One of defeated Governor Scott Walker's parting gifts to Wisconsin was getting Trump approval to force adults on Medicaid to jump through narrow administrative hoops to prove that they're working or training for jobs—on pain of ripping away coverage.https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/gov-scott-walker-s-medicaid-work-requirement-approved-drug-testing/article_8251b008-5bfa-5469-a0df-8c9ecf0de807.html …
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Want to stop the Wisconsin GOP power grab? HERE'S HOW TO FIGHT BACK.
This Monday, GO TO MADISON. The Joint Finance Committee hearing on the power-grab bills opens 12:30pm in room 412 East. Fill the room! Then at 5:30pm, rally outside on State St steps! https://www.facebook.com/events/2491983410817496/ …pic.twitter.com/7G8GropYKJ
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Emergency #RespectMyVote rally to stop the Wisconsin GOP power grab: MONDAY 12/3, 5:30pm, State Street steps of the Capitol building in Madison—spread the word! Retweet, and then click over to Facebook, mark "interested," and invite everyone you know: https://www.facebook.com/events/2491983410817496/ …pic.twitter.com/oYkvvywjms
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CALL
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SENATORS! Tell them to oppose the special session bills. Key targets:
Sen. Rob Cowles 608-266-0484, Sen.Cowles@legis.wisconsin.gov
Sen. Luther Olsen 608-266-0751, Sen.Olsen@legis.wisconsin.gov
Everyone else: Legislative hotline 608-266-9960, 8:15a-4:45p M-Fpic.twitter.com/ugSBaEo9Qx
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Don't know who represents you in the Wisconsin state legislature? Put in your address and get the names & contact info at https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/ , and then use this handy call script courtesy of
@WisDems:pic.twitter.com/wnejBQTwJ4
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Another key legislator for constituents to contact: Sen. Howard Marklein from District 17 (incl Spring Green), (608) 266-0703, Sen.Marklein@legis.wi.gov. Every county in his district voted for Tony Evers. They weren't voting for Marklein to handcuff their pick for governor!
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Key advocates & fighters to follow:
@WisDems@NicholsUprising@OneWisconsinNow@ExposedByCMD@SenShilling@ForOurFutureWI@GordonHintz@TheOtherMandela Key journalists to follow:@jessieopie @news3jessica@MollyBeck@patrickdmarley@sbauerAP@trichmond Reply w other ideas!Show this thread -
And—take a moment to sign this petition against the WI GOP power grab. It's a small step, but it takes no time at all, and you'll get updates on the fight.https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-power-grab-to-limit-the-role-of-governor-elect-evers?source=twitter& …
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I'll add other tactics to this thread as they arise. And no matter where you are, you can help spread the word. Let's be clear: the GOP has the upper hand here. But there are cracks. Several GOP senators seem uneasy with some of these ideas. Our job is to pry those cracks open.
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There is no upside to not fighting. The GOP is playing, as scholars term it, "Constitutional hardball." The stakes couldn't be more real. As Mandela Barnes put it, "This is the path of most resistance." And that resistance must come from us.https://twitter.com/TheOtherMandela/status/1068601666927321090 …
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Tony Evers would rather be governing. He'd rather be finding common ground. But as he says: "Enough is enough." It's time to take a stand. Let's do this.pic.twitter.com/BoXnvFF6Iv
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Great button from the good folks at Anthology bookstore in Madison, Wisconsin. https://www.facebook.com/Anthology230/photos/a.66291028067/10156246031213068/ …pic.twitter.com/RvvAkD5NxY
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Want to help stop the
#WIpowergrab? Help from anywhere, right now:https://twitter.com/benwikler/status/1069621886529798144?s=21 …Show this thread
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