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"When asked by The Hill if Gallup had received any feedback from the White House or anyone in the current administration before making the decision, the spokesperson said, “this is a strategic shift solely based on Gallup’s research goals and priorities.” "

That's very not a "no"

Major corporations bankroll "America First" propaganda Mastercard, Deloitte, and ExxonMobil are spending millions to promote events supporting Trump and his divisive political agenda.

Major corporations — including Mastercard, Deloitte, and ExxonMobil — are spending millions to promote Trump and some of his most divisive policy initiatives.

Surely they will trickle down soon!

YouTube video by More Perfect Union We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.

EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.

It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.

Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.

Nothing during a once-in-a-century pandemic.

Nothing to combat record inflation.

No action for the better part of a decade.

But now that Evers isn’t on the ballot this fall? The possibility of action.

The state Legislature is currently run by some very, very petty men.

For four budget cycles, the Republican-led Legislature refused to act on the surplus for fear it would give Evers a win.

Now he’s not running for re-election, there might be a chance Wisconsinites can see action on the surplus.

“But what would you say to people who feel like they haven’t gotten justice?” asked CNN's Kaitlan Collins.

“You are so bad,” Trump said. “You are the worst reporter. No wonder CNN has no ratings, because of people like you.” trib.al/WsqWfWz

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It's bigger than basketball.

I don’t think there was a more clear explanation of his internal conflict: A deep, deep personal love for Milwaukee & the #Bucks

v.

Recognizing his professional biological clock is ticking with maybe 5 years of prime basketball left.

He’s human, after all.

What does Giannis Antetokounmpo want? He wants to retire with the Milwaukee Bucks In an exclusive interview, Giannis Antetokounmpo revealed what he truly wants in an emotional ode to the city of Milwaukee and Bucks fans.

What does Giannis Antetokounmpo REALLY want?

“If you ask me what do I really want, deep down in my heart?“

Yes, Giannis.

He tells you, in an emotional ode to Milwaukee and the #Bucks

www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

Trump says some states can’t be trusted to run their own elections. The 3 states with the worst election administration performance in 2020 & 2022 were bright red AR & MS elections.mit.edu#/data/rank

Five years later, as Trump's lies continue, the danger of the January 6 insurrection remains An offensive White House web site of lies is an apt anniversary marker — not just of where Trump is but of where the many institutional failures to stop him have led us.

i had to write about this

Surely, this will make us great.

Someone at ESPN didn’t change title before send out the notification. Oof duh.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

a man in a suit and tie sitting in front of a framed certificate of authenticity ALT: a man in a suit and tie sitting in front of a framed certificate of authenticity

Me starting to get excited for these Wisconsin Badger additions from the portal this weekend:

Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra.

Whether you're in Chicago or Caracas or Kyiv, people should have freedom from military invasion whether the aggressor is foreign or domestic. But once again this regime is destroying lives to seize more power & hand more money to its billionaire backers.

Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.

I’m sure this happened during the holiday season to go under the radar as much as possible, but USPS postmarks mail differently now! Make sure to inform folks as best you can: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Finally, a way to woo back the working class.

2025 Staff Picks: News 3 Now takes down story incorrectly citing disparity in Urban Triage accounting We're looking back at some of our favorite stories from 2025. This story from November is one of Robert Chappell's favorites. As journalists it is important, I think, to hold our colleagues in media…

We’re looking back at some of our favorite stories from 2025. This story from November is one of Robert Chappell’s favorites.

Vos has such distain for Wisconsin voters electing Evers, twice, that he just refuses to run the legislature in even-ending years for more than 10 or so weeks.

Absolutely insane this is just accepted as politics as usual for the state.

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If billionaires can afford to fight over who gets to buy the next mega media company, they can afford to pay taxes at a rate that ALL Americans can have nice things.

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Former Lt. Gov. and Senate candidate Mandela Barnes enters Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor • Wisconsin Examiner In his ad, Barnes accused the federal government and Trump of looking the other way as working people struggle to keep up with costs.

News this morning: Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes is running for governor, says the state needs to reject the “Washington Way” and get things done the “Wisconsin Way.”

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Wisconsin high schools want to offer more college classes. First, teachers must go back to school. School officials statewide want to give more students a jump start on college with dual enrollment classes. But they say they lack qualified teachers, and for busy teachers, grad school is a hard s…

Wisconsin leaders want more high school students to have the opportunity to take college-level courses, called dual enrollment. But a shortage of qualified teachers is one of the biggest barriers to growing their dual enrollment programs. Here's what could be done to change that.