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Madison, Wisconsin
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Was revisiting this essential piece by @sarahalvarezMI and am now taping this sentence to my office wall. niemanlab.org/2021/03/build-…
A former Social Development Commission board member is positioned to gain financially from the sale of two of the troubled agency’s buildings, raising questions about a potential conflict of interest. wisconsinwatch.org/2024/11/c… (via @MeredithMelland)
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How did Hovde lose but Trump win Wisconsin? Was it fraud? Nope.
Let's look at the GOP-majority Wood County. Trump got 25k votes. Hovde? 23,660
Hovde ran behind Trump - in GOP and Dem counties. That America First candidate that Hovde's blaming only got 481 votes in Wood.
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New from GOP operative in Wisconsin: Top GOP officials say they were "blindsided" by Hovde's video and his refusal to concede, accusing the campaign of going "radio silent" in the week following the election. GOP officials were under the impression Hovde would concede today
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Eric Hovde says "confidence in our elections is essential" after two minutes of hurling baseless accusations about Milwaukee's election results, including that there were more ballots than registered voters in some wards -- something I debunked below
votebeat.org/wisconsin/2024/…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court today will hear oral arguments in a case that could, at least partially, determine the future of abortion rights in the state. wisconsinwatch.org/2024/11/w… (via @byjackkelly)
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“As Herndon of "The Run-Up" said in that same episode about Wisconsin students, "These guys knew Trump offended women in their lives, and not only was that not a deal-breaker, that was the point."
Read @POPSUGAR on the gender divide among Gen Z
popsugar.com/identity/gen-z-…
RIP to these school name ideas:
"Last week, the renaming committee removed the proposed names Schooly McSchoolface, Schooly McSchoolerson and Big Chungus Elementary because the proposals didn't fit the district’s naming criteria." captimes.com/news/education/…
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Responding to a viral claim: No, Milwaukee’s Oak Creek suburb didn’t have more ballots than voters
This claim is being pushed by some conservatives, but it's based on flawed data. It also ignores that Eric Hovde had more votes in Oak Creek than Baldwin..
votebeat.org/wisconsin/2024/…
A Lac du Flambeau tribe child faced years of racist school bullying that culminated in an assault and prompted his family to move for their safety.
Now his mother is speaking out, @Hannahdavisreid reports for @WXPR/@WisconsinWatch. wisconsinwatch.org/2024/11/w…
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If you're worried democracy is broken, consider that 13 years ago WI Republicans tried to gerrymander a permanent hold on power. The people rose up. 2026 will be very interesting:
Democrats flip 14 legislative seats, affirming GOP gerrymander is dead wisconsinwatch.org/2024/11/w…
"Wisconsin Republicans held on to the state Legislature in Tuesday’s election, but the flipping of 14 Senate and Assembly seats from red to blue provided the clearest evidence yet that the 2011 partisan gerrymander was real and is now dead." wisconsinwatch.org/2024/11/w…
Here is the best @WisconsinWatch photography from Election Day in Wisconsin— portraits of what we saw and who we met. wisconsinwatch.org/2024/11/w…
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My job is to ask questions. It's not to wait for the Exactly Perfect time to ask questions.
The lawsuit over whether Wolfe is legally in her role is coming before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Nov. 18, before the state's results will be certified. Timing doesn't always align!
So much to process about the election results, and so much coverage to digest. But treat yourself to @BennetGoldstein's lovely dispatch from Westfield, WI, which is recovering from a local political fight that threatened to tear the tiny town apart. wisconsinwatch.org/2024/11/w…
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1:45 a.m.— Milwaukee’s central count has just one ward left to count. And it looks almost done
From @AlexanderShur/ @VotebeatUS: Milwaukee to recount thousands of absentee ballots, delaying results
wisconsinwatch.org/2024/11/m…
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BREAKING: Milwaukee is going to recount every absentee ballot that had been counted because of this issue. They had already tabulated 30,000 ballots.
The count will go very late
“If your vote wasn’t important, why is that the first thing they take when they take your freedom?”
Read @MarioKoran's touching profile of Milwaukee's Ray Mendoza. He cherishes his restored voting right — a right he had lost while incarcerated. wisconsinwatch.org/2024/11/w…
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@Jmalewitz and I, separately, shared some thoughts for this CNN piece.
Many of the local journalists used different words to describe the complex emotions at play. "Dissatisfied." "Fatigued." "Angst-filled." Here's my full story >>> cnn.com/2024/11/05/media/swi…
