Stories tagged: "kanye west"

Elections FILE - Kanye West answers questions during a church service, Nov. 17, 2019, in Houston, TX.
Elections Kanye West Will Not Be on Wisconsin’s Presidential Ballot

The rapper’s candidacy, boosted by Republican operatives, missed its deadline.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski August 20, 2020 6:00 pm CDT
Opinion Kanye West makes his first presidential campaign appearance, July 19, 2020 in North Charleston, S.C.
Opinion BLOC’s Angela Lang: Kanye’s Campaign Is a Racist Republican Ploy

Trump supporters are preying on the Black community in a cynical effort to siphon votes away from Biden.

Angela Lang Angela Lang August 7, 2020 3:17 pm CDT
Politics FILE - Kanye West answers questions during a church service, Nov. 17, 2019, in Houston, TX.
Politics Kanye West’s White House Run Is Getting Lots of GOP Help in Wisconsin

Tactic is similar to 2012 when the GOP ran fake Democrats to force primaries.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow August 5, 2020 1:26 pm CDT

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) holds a press conference on April 13 where he demands Gov. Tony Evers accept severe restrictions on local health officials, schools, and the governor himself in exchange for tens of millions of dollars in federal supplemental COVID food aid. (Image via Wisconsin Eye.) Politics Evers and Timberlake Find a Way to Bypass Vos’ Willingness to Lose Millions in Food Aid for Families
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money