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rconniff.bsky.social
Progressive journalist, Wisconsinite, editor-in-chief of @[email protected], author of MILKED: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin reacts to Trump administration plans to eliminate suicide hotline help for LGBTQ youth saying she'll fight to protect the program via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/baldw...

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Happy Juneteenth Wisconsin

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@bspears.bsky.social reports from the Capitol on friction between Republicans who are trying to pass budget items with no money attached to avoid Gov. Evers' partial veto and Democrats who are exasperated by the no-money budget process

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Van Orden's impulse to mock Democrats after the assassination in Minnesota is a dangerous sign

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Outrageous warrantless arrest of NY comptroller by ICE

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No Kings Day protests around the nation as Trump's military parade gets under way in Washington, DC wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/14/r...

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This is an outrageous escalation and it's time to start talking about the scary authoritarianism of this administration, not whether Gavin Newsom is advancing his political career or how Trump is "changing the subject" from his disastrous budget. Wake up.

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Today's reminder that, no, we were neither hysterically over-reacting nor wrong when we invoked Weimar comparisons & told you to listen to the comparative politics experts like @dziblatt.bsky.social years ago.

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In any baseline functional democracy, this behavior results in the chief executive being immediately removed from office. Alas...

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40% cuts to NIH, including major reversals on Alzheimers and cancer research in Wisconsin, cause blowback from Senate panel including @baldwin.senate.gov

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Now more than ever we need members of Congress to stand up and exercise oversight

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@isiahholmes.bsky.social uncovers a second outbreak of unrest this year at Milwaukee County Jail wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/10/m...

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Amid LA protests and federal troop presence Senate panel asks about safety at upcoming international sporting events wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/06/10/r...

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Meanwhile, DHS has yet to take down the false accusation about the assassination threat from the top of its official goverment page ...

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Wisconsin doctor makes wild measles claims. Big scoop from @exposedbycmd.bsky.social‬ copublished with @wisconsinexaminer.com buff.ly/lUK84Ym

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Budget committee Republicans again cut increases in licensing agency staff

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Federal judge says he might issue an order to protect a group of Venezuelans with work permits whose protected status was revoked wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/05/30/r...

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And Randy Bryce steps into the 2026 congressional election

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Chris Taylor launches her bid to challenge Justice Rebecca Bradley

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We'll be covering the hearings on the controversial Line 5 reroute in Wisconsin all week. @henry-redman.bsky.social has this preview of Tuesday and Wednesday hearings

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Wisconsin's Child care funding crisis is coming to a head. @erikgunn.bsky.social has the latest

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka upon his release by ICE: 'I didn't do anything wrong' via @newjerseymonitor.com wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/05/11/t...

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Congrats to my fantastic colleagues at the Examiner!

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Congressional Republicans are getting ready to release their plans to cut Medicaid to extend the 2017 tax cuts. Tammy Baldwin is talking to Wisconsinites who need their coverage. @erikgunn.bsky.social reports

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It took a minute but Wisconsin Republicans are getting in formation behind the Trump admin with various bills, including this WILL-written effort to gut all regulations

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On our Commentary page: @commoncause.org #Wisconsin director Jay Heck asks, Will $100M Supreme Court elections be the new normal in Wisconsin?

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At a commemorative event in Ashland, tribal members from Wisconsin and Minnesota raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous people wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/05/05/t...

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Our Capitol reporter @bspears.bsky.social looks at the top issues emerging during the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee's budget hearings this spring: Education and Health Care.

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Happy AAPI Month Wisconsin, where we have a brand new Asian Legislative Caucus ...

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Frank Zufall reports on a May Day protest up in Sawyer County, where a judge is under fire for saying ICE in the courtroom and the arrest of a Milwaukee judge make her feel unsafe ...

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I guess that guy who called this morning promoting solar for our house will have to revise his wrap on the programs that make it so affordable ...

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Good grief.

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Three Assembly members form Wisconsin’s first Legislative Asian Caucus. @bspears.bsky.social reports.

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Education was the top issue for members of the public who attended budget hearings around Wisconsin @bspears.bsky.social reports

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court's suspension of Judge Dugan creates the impression that she did something wrong. That's not supported by the evidence the feds have produced.

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State joins lawsuit to block Trump administration cancellation of AmeriCorps. @erikgunn.bsky.social reports on the lawsuit and talks to organizations and an AmeriCorps member "blindsided" by the abrupt end to the program.

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Attorneys criticize arrest of Milwaukee Judge Dugan as ‘bad for justice’. @henry-redman.bsky.social reports. buff.ly/C9zkire

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Baldwin, other senators seek to head off reported plans to kill Head Start. Via @erikgunn.bsky.social buff.ly/RnM3OT0

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@erikgunn.bsky.social reports on the costs to Wisconsin from threatened Medicaid cuts

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court released an order suspending Judge Hannah Dugan indefinitely via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/wisco...

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No federal money for disasters, even in MAGA states ...

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UW students whose visas were revoked notified just a suddenly that they're restored via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/04/28/w...

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Threatening to withhold funding from "sanctuary cities" -- I suppose that means no federal money unless you allow ICE to run roughshod over courtrooms, churches and schools

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Border Czar Tom Homan defends the deportation of very young U.S. citizen children via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/04/28/r...

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UW international students thrown into crisis when their visas were canceled by the federal government have them restored without explanation or apology via @bspears.bsky.social

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@henry-redman.bsky.social and @isiahholmes.bsky.social report on the powerful response from community leaders to the arrest of Milwaukee County Judge Dugan

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Shocking arrest of Milwaukee judge. @henry-redman.bsky.social and @isiahholmes.bsky.social are covering this developing story all day

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Shocking, terrible news from Wisconsin www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

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Wisconsin Senate Republicans vote to expand postpartum Medicaid. Assembly Speaker Vos says he doesn't like "welfare" and won't commit to bring it up. Meanwhile the Assembly GOP vote to make it harder to access unemployment benefits. @bspears.bsky.social reports on the crosscurrents

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 "At this moment, when everyone feels so hopeless ... we can do something.” – Grant Sovern

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