I'm more than slightly obsessed with the Badgers, Disney, Brewers, football, politics and history. Don't hold it against anyone I know. It's not their fault.
They shut down the J&J vaccine because 6 women on birth control got blood clots.
Moderna vaccine caused 300 cases of myocarditis and they haven’t shut it down, and you’ve heard barely a word. Why?
IT’S. NOT. ABOUT. THE. SCIENCE.
I mean this with 100%sincerity and 100% certainty.
This may be the first time Milwaukee media has ignored a press statement from the NAACP
Especially
@WISN12News
@journalsentinel
@tmj4
I’m more interested in
@espn
broadcasting a game that doesn’t include the Cardinal, Cubs, Red Sox, Yankees or Mets. Baseball doesn’t revolve around those 4 cities.
After our Cardinals/Cubs broadcast Thursday night, we've got the Mets and Yankees Sunday Night. This week's poll question: Would you want MLB to adopt use of the designated hitter in both leagues?
Let's be clear about what UW is saying here:
If funding is cut for DEI, they will close campuses. They are LITERALLY choosing to fund DEI over education classrooms.
Today, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announced they're resuming abortion care in Wisconsin.
This is great news, but our fight to restore the same reproductive freedoms Wisconsinites had up until the day
#SCOTUS
overturned
#Roe
must continue. My full statement ⬇️
But masks in Dane County have been mandates since August! It's almost as if the mask mandate has had no impact.
Oh wait. I'm wrong. It's EXACTLY as if the mask mandate has had no impact.
#BREAKING
: Dane County set a new single-day COVID-19 case record Monday. Data from Public Health Madison & Dane County shows that 2,127 new cases were recorded on January 10, more than any previous day.
🧵Thread - This is breath-taking gaslighting even by Chris Larson standards:
0:58 - Larson claims that Legislative Republicans in 1991 caused MPS to consolidate power in the Superintendent.
FACT - No Republican voted for the 1991 State Budget. But every MKE Dem voted for it.
Check out my latest video newsletter, where I break down the financial reporting and leadership struggles at Milwaukee Public Schools, what's being done about them, and attempt to dispel some of the myths that have taken hold as this story has unfolded.
No school was cut. All schools got an increase. EVERY school.
I'm starting to think one of two things:
One, Senator Larson doesn't care about lying to people - or -
Two, he doesn't know what the word "cut" means.
Neither is good.
Make no mistake, today’s action will draw blood from our schools. Some may not survive the cut. And so, yes, Milwaukee may be in a better position today than it was yesterday, but that does not mean there is any cause for celebration.
Last week, a reporter asked Evers if he had reached out to Fitz and Vos about finding agreement, and Evers said he didn't and wouldn't.
So, of course the
@journalsentinel
blames Fitz and Vos for Evers not talking to them.
Why the
@journalsentinel
has fewer than 30,000 print subscribers as told in 4 pictures. roughly 50% of today’s paper.
Which of these are actually “news?” Which of these doesn’t advance a liberal agenda?
I love the fact that Starbucks workers are "striking" because the union:
a) didn't deliver what they thought it would; and
b) Prevents them from getting the raises non-union workers get because they have to be collectively bargained.
Its like they don't know what unions do.
NEW: Starbucks workers pulled off a surprise strike this morning, with union members walking off the job at select stores nationwide.
The action comes a day before the
#RedCupRebellion
strike tomorrow.
@SBWorkersUnited
says it will be their biggest strike yet.
MONDAY: I signed fair maps for Wisconsin’s Legislature.
NEXT UP: fair maps for our congressional districts.
We want to end gerrymandering in Wisconsin at every level, so I’m asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to review our congressional maps to make sure those are fair, too.
The Wisconsin law library will no longer bear the name of former state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser, and will instead be named in honor of Lavinia Goodell, Wisconsin's first woman lawyer, members of the state Supreme Court announced today.
Much to discuss in this 147 page document, but a quick note that conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley's concurring opinion quoted from Star Wars to describe the defeat of Evers' People's Maps Commission proposal in the Legislature. (cc:
@victorjacobo_
)
The state’s Milwaukee bailout plan could raise the sales tax in Milwaukee to 7.875%. One Milwaukee alderman wants another 1% sales tax for regional transit, specifically the streetcar.
#WIright
Remember how yesterday
#JohnChisholm
, the Milwaukee DA, said the bail recommendation was “inappropriately low” and “not consistent” with HIS office’s approach?
Ya, not so much.that would be a lie.
Remember how during
@ScottWalker
's term Democrats were claiming we were turning WI into Mississippi or Alabama? (Their ideas of backwards states).
Congratulations
@govevers
, you made WI worse than Mississippi and only slightly better than Alabama/
CORRECTION:
Wisconsin is ranked 44th, not 46th, in vaccine delivery so far.
States below Wisconsin are Illinois, Alabama, Kansas, Nevada, Idaho and Missouri
The plan he’s included in his budget 3 times, the plan that Democrats have introduced for 14 STRAIGHT years is “bogus”?
Someone should ask him why the change.
Wisconsin Democratic
@GovEvers
shot down as “bogus” a surprise plan Republicans floated today that would use a nonpartisan redistricting process to implement new maps by 2024 and preempt the state Supreme Court from tossing the current GOP-drawn maps.
Also , reminder that this happened in Milwaukee because Democrat Tom Barrett - and Democrat Tom Barrett alone - decided to close all but 5 voting locations in Milwaukee to depress turnout against his opponent.
Tammy Baldwin has mastered the art of WI politics.
Do nothing in Washington to garner attention or controversy. Appear at small local events throughout WI that aren't controversial to garner goodwill. In ads, let others speak for you. It's not hard. Proxmire/Kohl showed the way
Aside from big statewide margins a hallmark of Tammy Baldwin's 2 Senate wins is she's been far more competitive than other Dems with rural voters (losing them by less) and voters outside the MKE, Madison markets. Helps explains why Republicans haven't rushed into her 2024 race
Every. Single. Democrat. should be asked if they agree with Clancy that police work doesn't have dignity or value.
Start with
@govevers
and
@JoshKaulWI
A Milwaukee lawmaker is standing by his declaration that police officers' jobs "have neither dignity nor value" — a comment critics slammed as "inane" and "clueless."
Anyone who think Tony Evers will be easy to beat is fooling themselves. Evers is non-threatening, non-controversial, difficult to motivate against. Dems EXTREMELY motivated regardless of candidate. And Tammy helps drive Dem turnout statewide.
#uphillclimb
BREAKING: my promise to the people of Wisconsin is that I’d fight for fair maps, so I’ll be vetoing the maps passed by Republicans today.
Moving legislative district lines so GOP-gerrymandered incumbents get to keep their seats is just more gerrymandering.
Basic stuff, folks.
Regardless of age, income, or ZIP code, every Wisconsinite deserves to receive a quality education. That's why I declared October FAFSA Filing Month and encourage all aspiring students to file their FAFSA and find all available financial support. Learn more ⬇️
Breaking: man most responsible for pitting neighbor against neighbor and destroying Wisconsin’s good government legacy now decrying the culture of political divisiveness he created.
Literally NO ONE is fooled by this ridiculously transparent attempt at media manipulation.
State informs court they will address bail & conditions of bail in Milwaukee case @ next hearing.
State says it became aware Brooks attempted to intimidate a witness in Milwaukee domestic violence case while in jail earlier this month in connection with that case.
#Waukesha
Chris Larson actively sought to recall every GOP member of the state senate for a policy disagreement, while doing their jobs.
What a hypocrite. I can’t even comprehend the intellectual dishonesty it took to write this.
Apparently there is a group planning to recall every member of the MPS School Board.
If these people actually cared about the future of MPS, they wouldn't be doing this. All this recall effort could hope to accomplish is make the job of fixing the current challenges even harder.
Put another way:
@GovEvers
’ official attorney
Who he appointed judge; who wrote the unconstitutional COVID orders for Evers AND
wrote the legal onion stating Evers could UNILATERALLY DELAY AND ELECTION THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION
Completely rewrote election law again.
#wakeup
"The maps proposed by the Gover nor, Senator Bewley, BLOC, and CMS are racially motivated and, under the Equal Protection Clause, do not survive strict scrutiny. "
It's almost as if Dems tried to illegally racially gerrymander legislative maps.
Oh wait. It's exactly like that
These protests are NOT organic.
These college students are willing, if unknowing, participants in an effort to foment turmoil and instability in the the US.
#HappeningNow
UW Madison students have joined various universities in protesting against Israel's war in Gaza.
Some of there chants:
“Free Free Palestine”
“Say it clear say it loud,Gaza you make us proud”
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”
@WKOW
Holy Cow. The
@journalsentinel
is in full-on liberal bias mode today.
How do you "skip [a] vote" when no vote was noticed or scheduled?
Be Better
@MSpicuzzaMJS
The United States firmly stands with Israel in the face of these Iranian attacks and support their right to defend themselves. My thoughts are with the Israeli people and I will continue to monitor the unfolding situation.
This may be the stupidest argument
@CapTimes
has ever made.
Gets elected, passed Act 10, get recalled, gets re-elected, runs for second term, gets re-elected . Runs for president, negotiates with Foxconn, budget deficit, runs for third term, loses.
But yeah, Act 10 cost him
It’s true.
If
@govevers
loses re-election look to Kenosha. People there were begging for help and to save their city. Evers decided to play political games with President Trump.
When violent riots devastated Kenosha,
@GovEvers
refused to immediately accept federal aid. It took him 4 days survey the damage.
Even Kenosha Democrats "hold him responsible for the destruction." Wisconsinites deserve better than a governor who plays politics with their safety.
On the shared revenue / Milwaukee sales tax bill that’s now been signed into law, it’s *really important* to acknowledge that Milwaukee’s fiscal cliff and the local government funding dilemma was one of the state’s own creation. Republicans in the legislature created this crisis.
It took Governor Evers 4 days, 2 deaths, and millions (or billions) in property damage before he sent this many National Guard members to Kenosha.
Just sayin'
Alexa, at what point, exactly, did Milwaukee County lose all negotiating leverage and goodwill with the Legislature for a lifeline?
They have NO money. They have no hope of GETTING money without their being conditions. Everyone in this room knows this.
And they pull this crap
Milwaukee County Board is now taking up a resolution opposing the GOP shared revenue bill. Sup. Clancy, who's also one of two socialists in the legislature, calls the bill "an attack on local control," adding it's asking the county to "sell out...for crumbs."
Like many, I was a reluctant Trump voter in 2016. Decided in the booth to vote Trump (I was going to sit out.) I could have been a Never Trumper.
But as Lincoln said about Grant, "I cannot spare this man, he fights."*
*Not an original thought.
The few hold-out NeverTrumpers are like Lincoln's generals who would only engage the enemy under perfect conditions.
'I have too much integrity & ethic. I cannot participate in a fight for the future of the country because Trump doesn't doesn't perfectly suit my sensibilities.'
New GOP Strategy: If we pay T Swift $50 million dollars to shill for the GOP, we’d never lose an election.
Young white chicks and suburban women listen to anything that lady says no questions asked. We’d be unbeatable and the dems couldn’t even cheat their way to the win.
This is a complete lie.
The Office of School Safety still has $556,000 and 3.8 people. (and standard budget adjustments).
Larson knows this. He KNOWS he is LYING to his constituents.
This next week is going to be a rough one for the future of public education in Wisconsin.
-The Office of School Safety in the Department of Justice was just cut out of the state budget completely.
Somewhere between 25-33% of the COVID relief funds given to the Governor - and the Governor alone - have not been spent after 3.5 years.
And they're worried it's going to slow down?
Hey humans on my west shore in
#Wisconsin
- you all need to
#VoteNo
on August 13 if you love the
#GreatLakes
The 2 proposed amendments will slow down approved federal funding dispersement- including infrastructure and conservation.
#CleanWaterisLife
You , more than anyone, destroyed the “one team” by your actions in the primary.
@JusticeDanKelly
will get my vote.
@JudgeGrogan
will never get my vote again.
I'm old enough to remember *checks notes* two months ago, when the
@WisDems
claimed that using this langauge was anti-semitic. Will Chris Larson and
@wisdems
condemn
@wisdemocracy
?
.
@WisDemocracy
is calling again for
@WI_Elections
commissioner Bob Spindell to step down. “We need to shoo the shyster away,” they sing. “We need honest people today, today.”
Buried on page 387 of MKE Mayor Tom Barrett's budget is almost $4.4 million to cover streetcar operations.
But remember, we Milwaukee NEEDS to cuts 60 police officers.
@pnehlen
Anyone falsely accused would be screaming from the rooftops! The man hasn't denied having an inappropriate relation with a 14 year old as an adult! What age do YOU think is appropriate for a relationship with a 14-year old? (Hint- any answer higher than 15 is wrong!)
Public Health Madison & Dane County released a sweeping plan Monday outlining the framework for reopening local businesses and loosening regulations based on nine different benchmarks.
By watching what
@goveevers
' team said/posted/tweeeted after they vetoed the middle class tax cut, you could see they knew it was a political loser,
@GovEvers
just confirmed it.
#override
At a stop in Montello,
@GovEvers
clarifies his stance on additional tax cuts if Republicans sent him a new plan.
“If they are willing to come back…if there’s some way to make sure middle class gets a large tax cut - bring it on.”
So, just to recap here, Donald Trump definitely said "Milwaukee is a horrible city" and Republicans not only aren't condemning it but also can't reach consensus on just ONE reason why "Milwaukee is a horrible city."
Got it, thanks!
I absolutely love how the
@journalsentinel
pretends the horribly partisan WI Supreme Court isn’t partisan (while acknowledging they’ll consider partisanship) ISN’T partisan, but SCOTUS is
Republican legislative leaders say they'll pursue any federal issues with the Wisconsin Supreme Court's redistricting ruling at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Here's how that could play out.
(via
@MollyBeck
+ me)
Again. One party was saying don’t move away from phonics.
The other party insisted on whole language and education “experts”
The first is the GOP the second are Democrats. The Democrats should be held accountable for the damage they caused to reading
#BREAKING
#Wisconsin
Chief Justice Annette Ziegler is accusing new state Courts Director Audrey Skwierawski of illegally signing orders to appoint reserve judges under Ziegler's name. Story coming soon
#breaking
#exclusive
How do I know this is a purely political move?
The protest zone is THREE MILES from the Democratic Convention in Chicago. And the ACLU ISN’T SUING Chicago.
REPORT: The ACLU of Wisconsin is suing the City of Milwaukee, claiming they are violating the First Amendment by limiting the locations where protesters can parade during the 2024 RNC.
The Vos model, as amended, does little to guarantee fair maps/protect voters’ right to elect their legislators. 1st: if it passes, GOP can repeal it anytime. And they will. They haven’t changed their minds - it’s yet another classic Vos trick to distract and manipulate the press
How badly does
@govevers
not want the 7th Congressional Election the same day as the WI Supreme Court election?
For the THIRD time trying to set an election date, he hasn’t lined up the elections. Two congressional dates chosen to not line up, and now he wants SCOWIS after 5/12
If UW Madison and UW Milwaukee don’t dismantle the encampments today they will only grow as faculty give tacit permission to skip class and even join the protests themselves. The stewards of these public institutions and this public property should learn from Columbia’s mistakes.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has been using an alternative state email account under the name of Hall of Fame baseball player Warren Spahn as a security measure. Evers' spokesperson said the use of alias email addresses is common.
Forcing people to stay in their homes, forcing them to wear a mask, requiring them to get an experimental emergency use vaccine wasn’t one of the greatest infringements on civil liberties?
🙄
So this guy is just consistently wrong about what’s happening and what’s best for America.
Good thing this politician-in-a-robe isn’t in a lifetime appointment decided what’s best for the rest of us…
🙄
Ron Johnson is running against an image created by an orchestrated campaign by the
@journalsentinel
and 100s of millions of dollars spent by Democrats for two years
#fixeditforyou
The State Senate passed a bill to say that ending a pregnancy that is a miscarriage or ectopic is not an abortion.
You voted no.
They also passed a bill prohibiting choosing to have an abortion because the baby’s sex.
You voted no.
Who’s the extremist?
I hope the WI Supreme Court does decide this case, but the bottom line is that we need a legislature that is willing to codify abortion rights as well. The current Republican majority continues to try to make abortion access harder.
.
@POTUS
is right: Every worker should have the free and fair choice to join a union.
And when we pass the
#PROAct
, that’s the promise we’ll keep.
#1u
24 hours after
@wisconsin_now
exposed that
@govevers
used a secret email address WHERE HE CONDUCTED STATE BUSINESS, it's been reported by
@AP
& countless others.
@js_politics
has this as their front page:
If you were TRYING to destroy your product what would u do differently?
To be clear, Question 1 allows a judge to tell an alleged sex offender of children to not go near a playground.
That’s not currently allowed under WI’s Constitution. It’s only allowed if you vote yes on question 1.
But you do you.
Not True. The state budget includes:
$44 million in child care subsidies.
$30 million for child care quality improvement program (Youngstar)
$5 million for stipends to child care workers.
$1 million for social emotional learning resources
And more!
Kind of stunning to hear
@LindseyGrahamSC
—a Judiciary Committee member—basically say, as he did on Fox this morning, he’s made up his mind and that nothing Christine Blasey Ford says Thurs will matter much to him. The entire point of a deliberative body is to keep an open mind
Republican Wisconsin lawmakers are calling for Green Bay’s Democratic mayor to resign following a report on a conservative website alleging he ceded authority for running the election to a paid consultant with ties to Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Uh, no. he's not.
Way to stay on top of legal developments. Isn't that your job
@christina_bobb
?
How about focusing on winning the next election rather than winning the last one?
Seems like a good reason to NOT LET KIDS MUTILIATE THEMSELVES!
We don't even let them get the ears pierced, but we're going to let them cut off their ****
Unbelievable.
It took
@MKE_CC
President Perez less than 90 minutes to undermine months of hard work by
@MayorOfMKE
and himself to make people sympathetic to Milwaukee.
And people wonder why Milwaukee has a bad rap in the Capitol.
#smh
After gov signs shared revenue/MKE sales tax bill, Milwaukee’s common council president says he’s pushing council to pass sales tax increase by mid-July and says the city is also preparing to set aside money to file lawsuits over some of the Milwaukee-specific provisions