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@BrittCudaback

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@GovEvers comms. Curmudgeon. Below average cook. Dive bar™ aficionado. Deprecating jokes about me are my own.

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@BrittCudaback
Britt Cudaback
11 months
Actually, @GovEvers proposed a 10% middle-class tax plan to provide $1.2 billion in tax relief for working families, seniors, caregivers, parents, and veterans, among others. You rejected it to give 11 filers who make $75 million+ an average $1.8 million tax cut per year instead
@Vanwanggaard
Van Wanggaard
11 months
$37 That’s how much of the $7 BILLION surplus @govevers thinks you deserve. Not enough for a tank of gas.
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
Actually, @GovEvers ’ budget has so many more pages in part because it updates nearly every single statutory reference to “husband and wife” and other gendered terms to be gender neutral because it’s the year 2021 and LGBTQ people live in this state, too. The more you know 💫
@RepGundrum
Rick Gundrum
3 years
What is wrong with these pictures? On your left, is the budget Governor Tony Evers proposed in 2019. On your right, is the budget he has proposed this year. The governor continues his same old strategy of tax hikes and wasteful government spending.
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Britt Cudaback
1 year
News from Wisconsin:
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@ScottWalker
Scott Walker
1 year
Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won - by a large margin.
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Britt Cudaback
4 years
. @GovEvers : “It’s not as if the Big 10 didn’t have any medical experts advising them,” Evers said in an interview. “They had all sorts of them. I mean, thank God they didn’t just rely on politicians and especially politicians that are no longer in office.”
@journalsentinel
Journal Sentinel
4 years
Scott Walker: Badgers should be playing football this fall
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
Extraordinary. Your Wisconsin State Assembly is currently taking up a resolution to honor *checks notes* Robin Vos. Anyway, 272 days—how’s that second COVID bill coming along?
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
Holy shit. @MileyCyrus is the most raw and exceptional live performer I’ve ever seen. Some real Dolly meets Tina meets Janis energy. Just extraordinary. And btw she is Made for Milwaukee™ and we love it.
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
Wow, an absolute banner week for Wisconsin Republicans, no notes
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Britt Cudaback
7 months
It is absolutely ham-bananas wild that Republicans who sit on the committee that literally helps write the state's two-year budget are this unserious about challenges facing real people, this unserious about policy, and this unserious about governing. Holy buckets.
@HeartlandSignal
Heartland Signal
7 months
Wisconsin State Rep. Deb Andraca (D-Whitefish Bay) asks her GOP colleagues why their proposed tax credit for farmers was not indexed to inflation, but a tax credit for private school tuition was. No one answers. The room was silent for 35 seconds.
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
Listen when Republicans tell you this is about the governor’s authority. What they’re telling you is what’s been true all along during this pandemic: there’s nothing they won’t do—even putting Wisconsinites’ health, safety, and lives at risk—again—just to stick it to @GovEvers .
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Scott Bauer
3 years
@GovEvers At start of debate, @SpeakerVos tries to frame the issue as not being about masks but rather the governor's powers to issue emergency orders: “We are here again, today, not to talk about masks.” Democrats will be talking about masks.
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@BrittCudaback
Britt Cudaback
3 years
Because @GovEvers is our governor.
@js_politics
JSOnline - Politics
3 years
Georgia-style voting restrictions won't happen in Wisconsin. Here's why
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Britt Cudaback
1 month
Republicans are Really Mad™ there’s a story about how they no-showed at a meeting to release $140 million to fight PFAS statewide and respond to hospital closures in Western Wisconsin while they were pictured in Washington D.C. today to fundraise for their re-election campaigns.
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@js_politics
JSOnline - Politics
1 month
GOP lawmakers skip vote on clean water funding to head to D.C. fundraiser
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Britt Cudaback
3 months
This dumb tweet reminded me of another dumb tweet
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@ScottWalker
Scott Walker
3 months
You guys are so stupid. Wisconsin is a purple state because of the Democrat votes packed in Madison and Milwaukee.
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Britt Cudaback
11 months
. @GovEvers believes that when we deliver tax relief, it should be real, responsible and targeted to the middle class. The GOP is doubling down on tax breaks for wealthy millionaires and billionaires instead of prioritizing relief for working families. Here's who they're helping:
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@jessieopie
Jessie Opoien
11 months
The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee will take its final votes on the state budget today. Republicans on the committee are introducing a $4.4B tax cut package, the bulk of which will apply to cutting income taxes.
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Britt Cudaback
3 months
Good morning from Hudson, Wisconsin, where it’s standing room only to celebrate @GovEvers signing fair maps for Wisconsin today!
@GovEvers
Governor Tony Evers
3 months
BREAKING: I've promised from the beginning that I will always try to do the right thing. Today, I'm keeping that promise and I'm signing fair maps for Wisconsin. Wisconsin, for the first time in over a decade, we will not have some of the most gerrymandered maps in America.
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Britt Cudaback
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Last week, @EricHovde said, “If you're in a nursing home, you only have five, six months life expectancy. Almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote.” Then his campaign tried to say he didn’t say that. Sure looks like he doubled down on those comments again TODAY.
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danny
1 month
YIKES. Eric Hovde doubles down on nursing home conspiracy theories to (who else but) Vicki McKenna #wisen
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
Good morning! Republicans in the Legislature have spent more time in the last 244 days putting up trees in the State Capitol than they have passing a single bill.
@sbauerAP
Scott Bauer
3 years
Get to the root of the evergreen controversy at Wisconsin's Capitol:
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
Actually, before becoming a teacher, @GovEvers worked in a cheese factory and as a caregiver. @RebeccaforReal might not think those count, but I’d bet Wisconsinites who work these jobs every day might have something to say about it.
@RebeccaforReal
Rebecca Kleefisch
3 years
It’s time to introduce Tony Evers to a private sector job. Conservatives are ready for 2022. Good to see everyone at #RPW2021 this weekend.
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Britt Cudaback
8 months
stop 👏 taking 👏 wisconsin 👏 republicans 👏 at 👏 their 👏 word 👏
@PhilipRocco
Philip Rocco
8 months
A better way of thinking of this bill is an “Iowa style” redistricting plan with several “Wisconsin style” escape hatches that nullify the whole thing
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Britt Cudaback
9 months
Uh, literally trying to invest in improving infant and maternal health for three consecutive biennia only to have the many of his initiatives rejected by Republicans in the Legislature. We recommend reading the news!
@wisconsin_now
Wisconsin Right Now
9 months
And what is Tony Evers doing about this? He's in his second term #wisconsin
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Britt Cudaback
1 month
What a truly horrific thing to say about aging and older Wisconsinites. About 1,000 of our veterans and their spouses live in state-operated nursing homes in Wisconsin.
@HeartlandSignal
Heartland Signal
1 month
NEW AUDIO: Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde casts doubt on nursing home residents being able to vote: "Well, if you're in a nursing home, you only have a five, six-month life expectancy. Almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote."
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Britt Cudaback
1 month
Your asshole games win asshole prizes like “six bomb threats made against the district, Kiel City Hall, the Kiel Public Library, the homes of district employees, roads and utility companies in the city.” Tag us when you find humanity. And, yes, god help us until you do.
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@DanLennington
Dan Lennington
1 month
It's been another great week @WILawLiberty . Great insights from @GovEvers and his comms team, @BrittCudaback . "God help us" indeed!
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Britt Cudaback
5 months
Oh, @RepVos , to the contrary—you have a 16% approval rating and @GovEvers secured 80x the votes you did in the last election. No one needs to remind anyone who’s governor. The 1,358,774 Wisconsinites who re-elected him already know.
@repvos
Robin Vos
5 months
Unfortunately for the taxpayers of Wisconsin, we all know who the Governor of our state technically is. Isn't it kind of shocking that his own Comms Director has to remind all of us?
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Britt Cudaback
2 months
Never mind the fact that this situation largely only remains an issue because Republicans just simply and literally refuse to fix it. Wisconsin Republicans know this, of course, but they'd rather continue to undermine the integrity of our safe, fair, and secure elections anyway.
@DanODonnellShow
Dan O'Donnell
2 months
No way: Late night votes in Milwaukee have won an election for liberals. That sort of thing NEVER happens here!
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
A reminder that Speaker Vos is the longest-serving speaker in Wisconsin history—there's a whole resolution on it!—which means he's seen no less than two nonpartisan audits showing problems with Wisconsin's UI system during his time in the Legislature.
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Britt Cudaback
6 months
Hard to overstate the impact of @GovEvers vetoing an anti-LGBTQ bill surrounded by LGBTQ kids, families, and advocates today. Elections, governing, and doing what’s right matters. And this governor means it when he says he will defend LGBTQ Wisconsinites every single day.
@GovEvers
Governor Tony Evers
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BREAKING: I just vetoed Republicans' bill banning gender-affirming care for LGBTQ youth. I promised I would veto any bill that makes Wisconsin a less safe, less inclusive, and less welcoming place for LGBTQ folks and kids—and I keep my promises.
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
There’s bipartisan agreement for what @GovEvers has said for eighteen months: the Legislature should stop playing politics and obstructing efforts to keep Wisconsinites healthy and safe.
@sbauerAP
Scott Bauer
3 years
A defiant Tommy Thompson, interim president of @UWSystem , says he will not cede authority for running UW to Republicans who control the state Legislature “I have no plans to abdicate our responsibility," said Thompson, a Republican
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
No. He literally isn’t. We held a free, fair, and secure election. Stop enabling people to pretend we didn’t and imploring sympathy for those who know we did but don’t have the political will to admit it.
@Journaltimes
The Journal Times
3 years
Robin Vos is caught in the middle.
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Britt Cudaback
5 months
Tony Evers is the governor of Wisconsin. Robin Vos is not. We agree with the private sector—including our state’s largest employers, WMC, and local chambers of commerce—and will continue our efforts notwithstanding the small-minded objections of legislative Republicans.
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Scott Bauer
5 months
Wisconsin Republicans approve funding for @UWSystem pay raises, ended a six-month impasse fueled by @repvos attempts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on campuses Vos today said he was "not done yet" in his fight against DEI
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Britt Cudaback
4 years
Hope that everyone who’s talking to Wisconsin Republicans today is also asking about whether—in light of *gestures broadly*—they’re concerned about their own effort to end the governor’s public health emergency.
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Britt Cudaback
2 years
Hi 👋 you should consider a new research team. @GovEvers has been proposing middle-class tax cuts since his first budget that he introduced in *checks notes* 2019.
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@AnnaKellyWI
Anna Kelly
2 years
Tax Hike Tony Evers suddenly wants to lower taxes in month 46 of his 48 month term after trying to raise your taxes by $2 billion #WBADebate
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Britt Cudaback
9 months
Republicans, who vowed to consider impeaching a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice before she was even elected, have no credibility on “constitutional duties” whatsoever.
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@AlexanderShur
Alexander Shur
9 months
Despite widespread disagreement over whether Wolfe's nomination is legally before the Senate, elex committee chair Dan Knodl's spox says he's “fulfilling his constitutional duties ... by scheduling a vote on the reappointment of the Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator.”
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
Items on the “liberal wish list”: - legalizing marijuana - nonpartisan redistricting - expand BadgerCare - increased funding for schools All supported by an overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites.
@Emilee_Fannon
Emilee Fannon
3 years
. @SpeakerVos describes @GovEvers budget as "a liberal wish list to his doners" and said, "it's filled with poison pills. Many of Evers' proposals like expanding Medicaid, repealing ACT 10, and legalizing marijuana will likely be removed from the budget.
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Britt Cudaback
10 months
. @Vanwanggaard , your constituents would LOVE to know what YOUR plan is to ensure the child care industry doesn’t collapse. May as well also explain why GOP rejected @GovEvers ’ middle-class tax plan to provide $1.2 billion in tax relief to families, veterans, and seniors, etc.
@Vanwanggaard
Van Wanggaard
10 months
Translation - "I'll give you back your some of your money if you agree to let me spend almost half of it first."
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
ICYMI: @GovEvers #BadgerBounceback agenda includes universal background checks, a provision supported by 80% of Wisconsinites and 75% of gun owners.
@MollyBeck
Molly Beck
3 years
Top Wisconsin Republican says arresting perpetrators is likely the only thing that can be done in response to mass shootings via @patrickdmarley
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Britt Cudaback
5 months
Let’s be perfectly clear: the only people obstructing the release of UW pay raises and investments you and your Republican colleagues already approved of and passed in the biennial budget is you and your Republican colleagues. Full stop.
@SenStroebel
Duey Stroebel
5 months
Republicans worked to find a compromise to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for UW pay raises, capital projects and workforce development. The Evers-controlled Board of Regents blew up the deal because Democrats care more about 43 DEI positions than education.
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Britt Cudaback
2 months
Let's not forget 4 years ago Republicans were set to take a 300-day vacation during the worst economic disaster in a decade and the worst public health crisis in a century. Congrats on being the Least Active Full-Time Legislature in America during the pandemic 🥇
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Sen. Chris Kapenga
2 months
Let’s not forget 4 years ago… Gov. Evers and progressive health bureaucrats saw an opening to grab more power under the guise of COVID-19 “emergency” orders. They ignored the constitutional rights and freedoms of Wisconsinites by trying to implement and indefinitely extend some
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Britt Cudaback
4 months
🚨🚨🚨 Oopsies! Rep. Snyder said the quiet part out loud to a right-wing blog, telling them the GOP Legislature today is "trying to do our best and take our best shot at keeping the majority." This is about one thing: Republicans desperately trying to retain power. Full stop.
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Britt Cudaback
4 months
Let’s be very clear: if Republicans today take up maps that are not the fair maps @GovEvers submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, then they aren’t the governor’s maps. Period.
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Britt Cudaback
7 months
. @GovEvers called the Legislature into special session to take up his comprehensive workforce plan that invests nearly $200 million to build a new engineering building at UW-Madison. All Republicans have to do is pass it.
@KellyMeyerhofer
Kelly Meyerhofer
7 months
42 CEOs in Wisconsin urge GOP-controlled Legislature to approve ⁦ @UWMadison ⁩ engineering building in full-page ads, running in today’s ⁦ @journalsentinel ⁩ & ⁦ @WiStateJournal
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
. @GovEvers spent weeks working across the aisle on a bipartisan bill to respond to this pandemic. It’s disappointing that instead of passing the COVID compromise the governor and Republican leaders worked on together, Republicans now plan to move ahead with their own legislation.
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
HBD to Euchre shark, renowned bobblehead collector, and Egg McMuffin aficionado @GovEvers . 🎉
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Britt Cudaback
11 months
Wisconsin Republicans waited until many working families in their districts were fast asleep before they voted to gut hundreds of millions of dollars for Child Care Counts to make child care more affordable and accessible statewide. Profiles in courage.
@journalsentinel
Journal Sentinel
11 months
Republican lawmakers block extending pandemic-era program Child Care Counts
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Britt Cudaback
4 months
Let’s be very clear: if Republicans today take up maps that are not the fair maps @GovEvers submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, then they aren’t the governor’s maps. Period.
@jrrosswrites
JR Ross
4 months
NEWS: Senate Republicans were working on a plan to pass new legislative lines to cut off the possibility that the state Supreme Court picks maps that would be even more beneficial to Dems, according to multiple sources. Sources cautioned talks ongoing. 1/
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Britt Cudaback
2 years
Really shitty to see @Gannett continue to desecrate Wisconsin newsrooms (and newsrooms across the country), and even worse to see the consequences borne by talented journalists who’ve been both terrific colleagues and vital sources of information for the people of this state.
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Britt Cudaback
3 months
A senior U.S. Senator purportedly lying to the press is—and should be—a major news story.
@synathroesmus
Jules
5 months
Yes, @SenRonJohnson has lied to the media about his involvement with the fake elector scheme. In response to @AJBayatpour yesterday, he said Jim Troupis called him up and asked him to deliver "something" to the VP but last year, he said it came from a "staff intern" in the House.
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Britt Cudaback
4 years
. too close to call ↗️ ↘️ stay up late wake up early ↖️ ↙️ results any min
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@BrittCudaback
Britt Cudaback
2 years
“A new report on the distribution and spending of federal pandemic aid shows Wisconsin @GovEvers has put far more relief into the hands of small business entrepreneurs than other state leaders.”
@UpNorthNewsWI
UpNorthNews
2 years
New research shows how Wisconsin far exceeds other states when it comes to how federal pandemic aid has been used to help Main Street entrepreneurs and workers. Read more >>
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Britt Cudaback
3 months
h/t @AJBayatpour and @CBS58 because it is absolutely baffling that these documents and this story have otherwise barely received coverage or folo from the Wisconsin press corps. Refresher on what U.S. Sen. Johnson told @CNN :
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A.J. Bayatpour
3 months
NEW: Documents released this week show Sen. Ron Johnson and his office were told documents sent to his office on January 6 were about the state's presidential electors.
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Britt Cudaback
2 months
Wisconsin Republicans spent ~two years and $2.5 MILLION helping enable disinformation (“crazy claims”) and trying to delegitimize WEC—which Republicans threatened to abolish—because they didn’t like the 2020 election results. In case you’re wondering who created “the narrative.”
@RickEsenberg
Rick Esenberg
2 months
The worst threat to election integrity nationally is Donald Trump and in Wisconsin, it's the "stop the steal" cabal. By making crazy claims and doing crazy things, they delegitimize responsible efforts at ballot security. This botched recall is going to feed the narrative.
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Britt Cudaback
4 years
. @GovEvers has consistently tried working in good faith with Republican leadership on our state’s response to COVID-19, as we did yesterday by sharing our legislation and asking for their input and feedback.
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Britt Cudaback
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Republicans have refused to release: ✳️ $125 million to fight PFAS statewide for 286 days ✳️ $15 million to stabilize healthcare access in Western Wisconsin for 48 days @GovEvers called a special meeting of the budget committee to release the funds. Not one Republican showed up.
@GovEvers
Governor Tony Evers
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BREAKING: Republican lawmakers were a no-show today for the special meeting I called to release $140 million to fight PFAS statewide and stabilize healthcare access in Western Wisconsin after recent hospital closures. Am I angry about that? The answer's yes.
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
. @GovEvers is the Education Governor. And don’t you forget it.
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Britt Cudaback
8 months
The only “off-ramp” Robin Vos needs for impeachment is the same off-ramp he needed for the fake ‘investigation’ into the 2020 election—it’s him, Robin Vos, simply deciding not to do it.
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@sbauerAP
Scott Bauer
8 months
. @SpeakerVos says that he's created a panel to investigate the criteria for impeachment as he mulls taking that unprecedented step against liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz
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Britt Cudaback
6 months
Members of the media who've literally received responsive records and have known this existed for some time (because our office explicitly told them so) include the Associated Press, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, CBS58, and FOX6, among others!
@mbaldauff
Melissa Baldauff
6 months
Every governor in Wisconsin since Tommy Thompson has used an email alias. Evers administration has routinely disclosed to records requesters (including members of the media) that an alias exists for digital security reasons but has provided the content of emails.
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Britt Cudaback
4 years
Good morning. It has been 138 days since Republicans in the Legislature last passed a bill.
@sbauerAP
Scott Bauer
4 years
. @SpeakerVos taps Assembly Majority Leader @jimsteineke to lead up task force on racial disparities, educational opportunities, public safety, and police policies and standards. Assembly isn't taking action in special session today called by @GovEvers on policing bills
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Britt Cudaback
2 months
This you?
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@RickEsenberg
Rick Esenberg
2 months
This is just dishonest. It's not gay or lesbian kids. The bill is aimed at the problems presented by biological boys who feel - or claim to feel - that they should be girls and want to play on girls teams. This can defeat the purpose for which girls teams were established. The
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
A Tale of Two Parties
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
✅national leader in getting vax shots in arms ✅preserved $70M in food assistance ✅distributed 26M in PPE and sanitizing supplies ✅invested $100M in broadband ✅helped ~53,000 small businesses and 15,000+ farms (and counting!) I'll let you figure out the common denominator.
@jimsteineke
Jim Steineke
3 years
Correction: In spite of @GovEvers failed leadership ⬇️
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Britt Cudaback
4 years
Tonight I’m proud to announce my endorsement of Literally Any Woman to moderate the next debate
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Britt Cudaback
2 months
If @EricHovde can’t be trusted to give Wisconsin women a straight answer on supporting reproductive freedom, he can’t be trusted to defend reproductive freedom.
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
LET’S GOOOOO
@WisDems
Wisconsin Democrats
3 years
BREAKING: Governor Tony Evers just officially announced at the #WisDems2021 Convention he will be running for re-election! We couldn’t be more excited… we’re ALL IN to re-elect Governor Evers. Will you join us? Text "TONY" at 74404 to say you’re ALL IN for Tony! #AllinForTony
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Britt Cudaback
2 years
By passing @GovEvers ’ surplus plan announced today, we can help ensure Wisconsin kids and schools won’t lose out on more than $2 billion in federal aid ⬇️⬇️⬇️
@Tamarine608
Tamarine Cornelius
2 years
Wisconsin lawmakers underfunded our K-12 schools so severely that we are not on track to meet federal requirements for our schools to get pandemic relief money. Thread 👇
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Britt Cudaback
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@Sulliview
Margaret Sullivan
2 years
A prescription for campaign coverage that recognizes we’re in dangerous territory — and adjusts accordingly. My column. No paywall. -30-
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Britt Cudaback
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1️⃣ threaten impeachment 2️⃣ attempt to illegally fire elections administrator 3️⃣ ensure Legislature-picked, Legislature-approved map drawers for redistricting This is a comprehensive, escalating effort by Wisconsin Republicans to interfere in our elections.
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Britt Cudaback
2 years
ICYMI: under @GovEvers , Wisconsin's unemployment hit a record low, filing of weekly unemployment claims hit a record low, we have a record high number of people employed, and our state's workforce participation is at a historic high. #WBAdebate #WIGov
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Britt Cudaback
1 year
. @GovEvers responds to Republicans who’ve offered no meaningful response to his plan to invest our historic surplus into child care, paid leave, middle-class tax relief, and kids and schools: “Instead of saying ‘we don’t have enough money,’ tell me what their damn plan is.”
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Britt Cudaback
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Lying @EricHovde has ❌ not once ❌ not twice ‼️ but THREE TIMES implied Wisconsinites living in nursing homes don’t have the acuity to vote. Read his own comments for yourself ➡️
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@EricHovde
Eric Hovde
1 month
I didn’t say seniors shouldn’t be able to vote. I said there are voting discrepancies in nursing homes. That’s a fact. Plain and simple. The media is twisting my words because they don’t want to acknowledge the problems.
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Britt Cudaback
2 months
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@CapTimes
The Capital Times
2 months
Opinion | Republicans deliver 'petty' parting shot at Evers
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Britt Cudaback
1 month
. @tammybaldwin knows to tilt the glass.
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Tammy Baldwin
1 month
Happy National Beer Day, Wisconsin! Our beer industry creates good-paying jobs, supports local economies, and continues our long tradition of keeping mugs full. 🍺 Cheers!
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Britt Cudaback
4 years
Good morning. It’s been 173 days since Republicans in the legislature last passed a bill. On Day 170, they joined a lawsuit in support of ending the governor’s public health emergency and mask order. Republicans have refused to take COVID-19 seriously from the beginning.
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Robin Vos
4 years
We all agree we need to follow CDC guidelines as it relates to COVID19 regarding social distancing and masking up. We should also all agree that our state constitutions should not allow Governors czar-like powers no matter how serious the situation.
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Britt Cudaback
1 month
Shame on Republicans like @Vanwanggaard for continuing to perpetuate this lie. Wisconsin had a fair and secure election in 2020, and Donald Trump lost, as has been verified and proven time and time again by the Legislative Audit Bureau, the courts, and multiple other reviews.
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Emilee Fannon
1 month
I asked GOP Sen. @Vanwanggaard about the failed recall which turned into a convo about the 2020 election. He still questioned the outcome and believes Trump "could have won" and can "make the determination in his mind and his heart" if he won Wisconsin.
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Britt Cudaback
2 years
Y’all, the point is not just that WISGOP candidates for governor won’t say whether they’ll overturn the 2020 election; the point is refusing to say they won’t means they might not affirm future fair, safe, and secure elections, either. The antithesis of democracy is the point.
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Britt Cudaback
1 year
Also removing: - paid family leave - school-based mental health $ - cap on insulin co-pays - tax relief for working families - BadgerCare expansion - lead service line replacement $ - efforts to address PFAS GOP have no real plans to address pressing challenges facing our state.
@Emilee_Fannon
Emilee Fannon
1 year
Next week: Lawmakers on the Joint Finance Committee will begin stripping on numerous provisions in Gov. Evers budget proposal (which was expected). Some of those include, marijuana legalization, funding for AmFam field, more shared revenue & tax cuts.
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Britt Cudaback
8 days
. @SenStroebel is among the Republican lawmakers who are on Day 313 of refusing to release $125 million to fight PFAS across Wisconsin. He’s also declined to participate in either of two separate special meetings called by the governor to immediately release those funds.
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Duey Stroebel
8 days
On four separate occasions, I’ve voted to support historic funding for PFAS cleanup. Tomorrow, I plan to make it a 5th. While Democrats have chosen to block these funds at every turn, I’m committed to making sure these funds go out and that families get the relief they deserve
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
So, in summation, while the Wisconsin GOP fights basic measures to contain COVID-19, they also oppose federal aid to our state and plan to gut @GovEvers #BadgerBounceback agenda which would help our families, farmers, schools, and small businesses bounce back from this pandemic.
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Wisconsin Examiner
3 years
GOP opposition to state and local aid remains as Senate heads toward vote on COVID bill and Sen. Ron Johnson calls it a 'boondoggle' saying he'll force the hundreds of pages of the bill to be read aloud and then being a parade of "many" amendments.
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Britt Cudaback
7 months
Actually, @RepMagnafici , thanks to @GovEvers , your Assembly district already received: ✅ $2.7+ million to expand high-speed internet ✅ $5.8+ million for child care ✅ $1.2+ million in farmer support ✅ $6.7+ million for small businesses ✅ $2.8+ million in rental assistance
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Rep. Gae Magnafici
7 months
3 years post-lockdown, and where has the federal relief for Wisconsinites gone? Under Gov. Evers, those funds sat unused while our families struggled. Now, they're being poured into sports stadiums in Milwaukee, Janesville, and Green Bay. Pandemic relief or misplaced priorities?
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Britt Cudaback
4 months
NEW: @GovEvers tells reporters in Wausau he’ll veto GOP maps passed today.
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Governor Tony Evers
4 months
BREAKING: my promise to the people of Wisconsin is that I’d fight for fair maps, so I’ll be vetoing the maps passed by Republicans today. Moving legislative district lines so GOP-gerrymandered incumbents get to keep their seats is just more gerrymandering. Basic stuff, folks.
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Britt Cudaback
1 year
My favorite part about Wisconsin Republicans’ ~we want to work together~ narrative is when they send a formal, three-page letter that could’ve been a phone call just so they leak to press and get stories like this. In the spirit of bipartisanship, of course!
@MollyBeck
Molly Beck
1 year
Wisconsin's Republican D.C. delegation urges Gov. Tony Evers to delete TikTok from state devices via ⁦ @lawrencegandrea
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Britt Cudaback
2 years
A preview of what’s coming to Wisconsin if we don’t re-elect @GovEvers and @JoshKaulWI to keep fighting for your reproductive freedom.
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Scott Bauer
2 years
Arizona judge: State can enforce near-total abortion ban (from @AP )
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Britt Cudaback
4 months
Neither the governor nor our office have had any conversations with any legislative Republicans about this circus today.
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Scott Bauer
4 months
. @SpeakerVos says they are making "tons of progress" and continue to be in talks with @GovEvers over the maps Vos would not say what exactly they would be voting on tomorrow
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Britt Cudaback
11 months
. @rep_august was never part of any conversation the governor had with Republican leaders. If he had been, he’d know that the governor upheld every part of the bipartisan compromise reached with the Speaker and the Majority Leader.
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Scott Bauer
11 months
Republican Assembly Majority Leader @rep_august says Evers broke his deal with the Legislature on school funding with his partial veto today allowing revenue limit to increase for 400 years: "It will be difficult, if not impossible, to ever negotiate with this governor again."
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Britt Cudaback
4 years
It’s shameful that Republicans are watching our state face an unprecedented crisis and would rather continue playing politics than work with the governor to do what’s best for the people of our state.
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Britt Cudaback
11 months
@Schneider_CM Was listening to those statements hurtful or detrimental to you personally in some way? I’m genuinely curious.
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Britt Cudaback
2 years
BIG NEWS: in 17-18—the last full fiscal year before Gov. Evers took office—the state’s general fund had a GAAP deficit of $1.25 billion. Under @GovEvers , the state ended fiscal year 20-21 with the largest positive GAAP balance in Wisconsin state history at $1.18 billion.
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Britt Cudaback
1 year
There is no one less qualified to be an authority on governing in a crisis than Republicans in the Legislature, who took a 300-day vacation during the worst economic crisis in a decade and the worst public health crisis in a century.
@patrickdmarley
Patrick Marley
1 year
Wisconsin Republicans hope to pass a constitutional amendment stripping the governor of sole authority over how federal funds are spent. — via ⁦ @CorriHess
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
On the 250th day since Republicans last passed a bill, @GovEvers introduced a COVID compromise of items on which the governor and both GOP leaders agreed. Republicans should be asked whether they plan to take up the compromise bill and when, and, if not, why.
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Britt Cudaback
2 months
Wisconsin parents probably have a lot of questions for Republican legislators about why they passed a bill to enable *people who didn’t have to pass a background check* to be hired and interact with their kids at school on a day-to-day basis. Because that’s BONKERS.
@CorriHess
Corri Hess
2 months
. @SenStroebel responds to the school administrator veto:
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Britt Cudaback
7 months
This is an embarrassing response after Republicans have had over two months to consider Gov. Evers’ comprehensive workforce plan to prevent a looming child care crisis—a plan they refuse to support for reasons they won’t publicly explain.
@MollyBeck
Molly Beck
7 months
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu this PM is proposing to scrap Gov. Tony Evers proposal to funnel $1B into child care services and workforce programs and replace with an expanded child care tax credit and an income tax cut, among many other measures:
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@BrittCudaback
Britt Cudaback
3 years
Anyway, here are just a few ways Republicans can show support for wearing masks in public places: ✅ wear a mask in public places ✅ keep an order requiring masks in public places
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
. @GovEvers will veto this bill.
@MollyBeck
Molly Beck
3 years
Republican lawmakers are circulating a bill that would allow workers to collect unemployment if they quit a job over a vaccine mandate.
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Britt Cudaback
11 months
Now that Republicans: ❌ rejected Child Care Counts ❌ refused to expand paid family leave ❌ proposed $0 state dollars to expand high-speed internet statewide ❌ threatened to cut UW by $3M+ When will press ask to see the GOP plan to address our state’s workforce challenges?
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Britt Cudaback
1 year
☀️Good morning! Today’s a great day to ask Republicans what their plan is to recruit and retain talented workers and address our state’s workforce challenges since they continue to obstruct or reject @GovEvers ’ statewide solutions to meaningfully address this pressing issue.
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Britt Cudaback
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Britt Cudaback
4 years
There was never a task or an ask that Ben wouldn’t greet with joyful service. He went into the world and about his job kindness first. He led not by being boisterous or overbearing, but with a quiet charisma and persevering patience.
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Governor Tony Evers
4 years
We are devastated by Ben’s death, and our thoughts and prayers are with Ben’s family and friends as we all mourn the loss of an exceptional young man who was taken from us far, far too soon.
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
Huh. Wonder how many COVID-19 bills other state legislatures have passed in the 224 days since Republicans in Wisconsin passed their first and only one.
@PolitiFactWisc
PolitiFact Wisconsin
3 years
That's not what happened. More than 100 bills were passed first in other states.
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Britt Cudaback
28 days
Republican lawmakers are holding up: ✳️$125 million to fight PFAS statewide ✳️$15 million to stabilize healthcare in Western WI ✳️$36 million to combat the opioid epidemic Republicans are completely unserious about addressing real and pressing challenges facing our state.
@DanRShafer
Dan Shafer
28 days
Revealing of how systematically broken politics are in Wisconsin when one Republican member of the Joint Finance Committee can hold up $36 million for opioid treatment and remain anonymous doing it.
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
Under @GovEvers leadership ⬇️
@sbauerAP
Scott Bauer
3 years
BREAKING: Wisconsin revenue projections grow by $4.4 billion above prior projections by the middle of 2023, Legislative Fiscal Bureau tells lawmakers today "The increase ... is unprecedented," LFB director Bob Lang tells lawmakers. "
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Britt Cudaback
2 years
Not to worry, Tim! @WisDems has the clips to get you all caught up on what happened in Wisconsin while you were away. 💫
@WisDems
Wisconsin Democrats
3 years
Here’s former *Republican* Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson praising @GovEvers ' leadership through the COVID-19 crisis & his budget proposal. We love to see the #BadgerBounceback agenda get bipartisan support! As Gov Evers likes to say, “Let’s work together and get this done."
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Britt Cudaback
3 years
This week alone, Republicans’ reckless and irresponsible decisions have jeopardized $3 billion in federal funds for our state by rejecting BadgerCare expansion and refusing to meaningfully invest in schools because they’d rather play politics than support our economic recovery.
@MollyBeck
Molly Beck
3 years
. @usedgov tells @WisconsinDPI the $350M allocated by Repub lawmakers yesterday for a stabilization fund cannot be counted toward K-12 spending threshold needed to qualify for federal aid unless it's appropriated for K-12. Letter provided by @repmarkpocan :
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Britt Cudaback
11 months
NEW: @GovEvers slams Republicans for plans to cut @UWSystem by tens of millions of dollars. Republicans have no real, meaningful plans to bolster our workforce even as they continue to reject efforts that will help recruit and retain talented workers across our state.
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Governor Tony Evers
11 months
BREAKING: Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee are set to vote to cut tens of millions of dollars from the @UWSystem . Read my full statement ⬇️
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Britt Cudaback
4 years
Reminder: Wisconsin Republicans rejected @GovEvers ' budget proposal to expand Medicaid, which 70% of Wisconsinites support. It would have expanded healthcare coverage to an additional 82,000 people across our state and saved more than $320 million in Wisconsin taxpayer dollars.
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Governor Tony Evers
4 years
Healthcare shouldn’t be afforded to only the healthy and wealthy. We’re in the middle of a pandemic, and access to quality, affordable healthcare has never been more important. We need to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin.
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Britt Cudaback
1 year
. @GovEvers and Legislative Democrats continue delivering on their promise to fight every day to restore #Roe and reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.
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Governor Tony Evers
1 year
BREAKING: I'm proud to join legislative Democrats to introduce a new bill to repeal Wisconsin's 1849-era criminal abortion ban, which was passed well before women had the right to vote and includes no exceptions in cases of rape and incest. 🧵
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