abderholden has been a tremendous leader.
#nami #mentalhealth
#nami #mentalhealth
Rotary gave $20,000 to South Washington social workers in Minnesota. Those funds helped with training and student co-pays for mental health services or payment for services. Non-profits will be essential during the Trump trifecta attack of our public schools. I am so glad I’m a Rotary member!
August 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Rotary gave $20,000 to South Washington social workers in Minnesota. Those funds helped with training and student co-pays for mental health services or payment for services. Non-profits will be essential during the Trump trifecta attack of our public schools. I am so glad I’m a Rotary member!
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Trump fires IRS Chief after Senate orders audit of Epstein’s finances
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Trump fires IRS Chief after Senate orders audit of Epstein’s finances
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August 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Trump fires IRS Chief after Senate orders audit of Epstein’s finances
www.beltway.news/p/trump-fire...
Trump fires IRS Chief after Senate orders audit of Epstein’s finances
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I don’t have time to cook.L so I decided to try Cook Unity. A meal already cooked by chefs at my door. Yes please. So far on my 2nd week. And I think I even lost a few lbs.
This one is my favorite so far.
#cookunity #chefmeals
This one is my favorite so far.
#cookunity #chefmeals
July 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I don’t have time to cook.L so I decided to try Cook Unity. A meal already cooked by chefs at my door. Yes please. So far on my 2nd week. And I think I even lost a few lbs.
This one is my favorite so far.
#cookunity #chefmeals
This one is my favorite so far.
#cookunity #chefmeals
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This is a good read—and a reminder from ACLU’s Sandy Chung that we should be preparing for authoritarianism, not just reacting to it. Portland is a test case. ICE raids, protest arrests, federal threats. It’s all here. Get organized, stay ready.
Trump is back in the White House, but Portland isn’t sure how to respond
Portland’s leaders are still weighing how best to respond to a second Trump term: vocally fight back with lawsuits and protests, or try to stay off of Trump’s radar with a more quiet resistance.
www.opb.org
July 30, 2025 at 5:36 AM
This is a good read—and a reminder from ACLU’s Sandy Chung that we should be preparing for authoritarianism, not just reacting to it. Portland is a test case. ICE raids, protest arrests, federal threats. It’s all here. Get organized, stay ready.
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📌 Hope this soul follows him
everywhere . A true hero 🐥
everywhere . A true hero 🐥
July 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📌 Hope this soul follows him
everywhere . A true hero 🐥
everywhere . A true hero 🐥
Improving accessibility at playgrounds and park trail access at Washington County #activetrackerchair
July 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Improving accessibility at playgrounds and park trail access at Washington County #activetrackerchair
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This stunning mountain bluebird….
Nature blesses us with such beauty… 🥰
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Nature blesses us with such beauty… 🥰
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July 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This stunning mountain bluebird….
Nature blesses us with such beauty… 🥰
🐦
Nature blesses us with such beauty… 🥰
🐦
I just love our County’s mental health mobile received from Biden ARA funds. You matter.
July 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I just love our County’s mental health mobile received from Biden ARA funds. You matter.
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I got to meet @bradlander.bsky.social!!! 🥹✊🏾 He's a co-founder of the @localprogress.bsky.social, a progressive network of local electeds across the country! 🤩
July 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I got to meet @bradlander.bsky.social!!! 🥹✊🏾 He's a co-founder of the @localprogress.bsky.social, a progressive network of local electeds across the country! 🤩
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This past weekend, we held our ⚡️ 2025 LP National Convening ⚡️ in Chicago! We hosted 500+ local leaders and partners for an incredible three days of connection, strategy, and collective learning.
More to come, but for now, we are basking in hope, joy, and gratitude 💖
More to come, but for now, we are basking in hope, joy, and gratitude 💖
July 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This past weekend, we held our ⚡️ 2025 LP National Convening ⚡️ in Chicago! We hosted 500+ local leaders and partners for an incredible three days of connection, strategy, and collective learning.
More to come, but for now, we are basking in hope, joy, and gratitude 💖
More to come, but for now, we are basking in hope, joy, and gratitude 💖
States can’t afford this. Local governments can’t afford this. Donald Trump betrayed us in the big beautiful bill to fill his pockets. #trumpdump #trumpsteals
News: Today on the Senate floor I challenged the huge snap cost shifts in the big beautiful betrayal that will put a huge strain on states and cause millions of people to go hungry.
July 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
States can’t afford this. Local governments can’t afford this. Donald Trump betrayed us in the big beautiful bill to fill his pockets. #trumpdump #trumpsteals
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Hunger and food insecurity don't take a summer break.
Find free meals for kids in Minnesota using the free app developed by Hunger Impact Partners. Search "free meals for kids" on your tablet or smartphone!
Find free meals for kids in Minnesota using the free app developed by Hunger Impact Partners. Search "free meals for kids" on your tablet or smartphone!
June 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Hunger and food insecurity don't take a summer break.
Find free meals for kids in Minnesota using the free app developed by Hunger Impact Partners. Search "free meals for kids" on your tablet or smartphone!
Find free meals for kids in Minnesota using the free app developed by Hunger Impact Partners. Search "free meals for kids" on your tablet or smartphone!
Planned Parenthood was my doctor in my twenties when my employer wouldn’t cover healthcare. It was affordable.
I worked at Planned Parenthood.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
July 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Planned Parenthood was my doctor in my twenties when my employer wouldn’t cover healthcare. It was affordable.
Unlawful and unconscionable. Undocumented workers provide billions of dollars to our federal and state governments. Now spending billions of dollars to lock them. While losing billions in tourism.
This land was made for (no longer) you and me. It is Trump’s land.
#bankrupttrump #dueprocess #usa
This land was made for (no longer) you and me. It is Trump’s land.
#bankrupttrump #dueprocess #usa
June 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Unlawful and unconscionable. Undocumented workers provide billions of dollars to our federal and state governments. Now spending billions of dollars to lock them. While losing billions in tourism.
This land was made for (no longer) you and me. It is Trump’s land.
#bankrupttrump #dueprocess #usa
This land was made for (no longer) you and me. It is Trump’s land.
#bankrupttrump #dueprocess #usa
Fiscal responsibility is using our taxpayers’ money for our own health and welfare. Not increase the pockets that are already deep. Are they ever full? How much is enough!!! #greed #fiscalresponsibility
Republicans are charging forward with their megabill that will blow a huge hole in the federal budget deficit & kick millions off health care - just to give the wealthy another massive tax break.
Don’t believe them when they talk about fiscal responsibility.
www.axios.com/2025/06/29/s...
Don’t believe them when they talk about fiscal responsibility.
www.axios.com/2025/06/29/s...
Senate's "big, beautiful bill" would add $3.3 trillion in new debt: CBO
The Senate's version would add far more debt than the House-passed version.
www.axios.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Fiscal responsibility is using our taxpayers’ money for our own health and welfare. Not increase the pockets that are already deep. Are they ever full? How much is enough!!! #greed #fiscalresponsibility
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This bill is a Big Beautiful Betrayal of the middle class. It adds trillions in debt, raises interest rates, threatens rural hospitals, and puts health care out of reach for millions.
Americans know it’s a bad bill, because it is. We must stand against it.
Americans know it’s a bad bill, because it is. We must stand against it.
June 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This bill is a Big Beautiful Betrayal of the middle class. It adds trillions in debt, raises interest rates, threatens rural hospitals, and puts health care out of reach for millions.
Americans know it’s a bad bill, because it is. We must stand against it.
Americans know it’s a bad bill, because it is. We must stand against it.
Thank you #amyklobuchar, for standing strong to protect SNAP benefits for Minnesota families. By upholding the Byrd Rule, harmful attempts to shift food assistance costs to counties and states were blocked. This is a win for working families, kids, and counties. #SNAP #foodinsecurities #food
June 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thank you #amyklobuchar, for standing strong to protect SNAP benefits for Minnesota families. By upholding the Byrd Rule, harmful attempts to shift food assistance costs to counties and states were blocked. This is a win for working families, kids, and counties. #SNAP #foodinsecurities #food
I condemn the political attack that harmed Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and took the lives of Minnesota House Rep Melissa Hortman and her husband. We must protect those who serve and recommit to building safe and connected communities. #Democracy #Minnesota #politicalattacks #terrorism
June 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I condemn the political attack that harmed Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and took the lives of Minnesota House Rep Melissa Hortman and her husband. We must protect those who serve and recommit to building safe and connected communities. #Democracy #Minnesota #politicalattacks #terrorism
First post on #blueskyfirsttime #bluesky illustrates how small conservative media will attack small city/county recreation “Learn to Paddle” program, a state equity grant that was plainly used for click bait and propaganda. The pretend reporter even accused county staff of discrimination.
June 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
First post on #blueskyfirsttime #bluesky illustrates how small conservative media will attack small city/county recreation “Learn to Paddle” program, a state equity grant that was plainly used for click bait and propaganda. The pretend reporter even accused county staff of discrimination.