We just sent out our Summer '26 e-newsletter -- our last until after the November 3rd general election. You can read it here: mailchi.mp/a861f0df738a... (1/2)

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin’s legislature met today to consider LRB-6707/1, a bill that spends most of Wisconsin’s $2.3 billion budget surplus on tax rebates for rich households, creates a new, less fair K-12 school funding system, and eliminates important sources of state revenue. The vote is no.

This is true -- and right now, there's little-to-nothing effectively regulating large data centers in Wisconsin. That's clearly unacceptable now. It's why we proposed Pause to Protect back in February, alongside our 2% of income cap on utility bills. shepherdexpress.com/news/feature... (1/2)

NEW: I talked with @mkefilm.bsky.social Marketing Director Milan Zori about this year's festival, Milwaukee's terrific film community, the look and sense of place of the festival, and, both being big fans, we had to talk Bucks. Let's recombobulate: www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/podcast-mi...

Murphy’s Law: The Republican ‘Statutory Scheme’

It's pothole season in SE Wisconsin. Call 414-286-CITY to report your potholes in Milwaukee. But warning: DPW says it may take them a week or more to actually get to filling them.

Sandy Hook families dethroning Alex Jones by helping the @theonion.com take over Infowars so they can endlessly mock him and his deranged followers is exactly the kind of energy we need in 2026

Our Pause to Protect data center moratorium was just shouted out on @620wtmj.bsky.social! (It was released back in February, but still hasn’t gotten a hearing in the Republican-controlled legislature.)

When the Affordable Care Act was debated and written (shortly after President Obama was first sworn into office!) we came very close to having a nationwide public healthcare option, for the first time. Unfortunately, it was bulldozed by the private healthcare industry. (1/2)

This Saturday (3/7) at Kuumba Juice and Coffee in Riverwest! From 10am to noon. Our next District 10 Office Hours. Come with your questions, concerns, and ideas. All are welcome! RSVP here: www.facebook.com/share/17oyb3...

This Black Advocacy Day, we announced the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus’s new policy platform. Black people in Wisconsin face unique challenges and have shared priorities — our policy platform reflects that, as the product of ongoing, intentional consultation with folks across the state. (1/

NEWS: Assembly Republicans left the Capitol mid-session to attend a fundraiser at the Madison Club hosted by Jobs First Coalition. This comes as Assembly Democrats are working to force votes on two bills that have been blocked by Speaker Robin Vos. www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/assembly-r...

The WI Socialist Caucus took a break from an Assembly floor session -- that's still happening, as of 7:53pm! -- to share the following: The WI Assembly is ready to pass: -Gail's law (AB 263), expanding early breast cancer screenings -A postpartum Medicaid care extension (1/2)

We always knew it was never about getting the worst of the worst. It was racism all along. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...

ICE doesn’t make our communities safer.

Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/

Last week, thirteen Wisconsin legislators joined for a Day of Solidarity with Minnesota. While I couldn't be there in person, I was honored to speak on behalf of our delegation to say, clearly: ICE must be stopped. And though we might not all agree on this yet, I believe it must be abolished. (1/3)

“With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for ‘the positive affirmation of peace.’” — The Nation

Temporary legal status allowed for now for 350,000 Haitians as judge blasts Kristi Noem buff.ly/opxWIIH

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

"'Across the country, the cannabis debate is over,' Rep. Darrin Madison said. Madison noted that the legal hemp industry has created 3,500 jobs and contributed $700 million to the Wisconsin economy to date." Read more here: www.greenstate.com/news/wiscons...

"Canada cannot claim to defend human rights while exporting armoured vehicles that will be used to terrorize communities”: @greenpeaceca.bsky.social calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...

Black history is American history. The music, the movements, the sacrifice, the triumph - it has all shaped who we are. In celebrating Black History Month, let us learn the untold stories and honor those who paved the way for progress.

No sobran emigrantes, sobran fascistas, sobran todos los fascistas.

Please, stop sharing unverified rumors. They cause panic and real harm in our community. If you see suspected ICE activity, call 1 (800) 427-0213 and let Voces de la Frontera and Comité Sin Fronteras do the verification and notification work. www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

FACT: Wisconsin's state & local taxes as a % of income are at an all-time low for the 2nd year running. So why are people so upset about taxes? The answer is simple - WI is a regressive tax state, meaning that the less money you make the higher your combined state+local effective tax rate.

Here's @chalipittman.bsky.social's roundup of all the bills being considered today in the Wisconsin State Legislature. From Civic Media Today: civicmediatoday.substack.com/p/civic-medi...

Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)

ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.

Minutes after Alex Pretti was murdered, the people of Minneapolis showed up — sick of our neighbors being kidnapped and assassinated, and full of righteous anger. 🎥 Matteo, Schaffer 🎞️ Schaffer 🦺 James E, Mackenzie D

“We find ourselves in a very difficult moment, a moment of grief, a moment of witnessing the apartheid and the genocide unfolding in a way that we had never imagined before. But at the same time, we recognize that Palestine has never given up. Palestine will never give up.” - Angela Davis

Happy Birthday, Angela Davis!

We will not be silent. We will continue to organize and fight for our communities! Read more here: www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

416 school shootings since 2000 and these ghouls couldn't find a single exception to the second amendment until someone was mean to them.

“He was a calm presence amid hospital chaos. A mentor who taught kindness and patience to younger friends and colleagues. A singer with a knack for dancing. A bicyclist who treasured the beauty of Minnesota… He was the kind of nurse patients remembered, colleagues said, and he was a beloved mentor”

Protests Across Wisconsin Decry ICE Shooting of Alex Pretti

Please call Voces de la Frontera's ICE verifier phone number at 1-800-427-0213 if you need to confirm a rumor about ICE activity OR you witness potential ICE activity in the Milwaukee area. We need to be prepared in MKE -- that requires minimizing misinformation and panic. bsky.app/profile/byma...

“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)

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No family should have to choose between keeping a roof over their heads and risking being kidnapped by ICE. Evict ICE, not us.

hi! i would like to reup my request for ANY AND ALL PEOPLE FIGHTING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news my email is [email protected]

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*

The government’s role in healthcare is to make it accessible & create conditions for moving our understanding of health forward. That’s it. The government is not a healthcare provider. Health system administrators have the power to stand up for their patients & providers and are choosing not to.

Just minutes ago I joined @repgreta.bsky.social and my Democratic colleagues to demand the majority immediately restore transparency to the Wisconsin state legislature and fully fund WisconsinEye. (1/3)

Attacking our kids, and complying with those attacks, is harmful and cowardly. www.jsonline.com/story/news/h...

‘Teaching us how to grow with our babies’: How prisons allow mothers and infants to nest for months. @amandavhernan.bsky.social reports for @stateline.org

one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny

Air pollution kills over 100,000 people every year in the U.S., about 5 times all homicide combined. But you won't see wall-to-wall coverage of Trump's deadly announcement. The *volume* of news coverage affects who and what we are afraid of, and which larger threats we ignore.