No. Paul Ryan is not switching parties — but he did say he would skip the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee if former President Donald Trump is the GOP nominee for president.
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Posted inGovernment
Panel scolds Wisconsin justice Jill Karofsky for remarks in Trump case
A judicial oversight commission has dismissed a complaint against a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who accused a Donald Trump attorney of making racist contentions and trying to protect his “king” in a case challenging the 2020 election results.
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Trump campaign staff on 2020 election lies: ‘Fan the flame’
A newly released audio recording offers a behind-the-scenes look at how former President Donald Trump’s campaign team in a pivotal battleground state knew they had been outflanked by Democrats in the 2020 presidential election.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Welfare
‘Here again’: Abortion activists rally 50 years after Roe
Sunday’s main march was held in Wisconsin, where upcoming elections could determine the state Supreme Court’s power balance and future abortion rights.
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DOJ subpoenas election officials in Wisconsin and other states Trump disputed
Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed local election officials in Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania, asking for communications with or involving former President Donald Trump, his 2020 campaign aides and a list of allies involved in his efforts to try to overturn the results of the election.
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Did Donald Trump forego campaigning in Wisconsin for gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels because he felt Michels was going to win?
Yes. Former Republican Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels said on The Jay Weber Show on Nov. 29 that former President Donald Trump told him just before the 2022 election that he would not visit Wisconsin because Michels was poised to win.
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Michels: Trump assured him no campaign visit needed
Losing Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels says that former President Donald Trump told him five days before the election that Michels was going to win and he didn’t need to come to the state to campaign for him.
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Trump-backed Republican kicked out of Wisconsin Assembly caucus
The Republican chair of the Wisconsin Assembly elections committee who was backed by former President Donald Trump, embraced conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and wanted to decertify President Joe Biden’s victory, has been kicked out of the closed GOP caucus because her colleagues don’t trust her.
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Trump allies have interviewed nearly 200 election officials, including some in Wisconsin, to probe for weaknesses
Volunteers for ‘Operation Eagles Wings’ are using surveys in eight states to seek support for conspiracy theories.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
Trump Wisconsin recount seeks to throw out tens of thousands of votes in Democratic strongholds
The president’s team wants to toss 170,000 in-person absentee ballots in Dane and Milwaukee counties; experts call the effort a long shot.
Posted inEconomy, Government
‘Blight’ declaration for Foxconn one of the largest ever seen, experts say
In June 2018, the village of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, declared four square miles as blighted, giving the village board one more tool to force landowners to sell their property to make way for the Foxconn plant and associated development.
Posted inEconomy, Government
More homes in the crosshairs as Foxconn-related road projects proceed
One homeowner describes the ‘nightmare’ of discovering that her newly purchased home may be in the path of a road widening underway near Foxconn.