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BREAKING: U.S. Senator Ron Johnson Votes YES On Big Ugly Bill After spending months criticizing the bill as a way to get attention, Johnson confirms that he will vote yes to gut Medicaid, food security for children, and tax cuts for his billionaire buddies — all while adding over $3 trillion to the deficit MADISON, […]

CALLED OUT BY HIS OWN PARTY: WI-03 Rep. Derrick Van Orden Continues to Peddle the Lie That Claims There Will Be No Cuts to Medicaid, NC GOP Senator Thom Tillis Just Spoke the Truth The GOP congressman pushed the lie that Medicaid will be unaffected by the bill. MADISON, Wis. — Over the weekend, North […]

GOP IN DISARRAY: GOP Leader Devin LeMahieu Bullish on Budget Votes as Early as This Wednesday, Other GOPers Not So Sure While Lamehieu was optimistic they would start voting on budget items this Wednesday, State Senators Chris Kapenga and Rob Hutton are claiming it may not happen this week MADISON, Wis. — Earlier this morning […]

Nutmeg State Resident and California Mustache Aficionado Consider Running for Wisconsin Governorship Both Lost State Wide Elections in 2022 and 2024, and should they run in 2026, their plans likely include lighting millions of dollars on fire — again. MADISON, Wis. — Tim Michels couldn’t buy a governor’s seat in 2022; Eric Hovde couldn’t buy […]

Three Years After the Dobbs Decision, Wisconsin Republicans are Still Trying to Ban Reproductive Freedom MADISON, Wis. — Three years ago today, the United States Supreme Court, loaded with Trump appointed Justices who were approved by Ron Johnson and the Republican senate, destroyed 50 years of precedent as they struck down Dobbs and took away […]

BREAKING: Ron Johnson Says Watching Building #7 Collapse as Result of 9/11 Terrorist Attack is “Cool to Watch” “Building number 7 — you see it come down — and we’ve all watched, because it’s cool to watch these buildings being demolished, boom, just freefall.“ — Ron Johnson MADISON, Wis. —  In a surreal interview with Tucker […]

“Long a critic of Medicaid, Johnson accused states of running a “money laundering” scheme with their federal funds in how they operate the government-funded program primarily for the poor.” ICYMI: Ron Johnson Continues Anti-Vaxx, Anti-Child, Anti-Medicaid Propaganda Push MADISON, Wis. — A Thursday report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was another reminder of how Sen. […]

Senator Pfaff, Medicaid Recipient, and Small Business Owner Call Out Rep. Derrick Van Orden For Voting to Cut Medicaid and SNAP Funding, Deceiving Constituents MADISON, Wis. — Today, Senator Brad Pfaff (SD-32), Medicaid recipient and Chippewa County Democratic Party Chair Jaime Halfen, and Driftless Seed Supply business co-founder Dylan Bruce participated in a video press […]

ICYMI: “My Son’s Life Depends On Medicaid. Program Cuts Put His Future In Jeopardy.” MADISON, Wis. — A new op-ed in the Wisconsin Examiner on Thursday highlighted the detrimental impacts Wisconsinites could face after House Republicans, like WI-3 Rep. Derrick Van Orden, passed a budget that could cut nearly $800 billion in funding from Medicaid. In fact, Van […]