#re-elect tammy baldwin

[tomorrowusa]

Filthy rich Republicans wish to tax poor people more so that the rich can get even more tax brakes when the GOP is in power. That's pretty much the story of Eric Hovde.

Hovde is running against incumbent Wisconsin US Senator Tammy Baldwin.

Wisconsin is a fairly moderate state. But it features some of the most despicable Republicans outside the old Confederacy.

In 2017, Sunwest Bank CEO Eric Hovde advocated for reforms that would raise taxes for 72 million Americans, including retirees and low-income earners. Hovde, a Republican, is expected to announce a U.S. Senate campaign in Wisconsin soon. Hovde, who has been endorsed by national Republicans to challenge Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in 2024, made the proposal in a Nov. 18, 2017, appearance on the radio program “The Vicki McKenna Show.”  [ ... ] Analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center found the plan would have also raised taxes for middle- and working-class families as well as retirees. “More than 80 percent of the tax increase would be paid by households making about $54,000 or less, and 97 percent would be paid by those making less than about $100,000,” wrote Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow with the organization. “Low-income families with children would pay the most: Achieving Scott’s goal would slash their after-tax incomes by more than $5,000, or more than 20 percent. A Scott-like plan would raise taxes on middle-income households by an average of $450.” Scott’s plan failed to pass, but he has not given up pushing for it. If Hovde were to join him in the Senate and support the measure, it could gain traction. In Wisconsin, Scott’s plan would have raised taxes for 32% of people, according to analysis by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. 

Hovde wants to take away your healthcare in addition to raising your income tax (if you're not a millionaire).

Hovde ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in 2012, and during that campaign he called for a total repeal of the Affordable Care Act, which in 2022 made it possible for 212,209 individuals in Wisconsin to obtain affordable health insurance coverage.

The Eric Hovde and Donald Trump Agenda: Take Away Critical Health Care Protections From Wisconsinites

Hovde doesn't even live in Wisconsin. Just sayin'...

Bice: Eric Hovde may run for Senate in Wisconsin, but he's living large in Laguna Beach, California

Did I mention that Eric Hovde is an anti-abortion fanatic.

ERIC HOVDE ON ABORTION

[batboyblog]

Things Biden and the Democrats did, this week #10

March 15-22 2024

The EPA announced new emission standards with the goal of having more than half of new cars and light trucks sold in the US be low/zero emission by 2032. One of the most significant climate regulations in the nation’s history, it'll eliminate 7 billion tons of CO2 emissions over the next 30 years. It's part of President Biden's goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 on the road to eliminating them totally by 2050.

President Biden canceled nearly 6 Billion dollars in student loan debt. 78,000 borrowers who work in public sector jobs, teachers, nurses, social workers, firefighters etc will have their debt totally forgiven. An additional 380,000 public service workers will be informed that they qualify to have their loans forgiven over the next 2 years. The Biden Administration has now forgiven $143.6 Billion in student loan debt for 4 million Americans since the Supreme Court struck down the original student loan forgiveness plan last year.

Under Pressure from the administration and Democrats in Congress Drugmaker AstraZeneca caps the price of its inhalers at $35. AstraZeneca joins rival Boehringer Ingelheim in capping the price of inhalers at $35, the price the Biden Admin capped the price of insulin for seniors. The move comes as the Federal Trade Commission challenges AstraZeneca’s patents, and Senator Bernie Sanders in his role as Democratic chair of the Senate Health Committee investigates drug pricing.

The Department of Justice sued Apple for being an illegal monopoly in smartphones. The DoJ is joined by 16 state attorneys general. The DoJ accuses Apple of illegally stifling competition with how its apps work and seeking to undermining technologies that compete with its own apps.

The EPA passed a rule banning the final type of asbestos still used in the United States. The banning of chrysotile asbestos (known as white asbestos) marks the first time since 1989 the EPA taken action on asbestos, when it passed a partial ban. 40,000 deaths a year in the US are linked to asbestos

President Biden announced $8.5 billion to help build advanced computer chips in America. Currently America only manufactures 10% of the world's chips and none of the most advanced next generation of chips. The deal with Intel will open 4 factories across 4 states (Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon) and create 30,000 new jobs. The Administration hopes that by 2030 America will make 20% of the world's leading-edge chips.

President Biden signed an Executive Order prioritizing research into women's health. The order will direct $200 million into women's health across the government including comprehensive studies of menopause health by the Department of Defense and new outreach by the Indian Health Service to better meet the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native Women. This comes on top of $100 million secured by First Lady Jill Biden from ARPA-H.

Democratic Senators Bob Casey, Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, and Jacky Rosen (all up for re-election) along with Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Sheldon Whitehouse, introduced the "Shrinkflation Prevention Act" The Bill seeks to stop the practice of companies charging the same amount for products that have been subtly shrunk so consumers pay more for less.

The Department of Transportation will invest $45 million in projects that improve Bicyclist and Pedestrian Connectivity and Safety

The EPA will spend $77 Million to put 180 electric school buses onto the streets of New York City This is part of New York's goal to transition its whole school bus fleet to electric by 2035.

The Senate confirmed President Biden's nomination of Nicole Berner to the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Berner has served as the general counsel for America's largest union, SEIU, since 2017 and worked in their legal department since 2006. On behalf of SEIU she's worked on cases supporting the Affordable Care Act, DACA, and against the Defense of Marriage act and was part of the Fight for 15. Before working at SEIU she was a staff attorney at Planned Parenthood. Berner's name was listed by the liberal group Demand Justice as someone they'd like to see on the Supreme Court. Berner becomes one of just 5 LGBT federal appeals court judges, 3 appointed by Biden. The Senate also confirmed Edward Kiel and Eumi Lee to be district judges in New Jersey and Northern California respectively, bring the number of federal judges appointed by Biden to 188.

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I live in Nevada and it looks like Jacky Rosen will probably narrowly win re-election and while I'm still disappointed in Kamala's loss, this is a bright spot for me. However Sam Brown supporters are already trying to say she "stole" the election and it was rigged and Sam Brown should have won. I hate what Trump and Steve Bannon have done to democracy and now Republicans cry "it's rigged!" whenever they lose anything.

I'm so glad Jacky Rosen won, and same with Ruben Gallego, Tammy Baldwin, and Elissa Slotkin like they're real MVPs for winning in states Harris lost.

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Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) said on social media that “the only just outcome” for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “the peaceful coexistence” of an Israeli and a Palestinian state. “I am under no illusion that a two-state solution will happen in the immediate future but to assert that it should NEVER happen �� that either Jews or Palestinians should never have self-determination — is morally wrong,” Torres continued.

Once again, Rep. Torres distinguishes himself as a voice of nuance and peace in this conflict.

I don't know what exactly are the conditions for aid the 18 senators have established, but if they focus on the "day after" need to lay all possible groundwork for eventual Palestinian autonomy and independence, I would be on board. As much as I am a Zionist and side unreservedly with Israel against Hamas in the current war, nothing will have been achieved if a two-state future is off the table. Netanyahu's vision only sets the stage for unsustainable occupation and future conflict. It is a dispiriting confirmation of what we all knew he believed and was working toward, despite his perverse willingness to live alongside a Hamas that never promised anything but what it did Oct. 7. Israel is in desperate need of better leadership, as are the Palestinians. If that is achieved, there is good reason to hope for peace.

After all this is the calculus: Israel is going nowhere and neither are the Palestinians. Both Jews and Palestinians demand and have every right to national self-determination, and each possesses its own form of indigeneity within the borders of the former British Mandate of Palestine. Neither people wishes to live as a minority under the other's rule. That leaves only partition into two sovereign and viable states as a just solution. Zionists understood this in 1947, but have inconsistently acted in accordance with this logic. The Palestinians, well, when they're ready to accept this conclusion, there has to be something concrete as an incentive for conceding to reality.

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All 435 Representative seats are up for election (as they are every two years).

Every state is not a contested Senate state - every state doesn't even have senators running in this election. They're elected for 6 years each, in 2-year cycles.

34 Senate seats are up for election this year. 23 of those are currently held by Democrats or Independents, so the Republicans will be pushing hard to get one or two of them and take control of the Senate.

The grey states have no one in the running; there is no way to influence their existing senator balance.

Spots to watch:

West Virginia - Joe Manchin (I, former D) is stepping down; the state leans strongly red and pro-Trump, so this is one to push for activism. Glenn Elliott is the new Democratic candidate. He's running against Jim Justice, the current governor there, and the polls are not in Elliott's favor.

Montana - Jon Tester (D) - Another Democrat in a red state; the only one who holds statewide office in Montana. He's running for re-election against Sheehy.

Ohio - Sherrod Brown (D) running for re-election. Brown is a strong progressive; his opponent is Moreno, who is Trump's pick.

Nevada - Jacky Rosen (D) running for re-election. She's a first-term senator, and Nevada has been tilting blue but isn't strongly there. She's ahead of her opponent (Sam Brown) 47%-40% by some accounts, but almost tied at 41% each in others.

Arizona - Krysten Sinema (I) is stepping downn; Ruben Gallego is the Democrat running against Kari Lake, and numbers are so far in his favor.

Michigan - Debbie Stablenow (D) is retiring; Elissa Slotkin is very likely to be selected to run for her spot. Republicans haven't won a senator's race in Michigan for 30 years, but Trump is popular there. The likely R candidate is Rogers; polls have her about 9 points ahead of him.

Pennsylvania - Bob Casey (D) is running against McCormick; Casey is solidly leading in the polls.

Wisconsin - Tammy Baldwin (D) is likely going against Hovde - and while state polls put Trump ahead of Biden (...hah, those numbers are now all useless), she has a 5-pt lead in the polls.

Maryland - Angela Alsobrooks (D) won the nomination to go after retiring Ben Cardin's spot. This would be a non-competitive race (Biden was up 30 points in the last election), but she's running against a former governor, Larry Hogan. Hogan is trying to call himself a moderate; his track record doesn't show that.

Texas - Ted Cruz (R) is the incumbent; Colin Allred is his competition, and it's looking like a fairly close race - recent polls are 47/44 in favor of Cruz, but that's within the range of change.

This has a map with all the races:

even if you're resigned that trump is going to win, 1/3 of the country lives in states with competitive senate elections. if democrats win the senate, there is very little that trump can do (can't even appoint supreme court nominees)

the following states all have competitive senate elections:

arizona

florida

maryland

michigan

montana

nevada

ohio

pennsylvania

texas

wisconsin

even if you don't think your state is competitive at all, THESE SENATE RACES STILL ARE, SO IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THESE STATES, MAKE SURE TO VOTE

and even if you don't live in one of those states, you could live in a competitive house seat. if democrats win the house, then trump can't pass any bills

and even if you don't live in a competitive state or district, your local elections matter even more than federal ones because they have a much more direct impact on your life

so VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE

[vyurza]

LGBTQ+ Politicians Who Made History In The 2024 United States Elections

Julie Johnson - First out LGBTQ+ person to represent Texas in Congress

Keturah Herron - First LGBTQ+ woman State Senator in Kentucky

Emily Randall - First Latina LGBTQ+ Congresswoman

Tammy Baldwin - First out lesbian woman elected to the United States Senate

Molly Cook - Bisexual woman who won Texas Senate seat

Sarah McBride - First out trans person elected to the House

Becca Balint - First LGBTQ+ person elected to represent Vermont in Congress

Angie Craig - First LGBTQ+ person elected to represent Minnesota in Congress

Sharice Davids - First out LGBTQ+ Congress member elected in Kansas

Chris Pappas - First out LGBTQ+ Congress member in New Hampshire

Mark Pocan - Gay member of Congress for Wisconsin, re-elected

Mark Takano - Only out LGBTQ+ Asian and Pacific American in Congress, re-elected

Ritchie Torres - First out LGBTQ+ Afro-Latin person elected to Congress, re-elected for a New York seat

Aime Wichtendahl - First out trans House member in Iowa

Robert Garcia - Out gay politician representing California's 42 District, re-elected

Eric Sorensen - First out gay member of Congress in Illinois, re-elected

Zooey Zephyr - Transgender State Representative in Montana, re-elected

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US elects more LGBTQIA+ people to Congress

New Post has been published on https://qnews.com.au/us-elects-more-lgbtqia-people-to-congress/

US elects more LGBTQIA+ people to Congress

There was a silver lining to this week’s US Presidential Election, with several states electing their first LGBTQIA+ representatives to Congress and a number of prominent queer lawmakers being returned to office by voters.

Texan Julie Johnson has become the first LGBTQIA+ person to be elected to Congress for her state and for the entire US South.

Sarah McBride won the state of Delaware’s single seat in the House of Representatives to become the first transgender member of Congress.

Washington State’s Emily Randall has become the first LGBTQIA+ and Latina person in Congress.

All three of the new LGBTQIA+ members of Congress are Democrats and bring the total number of LGBTQIA+ people in the House of Representatives to a record twelve.

Existing LGBTQIA+ members of Congress who will continue in their seats include Vermont’s Becca Balint, Kansas’ Sharice Davids, Illinois’ Eric Soresen, Minnesota’s Angie Craig, Wisconsin’s Mark Pocan, California’s Mark Takano and Robert Garcia, New Hampshire’s Chris Pappas and New York’s Ritchie Torres.

Senator Tammy Baldwin from the state of Wisconsin has also won re-election as the sole LGBTQIA+ person in the US Senate following the retirement of lesbian Democrat Laphonza Butler and bisexual Democrat-turned-Independent Kyrsten Sinema who did not seel re-election.

For the latest LGBTIQA+ Sister Girl and Brother Boy news, entertainment, community stories in Australia, visit qnews.com.au. Check out our latest magazines or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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Endorsement: Wisconsin Needs To Re-elect Senator Tammy Baldwin

Well duh, Senator Baldwin has had our back for the past 12 years and still is deeply invested in helping Wisconsin and its residents. I won’t waste my breath on her carpetbagger opponent.

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'Squad' faces final primary challenge as 4 states go to polls Tuesday

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'Squad' faces final primary challenge as 4 states go to polls Tuesday

After a tough summer at the ballot box for members of the so-called “Squad,” the group of progressive and diverse House Democrats is facing its final intraparty challenge on Tuesday as four states in the Midwest and New England hold primary elections.Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota faces voters one week after her fellow Squad member, Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri, lost her bid for re-nomination and nearly two months after another Squad member, Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York, fell to his primary challenger.But Omar, who made history as the first Somali American in Congress and the first woman of color to represent Minnesota on Capitol Hill, is the favorite as she faces three primary challengers in the Democrat primary. Omar is seeking a fourth two-year term representing the Minneapolis-anchored 5th Congressional District.CHECK OUT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POWER RANKING IN THE 2024 ELECTIONBush and Bowman faced well-funded challengers and millions in outside spending by United Democracy Project, a super PAC affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. While Omar is also a very vocal critic of Israel, she hasn’t been targeted by any ads from the United Democracy Project.And Omar is considered to be in a much better political position than she was two years ago when she narrowly defeated Don Samuels, who for a second straight cycle is her top challenger.But Samuels, in an interview Monday on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” said he’s seen a surge in his fundraising and in volunteers to his campaign in the week since Bush’s defeat. And he said Omar is “divisive and combative. She picks a side including, simply trying to divide her, her constituency, and ignores the other side.”Minnesota’s primary comes a week after Vice President Harris named the state’s governor, Gov. Tim Walz, as her running mate on the Democrat 2024 ticket. And an old clip of Walz praising Omar has gone viral in recent days.Arguably the highest-profile Squad member, three-term Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, easily crushed her primary challenger in June.The only other Squad member with a primary yet to come this cycle is Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, who is unchallenged in her September contest.Sen. Amy Klobuchar is the overwhelming favorite in a five-candidate Democrat Senate primary as she seeks a fourth six-year term representing Minnesota in the chamber. Eight candidates are running in the GOP Senate primary.In neighboring Wisconsin, Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin is unopposed in her party’s primary as she seeks a third term. Republican businessman Eric Hovde, a real estate developer who’s loaned his campaign $13 million and who is backed by former President Trump, faces nominal opposition in the GOP primary.Two Democrats are running in their party’s primary in western Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District, with the winner taking on Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden, a staunch Trump ally, in November.And in northeast Wisconsin’s heavily red 8th Congressional District, all eyes are on the GOP primary in the race to fill the seat of former Rep. Mike Gallagher, who left Congress in April. Taking place alongside the primary is a special election for the remainder of Gallagher’s current term, which expires at the end of the year.In Connecticut, the spotlight is on Republican primaries to challenge two longtime Democrat members of Congress: Sen. Chris Murphy and Rep. Jim Himes.In Vermont, two Democrats are vying for their party’s gubernatorial nomination, with the winner challenging Republican Gov. Phil Scott in November.Scott, a moderate Republican and GOP Trump critic, is unopposed in his party’s primary as he seeks a fifth two-year term steering Vermont. Even though Vermont is a reliably blue state. Scott remains popular and grabbed nearly 70% of the vote in his 2022 re-election.Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.

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Biden’s Fate Hangs Over Baldwin and Democrats in Congress as Voters Question His Fitness

Senator Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat seeking re-election, has noticed voters returning to the same question in recent days as she crisscrosses her state to make the case for her campaign: Does she think President Biden can win in November, and should he even try? “Typically, I’ll go to an event; I’ll share my remarks,” Ms. Baldwin said in an interview on Friday at a newly opened campaign…

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Baldwin touts buy-American legislation in first Senate re-election campaign TV ad

The ad will run statewide and on digital platforms.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin launched her first television campaign ad Thursday, releasing a 30-second spot touting buy-American legislation she sponsored. The ad features workers at Scot Forge in Clinton praising the bills. One was signed by President Donald Trump in 2018 that created a five-year requirement that federally funded water infrastructure projects use…

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Events 11.6

447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers. 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto. 1217 – The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs. 1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars. 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race. 1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game. 1900 – President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Republicans also swept the congressional elections, winning increased majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead. 1943 – World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation. 1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television. 1963 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ is appointed to head the South Vietnamese government by General Dương Văn Minh's junta, five days after the latter deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm. 1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. 1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39. 1985 – Colombian conflict, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá. 1986 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 21⁄2 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record. 1988 – Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 938 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province. 1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore. 2002 – Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. 2002 – A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three. 2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150. 2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. 2016 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch an offensive to capture the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

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[mariacallous]

Rick Scott, Josh Hawley, and Ted Cruz (plus Marsha Blackburn) are all up for re-election in 2024

So are Krysten Sinema, Debbie Stabenow, Jon Tester, Jacky Rosen, Martin Heinrich, Sherrod Brown, Bob Casey, Joe Manchin, and Tammy Baldwin.