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Representative Ryan Clancy

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Representative for Wisconsin’s 19th assembly district. Proud father, husband, troublemaker, former MPS teacher and member of the Wisconsin Legislative Socialist Caucus 🌹

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · Jul 11

"Democratic socialism looks like everybody having housing, everybody having food and — and maybe nobody having an 18th yacht or vacation home."

It was great to sit down with WUWM (89.7) to talk about the history of socialism in Wisconsin — and how we’re making history in the legislature, right now.

State Rep. Ryan Clancy on the Wisconsin State Assembly's Socialist Caucus

This month's Milwaukee Magazine features State Rep. Ryan Clancy. He joins Lake Effect's Joy Powers to discuss the growing Socialist Caucus in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

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Senator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 3d

This is what my Republican colleagues are apparently OK with.
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Without Obamacare subsidies, this couple's insurance premiums are set to go up almost $2,000

The subsidies are a key sticking point in the government shutdown: Democrats in Congress say that in order to secure their votes to reopen the government, they must be extended.

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 5h

State violence is still violence. It is, arguably, one of the most dangerous kinds.

We cannot have a free society if the government can detain, demean, and deport people at its whim. Full stop.

As within, so without @tippedbeaker.bsky.social · 8h

The treatment we allow the government to impose on one of us is the treatment we allow the government to impose on ourselves.

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ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 6h

Someone needs to do a roundup article on "Charlie Kirk censorship" because there's so much repression of free speech for anyone who had anything irreverent to say about him. From Jimmy Kimmel to these immigrants www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

U.S. Says It Revoked Visas of Some People Who Criticized Charlie Kirk

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 7h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 1d

Is this "terrorism"?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: A U.S. military strike killed six people on a boat in international waters near Venezuela, President Trump said, asserting without evidence that they were drug smugglers for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Another Attack on Boat, Trump Says

In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump Administration hates the 1st Amendment, hates freedom of expression, and hates the very act of journalism. They're scared of transparency -- which is all the more reason we need it.

NPR @npr.org · 2d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 2d

As a part of the United States' centuries-long colonial project, this state has too long denied the obvious: that nature has a right to exist, to flourish, and to be protected. This is common sense -- let's get it done now. (3/3)

Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 2d

At Milwaukee County we didn't just consult with or seek input from indigenous people and advocates in writing our 2023 Rights of Nature resolution -- we took direction from them. That's key to making this legislation powerful, and effective. (2/3)

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 2d

This Indigenous Peoples' Day, I joined the efforts of indigenous leaders from around Wisconsin, led by State Representative Vincent Miresse, advocates from WISDOM Wisconsin, and many other allies, to propose extending the Rights of Nature to every part of Wisconsin.

Here are my remarks. (1/3)

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you to WISDOM Wisconsin, MOSES, FREE and the many other organizations and individuals working to end solitary confinement and mass incarceration in Wisconsin. The testimonies and answers from directly impacted people - not political expediency - should be guiding our legislation.

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 3d

I was encouraged and inspired by the turnout and the energy at tonight’s rally and march organized by @sds-uwm.bsky.social
Free Palestine!

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 4d

Remember the Milwaukee Police snipers on the roof during the ICE out protest in September? My open records request came back: MPD was (predictably) lying about protecting us from threats.

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Bender Rodríguez @plungerman.bsky.social · 9d

Not only does Wisconsin’s boycott ban run afoul of international law, but it could have massive repercussions on Wisconsin

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Wisconsin law jeopardizes our economy to support Israel’s genocide in Gaza. How we can change that. - Wisconsin Muslim Journal

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 7d

… “[c]riticism of the Israeli government and its policies is political speech, squarely protected by the First Amendment.” www.aclu-wi.org/app/uploads/...
www.aclu-wi.org/legislation/...

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 7d

AB446, which seeks to criminalize critiques of Israel’s genocide on Palestine, is terrible policy. It’s also an attack on the first amendment. Thank you to the ACLU of Wisconsin for clarifying their opposition, and underlining that…

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 7d

…elements of their party, including this email from Senator Nass (in reply to my email thanking them). Today all of them, even the ones that voted for it in commitee, voted to strip the amendment back out.

We have to do better.

Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 7d

…funds to housing co-ops that for-profit developers would get. It was a rare chance to embrace an effective model that could help to end our housing crisis, and I was overjoyed.

But the Republicans had new marching orders, from the most right-wing…

Assembly passes series of bills aiming to boost housing supply

The Assembly today approved a series of housing-related bills, including legislation to create a grant program to convert multifamily housing into condos, rejecting a Dem amendment to expand the progr...

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 7d

Today I showed up on the floor of the Assembly grateful and ready to thank not just my Democratic colleagues, but the majority of Housing Committee Republicans who set aside partisanship and voted for my amendment to provide the same access to $10 million in renovation…

Assembly passes series of bills aiming to boost housing supply

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 12d

I traveled to Ireland last week as part of Wisconsin’s legislative delegation — and met with our counterparts in the Irish legislature and with the Palestinian Embassy to learn more about their work to stop the genocide in Gaza.

Read about it here: wisconsinmuslimjournal.org/wisconsin-la...

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 12d

I invite Senator Nass, and others who have questions about cooperative business and housing models to build closer connections with those entities already in their districts. You can find a list of them here: uwcc.wisc.edu/wisconsin-co...

These are not now, nor have they ever been, communes. (3/3)

Wisconsin Co-op Directory

Wisconsin is fortunate to be home to 728 cooperatives. This interactive directory offers a compilation of cooperatives from all sectors and membership types in our state. You will find how many there ...

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 12d

In response to this bipartisan action, Senator Steve L. Nass’ office sent an all red email to all members of the legislature, attempting to shame some fellow Republicans for approving both the amendment and the amended bill. (2/3)

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 12d

Yesterday, the Assembly’s Housing and Real Estate Committee passed a number of bills, including AB 455, a bill we successfully amended to extend funding to housing cooperatives in Wisconsin.

Read more here: wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/03/f... (1/3)

Five bills to boost housing sail through Assembly committee, while others meet opposition • Wisconsin Examiner

One measure would provide grants for property owners to convert multi-family rental properties into condominiums and cooperative housing.

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 12d

MADISON, Wis. – Today, in a bipartisan vote, the Wisconsin Assembly’s Committee on Housing and Real Estate approved an amendment by Rep. Clancy to allow housing cooperatives to have access to a proposed $10 million grant program.

Read more here: www.wispolitics.com/2025/rep-cla...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14d

Right wingers in 2017: Dumb libs think words are violence
Right wingers in 2025: Words are violence and we're going to throw you in jail for saying the wrong ones, which is terrorism bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Stephen Miller: "They say they are trying to kill the fascists & stop the fascists. It's deliberate. President Trump is saying that we as a nation are not going to tolerate it anymore & the joint terrorism task force at the FBI is going to find these terrorists & we're going to put them behind bars"

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 14d

Specifically, you can order abortion pills here:

PlanCPills.org and/or
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