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{{USState|name=Wisconsin|flag=Wisconsin state flag.png|motto=Forward|nick=The Badger State|capital=Madison|language=English|governor=Tony Evers|gparty=Democrat|senator1=Ron Johnson|s1party=Republican|s1phone=(202) 224-5323|s1email=https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-the-senator Contact|senator2=Tammy Baldwin|s2party=Democrat|s2phone=(202) 224-5653|s2email=https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/feedback Contact|population=5,850,000 (2020)|date=May 29, 1848 (30th)}}[[Image:wisc_flagWisconsin ref 2001.jpg|right300 px|thumb|right|Geographic map of Wisconsin state flag]]'''Wisconsin''', the "Badger State,"or unofficially "America's Dairyland, " has 10 [[Electoral College]] votes in the [[2024 presidential election]]. Wisconsin was the thirtieth state to enter into the union, on May 29, 1848. The , and its capital city of Wisconsin is [[Madison]]. The state Wisconsin is expected to be a key battleground in the [[2008 Presidential Electionswing state]]. It that is pivotal to the home state of outcome in presidential candidate elections: “I think it’s very likely that Wisconsin could once again be the tipping point state,” [[Tommy ThompsonUniversity of Wisconsin]], who served as a four-term governor from 1987 to 2001La Crosse Assistant Political Science Prof.Anthony Chergosky said.<ref>https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2023/11/05/why-wisconsin-could-be-the--tipping-point-state--in-2024</ref>

The town of Ripon in Wisconsin has been considered "The Birthplace was the birthplace of the [[Republican Party]]"in 1854, and the [[Republican National Convention]] of 2024 will be held in [[Milwaukee]], Wisconsin. But Wisconsin's higher education system, based in Madison, is among the most [[liberal]] in the entire country and is even the original source of [[political correctness]]. It funds so many white [[Leftist]]s that they keep Wisconsin from being [[conservative]].

The state tree is the sugar maple, the state song is "[[On Wisconsin"]], " the state flower is the wood violet, the state bird is the American [[robin]], the state animal is the [[badger]], the state [[fossil]] is the [[trilobite]], and the state fish is the [[muskellunge]]. [<ref>http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/scc/kids/facts.htm]</ref>

Farming is a 16.4% of Wisconsin's nickname[[economy]], "The Badger State," recalls the lead mining boom nearly half (7.1%) of the 1830swhich is dairy, and its top crops are corn ($1. Wisconsin was a mining state before it was a farm state. Native Americans knew about lead deposits; initially4 billion, metallic lead could be picked up from mostly for animal feed), soybeans ($913 million), potatoes ($311M) and cranberries (producing half the ground without digging. Cornish miners were some nation's supply of the earliest European settlers of the statethis crop, at $156M).<ref> Wisconsin ranks 4th in its [http://www[Amish]] population, at 24,000.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-026/?action=more_essay Lead Mining in Southwestern Wisconsinhas 15,000 lakes and [[water]]</ref> Southwestern Wisconsin is now a sparsely populated agricultural regiongenerally plentiful. Tourism is another contributor, but both in the larger cities and also for a while it was the economic center of the state. The first territorial capital was Belmont,<ref>{http://www.belmontwi.com/pages/1/index.htm Belmont Wisconsin] town website</ref> located about thirty miles from Dubuque, Iowa)Dells. Lead mining peaked [[Marijuana]] is completely illegal in the mid-1840sstate, and the California gold rush of 1849 drew many miners away. The current population of Belmont its sale or cultivation is 891.<ref>a [http://www.idcide.com/citydata/wi/belmont.htm Belmont profile[felony]], idcide website.</ref>

A majority of the [[Wisconsin cannot Supreme Court]] is considered to be stereotyped politically[[conservative]], as of July 2022. In its legislature and governor's office, Wisconsin does not have any [[term limits]]. The state Constitution of Wisconsin, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''. It says::''We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, form a more perfect government, insure domestic tranquility and promote the general welfare, do establish this constitution.'' ==History=====Prior to U.S. independence===The first people believed to have inhabited Wisconsin are called "Paleo-Indians", adaptable communities believed by those who accept [[evolution]] to have lived around 12,500 to 8,000 years ago,<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-002/?action=more_essay First Peoples]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> although evidence strongly points to a more recent timeframe.<ref>answersingenesis.org and other sources</ref> In the centuries surrounding the life of [[Jesus Christ|Christ]], the natives began to domesticate and build great mounds—culminating in the Effigy Mounds culture during the [[Early Middle Ages]].<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-004/?action=more_essay Effigy Mounds Culture]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> Around AD 1000, a new people and a relatively advanced culture, the Middle Mississippian culture, penetrated the area, emigrating from ceremonial city of Cahokia, which is often associated estimated to have had tens-of-thousands of inhabitants.<ref name="Mississippian">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-003/?action=more_essay Mississippian Culture and Aztalan]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> They built several communities in Wisconsin, which was at the far north of their reach, and they lasted until about AD 1200.<ref name="Mississippian"/> After European settlers started advancing inward, numerous native peoples moved westward, many of them settling in Wisconsin.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-005/?action=more_essay Iroquois Wars of the 17th Century]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> Europeans began exploring Wisconsin around the 1620s-30s, with Etienne Brule widely believed to have been the first European explorer to visit in 1622, although the authenticity of the account is disputed.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-006/?action=more_essay Arrival of the First Europeans]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> Wisconsin was under [[France|French]] influence until 1760, when the [[British Empire|British]] took over.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-008/?action=more_essay Colonialism Transforms Indian Life]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> The [[fur trade]] dominated economic activity in Wisconsin during the colonial period, where Europeans sold various items to the natives for [[beaver]] skins.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-007/?action=more_essay The French Fur Trade]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> ===U.S. territory===On July 13, 1787, the [[Northwest Ordinance]] was adopted by the American [[Second Continental Congress]], which created a provisional government over the land northwest of the [[Ohio River]], including present-day Wisconsin.<ref name ="Northwest1787">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-009/?action=more_essay The Northwest Ordinance, 1787]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> [[Slavery]] was prohibited in this territory.<ref name="Northwest1787"/> Wisconsin only saw one conflict on its territory during the [[War of anti1812]] at Fort Shelby on St. Feriole Island at Prairie du Chien in 1814.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-communist crusader 010/?action=more_essay The War of 1812]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> Several battles of the 1832 [[Joseph McCarthyBlack Hawk War]], including the [[Battle of Wisconsin Heights]], were fought in Wisconsin.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-012/?action=more_essay The Black Hawk War]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> The first territorial capital was Belmont,<ref>[http://www.belmontwi.com/pages/1/index.htm Belmont Wisconsin] town website</ref> located about thirty miles from Dubuque, Iowa. During the first half of the 19th Century, natives lost control over Wisconsin land and whites settled the land.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-013/?action=more_essay Treaty Councils, from Prairie du Chien to Madeline Island]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-011/?action=more_essay Early U.S. Settlement]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> A major survey of Wisconsin began in 1832 in order to measure and subdivide the land, and this would not be complete until 1866.<ref name="Northwest1787"/> On July 4, 1836, due to sufficient population growth, Wisconsin Territory was formed, created out of Michigan Territory.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-014/?action=more_essay The Creation of Wisconsin Territory]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> Wisconsin enjoyed a lead mining boom in the 1830s and 40s until the [[California]] gold rush of 1849 drew many miners away. It was a mining state before it became a predominantly agricultural state. Metallic lead could be picked up from the ground without digging. Cornish miners (from Britain) were some of the earliest European settlers of the state.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-026/?action=more_essay Lead Mining in Southwestern Wisconsin]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved November 2, 2016.</ref> ===Statehood===[[File:Timothy o. howe.png|thumb|right|270px|[[Timothy O. Howe]], a prominent Republican senator from Wisconsin during [[Reconstruction]].]]In 1846, Wisconsin voters passed a referendum to become a U.S. state.<ref name="WSconstitution">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-015/?action=more_essay The State Constitutions of 1846 and 1848]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> A constitutional convention met in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], drafting a very "advanced and progressive" constitution in December 1846 that included several controversial measures, such as allowing immigrants who applied for citizenship to vote and black suffrage.<ref name="WSconstitution"/> The proposed constitution was defeated in an April 1847 referendum, and a new convention drafted "a more acceptable and moderate" constitution, which was accepted by the voters in March 1848.<ref name="WSconstitution"/> Wisconsin was admitted into the Union as the 30th state on May 29, 1848.<ref>[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wisconsin-enters-the-union Wisconsin enters the Union - This Day in History]. ''History.com''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> Prior to the [[Civil War]], Wisconsin was an important stop on the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref name="History.com">[http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/wisconsin Wisconsin]. ''History.com''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> "Wisconsin soldiers fought in every major battle of the Civil War," with the Iron Brigade being the most well-known unit from the state.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-023/?action=more_essay The Iron Brigade, Old Abe and Military Affairs]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> Between 1840 and 1880, Wisconsin was considered "America's breadbasket", with 1/6th of all [[wheat]] grown in the U.S. coming from the state.<ref name="Dairy">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-028/?action=more_essay The Rise of Dairy Farming]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> However, by the end of the 19th Century, dairy farming was becoming prevalent, with mainly [[Germany|German]] and [[Scandinavian]] immigrants taking up the industry.<ref name="Dairy"/> By 1915, Wisconsin produced the most butter and cheese out of every other state.<ref name="Dairy"/> In addition, skilled manufacturing became prevalent in the state.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-044/?action=more_essay The Rise of Skilled Manufacturing]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> The state also had a major logging industry during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-027/?action=more_essay Logging and Forest Products]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> In 1889, the Wisconsin legislature enacted the [[Bennett Law]], which required that schools use only [[English language|English]] in classes and enacted several schooling regulations.<ref name="BennettL.">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-031/?action=more_essay Americanization and the Bennett Law]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> Propoents of the law hoped it would help German immigrants assimilate into American culture and society, but the law provoked a backlash from Germans and other ethnic groups against the [[Republican Party|GOP]], which had supported the law.<ref name="BennettL."/> In the next elections, Republicans were voted out and the law was eventually repealed.<ref>[https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/bennett-law/ Bennett Law]. ''Encyclopedia of Milwaukee''. Retrieved Novmeber 23, 2016.</ref> Despite this, German schools, which had once only taught in German, started also using English in teaching.<ref name="BennettL."/> Similar assimilation attempts were attempted in regards with [[North American Indians|Native Americans]] between the late 19th Century through the 1920s.<ref name="BennettL."/> Despite having been previously rejected attempts at [[women's suffrage]], Wisconsin became the first state to ratify the [[19th Amendment]] on June 10, 1919.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-032/?action=more_essay The Woman's Suffrage Movement]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> ===Political history===Wisconsin has an interesting political history that is equally tied not easy to define. Prominent political leaders from Wisconsin have come from all sides of the political spectrum,<ref>Vogeler, Ingolf K. & Finley, Robert W. [https://www.britannica.com/place/Wisconsin/Government-and-society Constitutional framework - Wisconin]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> from staunch conservatives like [[Scott Walker]] to Socialists like [[Victor Berger]]. The Republican Party dominated Wisconsin politics from the party's formation until the [[Great Depression]],<ref name="Maturity">Vogeler, Ingolf K. & Finley, Robert W. [https://www.britannica.com/place/Wisconsin/Government-and-society Political and economic maturity - Wisconin]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> but both Republicans and Democrats have performed well in Wisconsin, especially since the Depression.<ref name="Maturity"/><ref name="WSencyc"/><ref>[http://www.270towin.com/states/Wisconsin Wisconsin]. ''270towin.com''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> It is often considered a [[swing state]]. The [[Free Soil Party]] performed above average in Wisconsin in the [[United States presidential election, 1848|1848]]<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1848 1848 Presidential General Election Results]. ''uselectionatlas.org''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> and [[United States presidential election, 1852|1852]]<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1852 1852 Presidential General Election Results]. ''uselectionatlas.org''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> presidential elections.<ref name="RiponGOP">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-022/?action=more_essay Wisconsin and the Republican Party]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> ====Birthplace of the Republican Party====[[File:GOP Ripon.jpeg|thumb|290px|Birthplace of the Republican Party, 1854]]When the 1854 [[Kansas-Nebraska Act|Kansas-Nebraska bill]], which became law that same year, was proposed, it met very strong opposition in Wisconsin, regardless of one's political affiliation.<ref name="RiponGOP"/> Numerous meeting were held against the bill, and in one of them held in Ripon, Wisconsin on March 20, 1854,<ref name="History.com"/><ref>According to Encyclopedia.com, the date was February 28, 1854 [http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/united-states-and-canada/us-political-geography/wisconsin].</ref> political leaders under the leadership of lawyer [[Alvan E. Bovay]] proposed the creation of a new political party.<ref name="RiponGOP"/> Other similar meetings also supported creating a new party, and "in July of 1854, a convention was held in [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]] to organize the new party"—the [[Republican Party]].<ref name="RiponGOP"/> Ripon is thus considered by many to be birthplace of the party.<ref name="RiponGOP"/> From the beginning, the Republican Party performed very well in the state.<ref name="RiponGOP"/> In the early days of the Republican Party, there was a rift between the Whiggish conservatives and the states' rights adherents, the latter of which favored Lincoln's moderate approach to the Civil War and opposed strong civil rights protections in the postbellum years. The states' rights faction, coalesced around James R. Doolittle, initially maintained a strong standing until the solidification of Radical Republicanism led to their loss of patronage, which was subsequently controlled by Elisha W. Keyes. The election and reelection of Sen. Timothy Howe ensured the firm control of the state GOP by the Radical faction, the acolytes of which in later generations represented the reactionary "Old Guard." ====Wisconsin Progressivism====Beginning around the turn of the 20th Century, the ideology of [[Progressivism]] became prominent in Wisconsin politics, with Progressivists taking control of the Republican Party, which was dominant in state politics, around 1900.<ref name="WSidea">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-036/?action=more_essay Progressivism and the Wisconsin Idea]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> While Republican Wisconsin governor and senator [[Robert M. La Follette ]] led the movement on the state and national level, there were numerous other Progressivist leaders in Wisconsin, including governor [[James Davidson]].<ref name="WSidea"/> Progressivists enacted much legislation during this time, including the first state to hold open primaries and pass the [[income tax]]. Progressive legislation [[Big government|massively increased]] the size and scope of the government on both the state and federal level.<ref name="WSidea"/> Despite the successes of Progressivism, numerous people, including within the Republican Party, disagreed with Progressivist policies, although for differing reasons.<ref name="WSidea"/> The "[[Wisconsin Idea]]" was developed during this time.<ref name="WSidea"/> During the [[Great Depression]] in the 1930s, Progressivists continued to enact legislation in Wisconsin that expanded government programs and power, this time under the leadership of Robert La Follette's two sons, Robert La Follette Jr. and Phil La Follette.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-045/?action=more_essay Depression and Unemployment]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> In 1934, Progressivist Republicans, who were dissatisfied with the conservatism of both the GOP and the Democrats, split from the GOP and formed the [[Wisconsin Progressive Party]].<ref name="WPP">[http://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/wisconsin-progressive-party Wisconsin Progressive Party]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> The party performed very well in the succeeding elections at first, capturing the governorship and state legislature, and was able to enact a "Little New Deal".<ref name="WPP"/> However, the party eventually lost support and was dissolved in 1946.<ref name="WPP"/> Later in the 20th Century, the [[Democratic Party]] continued its support for big government, Progressivist policies, and during this time it increased in size and power in the state.<ref name="WSencyc">[http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/united-states-and-canada/us-political-geography/wisconsin Wisconsin]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> =====Brett Blomme=====In December 2021 Juvenile Court Judge, President of Drag Queen Story Hour, [[community organizer]] and [[LGBT]] [[activist]] Brett Blomme,<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/milwaukee-brett-blomme-arrested-drag-queen-story-hour-sponsor</ref> a [[gay married]] man with two adopted children, was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to 9 years in prison for transmitting via electronic media [[child pornography]].<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/former-childrens-court-judge-sentenced-215015527.html</ref> According to the plea agreement,{{quotebox-float|"The pictures and videos distributed by the defendant are heart wrenching to describe. They depict naked prepubescent children posing in lewd and lascivious ways; adults committing sexual acts on minors; and underage children performing sexual acts on adults. The most disturbing video sent by the defendant involved the forceable rape of a toddler. It is unfathomable to believe that the defendant not only received sexual gratification from such abhorrent material, but he felt the need to share it with others.  The defendant truly lived a double life. On one hand, he was an officer of the court who had a legal and ethical obligation to promote justice. He represented himself as someone who “[fought] for the most marginalized in our community.”<ref>https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2020/03/28/vote-absentee-milwaukee-county-circuit-court-branch-5/</ref>  [...] When executing a search warrant at the defendant’s residence, agents found electronic devices that contained numerous text messages between the defendant and other individuals. Many of these texts centered on the defendant’s sexual interest in children. The defendant told someone that he impersonated a teenager so he could chat with a 14-year-old child. He openly expressed his attraction to children, some as young as 12 years of age. Even as far back as 2016, the defendant talked about engaging in sexual intercourse with teenage boys.  In addition to discussing his sexual desires, the defendant brainstormed about ways he could get access to teenage children. For example, on one occasion the defendant contemplated becoming a middle school coach."<ref>https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blomme-prosecution-memo.pdf</ref>}} ====Conservatism in Wisconsin====While Wisconsin is notable for its left-wing Progressive and Socialist movements, numerous prominent conservatives also came from the state. Among them is the [[abolition]]ist Carl Schurz who served as [[Lieutenant Governor]] and a general in the [[American Civil War]], fighting in the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], [[Second Battle of Bull Run]], and other major battles. Another is [[Joseph McCarthy]], who served as a [[counterintelligence]] officers in the Pacific during [[World War II]] and is notable for his strong [[Anti-Communist|anti-communism]] and his active attempts to uncover Communist subversives in the [[U.S. government]].<ref>[http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1774.html Joseph McCarthy]. ''u-s-history.com''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref><ref>de Toledano, Ralph (April 25, 2005). [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-real-mccarthy/ The Real McCarthy]. ''The American Conservative''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> [[Tommy Thompson]] was another prominent conservative, although he has also been considered a moderate.<ref>Walker, Dan (November 7, 2012). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/after-a-long-career-tommy-makes-his-political-exit-n77hmjj-177593341.html After a long career, Tommy makes his political exit]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> He was the longest serving governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001, and is famous for reforming the state's welfare system in order to reduce dependence on government, reducing the state's welfare [[caseload]] by 93 percent.<ref name="Thompson">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-060/?action=more_essay Tommy Thompson and the Conservative Revolution]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref><ref>Perlman, Ellen (1997). [http://www.governing.com/poy/Tommy-Thompson.html Tommy G. Thompson]. ''Governing''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> He also "created the nation's first [[school choice]] program" in 1990.<ref name="Thompson"/> Thompson went on to serve 4 years as [[Secretary of Health and Human Services]] under [[President George W. Bush]], succeeding fellow-Wisconsinite [[Donna Shalala]] who previously served for 8 years. [[File:Leftist insurrectionists take over Capitol.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Leftwing insurrectionists take over the Wisconsin state capitol.<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/01/remember_when_lefties_stormed_into_and_occupied_a_senate_office_building_in_2018_and_the_wisconsin_state_capitol_in_2011.html Remember when lefties stormed into and occupied a Senate office building in 2018 and the Wisconsin State Capitol in 2011?], By Thomas Lifson, ''American Thinker'', January 7, 2021.</ref>]] ====Scott Walker and the conservative surge====:''For further information, see [[Scott Walker]]'' Despite Thompson's accomplishments, the conservative [[Scott Walker]], who was first elected governor in 2010 has surpassed them. In the 2010 elections, conservative Republicans made large gains in Wisconsin, with Republicans taking control of the state legislature, the U.S. House delegation, and one U.S. Senate seat, all in addition to the governorship.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/2010-11-02-wi-full-election-results_N.htm Wisconsin: GOP wins Senate, House, gov. seats, ousting Feingold]. ''USA Today'' (from ''AP''). November 3, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Stein, Jason & Johnson, Annysa (November 3, 2010). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/106582898.html Republicans take over state Senate, Assembly]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Walker became a leader of [[conservatives]] nationwide when he supported and then signed into law a repeal of most of the [[collective bargaining]] privileges of most government workers.<ref name="Bio">[http://www.biography.com/people/scott-walker-20941829 Scott Walker]. ''Biography.com''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> While liberals and [[labor unions]] strong opposed this move, Walker became the first governor to survive a recall election in 2012.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/05/polls-close-in-wisconsin-voter-turnout-reported-heavy.html Wisconsin's Walker survives recall by wide margin]. ''Fox News''. June 6, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> The GOP continued to make major gains, including in the 2016 elections,<ref name="Build">Bauer, Scott (November 9, 2016). [http://www.charlotteobserver.com/entertainment/tv/article113209848.html Republicans build majorities in Legislature]. ''The Charlotte Observer'' (from ''AP''). Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> when [[Donald Trump]] became the first Republican since 1984 to win the state, among other GOP victories.<ref>Kueppers, Courtney (November 8, 2016). [http://www.wpr.org/trump-becomes-1st-republican-presidential-candidate-1984-win-wisconsin Trump Becomes First Republican Presidential Candidate Since 1984 To Win Wisconsin]. ''Wisconsin Public Radio''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> Walker and the other conservative Republicans made major changes in other areas, including abortion, [[gun rights]], and fiscal conservatism. Walker lost re-election in 2018 to Democrat Tony Evers. [[File:Wisconsin-solidarity-fist1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wisconsin is traditionally the home of some of the most radical elements in America.]] ====Socialism==== While Progressivists supported government intervention in the economy and society, the [[leftist]] Socialists, who dominated especially in [[Milwaukee]] around the same time, were more extreme, supporting the total replacement of [[capitalism]] with a very expansive government, as well as "a [[planned economy]] of state-owned industries."<ref name="SewerS">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-043/?action=more_essay Milwaukee Sewer Socialism]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> While there was socialist political activity for years prior, "the first formal manifestation of Socialism in Milwaukee came with the establishment of the Social-Democratic Partyin 1897,"<ref name="SewerS"/> which eventually became the [[Socialist Party of America]]. The party was led by [[Victor Berger]], who in 1910 became the first socialist Socialist Party candidate elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref name="SewerS"/> In that same election, the Socialist Party took complete control over Milwaukee city and Frank Zeidlercounty.<ref name="SewerS"/> While the Socialists, including Berger and Milwaukee mayor Emil Seidel, were defeated in the Mayor 1912 election, Socialists were soon elected again and would continue to play a prominent but reduced role in Milwaukee politics for several decades.<ref name="SewerS"/> Due to their emphasis on the basics of municipal service, Milwaukee Socialists were often called "sewer socialists".<ref name="SewerS"/> The last Socialist mayor in Milwaukee was Frank P. Zeidler, who was mayor from 1948-to 1960 .<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294963805&dsRecordDetails=R:CS346 Frank P. Zeidler — The Last Socialist to Run a Major American City]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 24, 2016.</ref> [[Bernardine Dorhn]], convicted [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist]] and close personal family friend of [[Barack Obama]] who help lift his career in radical leftist circles, is also from Wisconsin. [[File:Tom Carpenter.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|[[Black Lives Matter]] [[homophobe]]s beat a [[gay]] Democrat state senator and left him for dead.<ref>https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/06/25/wisconsin-gay-democrat-state-senator-violence-attack-tim-carpenter-black-lives-matter/</ref> Party leaders refused to condemn the violence.]] ====Marxist insurrection==== {{See also|2020 Marxist insurrection|}}In June 2020 during the [[Marxist]] insurrection Socialists pulled down the statue of Col. Christian Heg, an [[abolitionist]] who fell in the [[Battle of Chickamauga]].<ref>https://wkow.com/2020/06/23/protesters-pull-down-forward-statue-outside-state-capitol/</ref> Tim Carpenter, a [[gay]] [[progressive]] [[Democrat]] state senator, was punched in the last eye, kicked in the head, neck, and ribs, left with a possible concussion by a string group of twelve 8-10 [[socialist mayors ]]s for attempting to video record the vandalism. Carpenter tried to tell the rioters, "I'm on your side.".<ref>https://www.theblaze.com/news/violent-protesters-beat-up-state-senator</ref> Four weeks into the nationwide riots, not a single Democrat at the federal, state, or local level condemned the leftist violence and attacks on innocent people.<ref>https://youtu.be/JWzbCxlCPbw</ref> A licensed physical therapist and a school social worker were arrested in the attack. The school social worker's profile on the school website said that she helps “students and families who are struggling with social-emotional needs, behavioral issues, or [[environmentalist|environmental]] issues in the family, school and/or community.”<ref>https://www.redstate.com/nick-arama/2020/07/29/police-arrest-two-women-protesters-in-attack-on-dem-state-senator-who-they-are-is-disturbing/</ref> The Progressive defund police movement calls for reducing police brutality by replacing police with more social workers. Racist BLM supporters shot at and viciously assaulted black police officer [[Joseph Mensah]] and his girlfriend at the latter's home (which was also vandalized by the domestic terrorists while there were children inside) in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin<ref>Multiple references:*[https://www.fox6now.com/news/protesters-tried-to-kill-me-video-shows-shot-fired-outside-home-of -wauwatosa-officer-mensah 'Protesters tried to kill me:' Video shows shot fired outside home of Wauwatosa Officer Mensah]*[https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/08/10/protesters-tried-to-kill-me-blm-fires-shotgun-assaults-black-cop-and-his-girlfriend-at-her-home-958243 ‘Protesters tried to kill me’: BLM fires shotgun, assaults black cop and his girlfriend at her home]*[https://www.westernjournal.com/suspended-wisconsin-officer-assaulted-shot-mob-home-police-say/ Mob Reportedly Attacks, Beats Black Police Officer at Girlfriend's Home]*[https://www.foxnews.com/us/black-wisconsin-officer-protesters-tried-to-kill-me Black Wisconsin officer says protesters ‘tried to kill me’ during physical assault at girlfriend’s home]*[https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2020/08/10/blm-wauwatosa/ BLM Mob Shoots at Black Officer at His Home, Attempt to Assault His Family]*[https://www.lawofficer.com/arrests-made-after-blm-protesters-assault-fire-shotgun-at-off-duty-officers-at-their-home/ Arrests made after BLM protesters assault, fire shotgun at off-duty officers at their home]*[https://heavy.com/news/2020/08/joseph-mensah/ Joseph Mensah: Wisconsin Police Officer Says BLM Protesters ‘Tried to Kill’ Him]*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/wisconsin-black-lives-matter-protesters-shoot-home-black-police-officers-girlfriend-assaulting/ Wisconsin Black Lives Matter ‘Protesters’ Shoot at Home of Black Police Officer’s Girlfriend After Assaulting Them Both]</ref> before the mob of intruders were dispersed by Wauwatosa police and neighboring police departments. Wauwatosa mayor Dennis McBride declared in a press release that any of the criminal suspects that are identified as being involved in the riot will be arrested, charged and prosecuted. =====Kenosha riots=====[[File:BLM.png|thumb|right|300px|Left-wing domestic terrorists set fire to a church with a Black Lives Matter sign out front in Kenosha, Wisconsin.]]{{See also|Kenosha riots}}Riots arose in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]] over an officer-involved shooting of a black man. Police scanner audio indicates a woman called 911 to report Jacob Blake was at her home and wasn’t supposed to be, and had stolen her keys. Responding police were made aware of Blake’s arrest warrant for domestic abuse and a felony sex crime. Blake, who was armed,<ref>https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/wisconsin-doj-acknowledges-jacob-blake-was-armed-with-a-knife/</ref> brawled with cops before reaching inside his car and was shot. He survived but the incident sparked mass BLM-inspired deadly violence in Kenosha.<ref>https://youtu.be/qS0XolHcw14</ref> Marxist rioters from Chicago were notified by Twittter.<ref>https://twitter.com/VitalistInt/status/1297717905283526656</ref> The small town police department of Kenosha, unprepared and untrained in riot control, was quickly overwhelmed.<ref>https://www.redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2020/08/24/kenosha-wisconsin-explodes-in-aftermath-of-police-shooting-at-domestic-disturbance/</ref> The court house, Probation and Parole Dept., car dealers, businesses, and public service vehicles were set on fire. Thugs jumped on police cars, slashed tires, knocked out an officer, and tossed incendiary grenades at the cops.<ref>Two references:*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/breaking-violent-protest-underway-wisconsin-officer-involved-shooting-cop-knocked-incendiary-weapons-launched-officers/ BREAKING: Violent ‘Protest’ Underway in Wisconsin Over Officer-Involved Shooting, Cop Knocked Out, Incendiary Weapons Launched at Officers]*[https://us24news.com/blog/2020/08/24/violence-erupts-in-wisconsin-after-shooting-of-black-man-cop-brutally-attacks-incendiary-weapons-launched-at-police/ Violence Erupts in Wisconsin After Shooting of Black Man, Cops Brutally Attacked, Incendiary Weapons Used]</ref>  [[Maoist]] activists from the [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] (FRSO) were responsible for most, if not all, of the [[lawlessness]]. FRSO maintained a strong presence in [[Chicago]] and [[Minneapolis]] for decades. The [[subversive]] organization expanded in recent years into [[Milwaukee]] and the smaller university towns of Oshkosh and Kenosha, whose emphasis where new cadre are recruited through campus branches of FRSO’s youth wing: New Students for a Democratic Society. Journalist Tevor Louden has extensively research the FRSO.<ref>https://www.trevorloudon.com/2020/08/maoists-burn-kenosha/</ref> Amidst the violence, one protester accidentally lit herself on fire.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/moronic-wisconsin-rioter-accidentally-lights-fire-video/ Moronic Wisconsin Rioter Accidentally Lights Herself on Fire (VIDEO)]</ref> BLM leader Shaun King applauded the basics violence and called for further mayhem.<ref>Two references:*[https://bigleaguepolitics.com/blm-leader-shaun-king-endorses-mayhem-in-america-to-destroy-law-enforcement-you-earned-it/ BLM Leader Shaun King Endorses ‘Mayhem’ in America to Destroy Law Enforcement: ‘You Earned It’]*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/democrat-leader-talcum-x-calls-violenct-complete-dismantling-us-police/ Democrat Leader Talcum X Calls for More Violence and Complete Dismantling of municipal service led US Police after Last Night’s Kenosha Riots]</ref> As reported on August 25, 2020, the thugs beat an elder store owner to the point of unconsciousness for defending his property.<ref>Two references:*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/monsters-blm-looters-knock-elderly-store-owner-trying-protect-business-video/ MONSTERS! BLM Looters Knock Out Elderly Store Owner Trying to Protect His Business (VIDEO)]*[https://www.redstate.com/nick-arama/2020/08/25/blm-rioters-knock-out-older-man-defending-his-business-business-owners-heartbreaking-reaction-to-destruction/ BLM Rioters Knock Out Older Man Defending His Business, Business Owners’ Heartbreaking Reaction to Destruction]</ref> A conservative reporter had a pistol pointed in his face while covering the riot.<ref>[https://www.westernjournal.com/unhinged-man-points-weapon-face-conservative-reporter-riot/ Unhinged Man Points Weapon in Face of Conservative Reporter During Riot]</ref> The Kenosha Police Dept., which can only field a maximum of 90 officers on the street per shift, asked Democrat Gov. Tony Evers for 750 National Guardsmen. Evers sent 250. [[President Trump]] offered to send the additional 500. Evers rejected the offer.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/26/law-enforcement-requested-750-national-guard-members-kenosha-tuesday-gov-evers-sent-250/</ref> Two white BLM terrorists who attacked a 17 year old community volunteer and life guard were killed. =====Self defense trial===== The life guard, [[Kyle Rittenhouse]], was the victim of malicious prosecution by a liberal [[Democrat]] assistant district attorney and career opportunist wanting to run for District Attorney, as well as the target of [[racist]] and [[defamatory]] attacks by Democrat socialist leader [[Joe Biden]] in a paid political advertisement during the [[2020 presidential election]]. Alleged journalist [[Chris Wallace]] also defamed Rittenhouse during a presidential debate,<ref>https://www.concordmonitor.com/First-presidential-debate-Trump-Biden-full-transcript-36532544</ref> among dozens of other [[mainstream media]] figures over an extended period lasting nearly a year and half and throughout the trial.[[File:Binger.JPG|right|350px|thumb|Leftwing [[fascist]] Kenosha county prosecutor Thomas Binger attempted to intimidate jurors to not render what he considered an incorrect verdict by pointing an [[AR-15]] at them with his finger on the trigger.]]Kenosha county assistant district attorney Thomas Binger who filed murder charges against Rittenhouse 48 hours after the incident, before any investigation was completed, described the mob of predominantly white rioters, looters, and arsonists as a "crowd full of heroes".<ref>https://gellerreport.com/2021/11/closing-arguments-resume-bingers-soviet-show-violent-rioters-crowd-was-full-of-heroes.html/</ref> [[Joseph Rosenbaum]] was the first BLM rioter to attack Rittenhouse. According to a background investigation conducted by Wisconsin Right Now, in documents obtained from the Pima County, [[Arizona]] Clerk of Courts, Joseph Rosenbaum was charged by a grand jury with 11 counts of child molestation and inappropriate sexual activity around children, including anal rape. The victims were five boys ranging in age from nine to 11 years old. Rosenbaum was on lifetime probation and forbidden to have any contact with miniors.<ref>https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/2021/03/11/joseph-rosenbaum-sex-offender/</ref> Binger claimed that a person had to wait until they were shot to act in self-defense. At another point, Binger pointed an AR-15 at court room spectators and the jury with his finger on the trigger, a possible Class A misdemeanor in Wisconsin.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/11/16/kyle-rittenhouse-prosecutor-might-have-committed-a-felony-with-ar15-demonstration-n2599144</ref> The prosecution lied to the court when it said it could not identify a man who kicked Rittenhouse in the face, when in fact the career criminal was in custody in the Kenosha county jail during the trial. [[MSNBC]] was accused of jury tampering during deliberations.<ref>https://youtu.be /8Pwb0awJFSg</ref> =====Waukesha Christmas parade massacre====={{See also|Waukesha Christmas parade massacre}}An [[African American]] suspect, [[BLM]] supporter<ref>K. Walker, [https://clashdaily.com/2021/11/blm-supporter-plows-through-christmas-parade-killing-5-is-that-a-hate-crime/ BLM Supporter Plows Through Christmas Parade Killing 5 — Is That A ‘Hate Crime’?], CD, November 22, 2021</ref> and sex offender<ref>Ed Pearce, [https://www.kolotv.com/2021/11/23/waukesha-suspect-registered-sex-offender-nevada/ Waukesha suspect, a registered sex offender in Nevada], KOLO, Nov 22, 2021</ref> with a long criminal history, [[Darrell Edward Brooks Jr.]], was incited to violence by false information emanating from [[Democrat]] elected officials and the [[liberal media]] in the immediate aftermath of the [[Kyle Rittenhouse]] self-defense verdict for shooting 3 white BLM protesters who attempted to kill him. Brooks drove his vehicle through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin.<ref>https://www.newstarget.com/2021-11-21-suv-driven-by-black-man-plows-into-waukesha-parade-mowing-down-young-girls.html</ref> Waukesha county is considered one of the deepest Red counties in the [[United States]].<ref name=Upshot>{{cite news|last=Cohn|first=Nate|title=The Curious Case of Milwaukee's Suburban Voters|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/upshot/the-curious-case-of-milwaukees-suburban-voters.html?rref=upshot|access-date=|newspaper=New York Times|date=May 6, 2014}}</ref>  On November 21, 2021,<ref>https://youtu.be/TUEgry5vefY</ref> Darrel Brooks murdered six people, including young Jackson Sparks, and left 62 people injured.<ref>Yasmin Tinwala, [https://meaww.com/who-darrell-brooks-mother-called -911-spotted-red-suv-news-statement-mathboi-fly Who is Darrell Brooks' mother? 'Traumatized' mom called 911 seeing red SUV on news], Meaww, Nov 23, 2021</ref> including 6 children at a Waukesha, [[Wisconsin]] Christmas parade by ramming a SUV into crowd, including kids. He was trying to hit as many people as possible.<ref>Megan Sheets,Io Dodds,Stuti Mishra,Eleanor Sly,Graeme Massie,Charlene Rodrigues, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/wisconsin-waukesha-victim-darrell-brooks-live-b1963284.html Wisconsin parade news – latest: Darrell Brooks ‘wanted to hit as many people as possible’ in Waukesha attack], Independent (UK), Nov 24, 2021</ref> Earlier, Brooks posted about the verdict of the trial.<ref name=sun-22nov21>Tariq Tahir, Lauren Fruen, [https://www.the-sun.com/news/4119750/criminal-history-darrell-brooks-bailed-waukesha-rittenhouse/ TROUBLING PAST Darrell Brooks fled domestic dispute before Waukesha parade horror and was on bail for ‘running over mom of his baby’], The Sun, Nov 22, 2021.<blockquote>RITTENHOUSE LINK It was also reported that Brooks posted on social media after Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of murder over the death of three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer. Rittenhouse broke down in tears on Friday, as he was cleared of five criminal charges after a dramatic trial. Brooks posted that he was "sewer Socialistsnot surprised" by the outcome of the case though police have so far not said if the rampage had anything to do with the verdict. And the playlist on Brooks’ YouTube channel and SoundCloud page includes songs about killing. In one of his music videos the rapper uses an SUV that appears to the one that mowed down people in Waukesha. Cops opened fire Sunday after an SUV plowed through a barrier and sped off after the horror incident. Officers later swooped at an address in Milwaukee where the SUV was pictured. The front of the vehicle was crumpled right up to the windscreen with the bumper and license plate hanging off. In a video on his YouTube channel, the same car that plowed into the parade appears to be used.</blockquote></ref> An eyewitness told ''The Federalist'', “they ran out of ambulances so they were putting them in the back of squad cars.” There were civilians taking people to the hospital, he said, and “people carrying people down the street just to get to the cars” since the streets were blocked off.<ref>https://freedomjournalist.com/waukesha-citizens-reel-from-christmas-parade-attack-describe-bodies-in-the-street/</ref> The victims who were killed included four women, ages from 51 to 79 years old who were members of the Dancing Grannies group, known for carrying pompoms and entertaining crowds with synchronized routines, according to the ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' with a senior man of 81 year old who was helping his wife in this group.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2021/11/22/waukesha-parade-victims-include-members-of-dancing-grannies/ Waukesha Christmas parade attack victims include members of ‘Dancing Grannies’]</ref> An 8-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries days later.<ref>https://nationalfile.com/breaking-8-year-old-waukesha-terror-attack-victim-jackson-sparks-dies-from-injuries-sustained-on-sunday/</ref> There was also 18 children injured from this attack.<ref>[https://www.channel3000.com/waukesha-parade-children-hospital-victims/ Total of 18 children taken to Children’s Wisconsin after Waukesha parade crash, 10 in intensive care]</ref> All the victims were white. Brooks was charged with intentional homicide.<ref>Emily Crane, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, [https://nypost.com/2021/11/22/darrell-brooks-charged-with-intentional-homicide-in-waukesha-attack/ Suspect in Waukesha Christmas parade attack charged with intentional homicide], NY Post, Nov 22, 2021</ref> Socialist premier [[Joe Biden]] did not condemn the attack, nor did he send condolences to victims. Many liberals sent out disparaging tweets making fun of victims, including social media director for the Democratic Party of suburban [[Chicago]] DuPage County, Mary Lemanski, calling the terror attack "karma".<ref>[httphttps://www.wisconsinhistorythesun.orgco.uk/turningpointsnews/tp16817393/illinois-043democrat-mary-lemanski-slammed-wisconsin-parade/ 'REAP WHAT YOU SOW' Illinois Democrat Mary Lemanski is slammed for calling Wisconsin parade attack ‘[[karma]]’ for Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal]</ref> BLM activist Vaun L. Mayes at the scene of the Waukesha parade attack said, "the revolution has started," and the word on the street was that Darrell Brooks was motivated by the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/11/22/blm-activist-on-waukesha-it-sounds-like-the-revolution-has-started-n1535508</ref> Leftists on Twitter called the murders of children and old women "self-defense."<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/11/leftist-twitter-uses-waukesha-parade-killings-to-mock-rittenhouse-self-defense-verdict/</ref> The Biden [[Justice Department]] moved quickly to take control of the [[propaganda]] apparatus and tamp down facts regarding the racially motivated domestic terror attack.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/11/22/cultural-marxist-propaganda-will-be-massive-waukesha-officials-and-feds-press-conference-open-discussion-thread/</ref> ====Biden Putsch===={{See also|Biden Putsch}}=====Primary election tampering=====In a lawsuit filed by Democratic party operatives concerned about the [[CCP pandemic]]’s effects on voting, federal District Judge William Conley (an [[Obama]] appointee) extended the deadline for receipt of mail-in ballots from Tuesday, April 7, 2020 (the primary-election day), to Monday afternoon, April 13. That aspect of the federal district court’s ruling was not in dispute. Judge Conley, however, directed that [[absentee ballot]]s were eligible to be counted regardless of the date of post mark or otherwise delivered, as long as they came in by the April 13 deadline. In effect, that meant absentee ballots could be cast after in-person primary voting had closed on April 7. This meant the election could be materially altered by events occurring after formal conclusion of the [[primary election]] — not least, news about the apparent election result. To address this problem, Judge Conley further ordered the Wisconsin Election Commission and election inspectors to suppress any report of the voting results until after the new April 13 deadline for the receipt of absentee ballots.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/the-supreme-courts-misunderstood-ruling-on-wisconsins-coronavirus-primary/</ref> Democrat Gov. [[Tony Evers]] then banned in person voting in the April 7, 2020 primary. The Wisconsin Supreme Court then ruled Evers exceeded his authority with his [[Executive Order]] to cancel elections.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEIrRZpwsqQ</ref> The same day [[SCOTUS]] ruled to stay a district court order that had extended the absentee voting deadline. As a result, the absentee ballot postmark and in-person return deadlines were reinstated to April 7, 2020.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_Party_primaries_in_Wisconsin,_2020</ref> The issue was that authority did not rest with the courts or the governor and there was no time to reschedule. [[Fake news]] media, of course, was quick to blame Republicans for the Democrat's lawsuit and the Democratic governor's overreach of [[executive branch]] authority.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/dan.bongino/videos/775321722874199/</ref> Democrat operative [[James Carville]] again stole the spotlight as the most [[demagogic]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/04/08/carville-wisconsin-primary-proved-republicans-will-kill-people-to-stay-in-power/</ref> ''The Wisconsin State Journal'' reported three weeks after the voting that Wisconsin's rate of infection actually declined after in-person voting.<ref>https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/no-bump-in-covid-19-rates-after-wisconsins-april-7-election-study-says/article_b1aade1d-abec-5fc2-92fb-e1c64ccbc92f.html</ref> =====Supreme Court agrees to hear the case=====''Redstate'' reported:{{quotebox|"a federal judge extended the deadline for receiving [[absentee ballot]]s during the [[primary election]] cycle by a period of six days. No one objected to that extension in the early days of state “lockdown” orders to address the outbreak of the COVID 19 virus. But, five days before the scheduled election, the same judge clarified the order to state that ballots postmarked on or before the extended day for receipt of ballots could be counted even though that violated Wisconsin election law which required that they be postmarked no later than Election Day, and no party in the case had asked for the Court to grant the additional relief. The Supreme Court reversed that provision of the district court’s order, writing as follows: :''Nonetheless, five days before the scheduled election, the District Court unilaterally ordered that absentee ballots mailed and postmarked after election day, April 7, still be counted so long as they are received by April 13. Extending the date by which ballots may be cast by voters—not just received by the municipal clerks but cast by voters— for an additional six days after the scheduled election day fundamentally alters the nature of the election… This Court has repeatedly emphasized that lower federal courts should ordinarily not alter the election rules on the eve of an election…. The District Court on its own ordered yet an additional extension, which would allow voters to mail their ballots after election day, which is extraordinary relief and would fundamentally alter the nature of the election by allowing voting for six additional days after the election. The four liberals on the Court, including the late [[Justice Ginsburg]], dissented from this order and would have allowed votes to be cast and counted after the deadline imposed by state law in Wisconsin, basing their judgment on the complications of the COVID 19 pandemic.  So, you can see where the lower court judges are finding their “justification” for rewriting election rules more to the liking of plaintiffs who — in every case I’ve looked at — are Democrat party interest groups."<ref>https://www.redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2020/10/04/a-supreme-court-showdown-of-federal-judges-rewriting-state-election-laws-based-on-covid-is-at-hand/</ref>}} After Wisconsin's primary vote, [[Bernie Sanders]] dropped out of the race, pledging to toe the CCP/DNC party line; however an ''ABC/Washington Post'' poll showed 15% of Sanders supporters will support President Trump in the November 2020 general election.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/03/29/bernie-sanders-supporters-vote-trump-over-biden-poll/2936124001/</ref> Sanders press secretary immediately ripped off the mask, saying in a tweet that she can now drop "Democratic" from explaining why "Democratic Socialism" is good.<ref>https://summit.news/2020/04/08/bernies-press-secretary-now-i-can-drop-democratic-from-democratic-socialism/</ref> With Sanders out and the nomination locked up, Barack Hussein Obama still failed to endorse Biden. [[Priorities USA]] Action — the Democratic Party's largest super PAC — spent $6 million on advertisements criticizing President Trump for his response to the [[coronavirus]] pandemic. The ads ran in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida. The PAC received $3 million in contributions from [[George Soros]]'s Democracy PAC on Feb. 21, 2020, or 77% of [[Priorities USA]] income for the reporting period. Priorities USA said it intends to spend upward of $150 million against Trump in states like Wisconsin and Michigan. Its largest donor has been billionaire hedge fund manager Donald Sussman, who has given the group $8 million this cycle. Soros is the group's second-largest donor at $5 million. In addition, [[David Brock]]'s American Bridge PAC has assailed Trump's coronavirus response. American Bridge has also been active in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/soros-bankrolls-coronavirus-attack-ads-against-trump/</ref> Priorities USA aired a digitally altered ad that led to the [[NBC]] affiliate airing the ad being sued for defamation when it continued to air the ad after receiving a cease-and-desist order. =====2020 voter fraud=====:{{See also|Wisconsin election fraud}}The [[Center for Tech and Civic Life]] (CTCL) approved a $100,000 grant to the Mayor of [[Racine]], WI in May of 2020 directing the Mayor to recruit four other cities ([[Green Bay]], [[Kenosha]], [[Madison]], and Milwaukee) to develop a joint grant request of CTCL. This effort resulted in these cities submitting a “Wisconsin Safe Election Plan” on June 15, 2020 to CTCL and, in turn, receiving $6.3 million to implement the plan. This privatization of elections undermined the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), which requires state election plans to be submitted to federal officials and approved and requires respect for equal protection by making all resources available equally to all voters. The provision of [[Zuckerberg]]-CTCL funds allowed these Democrat strongholds to spend roughly $47 per voter, compared to $4 to $7 per voter in traditionally [[Republican]] areas of the state. Moreover, this recruiting of targeted jurisdictions for specific government actionand funding runs contrary to legislative election plans and invites government to play favorites in the election process. The “Wisconsin Safe Election Plan” was not authored by the state, and considered state election integrity laws as obstacles and nuisances to be ignored or circumvented. Moreover, CTCL retained the right, in the grant document, to, in its sole discretion, order all funds returned if the grantee cities did not conduct the election consistent with CTCL dictates. Effectively, CTCL managed the election in these five cities. And this plan violated state law in, at least, the following fashion: :1) The plan circumvented voter identification requirements for absentee ballots by attempting to classify all voters as “indefinitely confined” due to COVID and later, after Wisconsin Supreme Court criticism, by ordering election clerks to not question such claims. :2) The plan initiated the use of drop boxes for ballot collection, significantly breaching the chain of custody of the ballot and failing to maintain proper logs and reviews to ensure all properly cast ballots were counted and all improperly cast ballots were not counted. :3) Initiated the consolidation of counting centers, justifying the flow of hundreds of thousands of ballots to one location and the marginalization of Republican poll watchers such that bipartisan participation in the management, handling, and counting of the ballots was compromised. According to the Amistad Project, these are but examples of radical changes in election processes that opened the door for significant fraud. This [[two-tier system]] allowed voters in Democrat strongholds to stroll down the street to vote while voters in Republican strongholds had to go on the equivalent of a “where’s Waldo” hunt. These irregularities existed wherever Zuckerberg’s money was granted to local election officials.<ref>https://trumpwon.biz/The-Legitimacy-and-Effect-of-Private-Funding-in-Federal-and-State-Electorial-Processes-1.pdf</ref> =more_essay ====Ballot dump=====[[File:Milwaukee Sewer Socialismturnout 2020.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Turnout exceeded registered voters in some Milwaukee precincts by 200%.]]Theredelephants reports in [[Wisconsin]], voter turnout matched the record high of 2004. The Wisconsin Elections Commission uses the estimated voting age population as the denominator when calculating statewide voter turnout numbers. According to the Elections Commission, there was a 73 percent turnout in this Wisconsin election. Turnout was 67 percent in 2016; 70 percent in 2012; 69 percent in 2008; and 73 percent in 2004. Apparently Joe Biden smashed [[Barack Obama]]’s 2008 turnout in most places in the country. In both Michigan and Wisconsin, several vote dumps occurred at approximately 4am on Wednesday morning November 4, 2020 which showed that Joe Biden received almost 100 percent of the votes. President Trump was leading by hundreds of thousands of votes in both states as America went to sleep, and turnout in the state of Wisconsin seems to be particularly impossible. In Wisconsin on election day before the polls opened, Republicans led Mail-in Ballots requested 43% to 35%, and Mail-in and early in-person ballots returned 43% to 35%. Almost ALL of the ballots found, while most in the country were sleeping, after they officials stated they would stop counting, were for Joe Biden. Some statistically savvy observers noticed other mathematical flaws, as random numbers in statistics should follow a pattern in their distribution. If the numbers are falsified, it is easy to detect.  Biden had 49,000 votes posted on the City of Milwaukee website as of 4 AM Wednesday and 194,000 votes as of 3 PM Wednesday.<ref>https://twitter.com/RichHiggins_DC/status/1329268228883963904</ref> 102 wards added more than 500 votes, 16 added more than 1000. State Historical Associationmargin 20k <ref>https://t.co/ToBWG58yXv</ref><ref>pic.twitter.com/3yzpYSEJ0q</ref> The increase in Democrats relative to Republicans was significantly higher when the Democrat was doing worse overall in early counting. Within each ward, late votes broke heavily to the Democrat in exactly the races where they are likely to affect the result. =====Illegal instructions from the Election Board=====[[File:Wisconsin-Rock-County-3.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Vote switching in Rock County, Wisconsin.]]In Wisconsin, the law states that ballots returned by a third party absent a witness statement are invalid and not to be counted. Municipal clerks and vote counters across the state filled out witness signatures themselves. Acting on false and unlawful advice from the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), these clerks may have invalidated thousands of [[absentee ballot|absentee votes]].[[File:WI fraudulent ballots.png|left|300px|thumb|Fraudulent ballots cast in Wisconsin.<ref>https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/group-files-emergency-petition-wisconsin-after-finding-potentially-150000?utm_source=daily-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter</ref>]]The WEC sent uniform instructions to voters with their mail-in ballots that informed them that “your witness must sign and provide their full address (street number, street name, city) in the Certification of Witness section” and warned that “if any of the required information above is missing, your ballot will not be counted.” However, on October 19, 2020 the WEC sent instructions to clerks that they can simply fill in the witness address themselves so that the ballot would not be invalidated. “Please note that the clerk should attempt to resolve any missing witness address information prior to Election Day if possible, and this can be done through reliable information (personal knowledge, voter registration information, through a phone call with the voter or witness),” WEC wrote. “The witness does not need to appear to add a missing address.”<ref>https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/many-200000-wisconsin-residents-may-have-voted-absentee-without-having</ref> “The statute is very, very clear,” said retired Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who worked as a poll watcher in Milwaukee on Election Day. “If an absentee ballot does not have a witness address on it, it’s not valid. That ballot is not valid.” The former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice said the ballots should be invalidated. “In defiance of and direct contradiction to the statute, the Wisconsin Elections Commission gave guidance–that is, cover–to all 72 county clerks and turned the statute on his head,” Gableman said. “They said, ‘Gee, we know the law says an absentee ballot without the witness address is not valid, but county clerk, you have a duty to go ahead and look up on your own the witness’ address if there’s no address on the absentee ballot.”<ref>https://redstate.com/scotthounsell/2020/11/08/ballot-clerks-in-wisconsin-allegedly-added-witness-statements-to-thousands-of-invalid-ballots-n276848</ref> Anticipating a legal challenge to this seemingly highly unlawful advice, the WEC instructed clerks to write in these witness addresses in red pen so that they would be easy to find during a recount or audit of the vote.[[File:WI indefinite.png|right|350px|thumb|]]The Republican Party of Wisconsin estimates that thousands of witness addresses may have been changed, thus invalidating the ballots on which they appeared. The statutory remedy for this is to subtract a commensurate number of votes for the candidates for whom those ballots were cast, meaning that vote totals may substantially change. =====Vote switching===== Evidence shows that the vote totals for Rock County appeared to be switched between President Trump and Joe Biden. 9,516 votes were eliminated from President Trump and moved to Joe Biden. This 19,032 vote difference when corrected would eliminate Biden’s lead in Wisconsin.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/breaking-exclusive-system-glitch-also-uncovered-wisconsin-reversal-19032-votes-removes-lead-joe-biden/aypundit.com</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/happening-mit-scientist-offer-president-trump-proof-computer-algorithm-likely-transferred-69000-votes-trump-joe-biden-michigan/</ref> =====Fraudulent ballots=====[[File:Liquor licenses vs grocery stores.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Wisconsin has more liquor licenses (brown) than grocery stores (blue). The Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Democrat Gov. Tony Evers [[CCP virus]] lockdown and social distancing orders which had a devastating effect on Wisconsin's economy.]]Under Wisconsin state law, a voter must present a valid photo ID when requesting to vote by mail. The exception to the rule is for those voters who are currently hospitalized or “indefinitely confined because of age, physical illness, or infirmity.”<ref>https://redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2020/11/24/trump-campaign-focusing-on-unlawful-use-of-absentee-ballot-process-to-avoid-wisconsin-id-requirement-n284528</ref> [[Covid]] doesn't meet the qualifications for an "indefinitely confined" voter. ==Economy== Southwestern Wisconsin is now a less heavily populated agricultural region even though for a while it was the economic center of the state. There remains however more dairy cows than registered voters. The Southeast, which includes Milwaukee and the suburban corridor running south to Chicago, is now the most populous section of the state. Wisconsin is well known for its dairy industry and is a top producer of [[cheese]] in the US. ==Elected Officials==As of January 3, 2021: ===Federal===*Sen. [[Ron Johnson]] (R) *Sen. [[Tammy Baldwin]] (D)*Rep. [[Bryan Steil]] [R, WI–01]*Rep. [[Mark Pocan]] [D, WI–02]*Rep. [[Ron Kind]] [D, WI–03]*Rep. [[Gwen Moore]] [D, WI–04]*Rep. [[Scott Fitzgerald]] [R, WI–05]*Rep. [[Glenn Grothman]] [R, WI–06] *Rep. [[Tom Tiffany]] [R, WI–07]*Rep. [[Mike Gallagher]] [R, WI–08] ===Statewide===*Governor [[Tony Evers]] (D)*Lt. Governor [[Mandela Barnes]] (D)*Attorney General [[Josh Kaull]] (D)*Secretary of State [[Doug La Follette]] (D)*State Treasurer [[Sarah Godlewski]] (D) ===Legislature===Wisconsin's legislative branch consists of a senate and an assembly. In February 2011, 14 Democrat senators left the state to boycott a controversial Senate vote.<ref>http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/116381289.html</ref> See [[Wisconsin budget controversy]].

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:There were 9,580 abortions [[abortion]]s done in the state in 2006, down from 9,817 in 2005. This is the third year in a row that abortions in the Midwestern state have decreased and the number is the lowest since 1974.

== References =Pro-life legislation===In 2011, conservative governor [[Scott Walker]] signed the Wisconsin state budget into law, which defunded [[Planned Parenthood]], making Wisconsin the fourth state to defund the illegal program.<ref>Zagorski, Sarah (August 24, 2015). [https://www.lifenews.com/2015/08/24/scott-walker-pushes-bill-to-de-fund-planned-parenthood-after-it-sells-aborted-baby-parts/ Scott Walker Pushes Bill to De-Fund Planned Parenthood After It Sells Aborted Baby Parts]. ''LifeNews.com''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> Walker also signed other [[pro-life]] bills into law,<ref>[http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-outlines-abortion-gay-marriage-positions-in-letter-b99375704z1-279975922.html Scott Walker outlines abortion, gay marriage positions in letter]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' (from ''AP''). October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> including one banning abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy.<ref>Stein, Jason (July 20, 2015). [http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-signs-bill-banning-abortions-after-20-weeks-b99540949z1-317539131.html Scott Walker signs 20-week abortion ban, trooper pay raise]. ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Retrieved October 21, 2016.</ref> ==Sports in Wisconsin== [[Milwaukee]] is home to two professional sports teams participating at the highest level: the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] (MLB) and the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] (NBA). The [[Green Bay Packers]] (NFL) are one of the league's original and most storied franchises; they are located in the smallest metropolitan area of any professional sports team in the four major sports leagues. Wisconsin is also home to various college sports programs, most notably the Wisconsin Badgers and the Marquette Golden Eagles. ==Bibliography=====Surveys===* Campbell, Henry C. ''Wisconsin in Three Centuries, 1684-1905'' (4 vols., 1906), highly detailed popular history* James K. Conant. ''Wisconsin Politics And Government: America's Laboratory of Democracy'' (2006) * Richard Current, ''Wisconsin: A History'' (2001)* Larry Gara; ''A Short History of Wisconsin'' 1962 * Holmes, Fred L. ''Wisconsin'' (5 vols., Chicago, 1946), detailed popular history with many biographies * Robert C. Nesbit, ''Wisconsin: A History'' (rev. ed. 1989)* Quaife, Milo M. ''Wisconsin, Its History and Its People, 1634-1924'' (4 vols., 1924), detailed popular history & biographies* Raney, William Francis. ''Wisconsin: A Story of Progress'' (1940), * A. H. Robinson and J. B. Culver, ed., ''The Atlas of Wisconsin'' (1974)* I. Vogeler, ''Wisconsin: A Geography'' (1986); * WPA, ''Wisconsin: A Guide to the Badger State'' 1941; detailed guide to every town and city, and cultural history ===Detailed scholarly studies===* Anderson, Theodore A. ''A Century of Banking in Wisconsin'' (1954)* Braun, John A ''Together in Christ: A history of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod'' (2000), 55 pp * Buenker, John D. ''The History of Wisconsin. Volume IV The Progressive Era, 1893-1914'' (1998), highly detailed history * Brøndal, Jørn. ''Ethnic Leadership and Midwestern Politics: Scandinavian Americans and the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890-1914.'' University of Illinois Press, 2004 ISBN 0-87732-095-0.* Bungert, Heike, Cora Lee Kluge, and Robert Ostergren, eds. ''Wisconsin: German Land and Life.'' (Madison: Max Kade Institute, 2006. 260 pp. isbn 0-92411-926-8.)* Butts, Porter. ''Art in Wisconsin'' ( Madison, 1936). * Clark, James I. ''Education in Wisconsin'' (1958). * Cochran, Thomas C. ''The Pabst Brewing Company'' (1948), the best history of any brewery* Mike Corenthal. ''Illustrated History of Wisconsin Music 1840-1990: 150 Years'' (1991)* Richard Nelson Current. 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''On Wisconsin Women: Working for Their Rights from Settlement to Suffrage''* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=96272178 Herbert F. Margulies; ''The Decline of the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890-1920'' (1968)]* Merrill, Horace S. ''William Freeman Vilas: Doctrinaire Democrat'' (1954) Democratic leader in 1880s and 1890s* Olson, Frederick I. ''Milwaukee: At the Gathering of the Waters''*[http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.HistAgSchaf ''A History of Agriculture in Wisconsin''], by Schafer, Joseph (1922)* Schafer, Joseph. "The Yankee and Teuton in Wisconsin", ''Wisconsin Magazine of History,'' Vol. 6, No. 2, Dec. 1922, pp.&nbsp;125–145, compares Yankee and German settlers* Still, Bayrd. ''Milwaukee, the History of a City'' 1948 [http://www.questia.com/library/book/milwaukee-the-history-of-a-city-by-bayrd-still.jsp online edition]* Thelen, David. ''Robert M. LaFollette and the Insurgent Spirit'' 1976.* Unger, Nancy C. ''Fighting Bob LaFollette: The Righteous Reformer'' (2000) ===Primary sources===*[http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/Contents.html Wisconsin Electronic Reader] full text of many primary source books* ''The Badger State: A documentary history of Wisconsin'' (1979)*[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=750 La Follette's Autobiography, a personal narrative of political experiences, 1913]

==External links==*[http://www.wisconsin.gov/Pages/home.aspx Official State of Wisconsin website]*[https://www.britannica.com/place/Wisconsin Profile] at ''Encyclopædia Britannica''*[http://www.encyclopedia.com/places/united-states-and-canada/us-political-geography/wisconsin Profile] at ''Encyclopedia.com''*2020 election: [https://revealthesteal.blogspot.com/2021/03/wisconsins-wimp-problem.html?m=1 Wisconsin's Write In and Minority Party problem]{{Election Fraud}}{{USstates}}[[Category:States of the United States]][[Category:US statePurple States]]