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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump is set to tour Fincantieri Marinette Marine today, his first stop in Wisconsin since a January campaign rally in Milwaukee. A senior White House official said

The Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee is being shifted to a largely virtual format and is to be held in a smaller venue to limit the potential spread of COVID-19. The normally weeklong event will instead take place over four
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers has activated the Wisconsin National Guard to support Madison law enforcement and first responders and protect critical infrastructure following violent protests last night. According to Evers’ announcement this afternoon,

Liberal super PAC Priorities USA says it “successfully intervened” in an ongoing lawsuit by the Trump campaign against a Rhinelander TV station for running an ad criticizing the president’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. A federal judge yesterday allowed Priorities
WASHINGTON — The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday to discuss how the U.S. government can enhance the Strategic National Stockpile’s preparedness efforts moving forward. In his opening statement, Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) noted, “In developing a plan for

Presumptive Dem nominee Joe Biden opened up an 8-point lead over Donald Trump in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll as Wisconsin voters gave the president poor marks on his handling of the protests that have swept the country

America is in the throes of a pandemic that both its leaders and media are all but ignoring: Out-of-control violence in the streets.

Once again, so many of us are grasping for answers — and if we listen, many of them are there. Once again, the best thing we can do is try to keep each other safe. And once again, the mental gymnastics are on display.

Do more. Say more. Keep the pressure on.

Wisconsin’s state motto may be “Forward,” but leftist protesters in Madison are more interested in destruction than progress.

True change will come only with a reallocation of resources to completely rewire the deep structures of oppression from the inside out.

Was that really Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald —who along with his soulmate, the blustering Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, has been a master of legislative deceit and intrigue for the past decade — calling out Gov. Tony Evers for secretly tape recording a phone call with them?

At a hastily called special meeting, the Racine City Council voted (9-5) to give an unelected health bureaucrat the power to close businesses and lockdown the city at will in response to COVID-19.

Much to my surprise, the UW Board of Regents, still controlled by Scott Walker appointees, did a smart thing. They chose former Gov. Tommy Thompson, 78, to be interim system president for at least the next year.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — President Trump is set to tour Fincantieri Marinette Marine today, his first stop in Wisconsin since a January campaign rally in Milwaukee. A senior White House official said Trump is expected to inspect the USS Marinette before delivering

The Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee is being shifted to a largely virtual format and is to be held in a smaller venue to limit the potential spread of COVID-19. The normally weeklong event will instead take place over four days from August 17 to August 20. Much of the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers has activated the Wisconsin National Guard to support Madison law enforcement and first responders and protect critical infrastructure following violent protests last night. According to Evers’ announcement this afternoon, Guard members may not prevent people from peacefully protesting or

Liberal super PAC Priorities USA says it “successfully intervened” in an ongoing lawsuit by the Trump campaign against a Rhinelander TV station for running an ad criticizing the president’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. A federal judge yesterday allowed Priorities to enter the suit as a defendant alongside the NBC
WASHINGTON — The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday to discuss how the U.S. government can enhance the Strategic National Stockpile’s preparedness efforts moving forward. In his opening statement, Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) noted, “In developing a plan for the committee’s oversight of the federal government’s response to the

Presumptive Dem nominee Joe Biden opened up an 8-point lead over Donald Trump in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll as Wisconsin voters gave the president poor marks on his handling of the protests that have swept the country following the death of George Floyd. The president’s stewardship of

America is in the throes of a pandemic that both its leaders and media are all but ignoring: Out-of-control violence in the streets.

Once again, so many of us are grasping for answers — and if we listen, many of them are there. Once again, the best thing we can do is try to keep each other safe. And once again, the mental gymnastics are on display.

Do more. Say more. Keep the pressure on.

Wisconsin’s state motto may be “Forward,” but leftist protesters in Madison are more interested in destruction than progress.

True change will come only with a reallocation of resources to completely rewire the deep structures of oppression from the inside out.

Was that really Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald —who along with his soulmate, the blustering Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, has been a master of legislative deceit and intrigue for the past decade — calling out Gov. Tony Evers for secretly tape recording a phone call with them?

At a hastily called special meeting, the Racine City Council voted (9-5) to give an unelected health bureaucrat the power to close businesses and lockdown the city at will in response to COVID-19.

Much to my surprise, the UW Board of Regents, still controlled by Scott Walker appointees, did a smart thing. They chose former Gov. Tommy Thompson, 78, to be interim system president for at least the next year.