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I came to Minneapolis to report on what’s going on–Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social
an example of community action, of neighbors helping each other, of citizens doing their part to keep democracy alive.
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Raise Your Voice! What You Can Do to Force Change
Buttigieg speaking directly about what can be done to force change.
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Pete Buttigieg Wisconsin Jan 16, 2026–It doesn’t have to be this way
A town hall response to what is going on in Minnesota and everywhere else. What can be done about it. What happens next.
Pete Buttigieg speaking at a town hall event in La Crosse, Wisconsin January 16, 2026 5pm to 9pm
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SNAP/FoodShare benefits battle is in the courts, some assistance made it to some people in some states
Gov. Tony Evers says people who receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) should be getting them overnight.
Late Nov 7 Trump administration appealed the Judge ruling from Nov 6, and the Supreme Court on Friday blocked the order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown even though residents in some states already have received the funds. https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-government-shutdown-trump-a807e9f0c0a7213e203c074553dc1f9b?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share Nov 7 Gov. Tony Evers pushes out benefits to FoodShare members overnight. https://www.wkow.com/news/gov-evers-announces-full-snap-benefits-should-resume-overnight/article_11cd46db-e2fe-483f-a7df-330d521cafa4.html Nov 6 - Judge orders Trump administration to deliver full SNAP benefigs to states by Friday https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna242446 -
Gov. Evers Signs Executive Order Declaring State of Emergency
10/31/2025 – Gov. Evers Signs Executive Order Declaring State of Emergency, Period of Economic Disruption Due to the Ongoing Federal Government Shutdown and Lapse in FoodShare Benefits
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More than 150 retired judges criticize arrest of Hannah Dugan in letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi
More than 150 retired judges criticize arrest of Hannah Dugan in letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi
byu/DriftlessDairy inwisconsinA bipartisan group of more than 150 former federal and state judges sharply criticized the Trump administration for its handling of the arrest of Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan in a May 5 letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“Seeing a judge handcuffed, photographed and perp walked highlights the authoritarian playbook of the Trump administration,” said Nancy Gertner, a former federal judge and Democratic President Bill Clinton appointee who helped write and signed the letter. “It is something we should never tolerate in the United States.”
Another lead signer, J. Michael Luttig, a conservative former federal appeals court judge, said: “I have spent my career upholding the Constitution. I never imagined I’d see a judge treated like this in America. The arrest and prosecution of judges is where rule by law ends and authoritarianism begins. The judiciary is the last obstacle to a president with designs on tyrannical rule.”