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MEMORY LANE: Derrick Van Orden’s Extreme Position on Abortion MADISON, Wis. — Derrick Van Orden has long taken an extreme stand on reproductive freedom, including saying that women should “have enough strength of character” to give birth and calling for a 15-week abortion ban. When Roe v. Wade was overturned by Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices, Wisconsin women […]

Eric Hovde Hits the Campaign Trail Following Endorsement from Group that Compared Abortion to ‘Child Sacrifice’ MADISON, Wis. — As Eric Hovde continues on the campaign trail this week, it will be his first week campaigning with the endorsement of an “unapologetically” anti-abortion group that believes medication abortion is ‘baby pesticides,’ believes in fetal personhood, equates abortion with child sacrifice, and wants a total ban […]

On This Day: Eric Hovde Called Wisconsin Men and Women ‘Deplorable’ MADISON, Wis. — Today, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported how LuAnn Bird’s to flip the 61st Assembly District. LuAnn Bird ran the closest Assembly race in 2022, and thanks to fair maps, she now has the chance to help deliver the Assembly for Democrats come […]

On This Day: Eric Hovde Called Wisconsin Men and Women ‘Deplorable’ MADISON, Wis. — On this day in 2016, Eric Hovde called Wisconsin men and women “deplorable,” criticizing women for “spending too much time focused on what’s going on in Hollywood” and men for “engrossing themselves too much in sports.” Hovde has spent his entire campaign insulting […]

Questions Eric Hovde Needs to Answer About The Anti-Abortion Group That Endorsed Him MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, Eric Hovde was endorsed by an anti-abortion group called the ‘Campaign for Working Families,’ which supports fetal personhood, which would end all abortions, believes life begins at conception, said that medication abortion is ‘baby pesticides,’ and just last month compared abortion to ‘child sacrifice.’ Despite Hovde continuing to lie about […]

NEWS: Eric Hovde Endorsed by Group that Wants to Ban All Abortion; Compared Abortion to Child Sacrifice MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, Eric Hovde was endorsed by an anti-abortion group called the ‘Campaign for Working Families’ which supports fetal personhood, which would end all abortions,  believes life begins at conception, and just last month compared abortion to ‘child sacrifice’.  After lying for […]

MUST SEE WI TV CLIP: “Hovde is Defending His Lack of Knowledge on the Farm Bill” MADISON, Wis. — Last night, WSAW in Wausau reported on Eric Hovde’s continued defense of his ignorance on the Farm Bill, which he said during his debate loss he is ‘not an expert’ on, and has since doubled, tripled, quadrupled, and quintupled down on, saying ‘why on God’s green Earth’ would I know […]

ICYMI: Tony Wied Makes Anti-Abortion Stance Clear MADISON, Wis. — Earlier this week, Tony Wied made it clear that he will not stand up for Wisconsinites’ reproductive freedoms in Congress. In an interview with FOX 11, Tony Wied celebrated the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which allowed for extreme Trump abortion bans in more […]

What They’re Saying: Wisconsinites Rally to Elect New State Senate Democrats MADISON, Wis. — For over a decade, Wisconsin’s gerrymandered maps have allowed Republicans to restrict reproductive freedom, abandon working families, and refuse to release funding to address Wisconsin’s PFAS crisis. But thanks to new, fair legislative maps, Wisconsinites will have a chance to elect […]