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Representative Ryan Clancy

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Representative for Wisconsin’s 19th assembly district. Proud father, husband, troublemaker, former MPS teacher and member of the Wisconsin Legislative Socialist Caucus 🌹

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · Jul 11

"Democratic socialism looks like everybody having housing, everybody having food and — and maybe nobody having an 18th yacht or vacation home."

It was great to sit down with WUWM (89.7) to talk about the history of socialism in Wisconsin — and how we’re making history in the legislature, right now.

State Rep. Ryan Clancy on the Wisconsin State Assembly's Socialist Caucus

This month's Milwaukee Magazine features State Rep. Ryan Clancy. He joins Lake Effect's Joy Powers to discuss the growing Socialist Caucus in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

www.wuwm.com

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 1d

… “[c]riticism of the Israeli government and its policies is political speech, squarely protected by the First Amendment.” www.aclu-wi.org/app/uploads/...
www.aclu-wi.org/legislation/...

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 1d

AB446, which seeks to criminalize critiques of Israel’s genocide on Palestine, is terrible policy. It’s also an attack on the first amendment. Thank you to the ACLU of Wisconsin for clarifying their opposition, and underlining that…

www.aclu-wi.org

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 2d

…elements of their party, including this email from Senator Nass (in reply to my email thanking them). Today all of them, even the ones that voted for it in commitee, voted to strip the amendment back out.

We have to do better.

Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 2d

…funds to housing co-ops that for-profit developers would get. It was a rare chance to embrace an effective model that could help to end our housing crisis, and I was overjoyed.

But the Republicans had new marching orders, from the most right-wing…

Assembly passes series of bills aiming to boost housing supply

The Assembly today approved a series of housing-related bills, including legislation to create a grant program to convert multifamily housing into condos, rejecting a Dem amendment to expand the progr...

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 2d

Today I showed up on the floor of the Assembly grateful and ready to thank not just my Democratic colleagues, but the majority of Housing Committee Republicans who set aside partisanship and voted for my amendment to provide the same access to $10 million in renovation…

Assembly passes series of bills aiming to boost housing supply

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 6d

I traveled to Ireland last week as part of Wisconsin’s legislative delegation — and met with our counterparts in the Irish legislature and with the Palestinian Embassy to learn more about their work to stop the genocide in Gaza.

Read about it here: wisconsinmuslimjournal.org/wisconsin-la...

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 6d

I invite Senator Nass, and others who have questions about cooperative business and housing models to build closer connections with those entities already in their districts. You can find a list of them here: uwcc.wisc.edu/wisconsin-co...

These are not now, nor have they ever been, communes. (3/3)

Wisconsin Co-op Directory

Wisconsin is fortunate to be home to 728 cooperatives. This interactive directory offers a compilation of cooperatives from all sectors and membership types in our state. You will find how many there ...

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 6d

In response to this bipartisan action, Senator Steve L. Nass’ office sent an all red email to all members of the legislature, attempting to shame some fellow Republicans for approving both the amendment and the amended bill. (2/3)

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 6d

Yesterday, the Assembly’s Housing and Real Estate Committee passed a number of bills, including AB 455, a bill we successfully amended to extend funding to housing cooperatives in Wisconsin.

Read more here: wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/03/f... (1/3)

Five bills to boost housing sail through Assembly committee, while others meet opposition • Wisconsin Examiner

One measure would provide grants for property owners to convert multi-family rental properties into condominiums and cooperative housing.

wisconsinexaminer.com

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 7d

MADISON, Wis. – Today, in a bipartisan vote, the Wisconsin Assembly’s Committee on Housing and Real Estate approved an amendment by Rep. Clancy to allow housing cooperatives to have access to a proposed $10 million grant program.

Read more here: www.wispolitics.com/2025/rep-cla...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9d

Right wingers in 2017: Dumb libs think words are violence
Right wingers in 2025: Words are violence and we're going to throw you in jail for saying the wrong ones, which is terrorism bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Stephen Miller: "They say they are trying to kill the fascists & stop the fascists. It's deliberate. President Trump is saying that we as a nation are not going to tolerate it anymore & the joint terrorism task force at the FBI is going to find these terrorists & we're going to put them behind bars"

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 8d

Specifically, you can order abortion pills here:

PlanCPills.org and/or
AidAccess.org

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U.S. Representative Al Green @algreen.house.gov · 9d

Congressman Al Green Introduces H.Res. 769 – the Original Resolution Affirming the State of Palestine’s Right to Exist.

A copy of the resolution is accessible by clicking here: algreen.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9d

Barbara Gomes Marques is documentary filmmaker who risks imminent deportation to Brazil. Loud voices in the film community could be especially helpful right now.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10d

Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.

Los Angeles man demands answers after wife was detained at scheduled green card meeting

A man is speaking out and asking for help after his wife was detained by federal agents at the end of a scheduled green card hearing in downtown Los Angeles in early September.

www.cbsnews.com

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Francesca Hong 홍윤정 @francescahongwi.bsky.social · 8d

Abortion care is still available at:
-Care for All (756 N 35th St, MKE)
-Midwest Reproductive Health (4236 Maray Dr, Rockford, IL)
-Affiliated Medical Services (625 E St Paul, MKE)

Abortion pills can be ordered online PlanCPills.org & AidAccess.org

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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 8d

Dear Ezra Klein, bodily autonomy is not a bargaining chip. What rights are you willing to give up? Let’s see you walk the talk. The burger is on me. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

Dear Ezra Klein, Bodily Autonomy Isn’t a Bargaining Chip

Let's see if you're willing to walk the talk

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 8d

This is true, but only two clinics in WI are providing abortions now. And both are in MKE:

-Affiliated Medical Services (625 E St Paul)
-Care for All (756 N 35th St)

Just across the IL border:
-Midwest Reproductive Health (4236 Maray Dr, Rockford, IL)

Abortion pills can still be ordered online!

ACLU of Wisconsin @acluofwi.bsky.social · 9d

Abortion is still legal and available in Wisconsin.

The Trump regime snuck abortion restrictions into the big billionaire bill, which is now law. However, two independent clinics in Milwaukee County will continue to provide abortion care.

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 8d

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The New York Times en Español @nytimeses.nytimes.com · 8d

Los activistas de una flotilla de barcos que transportan ayuda humanitaria se acercaban el miércoles a la Franja de Gaza. El gobierno de Israel dijo que hará todo lo necesario para impedir su llegada. Esto es lo que hay que saber.

La flotilla Global Sumud se acerca a Gaza, esto es lo que hay que saber

El gobierno de Israel dijo que hará todo lo necesario para impedir que la Flotilla Global Sumud llegue a la Franja de Gaza.

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 8d

Requiring prescriptions for emotional support animals isn’t accessible to the hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin residents without insurance or access to mental health. Subjecting folks to more discrimination is not a solution to our very real housing crisis. www.wpr.org/news/wiscons...

Wisconsin bill to crack down on fake service dogs, require prescriptions for emotional support animals

A Wisconsin bill aimed at cracking down on people who misrepresent their pets as service animals would fine people up to $500 if they provide a fake prescription for an emotional support animal at the...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10d

Erasing history.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10d

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 9d

None of the bills we heard today would bring the transformational change that we need to fix this housing crisis. I look forward to discussing bills that *would*, under different leadership. (3/3)

Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 9d

Some of these bills are decent, and we’re committed to working with the authors to make them even better. Some are simply handouts to the same developers that have already failed for decades to make housing in Wisconsin more affordable or accessible. (2/3)

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Representative Ryan Clancy @ryanclancywi.bsky.social · 9d

In today's hearing of the Wisconsin Assembly's Committee on Housing and Real Estate, we considered eleven (11!) bills ranging from the regulation of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to requiring prescriptions for emotional support animals to cash to for-profit developers (but not to co-ops.) (1/3)

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Darrin Madison @darrinmadison.bsky.social · 9d

This Thursday (10/2) from 5-7pm @ Century City Tower (4201 N 27th Street MKE) is the last town hall in this statewide WI Legislative Black Caucus listening tour.

Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1618527241...

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