@oh_HOLMES @jwigderson Agree with you that all accounts say they are consensual. So JSOnline headline shoulda been: Gubernatorial Candidate Had Sex With Consenting, Unnamed Adult… Doesn’t that sound like a NON-story?
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@jwigderson You think he should have dropped out for having consensual sex with many women as a single man? This is garbage. I just read your article and you said “appear to be consensual” when all the women admitted the multiple encounters were all consensual.
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You would think that someone in the Democratic Party or in Barnes’ campaign would have asked him if there’s something that should make him consider dropping out of the race much earlier open.substack.com/pub/jameswigde…
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@BadgerStew @walkerwaffles Extremely fair points! Cheap shots then. Cheap shots now. One important note: Walker returned a huge portion of his CoEx salary over his tenure. Tens of thousands. So if he was a lil light for his credit card bill, it seems justifiable.
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OMG. Irony is fucking dead.
Wisconsin Right Now@wisconsin_now
Ladies and gentleman, the likely #Democrat frontrunner is a college dropout with a failed business who didn’t pay her credit card debt and wants to take your money. Great! I could add in abolishing the police and the presidency, but I am getting sick of talking about it and TikTok indoctrinated younger voters are already weaving the mental justification: “Well, she wouldn’t really do that anyway.” That’s why her legislative record matters. It’s what she already tried to do – and it’s lunacy.
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@barefoot_bi @BadgerStew @WiNationalist Did you assume that a snarky comment about Marxism automatically makes us a pro-MAGA organization? Seems like you have a narrow world view. Then you chose to haze us over an issue that you assumed that we support without any evidence? Sharp! Yes, we have studied Marx. Have you?
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@BadgerStew @WisconsinArgus @WiNationalist @WisconsinArgus has it been two more weeks? Has the healthcare plan that would make your life easier come out?
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Really giving Kamala vibes here,
Is it just me?
DSA Watch@DSA_Watch
Francesca Hong is asked about abolishing the police (a position she supported) and gives a word salad response
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@bridgetjmke @RickEsenberg The Packers are also not publicly owned in a socialist sense. She’s skewing the marketing.
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@RickEsenberg Citing the Packers was just dumb. Those "owners" don't even have a vote. It's just for show or novelty.
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The Packers are not an example of socialism. The sewer socialists in MKE did not make sure your "every day needs" were met. They provided some public goods - just like the Republicans in Waukesha. Scott Walker didn't graduate from college either but knew what he was talking about. He could run rings around here.
Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein
FRANCESA HONG: "sewer socialism was born in Milwaukee"
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First of all, it’s custard*
Francesca Hong For Governor@FrancescaHongWI
I ate two bites of my kid's cheeseburger at a Culver's in black river falls and told him they ran out of ice cream. Mostly just wanted to leave bc I was on the verge of a anxiety attack...to many old white people who didn't think we spoke english
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@WICRs @RohnWBishop You know… if you are “COLLEGE Republicans” …that means you haven’t finished college. If we shouldn’t listen to Hong because she didn’t graduate college, doesn’t that mean we also shouldn’t listen to you, because you haven’t graduated college? 🧠🧐
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@RohnWBishop We will attack the communist in whichever way we want
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I don't think making fun of her for not finishing college is a smart move. Scott Walker didn't finish college and it didn't help Dems to make fun of it, because no one cares.
Wisconsin College Republicans@WICRs
This unremarkable college dropout has absolutely zero of the Mamdani sauce Hong’s campaign is about to realize she’s not ready for prime time, and has only skated by because everyone’s been holding off attacks, praying this mediocrity is the Dem nominee. Smart Dems like Evers know it.
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@jwigderson @FrancescaHongWI Does that mean she’ll still call it a “Holiday Tree” or will there be a new name that’s worse?
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Wait until they hear @FrancescaHongWI refers to Thanksgiving as the "colonizer holiday." Fox News is going to love her.
David Weigel@daveweigel
I feel like this *is* getting attention — I got here on Tuesday and was playing catchup after many Hong stories in NYT etc. But yeah if she wins she becomes one of the most famous Dems in the country and the star of ~$200 million of GOP ads (not just in WI)
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Mandela Barnes leaves the guv race after receiving questions from the Journal Sentinel about allegations from sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity who said Barnes used his role in the party to seek out sexual encounters with young adult women. Barnes has not been accused of any crimes.
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I have different views from @davidaxelrod, but he's a shrewd operator.
Axelrod's data shows that if Hong gets the Dem gov nomination, DVO wins, and the GOP retains the WI state senate.
@wisdems will still nominate #DingDongHong 😆.
@FrancescaHongWI @JayWeber3 @DanaBashCNN
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Just side-stepping the investigation?
Francesca Hong For Governor@FrancescaHongWI
My statement on today's news.
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Wisconsin Argus retweetledi
Hey WI media.
@FrancescaHongWI would be the first woman, first Asian-American, & one of the first small business owners to be elected Gov. Yet you focus on DSA. She’s not an officer or spokesperson.
She’s running for Gov.
Ask her about that. 🤔
(Observation not endorsement)
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While not chosen very often as the most important issue, the majority who say the costs of data centers outweigh the benefits has increased to 76%, from 69% in March. #mulawpoll
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Blue Ribbon Commission. [Sounds useless]
Cut taxes. [Sounds Republican]
“Modernize” school funding and shared revenue. [Sounds like a tax increases]
Can’t believe Democrats paid half a million dollars, in good money after bad, to watch Crowley lose this Primary TWICE!
David Crowley@DavidCCrowley
I hear you. The taxes are too damn high.
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@Robin_Vos_Stan Strategically speaking that is a mistake!
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@Dailytakes You’ve been in these rooms before: How thorough and strategic do you think debate prep is for the typical gubernatorial primary candidate?
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Barnes shows his hurt feeling and takes the biggest swipe of the night. Indirectly. Passively… at Crowley.
Odd strategy.
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The last shoe to drop in the primary are the pre-primary finance reports. Look for @TomTiffanyWI to report a record month of fundraising.
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Wisconsin Argus retweetledi
Moderators were strong.
Barnes showed more focus tonight than he had in past year on campaign.
Roys took up space and time.
Crowley didn’t do much better
Brennan did fine. But didn’t directly contrast vs the leader. Nobody did.
Hong wasn’t stellar. But she won the night.
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@RohnWBishop Earlier Primaries would be a big difference maker.
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Republicans had a divisive primary in 2022 that likely cost them the general election. Democrats are having a divisive primary in 2026, and it looks like it's gonna cost them the general election. Can the parties come together and have some kind of primary election reform. 1/2
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Wisconsin Argus retweetledi
HAPPENING NOW
Thousands of protesters are occupying Madison’s State Street and vowing to shut down businesses as a way to demand justice for Corey Ruiz.
I am live now @StatusCoup
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