‘Rewind’: Your week in review

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters cover the latest Marquette University Law School Poll, the first U.S. Senate debate and referendums on the upcoming November ballot.

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FRI PM Update: Political Stock Report; new NRA, RAGA ads

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Political Stock Report –A collection of insider opinion– (Oct. 6-12, 2018) Rising CBD oil: Wisconsin’s Controlled Substances Board allows prescriptions of a drug derived from marijuana. It’s the first of its kind to get the green light from the FDA. The medication, Epidiolex, contains cannabidiol and is now classified by the feds and the state as a sched… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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Schimel campaign: Law enforcement leaders overwhelmingly want Brad Schimel as state’s Top Cop

Contact: Johnny 262-706-1649 [WISCONSIN] Wisconsin’s Law Enforcement leaders want Our Attorney General, Brad Schimel to remain as the state’s Top Cop. On Friday, 48 Democratic, Republican and Independent Wisconsin District Attorneys announced their endorsements of Schimel’s candidacy. “It’s not surprising that Brad Schimel has broad, bipartisan support from Wisconsin’s frontline prosecutors; I don’t think we have ever had an Attorney General more prepared for the job,” said Susan Opper, Waukesha County District Attorney. “Brad Schimel ended the state’s sexual assault kit backlog and he is a national leader in the fight against opioid abuse. Brad Schimel is law enforcement’s choice.”

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WisDems: Leah Vukmir had an awful week

Contact: Brad Bainum, [email protected] MADISON — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir had an abysmal week that found her alternately losing by 10+ points in polls and scrambling to defend her record of selling out Wisconsinites. Here’s Leah Vukmir’s week in review: MONDAY: On Monday, Tammy Baldwin for Senate announced it raised more than $6 million during July, August, and September, with an average online donation of $19. Vukmir’s campaign declined to release their fundraising numbers. That evening, at the first general election U.S. Senate debate, Vukmir defended her plans to repeal the Affordable Care and gut protections for Wisconsinites

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Rep. Taylor: AG Schimel hostile to open government

Contact: Rep. Chris Taylor, 608-266-5342 MADISON – Over the last month, Attorney General Brad Schimel has tried several times to hide the work he’s doing at the Department of Justice (DOJ) from the people of Wisconsin. First, he has been mandating employees sign a gag order that prevents them from speaking. Next, AG Schimel retaliated against a former employee after the employee spoke truthfully about him allowing polluters to get away with destroying our environment. Finally, AG Schimel is trying to hide from the public and skirt our open records law regarding his lawsuit to destroy the Affordable Care Act and

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Zeidler Center: Announcing the Frank P. Zeidler Legacy Breakfast

Press Contact Katherine Wilson, PhD Executive Director Frank Zeidler Center for Public Discussion 631 N. 19th St., Milwaukee WI 53233 O: (414) 239-8555 C: (414) 446-1502 [email protected] www.zeidlercenter.org MILWAUKEE – If you live in southeastern Wisconsin you live in the heart of one of the most divided regions in a deeply divided nation. You are well-used to reading articles titled “Milwaukee: The Most Segregated and Polarized Place in America” and “How Did Wisconsin Become the Most Politically Divisive Place in America?” It is at this critical moment in our society, in the midst of polarized debates and divided communities, that the

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Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: All aldicarb use now banned in Wisconsin

Contact: Donna Gilson (608) 224-5130, [email protected] Bill Cosh, Communications Director, (608) 224-5020, [email protected] MADISON – Farmers who still have old pesticide products containing aldicarb are reminded that it can no longer be used in Wisconsin, and they should dispose of it properly. Aldicarb was the active ingredient in Temik®, produced by Bayer CropScience. In 2010, Bayer and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to slowly phase out sales and use of Temik®, prohibiting all use effective Aug. 31, 2018. “We don’t think anyone has used aldicarb in Wisconsin for a long time, but just in case, we want to remind

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Baldwin campaign: Leah Vukmir caps horrible week by desperately defending killing an oral chemo bill

Contact: [email protected] MADISON — The day before the second debate, just hours after reports of Vukmir committing pay-to-play politics and following two polls this week showing Leah Vukmir down double digits — Leah Vukmir’s campaign is responding by again doubling down on killing a bill that requires insurance companies cover oral chemotherapy. “Leah Vukmir should read the reports she is desperately pushing, they not only support oral chemo parity legislation, they show just how depraved it is to block and kill legislation to require insurance companies cover one of the only ways to treat many forms of deadly cancers,” said campaign spokesman

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Republican Attorneys General Association: Releases new Wisconsin TV ad “Risk”

Contact: [email protected] 203-640-9208 The Republican Attorneys General Association released their third television advertisement in Wisconsin, this time blasting Democratic nominee for attorney general, Josh Kaul, for his plea deals with dangerous drug kingpins during his time as a federal prosecutor in Maryland. “Josh Kaul is a dangerous choice for Wisconsin voters – they simply cannot trust him to do the job,” said RAGA Communications Zack Roday. “Kaul’s record in Maryland is clear, he cut deals with drug kingpins and was soft on repeat offenders. He should not be running for Wisconsin Attorney General, he’s never prosecuted a single criminal case

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U.S. Rep. Pocan: Leading colleagues in calling on the Trump Administration to release intelligence on prior knowledge of Saudi plot to capture Jamal Khashoggi

Contact: Ron Boehmer 202-225-2906 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Ro Khanna (CA-17) today circulated a letter to their colleagues, requesting that Members of Congress join them in calling on Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence, to release information regarding the U.S. intelligence community’s advance knowledge of Saudi Arabia’s plot to capture journalist and American resident Jamal Khashoggi. In the letter, Members are seeking answers as to whether the Trump Administration’s intelligence agencies performed their duty to warn Khashoggi of the credible threat to his life and liberty posed by the Saudi plot to capture him; the precise date on which any

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One Wisconsin Now: The NRA’s $740,000 mistake about Tony Evers

MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director [email protected] (608) 444-3483 MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Now has obtained the television ad the National Rifle Association plunked down $740,000 to attack Democratic candidate Tony Evers. Unfortunately, for the Virginia-based, gun makers’ front group, it not only doesn’t know how to pronounce the name of the Wisconsin Democratic candidate, but also doesn’t know that Wisconsinites support common sense gun safety. Here is One Wisconsin Now’s release from yesterday about the details of the ad buy.

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‘Rewind’: Your week in review

On this week’s episode, WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and WisconsinEye’s Steve Walters cover the latest Marquette University Law School Poll, the first U.S. Senate debate and referendums on the upcoming November ballot.

Read More »

FRI PM Update: Political Stock Report; new NRA, RAGA ads

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Political Stock Report –A collection of insider opinion– (Oct. 6-12, 2018) Rising CBD oil: Wisconsin’s Controlled Substances Board allows prescriptions of a drug derived from marijuana. It’s the first of its kind to get the green light from the FDA. The medication, Epidiolex, contains cannabidiol and

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Schimel campaign: Law enforcement leaders overwhelmingly want Brad Schimel as state’s Top Cop

Contact: Johnny 262-706-1649 [WISCONSIN] Wisconsin’s Law Enforcement leaders want Our Attorney General, Brad Schimel to remain as the state’s Top Cop. On Friday, 48 Democratic, Republican and Independent Wisconsin District Attorneys announced their endorsements of Schimel’s candidacy. “It’s not surprising that Brad Schimel has broad, bipartisan support from Wisconsin’s frontline

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WisDems: Leah Vukmir had an awful week

Contact: Brad Bainum, [email protected] MADISON — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir had an abysmal week that found her alternately losing by 10+ points in polls and scrambling to defend her record of selling out Wisconsinites. Here’s Leah Vukmir’s week in review: MONDAY: On Monday, Tammy Baldwin for Senate announced

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Rep. Taylor: AG Schimel hostile to open government

Contact: Rep. Chris Taylor, 608-266-5342 MADISON – Over the last month, Attorney General Brad Schimel has tried several times to hide the work he’s doing at the Department of Justice (DOJ) from the people of Wisconsin. First, he has been mandating employees sign a gag order that prevents them from speaking.

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Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: All aldicarb use now banned in Wisconsin

Contact: Donna Gilson (608) 224-5130, [email protected] Bill Cosh, Communications Director, (608) 224-5020, [email protected] MADISON – Farmers who still have old pesticide products containing aldicarb are reminded that it can no longer be used in Wisconsin, and they should dispose of it properly. Aldicarb was the active ingredient in Temik®, produced

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U.S. Rep. Pocan: Leading colleagues in calling on the Trump Administration to release intelligence on prior knowledge of Saudi plot to capture Jamal Khashoggi

Contact: Ron Boehmer 202-225-2906 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Ro Khanna (CA-17) today circulated a letter to their colleagues, requesting that Members of Congress join them in calling on Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence, to release information regarding the U.S. intelligence community’s advance knowledge of Saudi Arabia’s plot to capture

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