Tag Archives: Wisconsin

Green Party Booted From Wisconsin Presidential Ballot

The Wisconsin State Journal reports: The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday denied the Green Party’s presidential and vice-presidential candidates ballot access, clearing the way for municipal clerks to begin sending absentee ballots to voters. Less than a week ago, the high court abruptly halted the delivery of absentee ballots across the state in order to consider granting Green Party presidential …

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Court Keeps Kanye West Off Wisconsin Ballot (For Now)

The Associated Press reports: Rapper Kanye West does not qualify to be on the presidential ballot in battleground Wisconsin after missing a filing deadline, a judge ruled late Friday, upholding a bipartisan decision by the state elections commission. The decision is likely to be rapidly appealed to the conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court. That court put the mailing of absentee ballots …

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New Wisconsin Poll: Joe Biden +6 Over Trump

CBS News reports: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads President Trump by 6 points in the battleground state of Wisconsin, according to a new poll. Half of likely voters in Wisconsin said they will vote for Biden in the election, while 44 percent said they will vote for Trump, according to a CBS News YouGov poll released Sunday. Four percent …

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Bidens Meet Privately With Blake Family In Kenosha

CBS News reports: Former Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden met on Thursday with the family of Jacob Blake during a trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin, which was roiled by unrest after Blake, who is Black, was shot in the back seven times by a police officer. The Bidens met privately with members of the Blake family in a Milwaukee …

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Former WI Sheriff David Clarke To Would-Be Vigilantes: “Have A Plan, You’ll Have To Articulate What You Did”

“The question is when is government going to do something? Inaction is not a plan. You know what happens with inaction? People take the law into their own hands. “Government is leaving them no choice. No choice. I don’t advocate for some of the stuff that’s starting to happen, but I am certainly done — I am through with condemning …

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Trump: Without Me There Would Be No Kenosha Now

Politico reports: President Donald Trump declared Monday that he would move ahead with a planned trip to Kenosha, Wis., in defiance of Gov. Tony Evers’ request that he stay away from the state amid raw tensions surrounding protests against racial injustice and police brutality. Trump and his allies have sought to highlight incidents of rioting and looting that have accompanied …

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White House: Trump Will Go To Kenosha Over Gov’s Objections To “Demonstrate His Respect” For Wisconsin

The Washington Post reports: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Monday that Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday despite a plea from the state’s governor for him to stay away. She also said the White House has been unable to make contact with the family of Jacob Blake, whose shooting by police sparked unrest in the city. …

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WI Gov To Trump: Please Don’t Come To Kenosha

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is urging President Donald Trump not to visit Kenosha this week. In a Sunday letter to Trump, Evers wrote, “I write today to respectfully ask you to reconsider” plans to visit the Wisconsin city, which has been shaken by unrest since a Kenosha police officer shot Jacob Blake one week ago. …

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Ex-RNC Lawyer Sues To Get Kanye West On WI Ballot

Wisconsin Public Radio reports: Rapper Kanye West is making another effort to get on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, filing a lawsuit late Friday that argues the Wisconsin Elections Commission violated his constitutional rights when it rejected his nominating petitions. The lawsuit, which was filed in Brown County Circuit Court, argues that the Elections Commission erred when it voted 5-1 that West …

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Pence Won’t Speak At Wisconsin College Due To Unrest

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: Wisconsin Lutheran College said Vice President Mike Pence won’t serve as the school’s commencement speaker Thursday after “careful consideration of the escalating events in Kenosha.” The college, which is in Milwaukee, said it has chosen Rev. Mark Jeske of St. Marcus Lutheran Church as a substitute speaker for Saturday’s event. The commencement is not on …

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Kenosha Suspect Was In The Front Row At Trump Rally

Buzzfeed News reports: The law enforcement–obsessed 17-year-old who was charged with shooting and killing two people and injuring another in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during protests for Jacob Blake appeared in the front row at a Donald Trump rally in January. Kyle Howard Rittenhouse’s social media presence is filled with him posing with weapons, posting “Blue Lives Matter,” and supporting Trump for …

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BREAKING: “Blue Lives Matter” Illinois Teen Charged With Murder In Shooting Of Kenosha Protesters [VIDEO]

The Daily Dot reports: Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, of Antioch, Illinois has been charged with first-degree murder according to documents reviewed by the Daily Dot. According to the Lake County, Illinois Clerk of Courts public records, obtained by the Daily Dot, Rittenhouse has been charged with first-degree murder in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and labeled a “fugitive from justice.” The complaint states that …

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KENOSHA: Two Protesters Killed By Alleged Vigilante

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports: Kenosha Police said early Wednesday morning that two people had been shot and killed and a third injured during protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake; authorities were looking for a man armed with a long gun. Earlier Wednesday, Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that one victim had been shot in …

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Another Police Shooting Spawns Outrage And Protests

Law & Crime reports: Video posted to social media showed a police officer shooting a black man in the back multiple times at point-blank range. As seen on footage, a man in a white tanktop and black shorts walked away from cops, who had their guns drawn. He stepped around a vehicle, and opened the driver-side door. One of the …

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WISCONSIN: Lawyers For Kanye West Argue State Must Prove Mickey Mouse Did Not Sign Nominating Papers

The Independent reports: Lawyers for Kanye West have argued that signatures from Mickey Mouse and Bernie Sanders must be proven to be fake or else should be accepted on the nomination papers to qualify the rapper for the presidential ballot in Wisconsin. Following attempts to block West from running for president in November, lawyer Michael Curran submitted a 23-page response …

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POLL: Biden +6 In Pennsylvania, Biden +6 In Wisconsin

CBS News reports: Late on election night 2016, it was Wisconsin and Pennsylvania that put Donald Trump over the top and into the White House, thanks to late-deciding voters who went his way, and big margins among people who wanted change. Biden leads both Pennsylvania and Wisconsin today by six points in each. He’s cutting into Mr. Trump’s margins with …

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WI Voters Tricked Into Signing Kanye West’s Petition

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports: The state Democratic Party filed a complaint Friday asking state officials to block rapper Kanye West from appearing on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin this November, saying his campaign was tardy submitting its signatures. The challenge also suggests there are numerous problems with West’s nomination papers, including incorrect addresses for circulators and bogus signatures, such as …

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Ethics Complaint Filed Against Trump Campaign Lawyer For Simultaneously Working For Kanye West Campaign

Law & Crime reports: A government watchdog group on Friday filed a complaint against Lane Ruhland with the Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) alleging the attorney has been violating ethics and conflict of interest obligations by working for both the presidential campaigns of both Kanye West and Donald Trump. Ruhland – the former general counsel for the state Republican …

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Trump Lawyer Helping Kanye West Qualify For Ballot

Vice News reports: Kanye West has officially submitted signatures to appear on the ballot in Wisconsin, arguably the most important state on the presidential map — and those signatures were dropped off by an experienced GOP operative with ties to President Trump’s campaign. A local reporter recorded Lane Ruhland heading in to drop off the signatures that would qualify West …

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US House Rep Coughs Uncontrollably While Praising Trump At Mask-Optional State GOP Convention [VIDEO]

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports: Wisconsin congressman Glenn Grothman broke out into an unmasked coughing fit at the microphone of his speech at the GOP state convention in Green Bay on Saturday. “Let’s talk about Donald John Trump,” Grothman said as he began to cough uncontrollably. After several seconds, Grothman regained composure and adjusted his tie. Grothman, who is 65, falls …

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