Mike Hallquist
@mikehallquist.bsky.social
Candidate for Brookfield Mayor, Alderman, Proud Wisconsinite, Costco Head-to-Toe, Let's maybe do things a bit better? #PantherPride
Pinned
Mike Hallquist
@mikehallquist.bsky.social
· Aug 25
I'm running for Mayor so WE can build a more accessible, sustainable, and vibrant Brookfield. Let's get to work.
Reposted by Mike Hallquist
"Homeland security investigators worked approximately 33 percent fewer hours on child exploitation cases from February through April compared to their average in prior years"
A tragic shift with real consequences - just one horrifying example:
A tragic shift with real consequences - just one horrifying example:
November 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"Homeland security investigators worked approximately 33 percent fewer hours on child exploitation cases from February through April compared to their average in prior years"
A tragic shift with real consequences - just one horrifying example:
A tragic shift with real consequences - just one horrifying example:
Reposted by Mike Hallquist
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Great weekend of leadership:
1. AI generated video of President taking a shit on Americans.
2. JD Vance and the Marines firing live artillery over the 5 in California.
How ‘safe’ plan to fire munitions over I-5 went off the rails - Los Angeles Times share.google/7jBCrEaJ1SB8...
1. AI generated video of President taking a shit on Americans.
2. JD Vance and the Marines firing live artillery over the 5 in California.
How ‘safe’ plan to fire munitions over I-5 went off the rails - Los Angeles Times share.google/7jBCrEaJ1SB8...
How military’s ‘safe’ plan to fire munitions over Interstate 5 went off the rails with CHP cruiser hit
An artillery round exploded over Interstate 5 at Camp Pendleton, cutting short the military's live-fire exercise.
share.google
October 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Great weekend of leadership:
1. AI generated video of President taking a shit on Americans.
2. JD Vance and the Marines firing live artillery over the 5 in California.
How ‘safe’ plan to fire munitions over I-5 went off the rails - Los Angeles Times share.google/7jBCrEaJ1SB8...
1. AI generated video of President taking a shit on Americans.
2. JD Vance and the Marines firing live artillery over the 5 in California.
How ‘safe’ plan to fire munitions over I-5 went off the rails - Los Angeles Times share.google/7jBCrEaJ1SB8...
Don't sleep on logical government, we get the job done in Brookfield.
Finance Committee recommendations were all adopted in Mayorso budget.
Who says folks can't work together in politics for a good outcome in their community?
www.gmtoday.com/the_freeman/...
Finance Committee recommendations were all adopted in Mayorso budget.
Who says folks can't work together in politics for a good outcome in their community?
www.gmtoday.com/the_freeman/...
Mayor Ponto proposes 2026 budget for city of Brookfield
BROOKFIELD — In his proposed 2026 executive budget, Brookfield Mayor Steve Ponto laid out a frank assessment of the city’s financial challenges which includes state-imposed revenue limits and a failed
www.gmtoday.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Don't sleep on logical government, we get the job done in Brookfield.
Finance Committee recommendations were all adopted in Mayorso budget.
Who says folks can't work together in politics for a good outcome in their community?
www.gmtoday.com/the_freeman/...
Finance Committee recommendations were all adopted in Mayorso budget.
Who says folks can't work together in politics for a good outcome in their community?
www.gmtoday.com/the_freeman/...
Just more kleptocracy headlines...
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Just more kleptocracy headlines...
How we treat each other matters. If you want to make Brookfield better and move our community forward, you're on the team.
It doesn't matter whether your politics are red, purple, or blue.
It doesn't matter whether your politics are red, purple, or blue.
October 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
How we treat each other matters. If you want to make Brookfield better and move our community forward, you're on the team.
It doesn't matter whether your politics are red, purple, or blue.
It doesn't matter whether your politics are red, purple, or blue.
Reposted by Mike Hallquist
Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
Shout-out to everyone who showed up for Brookfield and our campaign launch last night!
Y'all are the force moving our city forward.
Y'all are the force moving our city forward.
October 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Shout-out to everyone who showed up for Brookfield and our campaign launch last night!
Y'all are the force moving our city forward.
Y'all are the force moving our city forward.
First month of the campaign down and we've:
🏘️ Spoke to hundreds of residents on their doorsteps
📬 Sent hundreds of letters and postcards
🐕🐈⬛ Met over 100 of best four-legged residents
6 months left to go!
🏘️ Spoke to hundreds of residents on their doorsteps
📬 Sent hundreds of letters and postcards
🐕🐈⬛ Met over 100 of best four-legged residents
6 months left to go!
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
First month of the campaign down and we've:
🏘️ Spoke to hundreds of residents on their doorsteps
📬 Sent hundreds of letters and postcards
🐕🐈⬛ Met over 100 of best four-legged residents
6 months left to go!
🏘️ Spoke to hundreds of residents on their doorsteps
📬 Sent hundreds of letters and postcards
🐕🐈⬛ Met over 100 of best four-legged residents
6 months left to go!
Glad to see this project near-complete.
It's a CHOICE communities, developers, and policymakers make to not incentivize, allow, or attempt to build workforce and affordable housing in Brookfield & Wisconsin, let's not ever forget that.
www.jsonline.com/story/commun...
It's a CHOICE communities, developers, and policymakers make to not incentivize, allow, or attempt to build workforce and affordable housing in Brookfield & Wisconsin, let's not ever forget that.
www.jsonline.com/story/commun...
Once-disputed Brookfield affordable housing complex is now inundated with tenant interest
The Flats at Bishop's Woods, 350 Bishops Way, is the City of Brookfield's first entirely affordable apartment development.
www.jsonline.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Glad to see this project near-complete.
It's a CHOICE communities, developers, and policymakers make to not incentivize, allow, or attempt to build workforce and affordable housing in Brookfield & Wisconsin, let's not ever forget that.
www.jsonline.com/story/commun...
It's a CHOICE communities, developers, and policymakers make to not incentivize, allow, or attempt to build workforce and affordable housing in Brookfield & Wisconsin, let's not ever forget that.
www.jsonline.com/story/commun...
The Brookfield Council hit pause ⏸️ on new vape/smoke shops for 6 months to figure out what regulations we need to put in place.
I’ll be submitting comments like keeping them 1,000 ft from schools/playgrounds & requiring space between shops.
I look forward to what staff and colleagues will suggest
I’ll be submitting comments like keeping them 1,000 ft from schools/playgrounds & requiring space between shops.
I look forward to what staff and colleagues will suggest
September 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The Brookfield Council hit pause ⏸️ on new vape/smoke shops for 6 months to figure out what regulations we need to put in place.
I’ll be submitting comments like keeping them 1,000 ft from schools/playgrounds & requiring space between shops.
I look forward to what staff and colleagues will suggest
I’ll be submitting comments like keeping them 1,000 ft from schools/playgrounds & requiring space between shops.
I look forward to what staff and colleagues will suggest
Knocked a door this week and spotted a treehouse in the backyard. I mentioned I helped make treehouses legal in the City of Brookfield.
The resident smiled, nodded, and said, “You’ve got my vote.”
Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest impact for families. Even treehouses 🌳
The resident smiled, nodded, and said, “You’ve got my vote.”
Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest impact for families. Even treehouses 🌳
September 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Knocked a door this week and spotted a treehouse in the backyard. I mentioned I helped make treehouses legal in the City of Brookfield.
The resident smiled, nodded, and said, “You’ve got my vote.”
Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest impact for families. Even treehouses 🌳
The resident smiled, nodded, and said, “You’ve got my vote.”
Sometimes it’s the little things that make the biggest impact for families. Even treehouses 🌳
First day of knocking for Mayor of Brookfield in the books! Great conversations.
I genuinely wish more folks had an opportunity to meet their fellow neighbors across the city.
I genuinely wish more folks had an opportunity to meet their fellow neighbors across the city.
September 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
First day of knocking for Mayor of Brookfield in the books! Great conversations.
I genuinely wish more folks had an opportunity to meet their fellow neighbors across the city.
I genuinely wish more folks had an opportunity to meet their fellow neighbors across the city.
My 10 year campaign advisor came up with this one.
First day of knocking, Let's Goooooooo!
First day of knocking, Let's Goooooooo!
September 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My 10 year campaign advisor came up with this one.
First day of knocking, Let's Goooooooo!
First day of knocking, Let's Goooooooo!
When you want to create a more accessible space, you just have to MAKE IT part of the plan.
"Officials also passed an amendment by Ald. Mike Hallquist to require an accessible family restroom with a universal changing station"
www.jsonline.com/story/commun...
"Officials also passed an amendment by Ald. Mike Hallquist to require an accessible family restroom with a universal changing station"
www.jsonline.com/story/commun...
Brookfield Public Market plan on track for $14 million in city assistance
Common Council members approved the creation of the new tax incremental financing district (TID 9) and the expansion of existing TIF district 8.
www.jsonline.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
When you want to create a more accessible space, you just have to MAKE IT part of the plan.
"Officials also passed an amendment by Ald. Mike Hallquist to require an accessible family restroom with a universal changing station"
www.jsonline.com/story/commun...
"Officials also passed an amendment by Ald. Mike Hallquist to require an accessible family restroom with a universal changing station"
www.jsonline.com/story/commun...
Council gave the green light!! The Public Market is officially in motion in the City of Brookfield 🙌 What food and retail shops would you want to see here?
September 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Council gave the green light!! The Public Market is officially in motion in the City of Brookfield 🙌 What food and retail shops would you want to see here?
Reposted by Mike Hallquist
Yesterday we visited Green Mountain Falls, CO to visit the kinetic sculpture Off the Beaten Path by Patrick Shearn. I wasn’t ready for just how dynamic it was even in the slightest breeze. Reminds me of a murmuration of starlings. Incredible artwork. It’ll only be up through October 19th.
September 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Yesterday we visited Green Mountain Falls, CO to visit the kinetic sculpture Off the Beaten Path by Patrick Shearn. I wasn’t ready for just how dynamic it was even in the slightest breeze. Reminds me of a murmuration of starlings. Incredible artwork. It’ll only be up through October 19th.
Reposted by Mike Hallquist
A Florida court detained a US Citizen for being an "illegal immigrant." He showed the court proof of citizenship. The court agreed—& held him anyway.
I criticized the ruling online & a Florida judge responded by trying to strip me of my law license. I fought back www.qasimrashid.com/p/a-florida-...
I criticized the ruling online & a Florida judge responded by trying to strip me of my law license. I fought back www.qasimrashid.com/p/a-florida-...
A Florida Judge Tried To Strip Me Of My Law License
Why I need your courage now more than ever to combat injustice in our legal systems and protect due process of law for All people in the United States
www.qasimrashid.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A Florida court detained a US Citizen for being an "illegal immigrant." He showed the court proof of citizenship. The court agreed—& held him anyway.
I criticized the ruling online & a Florida judge responded by trying to strip me of my law license. I fought back www.qasimrashid.com/p/a-florida-...
I criticized the ruling online & a Florida judge responded by trying to strip me of my law license. I fought back www.qasimrashid.com/p/a-florida-...
So the thing about Gerrymandering is it's going to continue to lead to more Gerrymandering.
Each time we're going to get shittier and shittier politicians on both sides of the aisle who answer to their Party, and not the people.
Less competition is a bad thing.
Each time we're going to get shittier and shittier politicians on both sides of the aisle who answer to their Party, and not the people.
Less competition is a bad thing.
JUST IN: Gov. Mike Kehoe called a special session starting Wednesday to help the GOP hold onto Congress. It's part of the battle to reshape the voting map and help Trump keep a majority for his agenda.
At Trump's urging, Missouri jumps into redistricting race to help Republicans
Gov. Mike Kehoe called a special session starting Wednesday to help the GOP hold onto Congress. It's part of the battle to reshape the voting map and help Trump keep a majority for his agenda.
n.pr
August 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So the thing about Gerrymandering is it's going to continue to lead to more Gerrymandering.
Each time we're going to get shittier and shittier politicians on both sides of the aisle who answer to their Party, and not the people.
Less competition is a bad thing.
Each time we're going to get shittier and shittier politicians on both sides of the aisle who answer to their Party, and not the people.
Less competition is a bad thing.
New renderings for the Brookfield Public Market development.
Ooooo Weeee! it's looking great!
Finances of the project being discussed next Tuesday at the Common Council.
Ooooo Weeee! it's looking great!
Finances of the project being discussed next Tuesday at the Common Council.
August 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
New renderings for the Brookfield Public Market development.
Ooooo Weeee! it's looking great!
Finances of the project being discussed next Tuesday at the Common Council.
Ooooo Weeee! it's looking great!
Finances of the project being discussed next Tuesday at the Common Council.
Reposted by Mike Hallquist
While ICE agents can note in their database if someone they’ve investigated turns out to be a citizen, they are not required to do so.
As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake.
(Published March 2025)
As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake.
(Published March 2025)
Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in ...
www.propublica.org
August 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
While ICE agents can note in their database if someone they’ve investigated turns out to be a citizen, they are not required to do so.
As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake.
(Published March 2025)
As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake.
(Published March 2025)
This my nightmare development.
❌More Traffic
❌No third-space/seating
❌Doesn't Employee Humans
❌Low-value Development
Thankfully it can't be built in the City of Brookfield because I changed our zoning to require a minimum for seating/dining area.
❌More Traffic
❌No third-space/seating
❌Doesn't Employee Humans
❌Low-value Development
Thankfully it can't be built in the City of Brookfield because I changed our zoning to require a minimum for seating/dining area.
August 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This my nightmare development.
❌More Traffic
❌No third-space/seating
❌Doesn't Employee Humans
❌Low-value Development
Thankfully it can't be built in the City of Brookfield because I changed our zoning to require a minimum for seating/dining area.
❌More Traffic
❌No third-space/seating
❌Doesn't Employee Humans
❌Low-value Development
Thankfully it can't be built in the City of Brookfield because I changed our zoning to require a minimum for seating/dining area.
I'm running for Mayor so WE can build a more accessible, sustainable, and vibrant Brookfield. Let's get to work.
August 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I'm running for Mayor so WE can build a more accessible, sustainable, and vibrant Brookfield. Let's get to work.
So much winning with Trumpnomics!
April 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
So much winning with Trumpnomics!
Ahh yes, the classic "I want to migrate off of mainframe in months" play. Lolololol.
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Ahh yes, the classic "I want to migrate off of mainframe in months" play. Lolololol.