A Hodas & Associates Poll, just released, shows Joe Biden with big leads in Michigan and Wisconsin and a smaller lead in Pennsylvania despite apparently being designed to damage Biden and Democrats by asking leading questions. politicalwire.com New battleground polls from Hodas & Associates, a Republican polling firm: Michigan: Biden 53%, Trump 41% Pennsylvania: Biden 51%,…
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Crystal Ball Changes Ratings on 8 US House Races, 7 in Favor of Democratic Candidates
centerforpolitics.org/… Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball has shifted its ratings on another eight US House races. Five Republican held seats have moved toward the Democratic candidate. Two Democratic seats have gone from “Tossup” to “Lean Democrat”, and WI CD-3 has been shifted the other way from “Safe Democrat” to “Likely Democrat”. http://www.dailykos.com/… On July 2, Crystal Ball changed…
Minnesota Poll: Biden leads by 16% and 57% approve of Black Lives Matter
http://www.gravismarketing.com/… Gravis Marketing released a poll today showing Joe Biden has a 58% to 42% lead in Minnesota, a closely divided state that was also the scene of racial and anti-police disturbances after the death of George Floyd on May 25. In addition to being a state that Donald Trump came within 1.5% of winning in…
Some Democratic Counties in Florida Planning to Mail Absentee Applications to All Voters
Three of the largest counties in Florida that are controlled by Democrats are planning to send absentee ballot applications to every voter in their jurisdiction for the November election. http://www.miamiherald.com/… Elections offices in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties — home to more than a quarter of Florida’s 13.2 million voters — are preparing to send…
Poll: 67% Want Vote By Mail This November
A NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll shows that two thirds of American voters want vote by mail this fall and 58% want the same option in all elections. http://www.nbcnews.com/… NEW: 58% of voters favor nationwide reform of election rules that would allow all eligible voters to cast their ballots by mail, a new @NBCNews /Wall Street…
Wisconsinites plan 'Freedom Rally' to protest governor's shelter-in-place order
Oh, Wisconsin. Just when I start to feel a little pride in my home state, you snatch it away from me. I grew out of the rich loam and manure of the Badger State, and I encountered many a beer-spattered, fromage-festooned troglodyte along the way, so this doesn’t really surprise me — but come on! So soon…
Wisconsin voters are PISSSSSSED off!! They crushed the GOP, and are coming for Trump…
The Wisconsin GOP, in a last ditch effort to save right-wing Justice Dan Kelly, forced an in-person election during the worst pandemic in US history because they admitted a low turnout election would put him in victory. Donald Trump, doing everything but his job, supported this and found plenty of time to tweet constantly about needing a…
Vote-By-Mail Doesn't Favor Dems – But Blocking It Favors Trump
An analysis in this morning’s New York Times — Does Vote-by-Mail Favor Democrats? No. It’s a False Argument by Trump. — shows that voting by mail (VBM) doesn’t necessarily tilt the election to the Democrats: As with false claims by Republicans about vote-by-mail fraud, there is no evidence to back up the argument from the…
Bloomberg Forms Independent PAC to Attack Trump in Swing States
http://www.washingtonpost.com/… The Washington Post Reports that former presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is forming an independent campaign to attack Donald Trump keeping alive his extensive, well-funded organization in battleground states. Bloomberg’s advisers have identified Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Florida and North Carolina as the six states that will decide the electoral college winner this year. Staffers in each of those states…
Six dead including shooter in Milwaukee
Molson-Coors brewery campus had an active shooter situation, now secure. Early reports indicate a workplace shooting where ex-employee carried a .45 pistol. x FIRST ALERT UPDATE: Two law enforcement sources tell WISN the suspect is a former employee who was fired. A police sergeant on the scene said officers are “stabilizing” the situation. https://t.co/3nBZ1RNYJc— WBAY-TV 2…
Trump's Ag Secretary Tells Dairy Farmers in Wisconsin to Get Big or Get Out.
Not sure this is the best message to be trying to sell to Wisconsin dairy farmers sixteen months before an election, but you go, Sonny. Minneapolis Star Tribune “President Donald Trump’s agriculture secretary said Tuesday during a stop in Wisconsin that he doesn’t know if the family dairy farm can survive as the industry moves…
Two states vital to Trump's reelection are shedding manufacturing jobs
If Donald Trump sets his mind to something, you can pretty much guarantee it’s going to go the other way. (Please, please, please, Melania — can you convince him to focus more on his health?) Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — states that Trump narrowly won in 2016 on his way to an Electoral College victory/popular vote…
GOP speaker refuses to let paralyzed Wisconsin legislator call into meetings
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly is refusing to allow a paralyzed legislator call into meetings so he can adequately do his job. Rep. Jimmy Anderson has a hard time getting to some of his meetings because, well, he’s paralyzed, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has cited existing legislative rules to refuse Anderson’s request to attend those meetings…
Wisconsin governor flies rainbow flag over Capitol, GOP lawmaker thinks he's being repressed
I’ll never understand people who can look at a symbol of love and inclusion and see only hate and divisiveness. But that’s today's Republican Party for you. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has ordered a rainbow flag flown over the state Capitol to mark Pride Month, but at least one GOPster thinks it’s a deliberate slap in his…
Trump Approval Hits New Low in Morning Consult Poll; Sanders Beating Trump in PA, MI, and WI
morningconsult.com/… http://www.msn.com/… Donald Trump’s approval is 39% versus 57% who disapprove and has taken a considerable hit from the revelations in the Mueller report. The 18-point deficit marks Trump’s worst net approval rating — the share of voters who approve minus those who disapprove — since he took office. It surpasses the three 17-point gaps the…
You simply will not believe this Scott Walker tweet
Uh … x It is my honor to help lead @TheNRRT as we counter the efforts of the far Left to try and gerrymander their way into permanent control of the Congress and state legislative bodies across the country. Republicans win if we have fair maps! 1/3 — Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) March 21, 2019 For…
If Lake Placid could host the Winter Olympics, then Milwaukee can host the DNC
Twice, most recently in 1980, the tiny village of Lake Placid, New York, which has fewer people than my hometown of Westville, Illinois, hosted the Olympic Winter Games. The Winter Olympics are a massive undertaking, with multiple different sports venues needed and a necessity for a relatively large spectator capacity at each venue, not to…
Wisconsin lost a record number of dairy farms in 2018, and unsold cheese is piling up
Two reports today, one from The Wall Street Journal and another from NPR, point to the harmful impact Donald Trump is having on America’s Dairyland. First, NPR: Wisconsin lost 638 dairy farms in 2018, according to the latest data from the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. That's a 7.25 percent decline in the…
'If democracy can die in Wisconsin, it can die anywhere'
I was born and raised in Wisconsin and lived there most of my life. Now on the West Coast, I see what’s happening in my home state and am heartbroken about it. First, voter suppression and gerrymandering were used as blunt tools to distort the will of the state’s residents; now state Republicans are outright…
