Category: Wisconsin

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Fires 2020 Election Investigator

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has fired Michael Gableman more than a year after Vos hired the former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice to investigate the 2020 election amid allegations of fraud and irregularities. In a statement on Aug. 12, Vos, a Republican, said he is seeking to close the Office of Special Counsel, which had been created in…


Judge Sends Wisconsin Man to Institution in Hate Crime Crash

OND DU LAC, Wis.—A Wisconsin judge committed a man accused of targeting a motorcyclist in a fatal crash because of the victim’s race to life in a mental institution Thursday. Daniel Navarro, a 27-year-old Mexican American from Fond du Lac, was convicted Wednesday of first-degree intentional homicide as a hate crime in the July 3,…


[Live Aug12 11:00AM ET] Reckless Raid Boosts America-First Candidates

The FBI’s search and seizure of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home angered and galvanized his base. Now they’re fighting back—by voting. With Trump-backed candidates winning recent races in Michigan, Washington, and Wisconsin, it looks like America First is on a roll heading into the midterm elections. With all that momentum, will Trump finally declare…


[Live Aug. 12 11:00 AM ET] Reckless Raid Boosts America-First Candidates

The FBI’s search and seizure of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home angered and galvanized his base. Now they’re fighting back—by voting. With Trump-backed candidates winning recent races in Michigan, Washington, and Wisconsin, it looks like America First is on a roll heading into the midterm elections. With all that momentum, will Trump finally declare…


Wisconsin Woman in Slender Man Attack Drops Release Request

WAUKESHA, Wis.—One of two Wisconsin women who were sent to a state mental health facility after a 2014 stabbing attack on a sixth-grade classmate that they claimed was to appease the horror character Slender Man has withdrawn her petition for release. In June, Morgan Geyser, 20, asked Waukesha County Judge Michael Bohren to order her…


Conservative Group Says Wisconsin Voting Van Violates Neutrality Rules

A city van for voting visited majority-Democrat vicinities of Racine, Wisconsin, more often than it visited Republican ones, a complaint by the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) said. This violation of voting laws must not be vindicated, wrote WILL deputy counsel, Anthony LoCoco. “Racine’s use of mobile voting sites violates clear directives…


Takeaways From Tuesday Primaries: Four Trump-Backed Candidates Win, Omar Survives

November general election slates for 16 congressional, four gubernatorial, and three U.S. Senate seats were set in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Vermont in Aug. 9 primaries. Among first-glance takeaways are triumphs by four candidates endorsed by former President Trump and the narrow victory by “squad” honcho Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in her Democratic primary. Meanwhile,…


Takeaways From Tuesday Primaries: 4 Trump-Backed Candidates Win, Omar Survives

November general election slates for 16 congressional, four gubernatorial, and three U.S. Senate races were set in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Vermont in the Aug. 9 primary elections. Among first-glance takeaways are triumphs by four candidates endorsed by former President Trump and the narrow victory by “squad” leader Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in her Democratic…


Wisconsin’s Lt. Gov. Barnes Advances to Face Incumbent Johnson in High-Spending Match-Up for US Senate

Incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson sailed past his only challenger in Wisconsin’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Aug. 9 and will face Wisconsin’s Lt. Gov. Barnes Mandela Barnes in the general election in November. The Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ called the races for Johnson and Barnes not long after polls closed on Tuesday. As expected, Barnes…


2020 Election Investigator Gets ‘Surprise’ During Trump Rally

Special counsel Michael Gableman endorsed the primary rival of Republican Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, coming after the lawmaker hired him to investigate the 2020 election, according to former President Donald Trump. Vos picked Gableman, a former judge, to lead the state assembly’s investigation into the 2020 election last year. Gableman made an appearance at a…