The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit former Trump attorney Sidney Powell filed seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s presidential election results. The court didn’t comment on its reasoning for not taking the case, one of more than five
GOP lawmakers have begun circulating a half-dozen bills that would impose new ID requirements on absentee ballots, create new restrictions on collecting those ballots and explicitly ban employees in assisted living facilities from unduly influencing residents’ votes. The bills come
State cybersecurity experts from multiple agencies have reviewed claims of election irregularities in a video produced by My Pillow Guy’s Mike Lindell and found them to be false, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Lindell’s video has been widely mocked
A federal judge referred a Minneapolis attorney to the Committee on Grievances for possible sanctions after finding the lawsuit he filed to overturn presidential election results in Wisconsin and four other states smacks of “political gamesmanship.” Washington, D.C.-based Judge James
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alex Lasry said he will invest in his race, but will not self-fund. Lasry, the son of Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry, a hedge fund billionaire, said he wants to “build a great grassroots campaign from
Former state and national GOP Chair Reince Priebus has been talking with Wisconsin Republicans about a statewide bid in 2022, according to a source who’s spoken with him. Politico reported this morning that Priebus was exploring a bid for guv
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation. Sign up here to receive the newsletter directly: https://forms.gle/YLYZtJWHPSt24HhZ7 Quotes of the week “The senators who voted to acquit chose to look the other way as our
By Ashley Obuljen for WisPolitics.com President Joe Biden tonight suggested getting to a $15 per-hour minimum wage over time would still stimulate the economy while easing the burden on small business owners in the Midwest. “It’s about doing it gradually,”
U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, split as the Senate failed to convict former President Trump. The 57-43 vote was short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump on the articles of impeachment filed against him. Johnson,
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, said there is “no reason” to impeach President Trump and maintained it’s unconstitutional to impeach a former president. Trump’s second impeachment trial is due to start Tuesday in the Senate. “This is not a good
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political future of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, the Oshkosh Republican who is up for reelection next year.
The U.S. Supreme Court will discuss at its Feb. 19 conference whether to take Trump’s appeal of the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that he waited too long to challenge various election procedures that were in place Nov. 3. Trump asked
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s not up for reelection until 2024, had nearly $2 million in the bank to end 2020, according to her latest campaign finance filing. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who’s still weighing whether to seek a
About 80 percent of the voters who registered as indefinitely confined to get a ballot in last year’s presidential election have provided a photo ID in past elections to their local clerk, a new report from the Wisconsin Elections Commission
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, joined 44 of his GOP colleagues today in a procedural vote declaring it is unconstitutional to put a former president on trial for impeachment. The motion, which failed 55-45, was seen as an early test
The 500 Wisconsin National Guard troops that assisted in providing security in Washington, D.C., returned home over the weekend. Guard spokesman Maj. Joe Trovato said there is no further request for the services of the troops, who came back Friday
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says it’s crucial for the Senate to work on President Biden’s cabinet confirmations before proceeding to former President Trump’s impeachment trial. “We need a functioning federal government to respond to the multiple crises we face as
Charlie Sykes admits he was wrong. And it took Donald Trump to make him realize it. Sykes has been Wisconsin’s most prominent “never Trumper” and perhaps one of its first, starting with a combative radio interview in March 2016 ahead
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says Dems can’t have both “an unconstitutional impeachment trial & Senate confirmation of the Biden admin’s national security team.” “They need to choose between being vindictive or staffing the administration to keep the nation safe,” the
Members of Wisconsin’s current congressional delegation added their hope Inauguration Day would mark a new time of unity and collaboration between parties. “I wish President Biden well and encourage him to follow through on his pledge to be a president for all
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit former Trump attorney Sidney Powell filed seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s presidential election results. The court didn’t comment on its reasoning for not taking the case, one of more than five dozen the court rejected Monday. The original lawsuit was riddled
GOP lawmakers have begun circulating a half-dozen bills that would impose new ID requirements on absentee ballots, create new restrictions on collecting those ballots and explicitly ban employees in assisted living facilities from unduly influencing residents’ votes. The bills come on the heels of GOP calls for new election measures
State cybersecurity experts from multiple agencies have reviewed claims of election irregularities in a video produced by My Pillow Guy’s Mike Lindell and found them to be false, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Lindell’s video has been widely mocked for its false claims about election fraud in the November
A federal judge referred a Minneapolis attorney to the Committee on Grievances for possible sanctions after finding the lawsuit he filed to overturn presidential election results in Wisconsin and four other states smacks of “political gamesmanship.” Washington, D.C.-based Judge James Boasberg had earlier ordered attorney Erick Kaardal to provide reasons
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alex Lasry said he will invest in his race, but will not self-fund. Lasry, the son of Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry, a hedge fund billionaire, said he wants to “build a great grassroots campaign from the bottom up.” Lasry, in an interview that aired yesterday
Former state and national GOP Chair Reince Priebus has been talking with Wisconsin Republicans about a statewide bid in 2022, according to a source who’s spoken with him. Politico reported this morning that Priebus was exploring a bid for guv in 2022. But the source told WisPolitics.com that the conversations
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation. Sign up here to receive the newsletter directly: https://forms.gle/YLYZtJWHPSt24HhZ7 Quotes of the week “The senators who voted to acquit chose to look the other way as our democracy was attacked. History will remember this day and so
By Ashley Obuljen for WisPolitics.com President Joe Biden tonight suggested getting to a $15 per-hour minimum wage over time would still stimulate the economy while easing the burden on small business owners in the Midwest. “It’s about doing it gradually,” Biden told a CNN town hall at the Pabst Theater
U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, split as the Senate failed to convict former President Trump. The 57-43 vote was short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump on the articles of impeachment filed against him. Johnson, who voted against conviction, slammed the process. “The Democrats’ vindictive
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, said there is “no reason” to impeach President Trump and maintained it’s unconstitutional to impeach a former president. Trump’s second impeachment trial is due to start Tuesday in the Senate. “This is not a good thing to do. There’s no reason to do this, and
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political future of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, the Oshkosh Republican who is up for reelection next year.
The U.S. Supreme Court will discuss at its Feb. 19 conference whether to take Trump’s appeal of the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that he waited too long to challenge various election procedures that were in place Nov. 3. Trump asked the high court in December to take the case and
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s not up for reelection until 2024, had nearly $2 million in the bank to end 2020, according to her latest campaign finance filing. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who’s still weighing whether to seek a third term in 2022, had $559,333 in the bank to
About 80 percent of the voters who registered as indefinitely confined to get a ballot in last year’s presidential election have provided a photo ID in past elections to their local clerk, a new report from the Wisconsin Elections Commission finds. But in total, the number of those who voted
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, joined 44 of his GOP colleagues today in a procedural vote declaring it is unconstitutional to put a former president on trial for impeachment. The motion, which failed 55-45, was seen as an early test for the upcoming trial of former President Donald Trump. It
The 500 Wisconsin National Guard troops that assisted in providing security in Washington, D.C., returned home over the weekend. Guard spokesman Maj. Joe Trovato said there is no further request for the services of the troops, who came back Friday and Saturday. Since the deployment of National Guard troops to
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says it’s crucial for the Senate to work on President Biden’s cabinet confirmations before proceeding to former President Trump’s impeachment trial. “We need a functioning federal government to respond to the multiple crises we face as a nation,” the Madison Democrat told the statewide “UpFront” program,
Charlie Sykes admits he was wrong. And it took Donald Trump to make him realize it. Sykes has been Wisconsin’s most prominent “never Trumper” and perhaps one of its first, starting with a combative radio interview in March 2016 ahead of the state’s presidential primary. Since then, he’s been a
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says Dems can’t have both “an unconstitutional impeachment trial & Senate confirmation of the Biden admin’s national security team.” “They need to choose between being vindictive or staffing the administration to keep the nation safe,” the Oshkosh Republican said in a tweet. “What will it be:
Members of Wisconsin’s current congressional delegation added their hope Inauguration Day would mark a new time of unity and collaboration between parties. “I wish President Biden well and encourage him to follow through on his pledge to be a president for all Americans and act to unify our divided nation,” tweeted U.S.