Thousands of machinists who build fighter jets and munitions at Boeing’s defense hub went on strike at midnight Monday for the first time since the mid-1990s.

This is an important story! Carl is inspiring in his efforts to make change for others in #Wisconsin..👇 'Quad Carl’ is rolling to the Wisconsin Capitol, asking for healthcare help. Why he's taking a 95-mile journey by wheelchair to highlight the cost of budget cuts: civicmedia.us/news/2025/08...

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The Trump administration has frozen $715 million in previously appropriated adult education funds nationwide, including $7 million in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Watch reports.

Excellent coverage of this whirlwind budget process by @civicmedia.us’s @danshafer.bsky.social, @jimmiekaska.bsky.social, and @chalipittman.bsky.social! Wisconsin has a budget. Now strap in folks, the 2026 election cycle is about to begin for our state. civicmedia.us/news/2025/07...

This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input. See what public lands would be available for sale: www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

I was on the @maggiedaunshow.bsky.social show (which is part of ‪@civicmedia.us‬) today, and I really recommend the show generally. Maggie is a great host and has a lot of interesting content & commentary: civicmedia.us/shows/maggie...

If only there was money to address this problem allocated by the state, oh wait… wisconsinindependent.com/politics/wis...

Excellent read from Emily Tseffos at the Recombobulation Area this weekend: “Instead, they laugh off solutions — and make it crystal clear who they’re really working for.” Read the full piece: open.substack.com/pub/recombob...

Wild how the piece doesn’t mention how much Home Depot’s ownership has donated to 2.0’s political campaigns… Not once. Not a single mention… www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/b...

This was the point in the @propublica.org story on pricey cancer drug Revlimid where i got angry. The price has gone up 26 TIMES since 2006. Yet, @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social found a deposition where a top exec admits the drug has ALWAYS cost just $.25 to make. www.propublica.org/article/revl...

There were 27 billion-dollar extreme weather and climate disasters in 2024.  Now we have no way to track them. This is anti-science, anti-safety, and anti-American.

Interesting piece which reveals a lot of the tech bro ignorance of government: DOGEr comes in, expects to find lots of inefficiency, is at least willing to acknowledge he was wrong unlike the hard core ideologues.

Succinctly put here by @crulge.urinal.club: "Work requirements are, in a word, bullshit" www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/without-me...

Still the minimum wage in Wisconsin

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People saw what @booker.senate.gov did and that’s the point

I cackled and had to triple check this wasn’t a @TheOnion piece… Wisconsin’s senior Senator is not a serious person.

Joining me on Nite Lite - filmmaker Craig Benzine @wheezywaiter.bsky.social & @mathers.bsky.social talks favorite fictional political characters! Let's LITE. IT. UP! Great entertainment talk every night 6 to 8 PM on radio in WI, @civicmedia.us app, or stream at FB, YouTube, and XTwitt! Lite it up!

There’s an awful lot of folks that were up in arms about so called “Zuckerbucks” that seem to be cheering on Musk’s attempt to literally bribe Wisconsin voters in this election…

Trump's tariffs will negatively impact almost 300,000 Wisconsin jobs—the highest percentage of any state. 77% of those affected voted for the person creating this harm. Truth matters. Let's talk. @trygveolson.bsky.social, @toddallbaugh.bsky.social

Tell everyone in Wisconsin

Wisconsin's wildfires are off to an early & active start. @isiahholmes.bsky.social looks at the trend.

Fox News has been assuring its viewers that Trump et al aren't going to touch Medicaid other than rooting out fraud. But the CBO just found that covering Trump's tax cut for the rich will require massive rollbacks to Medicaid or Medicare. My latest at @mmfa.bsky.social

Trump and Musk are getting even richer from their White House gigs — and ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.

Yes, Trump and Musk are engaged in flagrant self-dealing. But it's no worse than what Joe Biden was accused of doing but didn't actually do.

Folks, I'm going to be guest hosting "Civic Media Mornings" tomorrow from 6-8 a.m. Guests will include: @drkristin4wi.bsky.social, @motherhoodforgood.bsky.social and more (with co-worker @iamgregbach.bsky.social producing!). Tune in on the @civicmedia.us network!

This is the better, somewhat less sensationalist version, along with a bunch of other excellent charts: www.ft.com/content/4bc5...

Trump’s new acting CFPB director in charge of reigning in predatory financial institutions is literally promoting a predatory payday lender. Because something something working class champions.

"Seven western WI Republican lawmakers did not appear at an event hosted by the Wisconsin Farmers Union ... as farmers from the area said they were concerned about the effect that President Donald Trump’s first month in office is having on their livelihoods." wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...

“To put it frankly, without our team ... pilots would quite literally be flying blind."

Following a loud public outcry about job cuts at the National Parks Service — and a relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts across the country — it looks like the Trump administration has blinked. via @jackdolan.bsky.social

When in doubt, tear it all down, see what breaks, assume you can repair it—maybe with AI? It’s the federal government; how hard can it be? This is incompetence born of self-confidence. It’s the certainty that if you’re smart at one thing you must be smart at all of the things.

2021: Joe Biden's omnipotent fiscal policy caused all of the global inflation because of enormous stimulus checks 2025: Donald Trump's stimulus checks will cause exactly no inflation And folks wonder why we political scientists look at law & economics & see nothing but politics all the way down 🤷‍♂️

It's just one poll but in a new Gallup poll Trump is 45-51 (-6) approve/disapprove, and -12 on the economy. - 6 recent polls have Trump underwater - 538 average has dropped 6 pts in past month - Highest disapproval of any President at this point in their Presidency #notwinning

Trump and Musk are gutting the IRS right in the middle of tax season—because nothing says "drain the swamp" like making it harder for you to get your tax refund while billionaires dodge theirs.

That’s how you write a headline, people.

SCOOP: USDS Engineering Director Resigns Anne Marshall, who was only promoted to the role in December, resigned from USDS/DOGE on Wednesday following dozens of terminations at the organization. "This is not the mission I came to serve." More here: www.wired.com/story/doge-e...

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The “working class” President is abusing the shit out of his workers.

☃️ Big accumulations are on the way #Wisconsin after the state is around 4 #snow #storms shy of where we should be in #winter snow #totals... 👇

“We cannot poll, cajole Democrats, or even vote our way to democracy. We must take to the streets and demand it.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Absolutely jaw-dropping @nytimes.com

This unelected billionaire is grifting American taxpayers—trying to cut vital programs just so that he can get an even bigger tax break. Stop the grift! Stop Elon! www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...