Government


Candidate Forum

85th Assembly District Candidate Forum (Wausau/Weston) Candidates: Yee Leng Xiong (Confirmed), Pat Snyder (Invited) Date: Tuesday, October 15 Location: Northcentral Technical College, Room E102, 1000 W Campus Dr, Wausau, WI 54401 Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Please spread the word to your network, friends, and family! They can click the link to RSVP to the event.

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Wausau Voters File Complaint

  October 1, 2024 Contact: Nick Ramos Executive Director Wisconsin Democracy Campaign 414-368-0116 wisdc@wisdc.org **MEDIA ADVISORY** Wausau Voters to File Complaint with Department of Justice Following Unwarranted Removal of Drop Box in Wausau by Mayor Wausau residents join with voting rights advocates to demand a formal federal investigation and an end to the voter suppression attempts following Wausau mayor’s unauthorized removal of the city’s ballot drop box. MADISON, WI – Wausau voters will appear outside the Department of Justice ...

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VETERANS FOR HARRIS

“As veterans, we have defended this nation with courage and honor; now we must defend it at the ballot box.” Jose Vasquez, U.S. Army Veteran and Executive Director of Common Defense. No one and no organization speaks for all veterans. Those who have served in the military reflect a cross section of our society. Their social and political views are as diverse as any other sampling of citizens. We often stereotype veterans as being conservatives, but this is not true. There are many veterans with liberal opinions on many issues. There are two nationwide veteran...

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We The People

“Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world, red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight.” We sang this song in elementary school and Sunday School when I was a kid. To this day, I believe that each and every person is precious and has a purpose in life. The Constitution states: “We the people.” This means every child/grownup has the right to live in a safe place, be free from discrimination, to learn, work, and contribute. We are all immigrants!! The Indigenous people were the first to arrive. Look at the hate that was ...

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Snyder Fails to Deliver for Democracy

Representative Pat Snyder's campaign commercials (85th Assembly district) claim that he "always delivers." In one of the most fundamental ways possible, Snyder has failed to deliver for the people of his district, and the state as a whole. In a representative democracy, the people control the state legislature.  Their votes will matter, and the makeup of the legislature will reflect the people's priorities.  In a partisan gerrymander, a political party controls the legislature regardless of the will of the voters. Under Wisconsin's extreme partisan gerrymander, it ...

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Decency is on the Ballot

“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people – does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us.” Gen. Jim Mattis, Trump's Defense Secretary 2017 to 2019. This election is essentially about decency. As a nation will we return to a modicum of civil politeness and decency in our political discourse, or will the Trump inspired anger, ugliness and division be the future of our country? The contrast between the two presidential candidates on their basic human decency – who they are, how they behave ...

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Immigration Successes

With Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign underway, the GOP is accelerating its lies about her work as Vice President. Though responsibility for the southern border rests with the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, they call Harris a failed “Border Czar,” deliberately mischaracterizing her early presidential assignment – to address the root causes of migration – while obscuring her accomplishments. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on 6/12/24, VP Harris’ 2021 “Call to Action” has triggered major ...

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For the Water

Where do you go to find over 17,000 lakes, 86,000 miles of rivers and streams, 5.3 million acres of wetlands and 650 miles of Great Lakes shoreline? Don’t go anywhere! Stay in Wisconsin!   Healthy water is one of Wisconsin’s greatest assets. By protecting our water, we protect the health of our people, our economic interests, our recreation and our wildlife. Protecting both surface and ground water is smart money management. It costs less to protect our water than it costs to clean contaminated water.   Healthy water for the whole state ...

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Republicans against Trump

“...another four years of Donald Trump’s chaotic leadership, this time focused on advancing the dangerous goals of Project 2025, will hurt real, everyday people and weaken our sacred institutions.” This quote is from a statement signed by 238 former Republican officials and campaign staff going back to the George H.W. Bush administration. They are urging Republicans to vote for VP Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz. Fostering division is one of the primary results of Donald Trump's actions and bombastic demagoguery. His angry, hateful, racist and destructive fear ...

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COOPERATION 104

COOPERATION 104   cooperation [ koh-op-uh-rey-shuhn ] an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit mutually beneficial interaction among organisms [nations] living in a limited area [planet Earth]   History is critical to our understanding of the present. At this moment in the evolution of human societies around the globe, visualizing the Ancient Silk Road(s) running from China and Mongolia in the East, to the Roman Empire in the West, could not be of greater significance. Please, take a few minutes to watch ...

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