NO game or graduation at Camp Randall is complete without a little “Build Me Up Buttercup” 🎵 Wisconsin’s a cappella group absolutely NAILED it at Saturday’s ceremony ❤️
🎥: Quinn, TikTok
“You’re finally at the finish line, and it’s a great feeling,” Wisconsin’s Kamari McGee said, as he wiped away tears 🥺
The Racine native was selected to speak at this year’s student-athlete reception — and they couldn’t have chosen a better guy ❤️
This line stuck out — ESPECIALLY now ⤵️
“I am truly blessed to call myself a Badger. Being part of this community not only helped me better myself, it also helped me learn why it’s so important to help others as well."
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✏️: Christina Lorey
ICYMI: History was made on the floor of the United States Senate this week, and it included a couple of ties to Wisconsin.
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker began speaking Monday evening about the need to resist President Donald Trump’s massive firings and cuts to essential programs. He held the floor for 25 hours and 5 minutes to show the ways that Democrats are provided a contrast to Trump and Elon Musk. While it wasn’t an official “filibuster” because it wasn’t designed to hold up a bill being debated, it still set the mark for longest continuous speech—breaking a 1957 milestone set by segregationist Strom Thurmond to oppose passages of a civil rights bill.
Fellow Democrats gave Booker moments to rest his voice by asking lengthy questions. Sen. Tammy Baldwin outlined the many ways Wisconsin workers are being hurt by Trump’s assault on workers, research, health care, and economic stability.
Booker also read a note sent to him by a Chippewa Falls woman, his voice cracking as he relayed her concerns about losing her financial lifeline from Social Security as she lives with Parkinson’s Disease—an affliction that also impacted Booker’s father.
Watch the moment Booker is notified by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer that he had made history with a speech that was watched by Americans across the country seeking more public resistance to Trump’s attacks on due process, economic stability, and US allies.
President Trump surprised even some jaded observers with the size and scope of new tariffs on America’s trading partners, earning immediate criticism as a “Trump Tax” on US consumers.
While the president tried to claim the tariffs would address trade deficits, economists say the odds of a recession have grown even higher. Congressman Mark Pocan criticized the impact of the tariffs on Wisconsin price tags, export markets, and household finances.
Pocan will be on UpNorthNews Radio Friday morning at 7:30am across the Civic Media radio network and on the UpNorthNews Facebook and YouTube pages.
#wisconsin #trump #tariffs #economy
TARIFF TROUBLES – A Hudson native with a long career of risk management for major financial institutions can explain two reasons why President Trump’s massive new tariffs on autos and auto parts may not work as intended.
First, in the short term, the disruption will increase Americans’ car prices by an estimated $6,000 at a minimum, while also causing job losses.
Second, in the long term, multinational companies know they can raise prices, absorb any losses, and wait for a new president who might end the trade war—because it’s still cheaper than building new factories in the US, as Trump claims will happen under his plan.
#wisconsin #wisconsinnews #trump
“Right now it feels like the world wants to break us and make us feel less than. Being positive is the biggest form of resistance we can give people.”
That’s “queer joy,” as Travis Gorell of western Wisconsin likes to explain it as.
While the state was once a pioneer for LGBTQ+ rights—Wisconsin legalized same sex marriage in 2014, a year before the US Supreme Court did nationally—some progress has stalled with a divided government.
But this session, there’s more diversity in the state’s lawmaking body.
The Wisconsin Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus has more than doubled in size. It’s made up of LGBTQ+ lawmakers who have vowed to never sponsor or support bills or rules that would harm the LGBTQ+ community.
Also, because of fair maps, there’s geographic diversity as well, with representation from all over the state.
🎥/✏️: Salina Heller
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ADD TO BUCKET LIST ✅ A trip to Kohler Waters — Wisconsin’s ONLY 5-star spa, run by the people who make your faucets 💦
Who better to get into the spa game than a company who’s been specializing in all-things water (they are the leader when it comes faucets, sinks, and bathtubs) for 150 YEARS?!
Kohler Waters Spa launched in 2000 with its flagship location at the Forbes Five-Star and AAA Five Diamond American Club in Kohler, Wisconsin — routinely ranked the #1 hotel in the Midwest!
Inside, there’s a relaxation pool with an eight-foot wall of water, hot and cold dip pools, steam rooms, saunas, and the big draw — water massages 💙
📸: Kohler Waters Spa
✏️: Christina Lorey
“A GREAT LAKE DESERVES A GREAT STATE” 💙 And that’s why Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker dropped this video over the weekend proposing a NEW name for Lake Michigan — Lake Illinois 😆
But it’s his SECOND proposal that takes a direct shot at Wisconsin…
“Going off the idea that the United States will be purchasing Greenland to protect the homeland, Illinois will be annexing Green Bay — to protect against enemies foreign AND domestic,” Pritzker joked.
YOUR MOVE, GOV. EVERS 😉
🎥: JB Pritzker, TikTok
Aaron Pape’s family farm in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, is facing a $30,000 loss after the Trump administration reneged on contracts signed by farmers across the country, citing a need for government efficiency.
The “Conservation Contracts,” between the USDA and farms that committed to practices that preserved the future of the environment, are now on hold. Meanwhile, the money has already been spent, leaving family farms in limbo.
Pape, who did not vote for Trump, says they’re just trying to do good things while taking care of the environment.
✏️: Salina Heller
#wisconsin #wisconsinnews
Fourth generation Wisconsin dairy farmer Joe Tomandl launched the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship in 2010, hoping that mentorships could help bring in the next generation of farmers. It was a problem he saw everywhere—aging farmers with no one behind them to take up the reins.
Since then, the DGA has become the nation's first formal ag apprenticeship to be recognized by the US Department of Labor. Today, however, its 215 mentor farms in 16 states are in jeopardy of being shut down due to Trump's sweeping federal cuts.
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