Donald Trump to Attempt to Fill Stolen U.S. Supreme Court Seat
The questions surrounding Donald Trump and his compliance with and commitment to following the United States Constitution are serious and unresolved.
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Scot Ross: Gov. Scott Walker’s big dodge on student loan debt crisis
The student loan debt crisis is a state and national crisis, it is a multi-generational crisis and it is a worsening crisis. [Capital Times]
Lowell Holtz Going Flip for Flop With John Humphries in Race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction
With his dizzying about face on Common Core, Lowell Holtz has shown he’s ready to go flip for flop with John Humphries.
Bice: Ex-Scott Walker aide thick with Trump campaign
Ross was particularly upset that Trump had a campaign aide accompanying him when the president spoke with staffers at the CIA headquarters a week ago. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Donald Trump Poised to Make U.S. Supreme Court Nomination Despite Unresolved Questions of Possible Constitutional Violations and Russian Election Interference
Donald Trump has announced, via Twitter, he intends to reveal his nominee to fill a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court next Thursday.
Sean Duffy, Paul Ryan and Congressional Republicans Poised to Prevent Wisconsinites From Choosing Their Own Health Care Provider
Sean Duffy, Paul Ryan and the GOP cabal in Washington D.C. are carrying out a political agenda, trying to eliminate an organization with which they disagree.
Trump Administration Already in Reruns With Proposed Investigation of Voting Impropriety
Donald Trump is reported to be issuing an order today calling for an investigation into his allegations of voting impropriety in the 2016 November election.
If It’s a Day That Ends in ‘Y’ John Humphries Has a Scheme to Take Public School Funding and Give it to Private Voucher Schools
It’s no surprise today we see another version of the same old plan to take more of our public tax dollars and send them to less accountable private schools.
One Wisconsin Institute Statements on Trump Phony Voter Fraud Claims
The only fraud in our elections are partisan politicians like Donald Trump and Gov. Scott Walker manipulating the voting laws for political gain.
Records Reveal State Public School Chief Hopeful Donated to Gov. Scott Walker’s Recall Election Opponent
Records reveal state public school chief hopeful John Humphries donated to Gov. Scott Walker’s recall election opponent.
Scott Walker huddles with GOP donors at NFC game
Walker, his wife, Tonette, and their sons, Matt and Alex, all traveled to the game and drew notice from liberal critics such as the group One Wisconsin Now. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Republicans urge Congress to cut back federal mandates
Scot Ross said the letter was the latest example of lawmakers "trying to take away government's role in helping people protect themselves." [Associated Press]
One Wisconsin Now Statements on the Inauguration of Donald Trump
It is up to us to fight to make our communities and our country a better place, with opportunity for all. And that is what we intend to do each and every day.
Why Would Gov. Scott Walker’s Campaign Chair Host Fundraiser for Walker Recall Petition Signer John Humphries? Follow the Money.
John Humphries pledged his loyalty to Michael Grebe’s agenda to take money from public schools and give it to private voucher schools in exchange for support.
Support for Betsy DeVos as Federal Education Secretary Another Lesson About John Humphries’ Priorities
We’re Learning the Only Thing You Can Trust is That Humphries Will Put His Political Ambition Before Best Interests of Wisconsin Schools and Kids
Scott Walker endorses political benefactor Betsy DeVos
AFC has spent at least $4.5 million on campaigns to elect Republicans and other candidates who are proponents of school choice, according to One Wisconsin Now. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Statements of One Wisconsin Institute on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy by continuing the fight to secure the rights of all Americans to make their voices heard in our elections.
One Wisconsin Now Calls for Walker, Ryan to Condemn Trump Attack on Hero John Lewis
In no uncertain terms, they and the Republican Party of Wisconsin must immediately condemn the loathsome comments made by Donald Trump.
Walker’s Wisconsin tuition idea shuffles political alliances
Scot Ross, head of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said the cut was all about giving Walker something to run on in 2018. [Associated Press]
A Failure of Leadership: Gov. Scott Walker’s Big Dodge on Student Loan Debt Crisis
So here’s a little advice for Gov. Scott Walker, stop dodging the student loan debt crisis and start leading by supporting real, common sense reform.
Jenni Dye: Nass ignores serious issues of campus violence, UW funding
Nass apparently believes that his manhood is undermined by college students gathering to have frank discussions about issues of gender roles and stereotypes. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Voter Suppression Works Too Well
Frank v. Walker as well as One Wisconsin Institute, Inc., et al. v. Mark Thomsen, et al., both cases that contest Wisconsin’s photo-ID laws. [American Prospect]
Wisconsin lawmakers ‘open-minded’ but not sold on Scott Walker’s UW tuition cut
One Wisconsin Now, a driving force behind the effort to create a refinancing authority, accused Walker of giving "recycled advice instead of solutions." [Capital Times]
Gov. Scott Walker Solution to Student Loan Debt Crisis He Helped Create: ‘Call a Bank’
Gov. Scott Walker is expected to discuss is his recycled advice to “call a bank” to help Wisconsin borrowers deal with the student loan debt crisis.
Gov. Scott Walker Offers Recycled Advice Instead of Solutions For Wisconsin’s Growing Student Loan Debt Crisis in State of the State Speech
Instead of previewing a new policy solution to the crisis, Scott Walker repeated stale talking points and essentially told borrowers to “call a bank.”
State of the State 2017: Scott Walker is a Failed Governor
By Any Measure — Job Creation, Quality of Life, Student Debt, Basic Competence — the Scott Walker Administration is a Failure.
Sen. Ron Johnson Set to Fast Track Setting Clock Back on Civil Rights, Voting Rights With Nomination of Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General
Sen. Ron Johnson appears on board for the fast tracking of Donald Trump’s nomination of Jeff Sessions to be the U.S. Attorney General
Critics say Scott Walker’s plan to fight opiate abuse in Wisconsin falls short
The liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now also criticized Walker's opposition to the Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act. [Capital Times]
One Wisconsin Now Statements on GOP Addiction to Big Pharma Money
Scott Walker spent the 1990s criminalizing addiction and the 2000s preventing people from getting the health care they needed to treat their addiction.
Wisconsin superintendent candidate hired as consultant
[Scot Ross] said Humphries' decision to resign during the campaign "is putting his political ambitions before kids." [Associated Press]
Wisconsin liberals blame Democratic Party infrastructure for unopposed Supreme Court race
It's "disappointing" no progressive judges or lawyers threw their hats in the ring, said One Wisconsin Now executive director Scot Ross. [Capital Times]
Scot Ross: A 2017 guarantee: Progressives will lose every time we don’t fight back
Instead of questionable predictions, I offer Wisconsin progressives one ironclad guarantee — we will lose every single time that we don’t fight back. [Capital Times]
Superintendent candidate’s contract raises questions
"John Humphries is putting his political ambitions before kids," Executive Director Scot Ross said in an email to the Journal Sentinel. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Field Set for Private School Voucher Industry Campaign Cash Chase
The race to appease the big spending private school voucher industry is on between candidates John Humphries and Lowell Holtz
GOP legislator rips UW-Madison program exploring masculinity
The party whose president-elect talked about women the way Trump did also has a problem with a course that does not match their outdated view of gender roles. [Associated Press]
New State Legislative Session, Same Republican Leadership, Same Republican Failure
Gov. Scott Walker and each and every legislative Republican own this catastrophe. And it is up the people of Wisconsin to demand their fair share.
Paul Ryan’s Cave Doesn’t Get House Out of Swamp
This was Paul Ryan's failure. He was either feckless or he was complicit in the attempted dismantling of the House ethics rules.
Wisconsin state employee insurance board to discuss coverage of gender identity services
Jenni Dye, an attorney and research director for the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said the state should cover services for transgender employees regardless of whether federal rules require it. [Capital Times]
Supreme Court: Attorney General Schimel doesn’t have to release training tapes
The people of Wisconsin deserve to know how elected officials are doing their jobs. And Brad Schimel - at the time these videos were recorded - was an elected official. [WKOW-TV]
Scott Walker: Wisconsin is ‘still one of the easiest places in the country to vote’
Wisconsin saw record-high early voting numbers in the presidential election, made possible by a lawsuit filed by the liberal group One Wisconsin Institute. [Capital Times]
Wisconsin Student Loan Debt at Staggering Level
"One thing that really stood out to us at One Wisconsin Institute was the amount of debt that graduates from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh have." [Public News Service]
Wisconsin conservative talk show host ends 23-year run
Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal issue advocacy organization One Wisconsin Now, said Sykes has used his show to degrade political discourse in Wisconsin. [Associated Press]
Charlie Sykes’ Bullying, Racism, Sexism and Propaganda to Advance Wisconsin Republicans on Milwaukee Right Wing Radio Comes to an End
Charlie Sykes used public airwaves to deliver GOP talking points to attack the poor and minorities and degrade political discourse in the state of Wisconsin.
Scot Ross: ‘Goodbye and good riddance’ to conservative mouthpiece and broadcasting bully
Today, to paraphrase broadcasting titan Edward R. Murrow, we say "goodbye and good riddance" to Charlie Sykes. [Capital Times]
Scott Walker ties himself to the Federalist Society
“The conservatives have one goal: Attaining power in the courts to actively rewrite the laws to fit their corporate and radical social agendas.” [Wisconsin State Journal]
Shameless Partisan Pandering, Even by Brad Schimel’s Standards
It’s no accident Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel announced he would seek re-election AND open an investigation into political corruption.
Jenni Dye: It shouldn’t take Christmas miracle for Ron Johnson to do his job
Will Sen. Ron Johnson and the GOP deliver on a judge to fill the longest-running federal judicial vacancy in the nation – or will they deliver a lump of coal? [Capital Times]
Paul Ryan’s Patriotism At Issue?
Ryan hasn’t had much of an explanation. “Paul Ryan has put partisanship and political expediency before principle and patriotism,” charges Scot Ross. [Urban Milwaukee]
Career Politician Scott Walker, Addressing State Big Biz Lobby Before Holding Fundraiser for Himself, Reports ‘Interest’ in Re-Election Bid
The least surprising news of 2017 is Scott Walker – who has spent nearly all of his adult life running for office – will be running for political office, again.
Just Like in Gov. Scott Walker’s Wisconsin, North Carolina and Michigan GOP Seek to Rig the Rules to Preserve Their Power
Republicans have shown they have no qualms about disenfranchising voters or dismantling anti-corruption laws as they rig rules to try to keep their grip on power.