2024 Elections
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Big tech billionaires line up behind Donald Trump and JD Vance
Silicon Valley billionaires such as Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, and Chamath Palihapitiya have thrown their support behind a Trump-Vance ticket, and some even urged the former president to pick Vance as his running mate.
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Opinion: Happy Birthday, America. Will it be happy in 2025?
Claudine Schneider, former Republican member of Congress, reflects on current threats to our democracy and the challenges ahead as America marks its 248th birthday
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Where does RFK Jr. stand on abortion? It doesn’t seem like even he knows.
Kennedy said he would support a nationwide 15-week ban, but then changed his mind. He’s also said that he believes the choice of whether or not to have an abortion should stay between women and their doctors while simultaneously touting his plan to “reduce abortion” and “make it easier for women to choose life.”
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Despite ‘moderation’ claims, Wisconsin Republicans are still obsessed with attacking the LGBTQ community
From Sen. Ron Johnson’s GOP convention speech to legislative candidates, Republicans haven’t paused in their demeaning attacks on people who don’t conform to their views on gender and sexuality.
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Who is J.D. Vance? Here’s what to know about Trump’s VP pick.
Vance has compared abortion to murder and slavery, has criticized divorce, and has suggested people in “violent” marriages should try to work things out. He’s additionally said he wants to ban pornography, and has blamed a school shooting on “fatherlessness.”
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What to know about Donald Trump’s apparent assassination attempt
The Secret Service shot and killed the would-be assassin, identified as a 20-year-old from a Pittsburgh suburb not far from the campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. One spectator was killed and two others were critically injured.
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Project 2025 would threaten women’s access to emergency contraception
Project 2025 specifically states that certain types of emergency contraception would be excluded from the no cost coverage provided by the Affordable Care Act should it be implemented.
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WI voters should reject GOP’s effort to ‘privatize public education,’ Rep. Hong says
Rep. Francesca Hong says “that the attack on public education is truly an attack on democracy, and it’s a way to distract us from the fact that they truly do not want to have access to opportunity, to critical thinking and nutritious food available to all students.”
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Wisconsin seniors would pay more for prescription drugs under Project 2025
Project 2025 calls for repealing the Inflation Reduction Act, which would cause millions of American seniors to pay more for their prescription drugs.
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Courts deal WI GOP setbacks on voting rights, worker rights, environment conservation
A Dane County judge says parts of Act 10 are unconstitutional. The Wisconsin Supreme Court restores ballot drop boxes, rules against Republicans’ blocking funding of certain programs, and agrees to make a final decision on an 1849 abortion law.
