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Right now, there’s an important race happening that will shape the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next 10 years. Judge Susan Crawford is ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites.

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March 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.
March 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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This is unsurprisingly being throttled over on IG, so I'd appreciate if you share what I've taken to calling my "book report of the nation's failings."🙃
February 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Rep. McGovern:

"Maybe before coming after USAID, Republicans should look at the billions and billions of dollars of tax breaks and subsidies they give to oligarchs like Elon Musk. You want to save some money? Let's start there."
February 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Gonna read more on this, but calling all #deafsky. This bill definitely needs to be defeated. Anyone know if folks at ISD are aware?
Part 1: Indiana Republicans want to take back in time when our language and culture were suppressed.

Summary of Indiana Senate Bill 0473’s Impact on DHH Education (can be found in sections 26-28, pages 19-21):
February 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.

Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
February 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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This is very scary. Please share this info in ASL widely so folks know their rights. youtu.be/1Q-fpFGqLes?...
February 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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If you are a small to med size business, would you rather buy health insurance from the big insurance companies, or from a new Non Profit Healthcare program offered by the biggest Unions ?
February 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I have been working on a million-dollar USAID project, funded by your taxes, supporting deaf education in Rwanda, Malawi, & Philippines, collaborating w/ local Deaf researchers to create meaningful systemic changes. The work is only halfway done. We were informed the project is being suspended. 1/
January 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Trump wants to convince us that US citizen children of undocumented immigrants and trans people are criminals while pardoning actual criminals
“One poll found 59% of adults oppose pardoning people who “forced their way into the Capitol.” Two separate surveys found 66% and 62% opposition to pardoning anyone “convicted” in the attack on the Capitol. A poll from Quinnipiac found 59% of registered voters opposed…”

www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/p...
Trump commutes sentences of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders as he pardons 1,500 January 6 US Capitol rioters | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned more than 1,500 people charged in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, and commuted the sentences of leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
www.cnn.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM