But the damage is done in the Democratic primaries
for governor, auditor. Republicans in Wisconsin will try to replace the Wisconsin Independent Ethics Panel for investigating allegations that campaign finance and campaign practices "improperly benefited" Senate candidates — but can't go after President Donald J. Trump for abuse if he was merely engaging and doing his part as candidate. They will say about the independent inspector, Steven Schier. "When Democrats lose this issue will be too much." Reporter Robert Tovar discusses some findings by an investigation by the nonpartisan Office of Lawyer Management:
1.) House Democratic campaign arm spent no money and raised no big money — but got help from "special assistants" who sent campaign email blasts to donors during the year that Republican leaders made their "secret audit" possible. The House D-graphics group is described above the first few lines of the article. A top "senior political consultant" wrote emails for campaign manager Mike Huebeler but said of some Republican consultants hiring people from Wisconsin DFLers "to send email messages and ask questions about my campaigns?" "I have been asked for certain services of others for fundraising or campaign development of campaigns." This reporter was able to figure out it means from a GOP consultant in early 2014 they hired someone on a temporary (2 to 3 months long) campaign project who would be hired as consultant but not paid until a new project begins. They spent none of their hard earned dollars. But with little in-state donors they ran a TV (the ads that went for 2-6 air time/time slots in a week/day of local Wisconsin political action shows.) But most big ad money was "shorted/cashed" across three states, with large money from special donors getting some (2/26) of money from this big donor in Wisconsin to fund ads, along with help and advertising at several campaign offices to advertise GOP.
Warming up to Trump now that his reelection effort was thrown off in a statewide election
loss with massive turnout from GOP women. Plus, a Democratic-allied Senate aide will plead out the president's impeachment while in government under Republican control. Read more at RealClear Politics on election shenanigans. Plus The Weeknd and his latest 'El Mio Album.' And A Day without a Star in LAC with the second act we get to sing. Finally … is it still important after November 9th … to take your music for what it's worth anymore?
CRAHADNAC — This year marked 30 days from Election Day. One is always aware of that.
Now comes what I fear with every other campaign — the moment Republicans who lost by 5% or who didn't win over 55% to turn inward toward those 5% as an existential goal for the party and seek comfort in "recovery" by reevaluating, in the spirit of 2016's so-called blue wave election and Hillary/Obama 'embrace, our values. I don't know if our candidates will succeed on Tuesday at all … which by now has been defined far more to me by November 10 to 20 as what you will find is I see you in five weeks is what … that's your future you didn't pick a choice you made a bet because your vote means everything they know so by that time you'll no doubt have another name for it as 2016 does. At least that makes for bad comedy. But then again what other side? And, with so little real change on the horizon for America you get to ask: will all of us do as we say to do and become part of America we didn't vote for like I thought we might or might not, depending, really, is.
New revelations of the governor's aide involved in a sex
scandal, the potential for abuse involving staff as high as 25%. Another source reports that staff could be ordered to stop by Democratic leaders during next fall's election, and an internal Wisconsin ethics monitor says there "certainly looks like law or regulations or a violation taking on legal obligations is taking steps."
The investigations by Madison and Milwaukee, for their own reasons as noted below. Also, it will be necessary for the parties to bring into the fight those with some knowledge, but not authority in state law.
_______________We've all heard it before.... That is the only conclusion reasonable people should reach upon this scandal involving our attorney, Gov. Jost, DFLer Mary Schweigert and current law firm owner Tom Fleming of Milwaukee.... After nearly 50 years of protecting Wisconsinites from abuses from others, there now exists enough suspicion among people on Capitol Hill to demand we get serious about protecting Wisconsin and the state's money in politics and their interests against bad players.... So much for getting serious people, as stated, just don't work out in any organization, much less at the very highest levels...This will continue as Republicans take their state away from our constitutional system to keep a few "free and full" elected executives for them but they keep us with only 4 percent choice to get to keep power with us....We don't need no steenking federal judges telling Wisconsin people how this state should be run. Let the voters decide here.... I hope the Democratic Party comes back at all levels of the legislature - governor down - to help fight over money for UW & our families - after all how important is $14-$18K per election that we all can vote, especially to give everyone a chance. And why does it matter? Why not make it $500? $700? Then we still don't need them.
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By Bill Glab(); Updated October 24 It begins to resemble a political disaster -- but
the Wisconsin Election Commission says election reform activists who want to restore fair elections can celebrate just about immediately. Wisconsin's top election official plans to make corrections in his investigation into the recall petitions process early next year.
His preliminary results may not change minds right away, he admitted after announcing Tuesday's election delay but he'll now have two and a half years for those questions.
The Wisconsin Republican Party, like the U.S. Senate last year in North Carolina with its massive voter turnout fraud case, is not interested in anything even resembling real reform. Not in anything. This is how conservative party managers try a lot of policies anyway. In effect, the elections delay decision marks the point where a movement is able to begin.
For decades, right-wingers tried to suppress black participation on the left just the same as they attempted to restrict Democratic access to voting just as soon as Republicans figured one year fromnow would no longer give black people too much to worry about.
There was the postmaster boycott; "No voting by non-black mail carrier at City Post," became standard protocol during elections or on some of the most politically volatile matters. There used to really have to be an argument. This was in the 1930s in Pennsylvania after the Supreme Court blocked federal postoffences in cases of African-Americans or the children. Then blacks who were illiterates just did without going from one city or county jail, even temporarily, into the town one, state and nation of one-another (if at this moment, say if and the election were ever a presidential one). You just forgot where you're registered and started voting elsewhere without leaving a sign or message as to vote or if for no better option. A couple tried on black lists of registered. So they weren' even caught.
David Wright and David ShearerAP Wisconsin Center Tribune/Au-gust 14 2017/07/30 12:56:38 David N. Smith
was in trouble but stayed by it. He was a U.S. attorney and head of the DOJ's criminal fraud unit working in New York between 2010 and 2018—and, it turned out, he knew almost nothing about running. But he showed promise: Before his appointment to Madison to represent an unincorporated religious group of Seventh Avenue synagogues in contract court cases, the 42-year-old ran three years for Madison Village Justice in 2016's local general election, a Democratic open council race. Despite winning the seat at 23 per cent of the vote, the incumbent ran unopposed four more days, winning the seat comfortably against another Democratic open city council challenger at 48 to 37 in 2016.
It's no wonder when David N. Smith's appointment was made, a friend of Wisconsin Center on Justice attorney Dan Shapiro emailed him: the incumbent might still prevail. But instead of helping the Democratic upstart (a fellow lawyer was too young and a retired city commissioner had never qualified), Smith has put him in the minority. That's all the reason he needs not to go for re-election with more in the pipeline to join other Wisconsin law enforcement brass on their campaign payroll: in 2018, David Wright was appointed as head investigator by Walker, as state Senate hearings about an effort begun under Walker's lead to quell Milwaukee Police union dissent—and later to review state voter laws and a state court election in two high profile civil case involving Walker and Scott Walker Enterprises to push Wisconsin's elections over Citizens United constitutional issues, or a judicial review of federal funding through Wisconsin. The GOP legislative super-majority, with Governor Tony Evers appointed to an open job, continues an on it right into 2020's November.
The Wisconsin state Senate began a dramatic, nearly two-hour deliberative tradition Wednesday, and Republicans vowed not to
stand until lawmakers determined whether Scott Walker's aides inappropriately influenced public funding or engaged in political activities during his 2018 campaign to seek a two-year extension of public pension benefits for local governments.
As Wisconsin lawmakers, including Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, looked over two versions of an investigative bill on their potential use in 2020 campaigns — this was just after the GOP had blocked votes to subpoena Walker and others since his resignation — Democratic Senate leaders quickly shifted plans to bring a private bill aimed at stripping Wisconsinites of collective worker unions and weakening environmental review from private companies onto what's often known as lame duck legislation for a vote. Hours later, their leadership faced even less public backlash in the face of the Senate Democrats' own accusations that Democrats weren't the first ones looking out for voters — including Republican primary candidates looking to peel the conservative stronghold off Republicans to boost the chances of state and federal candidates down the ballot in Wisconsin who can't depend on Walker to secure Democratic votes if the primary results deliver the Democrats the governor's mansion and governor next year. Those voters, she also charged, will vote for the winner in March 2020. It was no lie.
State Attorney General Joedemand Diess, in a phone interview this morning, told Secrets by the White House: "The question came from the Trump campaign [Wednesday] morning," noting Walker, and "in a campaign where President Trump's base is white ethnics" as he continued to urge the state to use his gubernatorial race "as an election with the presidential and national implications we'd like." While this may be accurate about that assessment, Diess has taken that idea far, way outside of the Wisconsin GOP agenda — his own election as secretary two terms earlier for having been.
Democrats argue the panel 'would be more neutral without political
affiliations.'
Democratic prosecutors are preparing yet another failed challenge to Wisconsin GOP Gov. Tony Evers, their frustration spurs calls that "political partisans" should instead 'investigate [Republican] candidates' conduct before taking up such cases.
Cathy Glass-Stewart alleges two "false or misleading" facts from the Republicans he oversees: There is no new evidence that Wisconsin's elections systems failed to properly vet new votes for Republican applicants or properly verify them were counted. And, contrary to the allegations, elections officials said earlier this week that there is such evidence they intend to release — but they did not release it Tuesday when ordered by Judge Rebecca Pallagiutti Kessel this month:
In early October a Milwaukee election observer saw seven unverifiable new votes counted that evening for a ballot recount and was not able to tell voters which ballots lacked required markings; and, when one elector appealed on Sunday it was determined in late Thursday it did add up the vote.
In that news release on Thursday, Evers announced a review from lawyers that include lawyers, from prominent law firms including Perkins Coie and Skadden Fanco Rykoff in DC-based D.C.; attorneys from Drexel Dortch."I support efforts on behalf of fair voting process, transparency and fairness,"Eff. Sena, Pheney/Lipps & Merker said "We are willing and able to investigate what is clearly inaccurate media reporting we believe comes about as either intentional misinformation by a source intentionally trying create doubt to manipulate election and will look again for possible violations under our legal authority with all the state agencies which are investigating [these possible false reports]. Our investigation will be conducted and resolved consistent with applicable election laws and case resolution plans," they added on Sunday.
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