Lew Friedland
@lewfriedland
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I'm a professor emeritus of Journalism and Mass Com and Sociology at the UW-Madison. Lead author of Battleground, Cambridge UP.
Madison, WI
Joined February 2009
This is the price that a family in Eau Claire will have to pay for their health care plan next year, thanks to Republicans. Does that look affordable to you? This is the last thing families need on top of their already skyrocketing costs.
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@elonmusk I want to thank you for providing more evidence what a complete fucking moron you are. People appear on the line of multiple parties. people who aren't the nominee of any party appear lower. seriously, you're the biggest example of thinking you know everything because yr super
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They think America needs an aristocracy: themselves
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Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory: An “aristocracy” is needed to move the country forward.
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In NYC's charged mayoral race, many saw Zohran Mamdani's win as validation for ranked choice voting. In reality, “In this case, RCV didn’t mitigate polarization. It arguably masked it.” Read the op-ed from our executive director, @SamOlikerF in @thehill:
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The race turned into a straightforward binary: Are you for Mamdani or Cuomo?
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"I just would like people to freaking approach this issue with the same zeal and commitment that they approached Joe Biden's age. That's all I'm asking from our mainstream media sources." @SarahLongwell25 in the latest episode of The Next Level with JVL and @Timodc:
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From the always essential Craig Gilbert @WisVoter : A new national Marquette poll shows softening of Trump's support among Republicans https://t.co/hEvrE8fqCn via @journalsentinel
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While Donald Trump remains broadly popular in his own party, his support among Republicans has softened in some notable ways.
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Elon Musk Is an Evil Piece of Garbage—and an A-Level Fraud Too | The New Republic
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He is stupid. He is incompetent. He is cruel. He is sinister. And people will die because of what he’s done.
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Pete Hegseth Spent Taxpayer Dollars Adding a Makeup Studio to the Pentagon - MeidasTouch News
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So much for cutting spending through DOGE
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Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) joins in on Cory Booker’s filibuster: “These are not normal times. We’re watching an administration that is drunk with vengeance, hatred and surrounded by incompetent people.”
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Americans aren’t a line item in a budget to cut. Your story matters, your voice matters, this fight matters.
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I just hosted a focus group of Democratic voters who are angry with Dem leadership in DC. What @CoryBooker is doing right now on the Senate floor is exactly what they want to hear. Democrats would be smart to get a transcript and copy it word-for-word. https://t.co/iWc80pZxBy
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Wisconsin College Democrats are turning out for Judge Susan Crawford. Polls are open till 8 PM. Get out and vote, and make your voice heard.
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I'm attending WisDems's event, “Get out the Vote with Madison Teal Team!” - sign up now to join me!
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Join WisDems for our final GET OUT THE VOTE efforts! We’ll be going door to door to talk to voters in our community about what issues are important to them, & how they can make a plan to go vote and...
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Jawdropping. You would expect this in a dictatorship, not the United States. This country is unrecognizable.
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David Frum On Zelensky: “I think he just shames them. He just shames them. Every time @JDVance looks at Zelensky, he sees a better man. And he hates it because it’s some level, if you’re a JD Vance you have to know what you are…”
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Pam Bondi, the former U.S. Attorney General, was allegedly on Qatar’s payroll, pocketing $115,000 a month as a registered foreign agent. The same Qatar that has allegedly funneled over $1.8 billion to Hamas. But sure, let’s keep pretending foreign influence in U.S. politics
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I won’t say @derrickvanorden lies, but it’s the opposite of what @SenatorBaldwin and I are told. In fact, veterans can’t get appointments as easily due to too many people let go. Calling & calling to try to get through. One more thing to discuss in an open public town hall.
I have spoken directly with the VA here in Wisconsin and they were explicitly clear that their ability to deliver world class care to our veterans has not been diminished. Fear mongering will help nothing, Ma’am.
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Congress passed legislation in 2023 that prevents any president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO without congressional approval. The lead GOP author? Marco Rubio
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