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ICYMI: Wisconsin Elected Official Slams Ron Johnson in Op-Ed  “He made it clear that he’ll support legislation if it helps himself or his donors, but not if it helps the regular Wisconsinites he was elected to represent.” MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, the American Independent published a scathing op-ed from Mayor Jim Paine of Superior who detailed how […]

Ron Johnson Abuses Taxpayer Dollars Volume #3: Johnson Misuses Twitter for His Campaign  MADISON, Wis. — Last month, an ethics complaint was filed against Ron Johnson for using his Senate Twitter account for campaigning. This is just one of multiple ethics complaints that have been filed against Johnson for abusing taxpayer dollars. “Ron Johnson doesn’t […]

ICYMI: Gov. Evers’ Veto Pen Is The Last Line of Defense Against GOP Extremism “’I think people understand that part of my job going forward, again, the next four years, will be to be that goalie. And prevent bad legislation from becoming law.’” MADISON, Wis. — New reporting from WPR today profiled how Governor Evers has used his veto […]

Round Up: Ahead of November Election, Ron Johnson Working With Firm Connected to January 6th Fake Electors  “The Johnson campaign made about $20,000 in payments to the Troupis firm since July.” MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, a new report revealed Ron Johnson has made payments to a firm run by one of the lawyers who tried to overturn […]

Ron Johnson Abuses Taxpayer Dollars Volume #2: Johnson Uses Thousands of Taxpayer Dollars to Cover Flights From Florida Vacation Home MADISON, Wis. — Ron Johnson has a long history of using his powers in the Senate to rip off Wisconsin taxpayers to benefit himself. That includes using thousands of taxpayer dollars to pay for flights between his […]

GOP AG Nominee Promises To Empower Abortion Ban Enforcers MADISON, Wis. – Today, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Attorney General candidate Eric Toney has floated allowing DAs to enforce Wisconsin’s 1849 criminal abortion ban in neighboring counties, effectively empowering Republican DAs as roving abortion ban enforcers. Toney’s plan would require the Legislature’s authorization, as District Attorneys […]

Ahead of November Election, Ron Johnson Working With Firm Connected to January 6th Fake Electors  “Johnson has not said whether he would accept the results of the Nov. 8 election.” MADISON, Wis. — A new report reveals Ron Johnson has made payments to a firm ran by one of the lawyers who tried to overturn the 2020 election […]

ICYMI: Editorial | Reelect Josh Kaul to defend the right to choose MADISON, Wis. – Today, Attorney General Josh Kaul was endorsed by the Capital Times. In its editorial announcing the endorsement, the paper’s editorial board wrote that AG Kaul was “a prosecutor, not a politician” and commended his focus on serving consumers, voters, workers, and […]

ICYMI: Tim Michels’ Trump Endorsement Came With Strings Attached MADISON, Wis. — New reporting from the New York Times on Friday revealed that Trump’s endorsement of Tim Michels during the Republican primary came with one condition: that Michels had to embrace Trump’s baseless election conspiracies and denial of the 2020 election results. According to the New York Times, after […]