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All the racist, hateful things said at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden
The rally bore glaring similarities to a Nazi rally held at an earlier iteration of Madison Square Garden in 1939. “My reaction is that it was a combination of 1933 Germany, 1939 Madison Square Garden last night,” former Trump adviser Anthony Scaramucci said on Monday.
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Opinion: Kamala Harris is the best choice for rural Wisconsin
Longtime writer of stories about Wisconsin agriculture and rural life sees Vice President Kamala Harris and her policies for farms and families as a better alternative than another round of Trump tariffs.
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How you can turn out the vote with the Progressive Turnout Project
Wisconsin is set to be a critical swing state in November’s presidential election, and getting the vote out in our communities is more important now than ever.
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Opinion: How Trump exploited a willing media to convince Americans that nothing matters
More than nine years after he launched his first campaign for president, much of the media continues to struggle with how to cover Donald Trump. In a new op-ed, Jordan Zakarin describes the failures to hold Trump to account.
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Opinion: Affordable health care is just common sense
A Wisconsin physician puts decades of patient stories into a column Congress should protect the Affordable Care Act and the Legislature should join 40 other states in strengthening Medicaid coverage for working families.
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Badgers vote at nearly double the rate of other college students
We all know Wisconsin is a force on the field, but it turns out Badgers have a stellar track record at the ballot box, too! Earlier this fall, the UW-Madison was honored for having the highest student voter registration and voter turnout races among all four-year colleges in the state during the 2022 midterms. But…
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The longest-serving Republican in the Wisconsin Legislature says he’s voting for Kamala Harris
Retiring after 42 years at the state Capitol, Sen. Rob Cowles of Green Bay tells Civic Media, “Trump has to be defeated, and we have to protect the Constitution.”
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Here are three ways the outcome of Wisconsin’s US Senate election will impact your life
At their recent statewide TV debate, Sen. Tammy Baldwin and challenger Eric Hovde covered 17 different topics. Here are some that affect Wisconsinites in deeply personal ways. Incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin is running for a third six-year term in the US Senate. She is being challenged by Republican banker Eric Hovde. Here are three…
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Three times in four days, Eric Hovde dismisses the need to know much about the Farm Bill
“Why on God’s green earth would I need to know all the details when I’m not serving in the Senate right now?” said an exasperated California bank owner. For the third time in less than a week, Republican US Senate candidate Eric Hovde has dismissed the notion that he should have a position on Wisconsin…
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Rock the Vote party comes to Milwaukee with free Lil Uzi Vert concert
Rock the Vote and the City Of Milwaukee team up to celebrate early in-person voting with a free concert and community block party featuring Lil Uzi Vert.
