Candidate Answers: David Liners, AD21
David Liners, is running in Assembly District 21. AD21 covers Oak Creek and part of Milwaukee. It leans blue (+4.1 Democratic), but and is an open seat because Republican incumbent Jessie Rodriguez is retiring.
Candidate Answers: Lisa White SD17
Lisa White is running in State Senate District 17. SD17 is in southwest Wisconsin. It leans slightly blue (+1 Democratic), but is currently held by Republican Howard Marklein.
Candidate Answers: Josh Mittness, AD50
Josh Mittness is running in Assembly District 50. AD 50 is South of Madison. It leans +14 Democratic, and is an open race because Jenna Jacobson gave up the seat to run for State Senate against Republican incumbent Howard Marklein in SD17.
Nothing Means Anything, and Everyone Is Okay With It
Democrat Party approval ratings cratered before socialist candidates injected some enthusiasm and raised the numbers. They have yet to internalize that triangulation doesn’t work, and there is no version of being a moderate that will win over Republicans.
Mandela Barnes and Relational Exploitation
The questions raised by this letter extend beyond any individual politician. How should parties respond when they receive allegations about candidates? What obligations do they have to complainants, to the accused, and to the public? At what point does an internal concern become a matter of legitimate public interest?
Care Worker Candidates
Care workers are not leaving their professions to run for office because those professions are overstaffed and not needing them. They are going into politics to fix politics and make care work viable for more providers.
ICE in Milwaukee Follow-up
Reports of ICE stepping up their activity serves as a harrowing reminder that we need to be ready for a potential surge. As expected, elected officials have barely moved the needle in providing even minimal protections from ICE. Only we can defend ourselves from these terrorists. We encourage everyone to attend a rally today (July 1st) at 6:00 PM at Kosciuszko Park.
Enabling Fascism In our Party
Obstruction by Zionists exploited the dysfunctional Platform and Resolutions committee, disorganized party officers, and conflict averse rules interpreters to make it functionally impossible for anyone to introduce floor resolutions at the convention. This is one of far too many examples of the Democratic Party failing to function democratically.
Soothsaying Nomination Signatures
Thoroughly and precisely calculating thousands of nomination signatures and pages is beyond the scope of my attention to detail, but I did scroll through a handful of candidates of interest and can share some interesting takeaways.