Keya Vakil is the deputy political editor at COURIER. He previously worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.
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‘Completely out of Touch’: Ron Johnson’s Threats to Social Security and Medicare Put Wisconsin Seniors in Jeopardy
Johnson, who’s up for reelection in November, believes Social Security and Medicare should not be guaranteed—as they currently are—and should instead be negotiated by Congress every single year, which means politicians could cut funding for these programs or eliminate them altogether.
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Josh Kaul Defended Wisconsin Voters in 2020. He’s Running to Protect Them Again in 2024.
“It’s critical that we continue having an Attorney General we can count on to stand up for the will of the voters and our democracy in 2024, no matter the result,” Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul told UpNorthNews.
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State Attorney General Race Could Decide Reproductive Freedom in Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit to overturn Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban. His opponent, Republican Eric Toney, opposes reproductive freedom and said he would enforce the ban.
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Mandela Barnes Calls Out Ron Johnson Over Oshkosh Defense’s Outsourcing of Jobs
Sen. Ron Johnson, who helped ram through a 2017 tax cut that benefited large corporations and his own billionaire donors, downplayed the impact of Oshkosh Defense’s decision to outsource jobs.
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Instant Economic Stimulus Is Coming to Hundreds of Thousands in Wisconsin as Biden Lops Education Debts
Collectively, Wisconsinites owe $24.7 billion in student loans. Now, instead of going to the government, borrowers can put $10,000 to $20,000 into their local economy for home ownership, new vehicles, child care, and more.
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Five Ways Democrats Have Helped Wisconsin Under Biden’s Leadership
From the American Rescue Plan to the Inflation Reduction Act and everything in between, the Biden administration and Democratic leaders in Congress have passed an impressive array of bills that aim to improve America’s economy and infrastructure, invest in physical and mental health care, and combat climate change.
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Here’s How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Help Wisconsin Families
The package lowers healthcare costs, incentivizes companies to adopt renewable energies and produce clean energy products; provides consumer rebates for those products, and delivers tens of billions of dollars of direct investments to American communities—funded by taxes on billion-dollar corporations.
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Pence’s Secret Service Team Feared for Their Lives and Other Takeaways From the Latest Jan. 6 Hearing
One by one, former Trump loyalists and administration officials testified about how for more than three hours on Jan. 6, Trump did nothing to stop the attack on the Capitol.
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Want to Fight for Abortion Rights? Here’s One Way to Get Involved.
The Democratic Party’s “Defend Choice” Week of Action includes a new TV ad in Wisconsin that directs viewers to go to DefendChoice.org to get involved in the nationwide effort to protect abortion access.
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Jan 6. Hearings: Trump Preplanned Capitol March Knowing Violence Was Likely
Evidence presented during Tuesday’s House committee hearing on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack contradicts Team Trump’s argument that the insurrection was spontaneous and that Trump cannot be blamed for his supporters’ actions.
