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Ruth Conniff
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Progressive journalist, Wisconsinite, editor-in-chief of @[email protected], author of MILKED: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers
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Ruth Conniff @rconniff.bsky.social · 2d
Examiner reporters fanned out across Wisconsin to cover No Kings day protests in Madison, Milwaukee, Janesville, Kenosha, Green Bay and Hayward. Here's what they saw and heard
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Baylor Spears @bspears.bsky.social · 2d
Dane Co. Circuit Court Judge Everett Mitchell tells the Madison No Kings crowd that “yes judges are out here too. I might get in trouble on Monday, but I'm here right now.”

"You're living in the redefinition of our democracy right now ... The war for civil rights is being waged all over again."
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Ruth Conniff @rconniff.bsky.social · 2d
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Ruth Conniff @rconniff.bsky.social · 2d
Thousands of No Kings protesters converging on the Capitol in Madison
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Baylor Spears @bspears.bsky.social · 2d
Growing crowd is being led in a couple of call and response chants — “Show me what democracy looks like! This is what democracy looks like!” and “We are unstoppable! A better world is possible!”
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Henry Redman @henry-redman.bsky.social · 2d
Protesters in Milwaukee are kicking off their 1.8 mile march through downtown for No Kings day
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Ruth Conniff @rconniff.bsky.social · 2d
More pics from the big No Kings rally in tiny Hayward courtesy the @wisconsinexaminer.com's Frank Zufall:
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Henry Redman @henry-redman.bsky.social · 2d
J. a first generation Mexican-American from Milwaukee who is wearing their costume to “take the wind out of the administration’s sails” tells me “this alien is anti-ICE.”
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Erik Gunn @erikgunn.bsky.social · 2d
Members of the organizing team for the Janesville #NoKings rally estimated that the crowd numbers more than 1,000 people. This is just a small segment who were crowded at a street corner at one end of the park where the rally is being held.
A crowd of people on a street corner in Janesville, Wisconsin, for the #nokings rally.
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Ruth Conniff @rconniff.bsky.social · 2d
Check out the @statesnewsroom.com live feed of No Kings protest coverage from coast to coast today www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...
No Kings protest coverage | News From The States
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Ruth Conniff @rconniff.bsky.social · 2d
Frank Zufall of @wisconsinexaminer.com is out on the street with 1200 No Kings protesters in Hayward, Wis. home of Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 4d
On our Commentary page: Editor @rconniff.bsky.social talks to Ben Wikler about not running for gov & his thoughts about the future wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/17/b...
Ben Wikler isn’t running for governor, but he has a few ideas about Wisconsin’s political future • Wisconsin Examiner
Former WisDems Chair Ben Wikler announced he's not running for governor, but he's working behind the scenes to move Wisconsin forward
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Erik Gunn @erikgunn.bsky.social · 2d
Driving across southern Wisconsin today documenting the #nokings protests in a few different places for @wisconsinexaminer.com and @statesnewsroom.com .
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Lara Weber @laraweber.bsky.social · 2d
Follow our LIVE coast-to-coast No Kings protest coverage here:
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No Kings protest coverage | News From The States
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 5d
Judge Susan Illston said she granted the temporary restraining order because Trump officials had “taken advantage of the lapse in government spending... to assume that all bets are off, that the laws don’t apply to them anymore"

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Federal judge blocks Trump from carrying out thousands of layoffs during shutdown • Wisconsin Examiner
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from moving forward with the thousands of layoffs
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 5d
Oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday drew protests from activists and lawmakers who warned the case threatens to gut a key provision of the Voting Rights Act via @ashleymurray.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/15/r...
Voting Rights Act supporters rally outside Supreme Court as justices hear Louisiana case • Wisconsin Examiner
The Supreme Court drew protests from activists and lawmakers who warned a Louisiana case threatens to gut the Voting Rights Act
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Ruth Conniff @rconniff.bsky.social · 7d
Important story from @erikgunn.bsky.social on the threatened rollback of clean energy projects in Wisconsin. Stay tuned for more on this
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d
Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.
royalpratt.bsky.social Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 7d
NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
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ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 7d
Noem’s South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce
Noem's South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce • Wisconsin Examiner
Dairy farm audits in South Dakota under the Trump administration’s escalated immigration enforcement efforts have “created unrest."
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Ruth Conniff @rconniff.bsky.social · 11d
Tariffs, ICE raids are squeezing farmers, causing growing anxiety and doubt wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/09/t...
Tariffs and Trump’s immigration crackdown take a toll on Wisconsin farmers • Wisconsin Examiner
Farmers are holding out hope Trump will compensate them for tariff losses and stop deporting their workers. But doubts are growing.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 12d
A new book dissects the prison industry. @isiahholmes.bsky.social covers a talk by the activist and author.
Activist and author discusses new book dissecting the prison industry • Wisconsin Examiner
A new book takes a close look at the prison industry, who profits and who pays for what has become a $80-90 billion business.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 12d
Assembly Democrats vote in favor of several housing bills put forth by Republicans, but argue they could have been better with their input instead of being cut out of the discussions. @erikgunn.bsky.social covers Tuesday's floor session.
Fast-tracked housing bills pass Assembly with some friction • Wisconsin Examiner
The housing bills were announced just two weeks ago and pushed through hearings and committee votes before Tuesday's Assembly floor session.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 12d
No progress on ending government shutdown, as first missed federal payday nears via @jennifershutt.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/08/r...
Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears • Wisconsin Examiner
Congress moved no closer to ending a government shutdown as Republicans and President Trump floated different ideas about federal worker pay
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 11d
A majority of Americans disapprove of RFK Jr. and the federal government's evolving vaccine policy @kff.org found via @jennifershutt.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/09/m...
Majorities disapprove of RFK Jr. performance, doubt autism-Tylenol claims, KFF poll finds • Wisconsin Examiner
Most Americans surveyed disapprove of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the federal government’s evolving vaccine policy
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 17d
ICE arrests in Madison signal escalating enforcement in Wisconsin via @isiahholmes.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/ice-a...
ICE arrests in Madison signal escalating enforcement in Wisconsin • Wisconsin Examiner
Immigrant rights groups sounded the alarm after seven people were arrested by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Madison
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