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riversedge's JournalUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison drops in research ranking
Source: AP
Posted: Sat 12:19 PM, Nov 26, 2016
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The University of Wisconsin-Madison has fallen out of the National Science Foundation's top five research institutions for the first time in over 40 years because of the school decreasing spending on research.
The Wisconsin State Journal reports the university's spending on research declined by over $100 million between 2012 and 2015. Campus officials highlighted the falling expenditures Tuesday as they encouraged lawmakers to increase funding for the University of Wisconsin System in the next state budget.
Vice chancellor for research and graduate education Marsha Mailick says years of funding cuts have made it more difficult for the university to recruit top researchers.....................
Read more: http://www.weau.com/content/news/University-of-Wisconsin-Madison-drops-in-research-ranking-403137706.html
Gov Walker--Repug- has hit on public schools and our University for years. UWis-Madison--one of the finest research campuses in the world in going downhill because of Republicans in WI.
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Election Fraud Complaint Filed As More People Voted Than Total Voters In 4 Wisconsin Precincts
Source: politicususa
Election Fraud Complaint Filed As More People Voted Than Total Voters In 4 Wisconsin Precincts
By Jason Easley on Sat, Nov 26th, 2016 at 1:19 pm
An election fraud complaint has been filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission after it was uncovered that more people voted in the presidential race than the total number of votes in 4 precincts in Wisconsin.
The Democratic Coalition Against Trump announced the complaint in a statement, “The Democratic Coalition Against Trump filed an Election Fraud complaint with the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Saturday afternoon regarding four separate precincts located within Outagamie County, WI. According to local reports, there were four precincts in Hortonville, Cicero, Bear Creek, and Grand Chute, where it was reported that more people had voted in the presidential race, than had voted overall. The discrepancy, which was attributed by local officials to human error, added over 1,000 votes to Donald Trump which were then taken away when the official election results were posted. The Democratic Coalition Against Trump filed the Election Fraud complaint to urge the Wisconsin Elections Commission to look into these precincts to investigate this vote padding as intentional fraud, as opposed to a clerical error.”
It appears that there may have been some classic examples of vote padding happening in Wisconsin. When a reliably blue state in recent presidential elections suddenly shifts to red by the smallest of margins, it should raise some concerns. The state has removed nearly 5,000 votes from Trump’s lead over due to human error.
“When you have not one, but four separate precincts reporting that more people voted for president than voted overall, that should not be treated as a clerical error, but rather as a coordinated attempt to commit widespread election fraud,” said Scott Dworkin, Senior Advisor to the Coalition. “The Wisconsin Elections Commission should not look into just these precincts, but into every other precinct in the state where there was a discrepancy,” Dworkin added. .............................
Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/26/election-fraud-complaint-filed-people-voted-total-voters-4-wisconsin-precincts.html
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Tea Pain ?@TeaPainUSA 1h1 hour ago
Only a Trump supporter can see countin' every vote as an assault on freedom.
#recount #RecountWisconsin
First lady kicks off Obamas final White House Christmas
Source: AP
November 25, 2016 2:24 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama kicked off her family’s final Christmas season at the White House on Friday by receiving a 19-foot Balsam-Veitch fir from Wisconsin as the official White House Christmas tree.
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“Christmas begins. The holidays start,” Mrs. Obama exclaimed after “accepting” the tree from Dave and Mary Vander Velden, owners of the Oconto, Wisconsin, farm where it was grown. “We’re ready. Our last one. We’re excited about it.”
The Vander Veldens won the National Christmas Tree Association’s annual contest, earning the honor of supplying the White House with its official Christmas tree. Contest winners have provided the White House tree annually since 1966. A group of White House and other officials visited the Vander Veldens at their Whispering Pine Tree Farm in September to choose the perfect tree.
Late Friday morning, a horse-drawn wagon pulled the tree up the White House driveway. After a visual inspection, Mrs. Obama sought the opinions of her “replacement kids” — nephews Austin and Aaron Robinson.
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Read more: http://wtop.com/dc/2016/11/first-lady-accepts-white-house-christmas-tree-from-wisconsin/slide/1/
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WTOP ?@WTOP 19m19 minutes ago
First lady Michelle Obama kicks off Obamas’ final White House Christmas, accepting tree from Wisconsin http://bit.ly/2gusGiv
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The Hill Verified account ?@thehill 3h3 hours ago
Michelle Obama welcomes this year's Christmas tree to the White House http://hill.cm/gcrBeNN
Crowdpac follows
3rdRockHome ?@3rdrockhome Nov 15
Wisconsin fir will be White House Christmas Tree http://dlvr.it/MgT15J
WLUK-TV FOX 11 Verified account ?@fox11news Nov 15
WATCH: This year's official White House Christmas tree is being cut down at Whispering Pines Tree Farm in #Oconto. http://fb.me/7rVWa1mHP
The billionaire who brought you the Sago coal mine disaster will now be Secretary of Commerce....
Wonder what the coal miners and their families are thinking now?
Mountain State Blues
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The billionaire who brought you the Sago mine disaster will now be Secretary of Commerce....
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Heath Harrison ?@Heath_Harrison 2h2 hours ago
As he said about black lung victims, Trump believes the miners weren't imaginative not to work at Sago
Trump taps Ross for commerce, owned Sago mine at time of fatal explosion
By Josh Boak
The Associated Press
November 24, 2016
- See more at: http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20161124/trump-taps-ross-for-commerce-owned-sago-mine-at-time-of--fatal-explosion#sthash.BhlqYYOT.dpuf
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FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump, left, stands with investor Wilbur Ross after meeting at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Trump is poised to offer the position of commerce secretary to the head of a private-equity firm, Wilbur Ross. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20161124/trump-taps-ross-for-commerce-owned-sago-mine-at-time-of--fatal-explosion#sthash.BhlqYYOT.dpuf
........With a Florida home down the road from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago retreat, the 78-year-old Ross played a role in crafting and selling the president-elect’s tax-cut and infrastructure plans. Ross has suggested that much of America is disgruntled because the economy has left middle-class workers behind and says Trump represents a shift to a “less politically correct direction.” ................
Ross most prominently created four companies through mergers and acquisitions that focused on steel, textiles, autos and coal. In some cases, Ross has sold the companies he packaged to even larger globe-spanning companies. In 2005, he sold the International Steel Group, which included the former Bethlehem Steel, to the Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal.
And while his investments appear to have proved generally lucrative, they have also at times brought troubling publicity.
Ross had formed his international Coal Group by buying a collection of smaller and financially troubled coal operations in the mid-2000s. Then on Jan. 2, 2006, one of those operations — the Sago Mine in Upshur County — exploded, killing a dozen miners. Federal safety inspectors in 2005 had cited the West Virginia mine with 208 violations.
Ross said afterward that he knew about the safety violations but that the mine’s management had assured him that it was a “safe situation.”...............
The electoral college vs. the popular vote: Could states do an end-run around the current system?
Per this article, So far only blue states have signed onto the Compact---"Over a decade, 10 states and the District of Columbia -- which add up to 165 electoral votes -- have passed laws to join the compact. So 105 more electoral votes are needed before it can go into effect.
The current states in the compact are Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, Vermont, California, Rhode Island and New York." Long ways to go. 
http://www.politifact.com/florida/article/2016/nov/17/electoral-college-vs-popular-vote-could-states-a/
The electoral college vs. the popular vote: Could states do an end-run around the current system?
By Amy Sherman on Thursday, November 17th, 2016 at 11:39 a.m.
Our conclusion
Ten states and the District of Columbia have signed on to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, in which states agree to award all their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. The compact only takes effect when states totalling 270 electoral votes sign on, and so far the effort still falls short of that.
This plan would not eliminate the Electoral College, but it would dramatically alter its purpose, because electors would cast their votes based on the national popular vote. Battleground states would become obsolete, and candidates would concentrate on winning the most number of votes nationwide.
If enough states ever sign on, the plan would likely face a court challenge, with the Supreme Court getting to rule on whether the plan passes constitutional muster. That’s a future scenario we can’t predict.
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Losing his gloves #KeepsTrumpUpAtNight
Whiner-in Chief Trump braggin how hard he is working!!
What a JERK!
Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump 23h23 hours ago
I am working hard, even on Thanksgiving, trying to get Carrier A.C. Company to stay in the U.S. (Indiana). MAKING PROGRESS - Will know soon! 
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HRC has 2mil votes more than you. You're still losing to a girl @realDonaldTrump
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Sheriff Clarke defends Sessions against racism charges
http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/daniel-bice/2016/11/23/bice-clarke-defends-sessions-against-racism-charges/94344330/
Bice: Clarke defends Sessions against racism charges
Daniel Bice , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 5:15 p.m. CST November 23, 2016
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Now that he is done campaigning for Donald Trump and is back from a Caribbean cruise with conservative bigwigs, David A. Clarke Jr. has taken on a new task:
Standing up for Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, the president-elect's controversial pick for attorney general.
In particular, Clarke — Milwaukee County's largely MIA sheriff — has gone on various national networks this week to help Sessions combat accusations of racism. Clarke is himself under consideration for a top job in the Trump administration.
"I'm tired of this race card thing," Clarke, who is black, said of the critics of the white AG nominee on Fox Business News. "The left is out of legitimate excuses for wanting some kind of dialogue about somebody...It's an automatic default from the left to call somebody a racist."......................
Wisconsin school-choice supporters cheer DeVos pick
Source: Milwaukee-Journal
Erin Richards , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 9:20 p.m. CST November 23, 2016
With her deep ties to Wisconsin's private-school choice movement and disdain for unions thwarting reforms, Betsy DeVos, president-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Education Secretary, was a name that sent shock waves through the state's education circles Wednesday.
"It is completely jazzing the entire school-choice community nationwide," said Jim Bender, president of advocacy group School Choice Wisconsin. "It's like, game on."
Gov. Scott Walker congratulated DeVos, whom he called his friend, on Twitter while Democratic Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan tweeted the nomination was "really bad news for public schools."
DeVos is married to Dick DeVos, and both are heirs to the fortune amassed by Michigan-based direct sales company Amway, which was co-founded by Dick's father, Richard DeVos. Betsy DeVos was active in Republican politics and has focused on schools as board chair of her national advocacy group, American Federation for Children, based in Washington, D.C. The group has funneled millions of dollars into campaigns around the country to elect school choice friendly lawmakers and to lobby aggressively for school choice legislation.................................
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Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2016/11/23/wisconsin-school-choice-supporters-cheer-devos-pick/94361104/
More bad news for WI--and the
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