Coronavirus impacts the entire nation, with over 530,000 cases and 20,000 plus deaths nationally. The Midwest is a hot spot, with Wisconsin having over 3,200 cases and an increasing death toll. Only a handful of state counties do not yet have confirmed cases. Doctor Ryan Westergaard, chief medical officer of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), said: “I would…
Friday, April 10th Thanks to All the Volunteers in Citizen Action’s Spring Election Program The April 7th election was historically messed up and undemocratic! However, the effort of all the volunteers who made thousands of phone calls in the middle of the pandemic is the best of American democracy. Thanks to the volunteers and Citizen Action staff we were able…
In this week’s episode we dig into the scandalous pandemic primary forced on Wisconsin voters by a conservative establishment that will stop at nothing to win. The panel also talks about the double gut punch Wisconsin progressives felt with the exodus of Bernie Sanders from the presidential contest. We close with a discussion of the next big big battle in…
Coronavirus has changed economic, health and social circumstances. Over 300,000 cases and thousands dead nationally, with Wisconsin cases doubling to over 2,000. The economy is in free fall. 13 percent unemployed nationally, a record near-300,000 jobless claims in Wisconsin and state dairy farmers dumping milk with no markets. However, the Trump administration denies any responsibility for its delayed and incompetent…
Friday, April 3rd Mail In Your Absentee Ballot or Vote Tuesday, April 7th! If you have an absentee ballot, mail it in today! All absentee ballots must be received by April 13th. Watch Don’t lick your ballot envelope video! Unfortunately, it appears we are headed for an election on April 7th in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you don’t…
Remaining safer at home, the panel discuss COVID-19 and Citizen Action’s call for free treatment and other critical health care emergency actions needed to contain the pandemic. We dig into dysfunctional political situation in Wisconsin that is careening into a dangerous and anti-democratic election on April 7th. We urge listeners to get their absentee ballots in immediately and encourage everyone…
If you have not, please vote absentee. Request your absentee ballot until Thursday, April 2nd! Jill Karofsky, Wisconsin Supreme Court In the critical Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Citizen Action of Wisconsin is strongly endorsing Jill Karofsky. Jill Karofsky will be an independent judge who will fairly interpret and apply the law for everyone, regardless of their race, their income, or…
Trump said: “Those (California and New York) are really two hotbeds. …(Y)ou go out to the Midwest … and they’re watching it on television but they don’t have the same problems.” Facts: there are many thousands of coronavirus cases and a rising death toll in the Midwest. Wisconsin cases doubled in a week to over 1,000. That is why the…
Friday, March 27th VOTE from HOME. Request an absentee ballot for the April 7th election. You can now register to vote online until March 30. All voters in Wisconsin can request an absentee ballot be mailed to them for any reason. You have until April 2, 2020, 5pm. Voters can possibly request and vote an absentee ballot in-person in their…
Democrat Chris Larson is a lifelong resident of Milwaukee County . He graduated from St. Thomas More High School and UW-Milwaukee. Now, he and his wife, Jessica, are raising their own family here. Chris had never backed away from taking on the big challenges. He fought for increased funding for public education, BadgerCare expansion, and commonsense gun safety reforms. With…
