
Charlie Sykes: Wisconsin spring
Sykes reviews Dan Kaufman’s new book, “The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics.”
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Sykes reviews Dan Kaufman’s new book, “The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics.”

GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner continues to advocate for the revitalization of the Voting Rights Act — along with Congressional Black Caucus members such as Milwaukee Congresswoman Gwen Moore and Georgia Congressman John Lewis.

Title X funding to organizations like Planned Parenthood is now in jeopardy because of Donald Trump’s insistence on instituting a so-called “domestic gag rule” that would deny funding to any clinic that includes the word “abortion” in counseling pregnant women about their options or that actually performs abortions.

When you add all of the above to our rising wages, lowest-ever unemployment rate, budget surpluses, tax cuts, record K-12 education funding, more investment in broadband, and the best-funded pension system in America, it is crystal clear that Wisconsin’s economy is absolutely going in the right direction.

Amidst the deliberations about the National Defense Authorization Act are a series of proposals to undermine two of our nation’s bedrock environmental laws.

At a Saturday rally with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Randy Bryce told a whopper that even many of his supporters couldn’t cheer. Bryce told the audience that he has never paid a bill from money made as a politician.

Wisconsin’s senior senator has stepped in to organize a post-primary unity fundraiser featuring Diane Hendricks and Dick Uihlein.

With recent new stories reporting Amazon is planning a new distribution center in southeastern Wisconsin, Amazon can and should seize the moment and provide transformational leadership in another way: it can lead corporate America by bringing stable employment to Milwaukee’s central city and other high unemployment urban areas.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** July 26: WisPolitics Luncheon with Mike McCabe Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday, July 26 with Mike McCabe to discuss his bid for the Democratic nomination

Gov. Scott Walker outraised the entire Dem guv field 2-to-1 over the first six months of 2018, according to a WisPolitics.com review of campaign finance reports. The Republican incumbent raised nearly $5.5 million, spent $3.8 million and had $5.9 million

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Former state Rep. Kelda Roys topped the Dem guv field for fundraising during the first half of the year, but that was largely due to a $255,000 personal
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker raised nearly $5.5 million over the first six months of 2018, about one-third less than he pulled in for the same time period four years ago as he geared

On Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced charges against 12 Russian agents in the 2016 election interference probe.

Sykes reviews Dan Kaufman’s new book, “The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics.”

GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner continues to advocate for the revitalization of the Voting Rights Act — along with Congressional Black Caucus members such as Milwaukee Congresswoman Gwen Moore and Georgia Congressman John Lewis.

Title X funding to organizations like Planned Parenthood is now in jeopardy because of Donald Trump’s insistence on instituting a so-called “domestic gag rule” that would deny funding to any clinic that includes the word “abortion” in counseling pregnant women about their options or that actually performs abortions.

When you add all of the above to our rising wages, lowest-ever unemployment rate, budget surpluses, tax cuts, record K-12 education funding, more investment in broadband, and the best-funded pension system in America, it is crystal clear that Wisconsin’s economy is absolutely going in the right direction.

Amidst the deliberations about the National Defense Authorization Act are a series of proposals to undermine two of our nation’s bedrock environmental laws.

At a Saturday rally with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Randy Bryce told a whopper that even many of his supporters couldn’t cheer. Bryce told the audience that he has never paid a bill from money made as a politician.

Wisconsin’s senior senator has stepped in to organize a post-primary unity fundraiser featuring Diane Hendricks and Dick Uihlein.

With recent new stories reporting Amazon is planning a new distribution center in southeastern Wisconsin, Amazon can and should seize the moment and provide transformational leadership in another way: it can lead corporate America by bringing stable employment to Milwaukee’s central city and other high unemployment urban areas.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** July 26: WisPolitics Luncheon with Mike McCabe Join WisPolitics.com for lunch at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson St., Madison, on Thursday, July 26 with Mike McCabe to discuss his bid for the Democratic nomination to run against GOP Gov. Scott Walker. Check-in and lunch

Gov. Scott Walker outraised the entire Dem guv field 2-to-1 over the first six months of 2018, according to a WisPolitics.com review of campaign finance reports. The Republican incumbent raised nearly $5.5 million, spent $3.8 million and had $5.9 million in the bank. Altogether the Dem guv field raised $2.4

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Former state Rep. Kelda Roys topped the Dem guv field for fundraising during the first half of the year, but that was largely due to a $255,000 personal loan she gave the campaign, according to a check of
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker raised nearly $5.5 million over the first six months of 2018, about one-third less than he pulled in for the same time period four years ago as he geared up for re-election. Walker also will report nearly $6 million

On Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced charges against 12 Russian agents in the 2016 election interference probe.