Here's the #Midwest as of this morning on the New York Times' #COVID19 tracking site, sorted by infection rate. For comparison, on the right you'll see the Midwest 7 and 14 days ago.
#Wisconsin, rather unbelievably at this point, is still looking better than its neighbors, having the best numbers in all of these measures with the exception of number of dead. However, it won't be long until #Iowa catches up to us.
To me, this shows how well @DHSWI and @GovEvers "Safer at Home" was working. Now three weeks out from the court decision ending it, what happens in the data from here is anyone's guess.
(Sorry, two weeks from the court decision.) But some of the guesses people are making are just terrifying. urbanmilwaukee.com/2020/05/26/rep…
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One of the most basic tenets of good governance is that those in government should not use government resources for campaigns, particularly partisan campaigns. A couple of decades ago, the legislative caucuses were found to be doing just that. madison.com/flashback-stat…
After resignations, recriminations, trials, convictions, and the saga that was Scott Jensen's mess (you can google it), the legislature established the Government Accountability Board, combining the Ethics Commission and Elections Commission. ballotpedia.org/Wisconsin_Gove…
Compare this to photos from people who were there. Yes, Johnson's photo is at night, but you can clearly see this is not the same stage. Missing the "Save America" banner, for instance.
The #Rittenhouse case goes to the jury today. It probably won't come back today; regardless, I just want to put some of my thoughts out there for the world today anyhow. A small thread.
2/ I did not watch every second of every day of the trial. But I tried to follow along with good reporters and smart commentators. Most of what I see is skepticism that Rittenhouse will spend even one more day in jail.
3/ We can argue--and people have!--about whether that is the fault of the ADA pushing back against pre-trial rulings, a possibly-racist judge who doesn't know how any technology newer than a slide rule works, the general zeitgeist, whatever.
1/ Today, the #Wisconsin Republican legislature proposed eliminating the Constitutional offices of State Superintendent, Secretary of State, & Treasurer. What follows is a longish 🧵 I've meant to write for some time, addressing the utter contempt today's @wisgop has for voters.
3/ The short version of the thread is, the GOP has spent a decade doing things like weakening SoState, Treasurer, and Superintendent. Then Sortwell has the gall to use the lack of responsibility and authority those officers have as a reason to amend the constitution.
1/24 Two reminders as we head into today. 1, the @wisgop attempt to do @WsconsinMC's bidding is based on a faulty premise and general dislike of The Poors, and 2, the GOP education budget is flat-out racist.
2/ We know the GOP is doing WMC's bidding, because WMC announced the agenda for today even before the Assembly leadership did. Great work here by @mellconklin: urbanmilwaukee.com/2021/07/26/gop…
3/ Further, the attempt to override @GovEvers's veto on the $300 pandemic UI extension is based not on the realities of the Wisconsin job market, but on a desire to punish people who have lost good-paying jobs. @MikeBradleyMKE had a good thread yesterday:
1/12 Today, @DHSWI reported a record 7,065 new #COVID cases in #Wisconsin. The last five days have been the five highest reports. There are 57,985 active cases, a record. 68,590 cases reported in the last 14 days, a record. 121,300 in the last 30 days, yes--a record.
2/12 Here's an infographic. I thought maybe this would help people understand better what the deal is. Spread far and wide please.
3/12 DHS announced 45 deaths today. There have been 225 deaths reported so far this month, 270 deaths reported since Nov. 1, making November the fourth-deadliest month of the pandemic. In 7 days. There have been 877 deaths reported in the last 30 days.