“I thought I was big until I met you”: Trump loses a size contest he started himself at a Wisconsin farm event

President Donald Trump drew attention at a Wisconsin farm event when he paused to openly admire a former NFL star standing in the audience, telling him, “I thought I was big until I met you, Joe.” The moment came during what was officially billed as a Roundtable on American Agriculture at Custer Farms, though the gathering featured many of the high-energy elements typically seen at a Trump rally.…

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Dwellings of a Manbaby. 🍼

How Kristen Welker may be the antidote to Trump 2.0 What a way to start off the week: with one that has a temper tantrum. Kristen Welker of Meet the Press had another opportunity to grill Trump and get the truth out of him. Another for she took a jab at him before, during the … Continue reading Dwellings of a Manbaby. 🍼 →

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The FBI’s Latest Interviews About 2020 Election Should Terrify You

The FBI is interviewing former Wisconsin poll workers who helped to fuel President Donald Trump’s long-debunked claims of election fraud in 2020, Votebeat reported Monday

David Bolter, a poll worker whose claims about election fraud were included in Trump’s failed 2020 lawsuit seeking to overturn his election loss in Wisconsin, told Votebeat that FBI officials had arrived at his doorstep with…

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Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats—and Has Determined Protectors

Bazile Minogiizhigaabo Panek, a member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, was 7 years old when he attended his first rice harvest in northern Wisconsin. He and his sister rode in a canoe while his mom pushed the boat with a pole through the plants growing out of the shallow water. Together, […]

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Arizona A.G. Seeks New Indictment Against Trump’s 2020 Allies

Arizona’s attorney general is still going to pursue charges against President Trump’s allies for trying to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results.

Kris Mayes plans to seek a new indictment against those allies, her office announced Thursday, following the Arizona Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday not to reverse a lower court ruling throwing out earlier indictments against the…

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Senators clash over whether parents or politicians should decide on trans youth care

A Senate hearing on gender-affirming care for minors on Wednesday became a fight over who gets to make decisions for transgender children, whether politicians should override doctors and parents, and whether the Trump administration’s escalating campaign against gender-affirming care is rooted in concern for children or hostility toward transgender people.

The hearing, convened by Republican…

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate offended by Pride flag over Wisconsin Capitol

Hours after the Progress Pride flag was raised over the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison to mark the start of Pride Month, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany, a congressman representing the state, renewed a campaign pledge to remove it if elected governor, saying only the American and Wisconsin flags should fly above the building.

Tiffany, a Republican congressman from northern…

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Wisconsin Trooper Has a New Pawtner–a Kitten He Saved After it Was Hurled Out of a Moving Car

When a Wisconsin state trooper arrived to help a motorist who had stopped on a ramp up to I-90, he never could have imagined how his life was about to change. Trooper Brody Schmitz arrived at the driver’s side window, and heard a disturbing story. “The motorist informed him that she had witnessed someone throw […]

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FBI Agents Show Up at Homes of Election Workers in Key Swing State

The FBI has sent agents to Milwaukee to interview former election officials about the 2020 presidential election.

Bureau agents have shown up at the officials’ homes after interviewing Wisconsin’s deputy elections director, and this week, they plan to interview police officers who escorted the elections official who escorted Milwaukee’s 2020 results to the county elections office.

It seems that…

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Wisconsin families demand hospitals resume trans youth care after federal court ruling

LGBTQ+ advocates in Wisconsin are calling on two major hospitals to resume gender-affirming care for youth, arguing that providers are now protected by a federal court ruling blocking the Trump administration’s policy.

On Thursday, more than 65 Wisconsin organizations published an open letter to both the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Children’s Wisconsin, which suspended the services…

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Wisconsin conservatives push to undo ‘conversion therapy’ ban

An anti-LGBTQ+ legal group has sued Wisconsin after state leaders refused to roll back restrictions on so-called “conversion therapy” for minors.

Since 2024, Wisconsin has treated therapy marketed as “sexual orientation change efforts” as unprofessional conduct for licensed counselors, according to the _Wisconsin Examiner._

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, or WILL, which has also…

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EXCLUSIVE--Wisconsin Congressional Candidate’s ‘Political Outsider’ Image Collides with Record as Paid Democrat Fundraising Consultant

Wisconsin Democrat Rebecca Cooke is pitching herself as a political outsider as she seeks a rematch against Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), after losing to him by 2.7 points in 2024, but records show she spent years doing paid political fundraising and consulting work before running for Congress.

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New Trump Rule Puts Millions at Risk of Losing Rental Assistance

The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would upend the way federal rental assistance is administered. By allowing new work requirements for the low-income Americans who receive aid, and more stringent time limits on beneficiaries’ periods of eligibility, some experts believe this move could put millions at risk of losing their housing.

The change to Department of Housing and Urban…

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The DeSantis Gerrymander Shows the Wisdom of Virginia Democrats

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis this week is pushing his state’s GOP-dominated legislature to adopt a gerrymandering scheme that could create four new Republican U.S. House districts in the Sunshine State. If this proposal passes, it would essentially cancel out the four seats that Democrats are favored to gain after the passage of a redistricting ballot referendum in Virginia last week.…

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