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@DanRShafer
Oct 3, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
holy shit ron johnson
madison.com/ct/news/local/…
so, I should probably mention here that I’m an independent journalist in Wisconsin. I write and publish a column called The Recombobulation Area.

When I launched last summer, my very first piece was on Ron Johnson and the “blood on his hands.” recombobulationarea.substack.com/p/wisconsin-se…
I published a new column TODAY on Wisconsin becoming the new epicenter for coronavirus in America, the inevitable result of the Republican-led State Legislature‘s 143-days-long (and counting) commitment to inaction after wrestling control of covid response away from the governor:
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Oct 28
Finally, for the first time in more than a decade, Wisconsin has new, fairer maps for its state legislature. Either party could win the majority in the Assembly. Shouldn't be a groundbreaking concept, but that's where we are.

It's going to come down to these 12 seats.🧵
In previous years when I'd previewed the State Assembly, it was more likely that Republicans could win a supermajority than Democrats win a simple majority...here in this 50-50 purple state.

My column introducting the Assembly preview: therecombobulationarea.news/p/2024-wiscons…Image
District 21: David Marsteller vs. Jessie Rodriguez

The Milwaukee County suburbs have been shifting blue, but Jessie Rodriguez is a stronger incumbent than most. Marsteller is a heart transplant survivor, says through care made possible by the ACA.

D+8
civicmedia.us/posts/2024/09/…Image
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May 9, 2023
Great to see so much recognition for #DayWithoutChildcare today from Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin.

It’s really important that our legislators recognize how vital this issue is to families around Wisconsin.
Funding for Child Care Counts was *not* one of the 540+ policies Republicans voted out of the budget last week. Republican JFC co-chair Howard Marklein even said in a press conference that they’d heard a lot about child care during listening sessions, which seems significant.
But by no means does that mean this is over. Republicans have been wobbly on this issue, and many child care advocates were surprised that it made the first cut.
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May 8, 2023
Minnesota is about to pass paid leave.

In Wisconsin, paid leave has overwhelming majority support across the political spectrum.

Democrats: 95% in favor
Independents: 65%
Republicans: 62%

Republicans in the state legislature just voted this out of the budget last week.
Some Republicans were floating the possibility of enacting a paid leave policy after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Of course, they didn’t follow through in this initial vote. 

Perhaps that was just some typical campaign posturing?
heartlandsignal.com/2023/05/04/opi… Paid leave is another polic...
Over and over again, Wisconsin Republicans ignore the will of the people in this state. heartlandsignal.com/2023/05/04/opi…
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May 8, 2023
Facts to consider with the shared revenue debate: Wisconsin ranks last in the country in *state* spending on law enforcement and in the top ten in *municipal* spending on law enforcement. (h/t @WisPolicyForum)
@WisPolicyForum The city of Milwaukee ranks 2nd in the nation among America's 72 largest cities for % of its city funds spent on policing. vera.org/publications/w… Chart showing the top 10 ci...
From 2010 to 2020, police budgets took up 62% of every new dollar spent by the city of Milwaukee. urbanmilwaukee.com/2020/08/16/mil…
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May 7, 2023
This week, Wisconsin Republicans voted to remove more than 540 items from Gov. Evers’ proposed budget. We’ve accepted this total lack of bipartisanship as just part of the process in divided government.

They are also removing policies that have overwhelming majority support.
This week’s column is on that very issue, which is harming the state’s ability to get anything done. It’s also the type of policy that’s hurting Republicans as their statewide losses continue to mount. recombobulationarea.substack.com/p/republicans-…
So many of these policies Republicans are removing are consensus policies with overwhelming majority support. Items removed from the budg...
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May 6, 2023
Republicans in Madison have spent the last decade-plus consolidating power and money in the state legislature and now they have outsized power and are sitting on a $7 billion surplus that exists in large part because they’ve starved local government. It’s time to return it.
This has meant Milwaukee, the state’s largest and most diverse city, effectively has its municipal budget cut by $150 million *every year* and is now facing steep cuts.
Up to 25% of the city’s budget could be on the chopping block without a state solution. That could mean closing up to 10 library branches, shuttering MPD District 6 on the city’s south side, closing more than half of all fire stations, and eliminating nearly 900 jobs.
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