#WI06#WI07
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coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Thank you, Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul!

Federal judge rules Sean Duffy & Trump Admin were wrong to withhold DOT funds over immigration.

notus.org/courts/dot-t...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #DOT #WIDOJ #WIAG #WI08 #WI07 #WI03 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07
Judge Shoots Down DOT’s Threats to Tie Funding to Immigration Enforcement
“The Constitution demands the Court set aside this lawless behavior,” Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell wrote.
notus.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Reminder -

Not one Wisconsin Republican in DC stood up for Wisconsin's school for the deaf and blind when Trump cut their funding.

The kids just got thrown a 1 year lifeline.

www.channel3000.com/news/wiscons...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI01 #WI03 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
Wisconsin DPI secures funding for deafblind services after federal grant termination
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has secured new funding to continue providing critical services for deafblind children and young adults across the state.
www.channel3000.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
HUNGER GAMES TRUMP STYLE

After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government’s annual report on hunger in America

apnews.com/article/trum...

#Wisconsin #wisdems #wisgop #wipolitics #WI01 #WI02 #WI)3 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government's annual report on hunger in America
The Trump administration is ending the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, saying it had become “overly politicized″ and ”rife with inaccuracies.″ The decision comes two and a hal...
apnews.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Hey Wisconsin,

We need to think about where we are heading and what we want to see.

I took a screenshot from one of the article's links, but read the article too.

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #jobs #unions #DACA #WIGov #WI01 #WI03 #WI02 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
Key Working Wisconsin Facts This is an accordion element with a series of buttons that open and close related content panels. Expand all Collapse all Wisconsin’s 2024 median wage – $25.01 per hour – reached a record high. Real wages (which take inflation into account) rose by 70 cents last year, reaching $25.01. Wages reached new highs for both men ($27.05) and women ($22.98). (For more, see Wages.) Wisconsin jobs are growing to new highs, but growth is less than half the national rate and slowing. Since the 2020 pandemic shutdowns, both national and Wisconsin job growth has reached new labor market highs. Wisconsin reached 3,058,500 jobs in July 2025. But growth has been slow, and Wisconsin’s recovery has generated less than half as many jobs as it would have if it matched the national recovery. (For more, see Jobs.) Federal policies – pro-tariff, anti-immigrant, and anti-worker – are reshaping the economy, and Wisconsin workers will pay the price. Hallmark federal policies will cool the economy. Tariffs increase prices, hostility toward immigrants hobbles labor market growth, and federal cuts to health care and other supports will hit Wisconsin’s low-wage workers particularly hard. We are especially concerned about the future reliability of the very data we use for this report. (For more see Federal Policy.) The gender gap in wages has closed as women have made substantial wage gains while men’s wage gains are tepid. From 1979 to 2024, women’s wages grew by more than 50%. Men’s wages are up just 4% over the same period. (For more, see Wages.) Wisconsin’s workers are losing the protection of unions at a rate that outstrips national and neighboring states. In Wisconsin, union coverage collapsed, from 14% to 7% from 2011-24. Over the same period, national unionization fell from 13% to 11%. Wisconsin’s union rates are plummeting as national rates and the rates of our neighbors fall less rapidly. (For more, see Unions.) Immigrant workers make massive contributions…
September 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
What a country, Wisconsin,

Aren't you tired of our government cutting services so the rich can get a tax cut?

It's OUR money!

They are supposed to "serve" us!

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
One of the country's leading Alzheimer's projects is in jeopardy
A pause to NIH funding has researchers scrambling for contingency plans at the University of Washington’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The center’s brain bank is preserving more than 4,000 bra...
www.nbcnews.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
📣

DANGER WILL ROBINSON 🤖

#Wisconsin #wisgop #wisdems #wisgop #DOGE #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #PresidentialRecordAct
February 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Congratulations America!

It's another SNAFU baby 🍼

House Republicans Announce Plan C

C is for:

Clumsy Crackpots Conceal Cowardly Congress

Fund the gov't for 2-3 weeks 🤣

thehill.com/homenews/hou...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI07 #WI08 #WI05 #WI06 #WI03 #WI01 #WI02 #WI04
Johnson says plan C reached to avert shutdown, vote expected
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Republicans have arrived at a plan C to avert a shutdown and the House will vote Friday morning on the legislation.  “Yeah, yeah, we have a plan,” John…
thehill.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:40 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
👀

All Wisconsin Republicans in DC voted to gut healthcare & rural hospitals.

Even the state GOP lawmakers said it was bad, really bad.

PS: Rep Derrick Van Orden pretended he was a hero 🤫

www.notus.org/wisconsin/st...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI03 #WI08 #WI01 #WI07 #Wi05 #WI06
Wisconsin Lawmakers Raced to Pass Their Budget Before Reconciliation to Save the State $1 Billion
“Our Medicaid system in the state of Wisconsin just got shored up in perpetuity, and I'm super proud. I'm so stoked about it,” said GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden, who voted for the reconciliation bill.
www.notus.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
best-world.bsky.social
👁️👁️

In Wisconsin, Kroger owns Pick'n Save, Metro Market, &
Fred Meyer Jewelers

"Kroger’s Year-to-Date Earnings Double While Pushing for Merger That Will Raise Food Prices" 💰

Find out more: 👉 t.co/sCqjuAj1gM

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI01 #WI03 #WI08 #WI05 #WI06 #WI04 #WI02 #WI07
November 29, 2024 at 6:37 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Wisconsin Shocker

Trump finks out on signed contracts with farmers...

... but he did spend some of the money going to half of the Super Bowl 😏

#Wisconsin #farmers #wisdems #wisgop #wipolitics #WI01 #WI03 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #USDA
Screenshot of part of article explaining how farmers signed up, paid up front costs and are now frozen out of promised money.
February 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Good morning, Wisconsin,

Welcome to the 3rd world

FDA suspends milk quality-control testing program after Trump layoffs

PS: Where the Heck our our Republican Congressmen?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI01 #WI03 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #FDA #Milk
FDA suspends milk quality-control testing program after Trump layoffs
Effective Monday, the agency suspends its proficiency testing program for grade ‘A’ raw milk and finished products
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Hey Wisconsin,

Let's save our libraries!

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #ALA #libraries #WI01 #WI02 #Wi03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Psst, Wisconsin

There's no "could" about it. American taxpayers paid that $150 billion.

And the uber-rich got permanent tax breaks.

www.foxbusiness.com/politics/jul...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #tariffs #scam #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04#WI05 #WI06#WI07 #WI08 #WISen #WIGov #taxtherich
Headline July tariff revenues break monthly record, with $150B collected so far in 2025 The economic burden of higher tariffs could be passed on to US consumers through higher prices
July 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
👀

The CATO Institute slams the "Big Beautiful Bill" for the bloated $168 Billion for just immigration

including $46.5 billion to finish the wall Mexico was supposed to pay for.

www.cato.org/blog/deporta...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
Deportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the “Big Beautiful Bill”
Properly considered, the actual cost of H.R. 1’s immigration enforcement spending is nearly $1 trillion more than the CBO estimates. When seen in the context of the overall costs of the bill, mass dep...
www.cato.org
June 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Yes, Wisconsin

It's enrollment season again

Medicare Advantage plans are a scam.

Our Republicans in DC haven't done a damned thing to help the seniors and disabled.

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #AARP #Medicare #WI01 #WI03 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
It’s Time to End the Medicare Advantage Scam
It is long past time for Congress to give consumers better information about their health care options.
www.thenation.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:36 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Dear Wisconsin,

I don't know about your family, but if someone said this to my grandparents, they would have a few salty words in response.

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #SSA #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
briantylercohen.bsky.social Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Mar 21
Trump’s Commerce Secretary just said seniors shouldn’t “call and complain” if they stop getting their Social Security checks: “A fraudster always makes the loudest noise screaming and complaining.”
March 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social


👀

Dear Wisconsin,

What was Senator Ron Johnson carrying around 4 years ago today?

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #FakeElectors #GreenBay #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #WISen #January6
Picture of a tweet from X claiming Sen Ron Johnson has Wisconsin's fake elector documents in his hand on January 6, 2021.
January 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
American Economy Update 3-19-2025 🤫

1. People who can up with $2000 hit record low

2. Federal Reserve say the economy is healthy 🤔

Who wants a town hall?

www.cnn.com/business/liv...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #Economy #TownHall
28 min ago Americans' likelihood of coming up with $2,000 in a pinch hits a record low From CNN's Alicia Wallace Americans’ financial fragility is increasing, and they’re growing more pessimistic about getting approved for a mortgage, a car loan or a credit card, according to new survey data released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The New York Fed’s Credit Access Survey, which is released every four months, showed that Americans became sharply more downtrodden in February about expected credit conditions as well as their own financial health. The average likelihood of being able to come up with $2,000 if an unexpected need arose in the next month dropped to 62.7%, a record low for the survey series that was started in 2013. The share of discouraged borrowers — defined as those who did not apply for any credit because they thought they would get rejected — jumped to a new series high of 8.5% (from 6.6% in October). Rejection rates for mortgage refinances also hit a record high for the survey series, rocketing to 41.8% from 22% in October. While February’s report didn’t show many drastic shifts in respondents’ current credit-related experiences — the soaring refinancing rejections excluded — expectations for a new credit card, home loan or auto loan being rejected all shot higher, according to the report. 47 min ago Powell: Despite Trump "turmoil," the economy is healthy From CNN's Elisabeth Buchwald and Alicia Wallace Morning commuters cross the street in the Manhattan borough of New York City on January 30. Morning commuters cross the street in the Manhattan borough of New York City on January 30. Yuki Iwamura/AFP/Getty Images Investors took much solace in hearing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell say the economy is on solid footing despite a slew of recent economic surveys sparking concerns of the opposite. But that “soft” data isn’t necessarily indicative of economic weakness, Powell said Wednesday. “That probably has to do with turmoil at the beginning of the administration.” The “hard” data — which shows low unemployment, healthy levels of job creation, slowing but still-solid consumer spending — suggests the US economy is “healthy,” Powell said. Soft data tends to refer to surveys, which are often seen as more subjective gauges of economic activity. While hard data, i.e., economic reports, are seen as more definitive, objective gauges. “The relationship between the survey data and economic activity hasn’t been very tight,” he said. “There are times people are saying very downbeat things about the economy and then going out and buying a new car.” “But,” Powell cautioned, “we don’t know that will be the case here. We will be watching very carefully for signs of weakness in the real data.”
March 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Outdated technology in at the IRS, SS & now airports...

What the hell has Congress been doing over the last few decades?

America is crumbling before our eyes

www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
How archaic tech, staff shortages and construction made a meltdown at Newark Airport
Hundreds of flights were canceled at Newark as air traffic controller shortages, old tech and construction collided. The Department of Transportation a major fix.
www.npr.org
May 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
👀

If you see a Wisconsin Republican Congressman, please ask them, "What the heck is going on?"

➡️ Department of Defense cuts Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs by 57%

www.wpr.org/news/congres...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #Veterans #WI01 #WI03 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08
Congress cuts $40M for spinal injury research for veterans, threatening Wisconsin research
Advocates for patients with spinal cord injuries are raising alarm over a $40 million research program they said was quietly cut from a Department of Defense office that funds medical research.
www.wpr.org
April 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
ICYMI- Wisconsin 👀

The Big Beautiful Bill has a secret paragraph to take away judicial power of contempt -

abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

The bill ⬇️ www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

#Wisconsin #Wisdems #wisgop #wipolitics #WI01 #WI03 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #Judiciary
Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers
The Trump administration has been pushing back against certain court rulings it doesn't like in the hundreds of cases filed against it in the past few months
abcnews.go.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Psst Wisconsin

Are you reading?

#Wi01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop
senchrislarson.bsky.social Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · Feb 13
To pay for their $4.5 trillion tax cut plan, Republicans are coming after your healthcare.

Their plan to cut subsidies for ACA Marketplace plans means that about a quarter-million Wisconsinites would pay way more in premiums. Republican districts would be hit hardest.
February 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
🤭

New headline, Wisconsin,

Musk Math is a Myth

But, hey, how 'bout those tax cuts for billionaires - I hear that's still up for a vote

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #WI04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #DODE #Medicaid
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Feb 25
NYT: “DOGE deleted the top five highest savings claims on its ‘wall of receipts’ leaderboard after variousnews outlets pointed out multiple errors in its calculations…” newrepublic.com/post/191973/...
February 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
"No comment" from Wisconsin Republican Congressmen representing the Great Lakes

Tom Tiffany, Tony Wied, Bryan Steil, Glenn Grothman

www.freep.com/story/news/l...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #GreatLakes #NOAA #WI07 #WI08 #WI01 #WI06
Trump budget document points to ending federal role in Great Lakes science by next year
Staffing at NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory was already reduced by more than one-third in 2025.
www.freep.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
coffeebean-26.bsky.social
Whoopee Wisconsin

We get to pay higher electricity bills thanks to our Republicans in DC and their ridiculous Big Beautiful Bill.

😏

www.wpr.org/news/federal...

#Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #WI01 #WI02 #WI03 #Wi04 #WI05 #WI06 #WI07 #WI08 #WISen #BBB
Federal budget bill could raise Wisconsin energy costs, threaten renewable energy jobs
An eleventh hour amendment made in the Senate will allow renewable energy projects that begin construction by 2026 or come online by 2027 to receive tax credits, which is slightly less restrictive tha...
www.wpr.org
July 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM