July 5, 2022 Tim Michels Says He Would Ban Emergency Contraceptives, Taking His Extremism to New Level Tim Michels' statements caught on recording are just one example in a long line of regressive rhetoric from the Republican candidate for governor.
July 5, 2022 Celebrating Independence Day in 2022 Independence Day is a moment to reflect on the freedoms that this country was founded on. This year, it’s impossible not to recognize the recent failures to realize those freedoms.
July 1, 2022 National Postal Workers’ Day: Recognizing Those Who Make it Possible to Vote by Mail Today is National Postal Workers’ Day. A day to show gratitude for the postal workers who show up rain or shine, at all hours of the day, to connect us all together and ensure our freedom to vote by mail.
June 30, 2022 Tim Michels and Rebecca Kleefisch Have Chosen Trump Over Truth and Our Freedom In a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library last night, Republican Congressional Representative Liz Cheney laid out a stark choice - Donald Trump or the United States Constitution - and called out those in her party for “enabling his lies.”
June 30, 2022 Commemorating the Swearing-in of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court Today, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the newest member of the Supreme Court of the United States, making her the first ever Black woman to sit as a justice on the nation’s highest court, and setting a precedent on equality and representation that has been long overdue.
June 29, 2022 The MAGA Effect: Wisconsin Republican Says It’s ‘Unwise’ to Acknowledge the Truth, Donald Trump Lost 2020 Election In a weekend television interview, new Republican chair of the Wisconsin Election Commission, Don Millis, gave a vivid example of how the Trump MAGA faction continues to have a corrosive impact on elections today in Wisconsin.
June 28, 2022 GOP Gubernatorial Debate Reveals Right-Wing Candidates' Intent to Remove Elected Officials From Office Who Disagree With Them Republican gubernatorial candidates' extremism on abortion spiraled out of control in a debate last night. Rebecca Kleefisch and two other candidates vowed to remove local elected officials from office if they do not go along with their support of a 1849 law imposing a near total ban on abortion in Wisconsin.
June 27, 2022 Democratic Party of Wisconsin Convention a Unifying Breath of Fresh Air Amid Republican Extremism As the nation still freshly grieves the Supreme Court’s overturning of our constitutional right to abortion care, Wisconsin Democrats at their annual convention this weekend emphasized unity, hope, and a constructive path forward for the Badger State.
June 24, 2022 Outraged, Grieving, and Still Pressing On: A Better Wisconsin Together Statements on SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Today, the conservative majority United States Supreme Court decided against the will of the people and voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, the precedent-setting case that secured our right to abortion care in America.
June 22, 2022 Gavel In, Gavel Out: Legislative Republicans’ Silence on Repealing Abortion Ban is Deafening Today, our state’s elected Republicans had an opportunity to put Wisconsin families first and act on Governor Tony Evers’ call to protect what a majority of constituents support. Yet, GOP legislators let Wisconsinites down.