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So Wisconsin isn't allowed to enforce laws that ban gambling in the state?
"Last week, the #Wisconsin Department of Justice announced lawsuits against #Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, #Polymarket and Crypto.com for allegedly facilitating illegal sports betting on their platforms. A lawsuit filed Wednesday by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, in response to those lawsuits alleges Wisconsin is attempting to interfere with “federally regulated markets.”"
https://www.wpr.org/news/federal-government-sues-wisconsin-prediction-markets-platforms

Wisconsin Gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong (who ran a small business) had racked up credit card debt and the media is trying to turn it into this huge story but nearly every comment calls her “relatable”, points out she’s not some wealthy person running for office, and says “Yeah, a working class person is in debt. She’s one of us.”
(Not linking to any specific story but it’s all over the news cycle right now.)

Important Wisconsin Information!
#wisconsin

How-To Wisconsin: How to order an Old Fashioned
Doing that annoying internet thing where we explain how to do something fairly simple, but precede it with a needlessly long personal story.

Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong supports “Right to Repair”.
It wasn’t a bunch of hackers that talked to her about it. It was a farmer. Whether you’re a hacker, farmer, or just a consumer, we all suffer when companies make it difficult (or illegal) to repair the things we’ve purchased and own.
#wisconsin

Good.
"Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Friday joined a coalition of 22 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's recent attempt to exert federal control over mail-in ballots and voter rolls.
"An executive order isn’t a royal decree," Kaul said in a statement. "The President can’t unilaterally dictate how states should run elections.""
#Wisconsin #Politics #USPol #Pol #Voting

Interesting look at who pays what amount of taxes.
#wisconsin

Data Wonk: Who Pays Wisconsin’s Taxes?
Which income groups pay the most in state and local taxes? And how Wisconsin compares to other states.

After reading ...
"Chancellor Katherine Frank says the name change was long overdue. She adds the ABCs of Polytechnic are applied learning, business and industry partnership and career-focused."
... I am still not completely sure what the difference is between a university and a polytechnic university.
In a world were high schoolers aren't sure if college is right for them, I dig experimentation, though.
#Wisconsin #Stout #UW #Polytechnic

Kelda Roys is not my first choice for Governor of Wisconsin but at least she's a cyclist. (And ebike rider!)
I'm really hoping Wisconsin doesn't take the route of New Jersey with regards to ebike regulations.
We have some good bike advocacy here though (and Trek) so hopefully we're safe.
#wisconsin

My brother was at an DNC event in #Madison yesterday and said that Hong was clearly the best candidate in attendance.
"Within the first few months of the year that Wisconsin will elect its next governor, democratic socialist Francesca Hong is leading the pack in the state's most prominent public poll and running a campaign at a moment she’s said “may be the only time for a candidate like me to run statewide.”"
#Wisconsin #FrancescaHong #Hong

The Minocqua Brewing Company is famously anti-Trump, and very progressive, but when I told them to dump Substack because they platform and support Nazis they told me to "get over it" because all other platforms have "bent the knee".
Sigh...
I did reply telling them about Ghost and about self-hosting as an option.
#wisconsin

Anyone care to point out the maddening car-brained error here?
#bikeTooter #wisconsin #cycling

What they are doing is illegal in Wisconsin, so it makes sense.
“Kaul plans to file three separate lawsuits in Dane County Circuit Court against prediction market companies, alleging they are bypassing state laws by characterizing sports bets as "event contracts."”
#Wisconsin #Polymarket #Kalshi #Betting

I used to live in Waukesha County and like others I never imagined it could turn blue but… there’s a chance.
https://www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/a-certain-shade-of-purple-can-these

A Certain Shade of Purple: Can these Democrats win local races in Waukesha County?
In Waukesha County's two largest cities, unabashed Democrats Mike Hallquist and Alicia Halvensleben are each running for mayor. A special feature story on the purpling of the former GOP stronghold.

The grift never fucking ends.
"Republican leaders will pay private lawyers up to $550 an hour in taxpayer money to represent the Legislature in a lawsuit challenging them over that very practice: using taxpayer money to hire private attorneys."
#Politics #USPol #Pol #Wisconsin #WIGOP

When you are running Governor and have the endorsement of the Milwaukee and Madison DSA and also the local punk venue is doing a benefit show for you...
https://xrayarcade.com/calendar/2026/04/25/francescahong

Things could be worse.
"The state Public Service Commission approved We Energies’ special energy rate for large data centers on April 24, but not without making a series of changes to strengthen protections for existing ratepayers. The novel proposal intends to hold data centers responsible for their immense energy needs and prevent those costs from raising residential electric bills."
#Wisconsin #WEEnergies #DataCenters #AI