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Our way-too-early first poll for governor
Also: Trashing public service Share with a friend ☀️ Good morning! It’s Sunday, October 5, 2025 🇺🇸 Is serving your country a partisan thing? It sure didn’t used to be, but you wouldn’t know that from listening to President Donald Trump relishing the opportunity to lay off thousands of federal employees who serve our nation.…
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Yet another abortion ban effort
Also: Buddy, want some cheap soybeans? Share with a friend ☀️ Good morning! It’s Sunday, September 28, 2025 We are not done watching candidates enter the 2026 election cycle, but we’re already seeing some end their campaigns. In the 3rd Congressional District, former Eau Claire City Council member Laura Benjamin suspended her campaign on Friday.…
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Wisconsin’s new Red Scare
Also: Shutdown Showdown – Again Share with a friend ☀️ Good morning! It’s Sunday, September 21, 2025 The conservative reaction to the Charlie Kirk assassination could be explained in its initial phase as an understandably emotional outburst over a heinous act of political violence. It should have been followed immediately by a national coming together…
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The vile tirade by a Wisconsin congressman
Also: The Big Lie lives on Share with a friend ☀️ Good morning! It’s Sunday, September 14, 2025 It’s another beautiful weekend in Wisconsin — and with the Packers already putting a win in their back pockets on Thursday, there’s no reason not to get out of the house and wrap up the weekend with…
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That one big ugly bill is still really unpopular
Also: Don’t go away mad, Rebecca… Share with a friend ☀️ Good morning! It’s Sunday, September 7, 2025 🏈 And Happy Packers Season Opener Day! Last week’s issue was already in the queue to be sent when two big pieces of news came down: the decision by right-wing state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley to…
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Honor those who made Labor Day possible
Also: JD Vance wants you to be very afraid Share with a friend ☀️ Good morning! It’s Sunday, August 31, 2025 🇺🇸 Happy Labor Day! And we mean that sincerely because it’s a holiday that didn’t appear by happenstance. 🌅 Summer is bookended by Memorial Day and Labor Day. It doesn’t seem that terribly long…
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Breaking: Fake electors cases drag on
Also: Putin wants to limit Wisconsin’s voting options Share with a friend ☀️ Good morning! It’s Sunday, August 24, 2025 📡 There’s a lot to appreciate about how we can get all kinds of information from the “world wide web,” but what if you need something that’s not quite so global — like local news?…
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A Wild West gun idea from a gov candidate
Also: Will removing a ballot drop box go unpunished? Share with a friend ☀️ Good morning! It’s Sunday, August 17, 2025 As much as I’d like to stay focused on consistently positive themes, like free Brewers burgers at George Webb’s or Taylor Swift plugging her new album on her boyfriend’s podcast, we also have to…
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Delete your account, Derrick Van Orden
Also: Berrien is burying his Trump criticism Share with a friend ☀️ Good morning! It’s Sunday, August 10, 2025 There’s so much noise about election integrity these days — usually accompanied by false claims about discrepancies — that it’s deeply refreshing to cast a spotlight on a news story you probably missed, because it was…
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Who is Sara Rodriguez?
Also: Corrupt cartography in Texas Share with a friend ☀️ Good morning! We are almost a year away from the 2026 primary election—a bigger than normal August primary because it will determine the two main candidates who will face off to be Wisconsin’s next governor. While election cycles don’t have an official starting date, it…
