Johnson ad hits Barnes over police comment on Russian TV

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s latest spot accuses Dem challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes of rationalizing violence against American police officers while appearing on “Vladimir Putin’s propaganda news outlet.” The spot plays news clips from the shooting deaths of five

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Barnes ad knocks Johnson over abortion

Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes’ latest ad knocks U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson on abortion. The spot opens with a staged police call with a voice asking all units to respond to “an abortion at Central Hospital. Officers needed to

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WARF’s annual research grant to UW-Madison is $130M

WARF’s annual research grant to UW-Madison totals $130 million for this academic year.  The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation yesterday announced its Board of Trustees has approved a $66.1 million base grant following a request from the university’s Office of Research

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Gwen Moore: Ron Johnson wants to roll back reproductive rights to 1849

Thanks in no small part to Republicans in Congress like Ron Johnson, our fundamental rights are under threat by a draconian law passed when only land-holding white men had the right to vote, when slavery had yet to be abolished across the United States, and when women and people of color were relegated to second-class citizenship.

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Portrait of Mike McCabe

Mike McCabe: Dumb on crime

We’ve got at least six national emergencies on our hands, and crime and immigration are not among them. You wouldn’t know it watching the political ads Republicans are airing all across the country this election season.

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Johnson ad hits Barnes over police comment on Russian TV

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s latest spot accuses Dem challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes of rationalizing violence against American police officers while appearing on “Vladimir Putin’s propaganda news outlet.” The spot plays news clips from the shooting deaths of five Dallas Police officers in 2016. The narrator says just days

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Barnes ad knocks Johnson over abortion

Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes’ latest ad knocks U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson on abortion. The spot opens with a staged police call with a voice asking all units to respond to “an abortion at Central Hospital. Officers needed to detain doctor.” The narrator says Johnson wouldn’t just ban abortions

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WARF’s annual research grant to UW-Madison is $130M

WARF’s annual research grant to UW-Madison totals $130 million for this academic year.  The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation yesterday announced its Board of Trustees has approved a $66.1 million base grant following a request from the university’s Office of Research and Graduate Education. That amount is 4 percent higher than

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Gwen Moore: Ron Johnson wants to roll back reproductive rights to 1849

Thanks in no small part to Republicans in Congress like Ron Johnson, our fundamental rights are under threat by a draconian law passed when only land-holding white men had the right to vote, when slavery had yet to be abolished across the United States, and when women and people of color were relegated to second-class citizenship.

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Portrait of Mike McCabe

Mike McCabe: Dumb on crime

We’ve got at least six national emergencies on our hands, and crime and immigration are not among them. You wouldn’t know it watching the political ads Republicans are airing all across the country this election season.

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