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.⁦ @KamalaHarris ⁩ arrives at first Wisconsin event in Wauwatosa, meeting with local union workers and leaders

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Polls open in minutes. Here’s a look at the line in Waukesha, the city’s only polling location

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BREAKING: Advocate Aurora now says an employee at its Grafton hospital intentionally removed the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from a refrigerator resulting in nearly 500 doses having to be thrown away

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says former President Trump called him last week in another push to decertify Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential results after the WI Supreme Court ruling on absentee ballot drop boxes. Shortly after, Vos says, Trump posted on social media calling him a RINO

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Milwaukee’s 169,000+ absentee ballots en route to county election officials

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New video released today shows Wisconsin's fake GOP electors casting ballots for Donald Trump and applauding The video is part of docs released in a settlement in a civil lawsuit against Kenneth Chesebro and Jim Troupis, who was Trump's attorney in Wisconsin

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Sen. Tammy Baldwin announced today she’s reintroducing the ‘Go Pack Go’ Act to ensure all Wisconsin residents can watch the Packers on broadcast TV

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Iowans voting, writing their candidate’s name on a piece of paper, throwing it into the paper bag to be tallied

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“No comment” as woman enters election commission building just after 5p in Madison to drop off signatures for Kanye West

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The employee has been fired, the company says

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Polls close. DNC chair: “This was a dark day for our democracy.”

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VERDICT IN: Jury finds Kimberly Zapata guilty on all 4 counts, the former deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, of ordering 3 military absentee ballots under fake names and sending them to GOP Rep. Janel Brandtjen

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Statement: “We have noticed appropriate authorities for further investigation.”

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Milwaukee’s mayor asking MLB to come to Milwaukee for the All Star Game

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An internal memo sent to employees tonight said “We are more than disappointed that this individual’s actions will result in a delay of more than 500 people receiving their vaccine.”

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In Madison today... Pete Buttigieg campaigning for Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes

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Former House Speaker Paul Ryan has told me he won't attend the GOP convention in Milwaukee if Trump is the nominee Trump Jr. today in Iowa: "He's the RINO that the America first movement despises, so if he doesn't show up to the convention in Milwaukee, no one gives a damn."

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Dem Party of Wisconsin chair Ben Wikler says $4 million effort begins tonight to pressure GOP to abandon threats of impeaching Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she doesn't recuse herself from maps case, including a door knocking campaign in GOP districts

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#breaking GOP candidate for gov Tim Michels concedes race to Dem incumbent Gov. Tony Evers, says he called him moments ago

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"It's very consistent," Vos said. "He makes his case, which I respect. He would like us to do something different in Wisconsin. I explained it's not allowed under the constitution. He has a different opinion, and then he put out the tweet."

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12:50 am: Absentee ballots still being processed in Milwaukee. All 169,341 will be reported at once.

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The company on Monday said 50 vials. (Each vial contains 10 doses.) Tonight’s release says 57 vials

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2:45 am: Milwaukee is nearing the end of processing its 169,000+ absentee ballots

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Former House Speaker Paul Ryan to @WISN_Caroline on midterm results and Trump: "I think Donald Trump gives us problems politically ... I think we just have some Trump hangover. I think he's a drag on our offices and our races."

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They called before 5p to alert election officials. (Building is locked and shut down because of COVID. Someone had to come let them in)

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Monday’s statement the company released

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Trump's post on Truth Social

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. @DonaldJTrumpJr : "It's great to be back here in Indiana ... this is where it all started."

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Former U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan from Wisconsin says he won't show up at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee if former President Donald Trump is the nominee Much more of our conversation Sunday on UPFRONT.. @WISN12News @wispolitics

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One member from the Wisconsin National Guard said they have rested in the garage between their shifts for days. It is uncomfortable, but there are not many places to easily put thousands of soldiers in the District, he said.

National Guard members allowed back at Capitol after they were banished to a parking garage

“I’ve never in my entire career felt like I’ve been booted onto the curb and told, ‘Figure it out on your own,’ ” a Maryland National Guard member told The Washington Post.

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Meagan Wolfe, Wisconsin's top elections chief, on vowing to stay in her job as her position's fate is now in the courts: "I think it would set a dangerous precedent that says if you bully and harass an elected official enough, they'll just leave."

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She voted absentee but is out at the polls bringing gloves and wipes for people standing in line

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New statement from Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard: “Considering impeachment mere weeks after Justice Protasiewicz has been sworn-in is utterly absurd.”

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Coronavirus update: Illinois reports 1st death of infant with COVID-19 in US; Chicago considered among next hot spots via @abc7chicago

Coronavirus update: Illinois reports 1st death of infant with COVID-19 in US; Chicago considered...

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported the first COVID-19 related death of an infant in the United States on Saturday.

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Leaving courthouse tonight, Rittenhouse attorney Mark Richards said when he saw jurors in the courtroom tonight “I thought the jury was 6-6 split”

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Breaking: Judge ruling from bench against Trump, affirming the outcome of recounts in Milwaukee and Dane Counties

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Today’s state court hearing is virtual. Trump campaign is asking to throw out more than 200,000 absentee ballots

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Ann Jacobs, commissioner on Wisconsin Elections Commission: "I think that’s a complete and total abdication of the role of the U.S. Senator."

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Sen. Johnson on Racine Co. man who fraudulently requested absentee ballots to prove voter fraud: "I certainly wouldn’t prosecute whatever he did. I appreciate what he did. I think he did the public a service showing a vulnerability that obviously WEC isn’t concerned about."

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Cruz: God bless the great state of Indiana

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has denied the request. Depositions are scheduled tomorrow.

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In 11th hour attempt, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is asking Wisconsin Supreme Court to step in and allow him to not sit for a deposition tomorrow in open records dispute surrounding the 2020 election review

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Jacobs: "This man, according to his on confession broke the law, did so intentionally under the guise of some sort of weird attack on our absentee voting system, which if you don’t break the law works very well."

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Short statement released by Kenosha Police

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“Video taken by an onlooker appears to show the man walking away from police, who have firearms pointed at him. The man then attempts to get into a vehicle, at which point at least one officer opened fire. Seven pops are heard in the video.”

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State election commission reaffirms why no results will be reported in Wisconsin tonight: "The U.S. Supreme Court decision also did not alter the provision in Judge Conley’s amended order which prohibits the reporting of results until April 13."

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The video was recorded by Chesebro who was in the room when Wisconsin's Republican electors met

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A Republican source tells @WISN12News Sen. Ron Johnson will seek re-election and is expected to make his official announcement in the coming days

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Assembly votes 52-42 to end governor's emergency order which includes the statewide mask mandate. Takes effect tomorrow.

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Vos is facing a Republican primary challenger. Sunday on UPFRONT we’ll go inside the race in the 63rd

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New statement tonight from Trump: “I don’t know his opponent in the upcoming Primary, but feel certain he will do well if Speaker Vos doesn’t move with gusto.”

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The 3 current liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices - Jill Karofsky, Rebecca Dallet and Ann Walsh Bradley - are at Janet Protasiewicz's watch party tonight

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Wisconsin Gov. Evers announces he will veto six GOP election bills saying Republicans are “abusing power to overturn the election”

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Milwaukee Bucks officially announce Fiserv Forum will be one of several in-person early voting locations in Milwaukee ahead of the November election

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“Look, I would still rather be on the university campus,” Cruz said in an interview. “The point was to go there, but at the same time, I don’t run away from it. If they want to play the heavy-handed censor, I’m gonna call them out on it.”

Sen. Ted Cruz moves event after mask feud with UW-Madison

"I'm gonna call them out on it," Cruz said in an interview with WISN 12

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POTUS on signing Respect for Marriage Act: "This bipartisanship vote would not have happened without the leadership and persistence of a real hero, Sen. Tammy Baldwin."

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.⁦ @KamalaHarris ⁩ about to depart Milwaukee tells crowd gathered on north side to vote early

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“It’s bullshit,” ⁦ @WalshFreedom ⁩ tells @WISN12News

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The last time we talked with former Sen. Herb Kohl was in the summer of 2021 just as the Milwaukee Bucks championship parade kicked off "This is one of the big days in my life," he said Today the Herb Kohl Foundation announced Kohl passed away at the age of 88

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Gov. Evers responds to Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling: “Tomorrow in Wisconsin, thousands will wake up and have to choose between exercising their right to vote and staying healthy and safe.”

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"I cut my teeth in Wisconsin in 1986 dropping literature for Tommy Thompson. Tommy Thompson worked across the aisle to solve problems. That Republican Party is gone." Trygve Olson, now a senior advisor to The Lincoln project, on their efforts in Wisconsin ahead of Nov:

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. @PeteButtigieg makes final Wisconsin campaign stop for @JoeBiden - hitting Green Bay, Milwaukee and Racine today

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. @MichelleObama and @ConanOBrien surprise a group of high school students in Milwaukee ahead of her event tonight

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Speaker Robin Vos on GOP considering impeachment if Justice Janet Protasiewicz doesn't recuse herself from maps case: "To me that is a pretty clear violation of the way that all of America works as opposed to not pre-judging cases and would be one we would have to discuss..."

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FEMA announces a 20-person team from U.S. Navy will deploy to Bellin Hospital in Green Bay to assist with COVID-19 response

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In his first interview in December, former GOP chairman Andrew Hitt told us Wisconsin GOP leaders didn't consider asking Chesebro to leave the room: "I don't recall him doing anything except for standing there."

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Rep. Mike Gallagher, Sen. Marco Rubio and Dem Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi introduced bill today that would ban TikTok from operating in the U.S.

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48 hours after former President Donald Trump's endorsement in Green Bay, GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde on 2020 ahead of Nov: "Look is there concerns? Yes, of course, but I don't want to spend my time talking about 2020. I'm talking about 2024."

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As part of the agreement Chesebro and Troupis turned over more than 1,400 pages of documents and said they wouldn't participate in similar efforts in the future but did not admit to any wrongdoing or liability

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Sen. Baldwin’s office sends out pictures of her meeting today with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Gov. Evers, AG Kaul officially ask the Wisconsin Supreme Court to declare the state’s legislative maps unconstitutional

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New: Marquette University announces it will require vaccinations for students to attend class this fall

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Governors from WI, MN and MI: “It has become abundantly clear that not only has the Trump administration botched the rollout of the safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine, but also that the American people have been misled about these delays...”

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Sen. Johnson on whether he'll accept the results of Tuesday's election: "We just found out that an election official in MKE was sending military absentee ballots to Janel Brandtjen ... I can't predict what the Democrats might have planned ... Let's see how this plays out."

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New: WISN-TV invited both Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates to participate in a debate ahead of the April election Former Justice Daniel Kelly agreed. Today Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz officially declined

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As of now, election officials are hoping to be done around 3 am central

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Jason Seaman, Noblesville teacher:

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ABC News: Investigators with special counsel Jack Smith’s office have interviewed the chief election official in Milwaukee, an indication that his probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election has reached beyond state-level principals into the municipalities…

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Assembly Dem Minority Leader Greta Neubauer says Dems will do everything they can to prevent GOP from moving toward impeaching Justice Protasiewicz: "The people of Wisconsin elected Justice Protasiewicz because they share her values..."

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94 people take oath in Indianapolis to become new U.S. citizens

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Green Bay results coming soon

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@mattsmith_news Green Bay just put its last few absentee ballots through the machines.

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After briefly talking with reporters, Michael Gableman wouldn't answer follow-up questions as to why he is now representing someone who has admitted to illegally requesting absentee ballots in someone else's name

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NEW: Wisconsin @GovEvers on Kenosha shooting: “Tonight, Jacob Blake was shot in the back multiple times, in broad daylight, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.”

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President Biden: “Herb Kohl was one of the finest people I’ve served with – a kind and principled man of integrity and character, one of Wisconsin’s greatest-ever advocates, and a dear friend.”

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The ground floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol will be boarded up beginning today. Department of Administration says it's "in keeping with proactive cautionary measures happening at state houses throughout the country."

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One hour before Democratic electors meet in Madison, WI Supreme Court rejects @realDonaldTrump ’s attempt to throw out 220,000+ votes

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Here’s a look at 1 of 5 polling sites in Milwaukee. Typically the city has 180 locations open.

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It is election day in Wisconsin. Voters are outside Riverside High School waiting to vote.

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“I’m not going to let attempts to bully me, to intimidate me lead to me not continuing to do my job, which I’ve done with integrity,” Meagan Wolfe said, administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission

Wisconsin election official pushes back on GOP report

Meagan Wolfe rebuffs calls to resign

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WH Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on @FoxNews says he offered @GovEvers additional federal assistance today: “The President was on the phone today with the governor as well ... today that request was denied by the governor.”

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn says he's received extra police protection after several high-profile 4-3 decisions where he voted with the court's liberal justices, including the most recent ruling against President Trump

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Ann Jacobs, chair of the WI Election commission, set to complete state canvass and certify Wisconsin’s election results Monday afternoon

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Biden camp making the most of the Mike Holmgren endorsement after ⁦ @packers ⁩ announce no fans for foreseeable future

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Aaron Rodgers: “It’s been kind of a soap opera and I’d like to see soap operas come to an end. So this is good…”

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A beautiful morning in Marinette. President Trump will tour Fincantieri Marinette Marine this afternoon and deliver remarks to employees. Company is building ships for U.S. Navy @WISN12News

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Former VP Mike Pence on whether he'd support Trump if he's the GOP nominee coming out of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee: "Let me just say I really do believe that we'll have better choices."

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This is pretty cool - entire Indiana delegation introduces resolution in memory of @indystar columnist Matthew Tully

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This morning on UPFRONT, Gov. Evers on Republican's threat to sue over federal stimulus money: "If they want to spend their time messing around with this, they'll be spending taxpayers money to prevent taxpayers from getting money."

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. @semafor reports the Senate will vote to codify same-sex marriage this week, an effort led by Sen. Tammy Baldwin

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New: Milwaukee County now issues its own order to close polls tomorrow

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My friend ⁦ @Toya_Washington ⁩ signing off tonight after 20 years at ⁦ @WISN12News ⁩: “For anyone who needs to hear it, know your value; know your worth. Protect it with integrity. Never, never settle for anything less. Ever.”

Farewell to Toya Washington

Longtime WISN 12 News anchor leaves after 20 years.

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We went to ⁦ @RepKinzinger ⁩’s district this week. The WI Air National Guard pilot is now putting his political career on the line

Illinois congressman pressures Republicans to leave Trump behind

A Republican congressman from Illinois, with ties to Wisconsin, says it's time to rid the Republican Party of Donald Trump.

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#Bucks aren’t messing around with expanding @DeerDistrict . New massive stage across the street on north end of arena. Bucks president now telling us they want to fit as many as 65,000 outside. Yes, 65K Peter Feigin says

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Ink restored in Green Bay

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Update: The clerk has returned with printer ink!

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