Wisconsin

Ann Retzlaff and one of her customers, white nationalist Scott Edges of Green Bay, who came for a party Ann Retzlaff isn't a big Republican donor. The only federal campaign contribution I could find was a modest $250 check she wrote on March 31 of this year to GOP Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA).

On Wednesday, Wisconsin reported 291 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing state state's total to 10,902-- and 3 new deaths, boringly that total to 421. Is that a lot, a little? Well, there are 1,872 cases per million, which isn't good-- and that's been increasing.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state’s coronavirus lockdown order on Wednesday in a 4-3 majority decision by the high court – a ‘first of its kind’ crackdown on executive power in the state, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
After weeks of public skepticism and frustration over the lockdown, the people of Wisconsin begin to see some light after their high court’s ruling.

DCCC chair Cheri Bustos should resignLast night 3 important congressional races ended. Nancy Pelosi, Cheri Bustos and their DCCC need to think closely about what happened. One contest was a primary in Omaha and two were special elections to fill seats in Wisconsin and California where members had retired, respectively one Republican and one Democrat.

The Dismantling Of American Democracy by Nancy OhanianBrown County is the fourth most populous county in Wisconsin. Green Bay is the county seat and biggest city. After the Republican-dominated state Supreme Court forced in-person voting on the state, Brown County was hot hard with new COVID cases. The Public Health Department reported another 95 cases Wednesday, bringing the total above 1,600.

Among political operatives Doug Sosnik is a respected name. He was once President Clinton's political director and in his "big think" piece on the state of the 2020 election for Axios Tuesday he came to some sweeping conclusions, like...

Several states run by governors refusing the work on flattening the curve are seeing an increase in confirmed coronavirus cases already-- and it's going to get a lot worse in these states. On Monday, Texas saw new 535 confirmed new cases. Yesterday there were 655 new cases. Florida has 610 new cases Monday and 708 yesterday. Iowa had 392 new cases Monday and 508 Tuesday. Oklahoma had 27 Monday, 130 yesterday.

There are three governors who have been judged so dangerously incompetent that none can be singled out as the worst pandemic governor in America and all three share the spot: Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Ron DeSantis of Florida and Brian Kemp of Georgia. Because all have opposed sane social distancing policies, thousands of their states' citizens have been infected. California now has 865 confirmed COVID-19 cases per one million in the population.

Are Republicans still hoping for coattails?If there was no cheating and fraud, I'd take the bet that Wisconsin gives Biden its 10 electoral votes as part of an anti-Trump electoral college landslide. But even with the cheating and fraud the GOP depends on for electoral victories, Wisconsin could still pull it out for the U.S.A. In 2016 Bernie won the presidential primary in Wisconsin.

Trumpists are on the march. Members of the GOP Death Cult have been holding noisy organized protests in Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Kentucky, demanding businesses be opened so they get to escape their horrid spouses and get back to their dull, unfulfilling meaningless jobs.