Senator Chris Larson
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Wisconsin State Senator - Milwaukee and South Suburbs. Proud defender of public schools.
Milwaukee, WI
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If you don't like gay marriage, don't get gay married
If you don't like gender-affirming care, don't have any
If you don't believe in abortion, don't get one
If you don't think your kid should read a certain book, stop them
But don't tell others how to live their lives.
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No seriously, what if we just fed every kid that walks into school every day - breakfast and lunch - and finally erased the term “school lunch debt” from our society?
What kind of person could be against that?
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Texts between Attorney Jim Troupis and Kenneth Chesebro suggest that WI Senator Ron Johnson had a larger role in the Trump "Fake Elector" scheme than the "virtually no involvement" he previously claimed.
The Senator has some explaining to do regarding his role in this scheme.
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It’s both amusing and utterly frustrating watching my GOP colleagues say how bad Wisconsin is doing when they’ve had control of the legislature for 12 years and counting, and complete control of state government for 8 of those years.
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The Amtrak Borealis train, with service between Chicago, Milwaukee, La Crosse, and the Twin Cities, had 18,500 riders in its first month of service, and instantly turned a profit with fares as low as $41 each way.
People want affordable, reliable mass transit, including trains
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Speaker Robin Vos says there's no "pathway" to fully legalizing cannabis in WI. One of the most popular policies across the state and the party with control of the legislature says it's a non-starter. Just who exactly are they working for?
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In a stunning development, the WI Supreme Court has now adopted GOP legislative maps, reducing the number of majority black districts to just 5, and further gerrymandering our state.
Further legal challenges seem a certainty at this point, but this is a huge blow for democracy.
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Wisconsin residents sent $36 million in tax revenue and $121 million in total sales to Illinois last year because Republicans in our state refuse to legalize marijuana.
It’s past time we joined our neighbors in legalizing cannabis.
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I've spoken at length about how Wisconsin's GOP legislature has underfunded public education for the past decade-plus. Now that Education Governor Tony Evers has been reelected, those same Republicans are starting to recognize that voters want us to fully fund our schools.
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In order to afford a median priced home in the Milwaukee area, you need to make $74,000/yr, or over $35 per hour.
Our minimum wage is $7.25. That’s not a salary, that’s class warfare.
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HUGE NEWS: On a 4-3 ruling, the WI Supreme Court has ruled our state legislative maps unconstitutional, and that they must be replaced prior to the November 2024 elections. One step closer to ending
#gerrymandering
in WI.
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The WI Supreme Court has overturned the lower court’s ban on absentee ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin.
This is a huge win for democracy. We need to erase barriers to voting, not create arbitrary limitations out of thin air.
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~~ACTION NEEDED~~
On Tuesday there’s a good chance I will be asked to vote on a resolution to kill Wisconsin residents by ending the mask mandate.
I will of course be voting “no,” but if you or a loved one lives in a GOP district, it’s critical they contact their Reps.
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Sigh. If Wisconsin were a yard, half of it would be covered by weed already.
I mean, it is - we just don’t get the jobs, product safety, or tax revenue we deserve.
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Note to WI Republicans who are mad about the tax cut veto: give us more tax brackets and Dems will gladly create targeted tax relief for people that need it.
There’s no reason a household making $34k and $374k should pay the same tax rate.
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In 2022, Illinois cannabis sales generated $466.8 million in state taxes on $1.5 billion in total sales. WI is leaving so much money on the table for no good reason.
#LegalizeIt
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It still boggles my mind that Wisconsin could cover 126,000 more people under BadgerCare while increasing state revenue by $1.3 billion and legislative Republicans are like "nah" year after year.
When people can't afford health insurance, we all pay for it. Cruelty is expensive.
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Contact tracing from Trump rallies alone could employ more people than Foxconn has in WI.
Hello from the Trump rally in Wisconsin, a state where the virus is raging right now.
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Open records regarding WI's fake presidential electors suggest Cong. Scott Fitzgerald played a significant role in trying to overturn a free and fair election. Here is his room reservation for the Republican Party of WI for Dec. 14, 2020 - the day the fake GOP electors met.
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Wisconsin should join the other states where school meals are free for every child. 🍎 🧀 🥑 🍽️ 🥪 🌮 🍉 🥝 🥕 🌽 🍓
"School lunch debt" should not be a thing in the richest country on the planet.
Hungry kids in schools only learn that the community doesn't care about them.
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Wisconsin has no reason to trust that anything Robin Vos does is in good faith, and this attempt to ram through a redistricting bill to prevent the Supreme Court from ruling on his gerrymandered maps is no different.
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Arizona did what WI Republicans have wanted to do for years - implemented a private school voucher program with no income limits or enrollment caps.
The result: vouchers cost AZ over 5 times what they predicted, contributing to a $1.4 billion budget deficit.
Say NO to Vouchers
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HUGE NEWS: A coalition led by Law Forward has filed a petition with the Wisconsin Supreme Court seeking to overturn our state's gerrymandered state legislative maps.
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The 50 Democratic US Senate seats have 43 million more people than the 50 Republican seats. Abolishing the filibuster is one way to restore our democracy. If we don't, we will continue to live under minority rule indefinitely.
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It isn’t lost on me that Republican state legislators, who make over $50,000 plus expenses, complain about teachers having summers off, when they gavel out for 10 MONTHS.
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4 days later, I still can't get over the fact that WI Republicans thought $341 million was too much to spend to prevent 25% of childcare centers from closing, but $367 million in tax cuts for people making over $500k/yr was something they just had to get done.
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The most gerrymandered state in the nation finally has a chance to un-rig its electoral maps.
Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission - 1 of the most impactful court case in WI history - begins oral arguments tomorrow. Here's what you need to know: 🧵
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Starting tomorrow, the WI Supreme Court will no longer be a rubber stamp for legislative Republicans’ regressive, anti-democratic agenda.
Perhaps one day soon we will have district maps where voters pick their representatives instead of the other way around.
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You may have noticed right-wing pundits freaking out about the first week of the new State Supreme Court. What you may not know is why.
To sum up: Republicans in WI are like a football team that has been paying off the refs for years.
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We are not a Christian Nation. We are a nation of religious freedom, including the freedom not to practice.
The rise in Christian nationalism that has taken place over the past few years is toxic and goes against our nation's fundamental values.
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Imagine the kinds of wages companies could offer if they didn't have to pay for health insurance, because our government provided healthcare to every citizen as a basic right.
That's the country I want to fight for.
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They want to stop our kids from reading "The Handmaid's Tale."
I want to stop us from living it.
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Governor Evers has now vetoed 98 bills, topping the previous record of 72 held by Gaylord Nelson.
It’s not a legacy any Governor hopes for, but with the extreme GOP legislature we have now, it was the only viable option.
I thank
@GovEvers
for being the defender WI deserves.
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I’ll support the right to peaceful protest as long as I live, but if you ever find yourself on the same side of a protest as these guys, maybe rethink your priorities.
This was taken over the weekend at a Pride event in Watertown. Hate has no home here.
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This morning,
@RepBrostoff
and I sent a letter to DA Chisholm requesting an update on the 10 fraudulent GOP electors who met in the State Capitol in December 2020 and submitted forged electoral votes to Congress in hopes that the election would be overturned in favor of Trump.
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Robin Vos’ response to Milwaukee wanting the ability to raise revenue with a local sales tax was to claim we’ve been bad at managing money in the past.
This is the leader of the party that spent $1 million investigating imaginary voter fraud and millions more on bogus lawsuits.
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Huge news:
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has accepted original action in the redistricting case (Clark v WEC).
#FairMaps
are one step closer to closer to becoming a reality in Wisconsin!
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A strong majority of Wisconsinites favor legalization of cannabis. Despite this, WI Republicans are holding a public hearing Thursday on a bill (SB 440) that creates stricter penalties for cannabis in our state.
While IL, MI, and MN move forward, WI goes backwards.
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WI Republicans officially unveiled a "flat tax" today. Here are the facts:
-82% of the benefit goes to people making over $100k
-Millionaires average a $112,167 tax cut
-People making minimum wage get $38
More like a "flatten the middle class" tax cut.
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So jealous of Minnesota for this, paid leave, universal school meals - imagine what we could accomplish with a Democratic majority in WI.
Minnesota just became the 23rd state in the nation to legalize adult-use cannabis.
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It should be exactly as hard to own a gun as it is to own a car.
Every gun owner should be licensed, register all their guns, have to take a proficiency test, and have liability insurance.
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Happening now: WI Democrats introduce the “Teaching is a Profession” package, designed to support our dedicated professional educators through higher pay, longevity incentives, greater prep time, and more!
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Every day Wisconsin doesn't legalize marijuana is a day our state loses jobs and tax revenue - mostly to Illinois - while making criminals out of otherwise law-abiding citizens for no good reason.
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I want to build a society where voter registration is automatic, gun ownership is well-regulated,
and healthcare and education are free of charge.
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The anti-democracy party scores another victory in the WI Supreme Court. Drop boxes, which ARE allowed for the Feb 15 primary, will NOT be allowed for the April 5 election.
The court has NOT yet ruled on the merits of the case, but this is a serious blow to voter access in WI.
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If you are disabled and cannot return your ballot you ARE allowed help to do so. Don’t let anyone take away your voice.
Disabled voters say local election leaders across Wisconsin are not following federal law during early voting in the high-stakes race for state Supreme Court, incorrectly telling them they can't have another person return their absentee ballot for them.
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Pretty wild that we had a $7 billion surplus and we still don’t have universal healthy school meals or paid family leave in Wisconsin.
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Public dollars should go to public schools
Curriculum should be determined by educators
Children should be free to be their authentic selves
None of this should be controversial, but because extremists have taken over the Republican Party, all of these things are in doubt.
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Wondering why WI Republicans have cut so much money from the state budget when they’re sitting on a $7 billion surplus?
We just got our answer: next week they plan to unveil $3 billion in tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the rich.
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In WI, a majority of our neighbors support:
-Cannabis legalization
-Abortion access
-Medicaid expansion
-Gun reform
-Fully funded public education
I will continue to fight for these priorities as long as I am State Senator. My Republican colleagues would do well to join me.
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Wisconsinites in need of abortion services have a new option available - in Illinois. The Rockford Family Planning Center was started by a Wisconsin-based OB-GYN and was designed to help women here access abortion services relatively close to home.
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It’s time we get…
Police out of our schools
Politicians out of the doctor’s office
Religion out of science books
Money out of politics
Assault weapons off our streets
PFAS out of our water supply
Who’s with me?
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Policymakers: "Why don't people want to become teachers anymore?"
For starters, the median teacher salary in WI fell from $62k to $56k in 2021 dollars over the past decade, and fringe benefits dropped by $8.5k, for a total loss of $14.5k per year.
Start with paying them more!
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It turns out the ridiculous allegations made by WI Republicans against Justice Protasiewicz - made to justify attempts to silence her - have already been dismissed by a state judiciary disciplinary panel.
They will stop at nothing to try to hold on to power, voters be damned.
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I would say these bills make the Wisconsin GOP a laughingstock but
@TheOnion
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GOP-Controlled Wisconsin Legislature Votes To Dissolve State Rather Than Let Democrats Have It
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Prohibition is expensive, unfair, and even dangerous. It's past time we legalized, regulated, and taxed cannabis in Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin is underfunding its public schools to a severe degree. This fall, 137 referendum questions will be on the ballot in 120 districts, with a total ask of over $4.25 Billion.
By shortchanging our kids and our teachers, we're bankrupting our own future.
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For years, Waukesha-area elected officials have criticized Milwaukee for how it spends money, never acknowledging that available revenues have been stagnant due to fiscal constraints imposed under Scott Walker in 2011.
Now, Waukesha County faces a $5 million shortfall.
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Amidst a critical shortage of baby formula in the U.S., all 5 Wisconsin Republicans in the House voted “NO.”
They literally voted against feeding babies.
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I find it incredibly ironic that WI GOP are holding a hearing right now to talk about their imaginary plans for spending federal dollars they have no control over, when if they would simply expand BadgerCare they'd have another $1.6 billion available they could actually control.
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People who oppose raising Wisconsin’s abysmal $7.25 minimum wage often claim “nobody makes minimum wage anymore,” or “it’s just teens and college kids.”
However, 41% of Milwaukee’s 243,221 workers make less than $15 per hour, and their median age is 30.
We must
#RaiseTheWage
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The Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly is meeting today with a group that is seeking to "decertify" the 2020 election - something that is legally and practically impossible.
He's giving false hope to the extremist fringe, and undermining our democracy as a result.
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When a right-wing pundit accidentally does a great job selling your bill package:
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Republicans: "Inflation is out of control!"
Democrats: "We have a $4 billion state surplus - why don't we use some of that for childcare and paid family leave so families can afford to pay their bills?
Republicans: How about tax cuts for the rich instead?
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A minority owner of the Brewers just listed their California home for $75 million.
And yet they claim they can’t afford to fix the stadium (and are willing to let the most overtaxed City in the state pick up 1/3 of the tab for upgrades).
Give me a break.
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So if Wisconsin is open for business as you say, what’s your excuse for not coming to work?
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With the RNC over, downtown Milwaukee is open again (barricade removal began at midnight). From most media accounts, downtown didn’t see the promised economic boom from the RNC. Venture downtown this weekend to support your favorite local bars, restaurants, and shops.
#MKEProud
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Day two of the RNC in town and the people of Milwaukee and beyond are showing exactly how they feel about the party of Trump being brought to our city and our state.
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Robin Vos is unhinged for even floating this possibility. It’s clear he doesn’t believe in separation of powers, but if he goes down this road he will find out very quickly that the people of Wisconsin do.
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I want to live in a society where assault weapons are banned and books are not. Who’s with me?
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Menomonee Falls School District has banned 33 books for high school students, including classics like Slaughterhouse Five and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
This move will not stop high school students from reading them if they want to, but it does set a dangerous precedent.
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Two-thirds of the tax cuts WI Republicans are trying to fast-track through the legislature would go to the top 20% of earners - a group whose average income is over $300,000.
We need fully funded public schools, not more tax giveaways to people who don't need them.
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In WI we have teacher shortages in most school districts, forced overtime for corrections officers, and aging infrastructure everywhere, yet Republicans are sitting on a $5.4 billion surplus because they don’t like the Governor. Petty and shortsighted.
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Mark Attanasio purchased the Brewers for $223 million. The team is now worth $1.6 billion. And yet, the Brewers are asking taxpayers for $290 million to update their stadium.
And they say weed is illegal in Wisconsin.
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Now that the RNC is going all-out to promote early voting in Wisconsin, Republicans must admit there was no widespread voter fraud in 2020, and they only pretended there was because they were mad that they lost.
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Republicans in the legislature want to remove income limits for WI's taxpayer-funded handouts to private schools as part of their push for "universal school choice."
For working class families to have to chip in to send rich kids to private school is downright dystopian.
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13 years ago today, one of the most shameful laws in Wisconsin history was signed by Governor Scott Walker.
Teachers, nurses, and thousands of public workers lost their right to collectively bargain for wages, benefits, and working conditions.
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If WI doesn't figure out how to attract new residents, we'll lose 130,000 working-age people by the end of this decade, according to the nonpartisan Forward Analytics.
Our population is getting older, young people are leaving, and our backward GOP legislature is making it worse.
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WI's drinking culture is out of control. According to the most recent UW Pop. Health Institute ratings, Wisconsin is the drunkest state in the U.S. with over one-quarter of adults reporting excessive drinking. We are also home to 7 of the 10 drunkest cities and 10 of the top 20.
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Imagine living in MKE and being able to get to a job in Kenosha without having to drive there. If a planned revival of the KRM train line goes forward, you won't have to imagine it anymore.
Connecting people to jobs & economic development along the corridor - this is huge!
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The City of Milwaukee is challenging the results of the 2020 Census, arguing there was an undercount of about 16,500 people.
At stake is about $21 million in funding, including $14 million for Milwaukee Public Schools, as well as fair representation in the legislature.
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Raise your hand if you think every presidential candidate should have to release their tax returns before taking office (and during as well).
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Republicans are petitioning the WI Supreme Court in an attempt to force Justice Protasiewicz off of redistricting cases.
Next time one of them says they support free speech, remind them that candidates for office stating their opinions on political issues is protected speech.
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Let me be blunt: Wisconsin Republicans are solely responsible for our state's failure to legalize marijuana.
It's high time we joined neighbor states Illinois and Michigan in full legalization.
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If Republicans cared about middle class tax cuts they could pass a tax credit tomorrow that only applies to the middle class. Evers would sign it.
They won’t, because they really just want to pass permanent tax cuts for the rich.
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UW-Oshkosh is being forced to cut 200 staff positions and furlough others this fall, due to an $18 million budget deficit.
@GovEvers
proposed a $305 million increase in state support for the UW System in his most recent budget. Republicans chose to cut it by $32 million instead
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Tomorrow is the first day of early voting for the Spring Election. If you haven't already requested your ballot, be on the safe side and vote early!
Our Wisconsin Democracy is very much on the line.
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Governor Evers has announced that he will veto legislative Republicans' latest tax scheme, a $3 billion giveaway that overwhelmingly benefits high-income earners.
We cannot afford to jeopardize our schools, our roads, and our environment with reckless tax cuts.
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Huge news: the 10 WI fake electors for Trump admitted in court as part of a settlement in a civil suit that their actions were part of a scheme to overturn the election of Joe Biden.
The trial will proceed against former Trump operatives Jim Troupis and Kenneth Chesebro in 2024.
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8 years after Wisconsin passed union-busting “Right to Work” (for less), Michigan just repealed it.
These are the kinds of pro-worker reforms we can finally achieve if we
#EndGerrymandering
and pass the Economic Justice Bill of Rights!
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If your policies were sound, after 12 years in power and every one of your budgets signed, you wouldn’t be saying Wisconsin is in such bad shape all the time.
The fact is, all WI republicans have is identity politics and fearmongering and it’s suffocating our state.
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Later this morning, Robin Vos and other Republicans will unveil their plan to give hundreds of millions of dollars to the Brewers.
Wednesday, these same people will refuse to act on a package to make childcare affordable and accessible for thousands of families.
#Priorities
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Anyone who believes that a seventh grader should be forced to carry a child, but not get a free lunch at school, needs to go touch grass.
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Someday I may have the privilege of traveling to Lagos, Nigeria. If I do, I’ll be sure to ride on the trains my tax dollars built.
Scott Walker’s $882 million mistake (no not FoxConn, this was years earlier) will haunt Wisconsin for generations.
Photo credit:
@UrbanMilwaukee
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The tipped minimum wage ($2.33/HR in WI) is a shameful relic of Jim Crow and should be abolished.
If restaurants want to avoid staffing problems, they’d do well to pay their workers a living wage pre-tip.
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Today I joined my Senate Democratic colleagues to call for the removal of Bob Spindell from the WI Elections Commission.
In addition to serving as a fake Trump elector, Spindell recently celebrated efforts to suppress voter turnout in majority minority neighborhoods in MKE.
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From 1911 to 1932, Wisconsin had 13 income tax brackets. If those income levels were adjusted to inflation, this is what they'd look like today.
Now THAT'S a progressive tax code, and most people would pay a lower rate than they do now. More brackets = fairer taxes.
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