Democrats are very likely to win this year, but the details matter. We must not allow Wisconsin’s centrists and bipartisan compromisers to waste opportunities. That starts with identifying and working, not only to win a trifecta, but importantly, a trifecta with a strong left populist presence.

Winning the Trifecta should be quite easy, but centrist Democrats might fuck it up. Republicans seem to know their days of ruthless minority rule are numbered, as many are retiring. Last I checked, we’re up to six retiring Republicans in the State Senate, and nine in the Assembly. We believe that left populists are better suited to defeat Republicans in these seats than establishment centrists.

Here at Milwaukee Beagle, we believe that beating centrist Democrats in Wisconsin’s legislative primaries is strategically important to ending corporate rule and unlocking permanent affordability in Wisconsin.

Even if you don’t win, filing for candidacy and getting media attention is a great way to put some fear in centrists and take back your own political participation power. Corporate Democrats are often cowards. Fear works on them. For many, fear seems to be the only thing they respond to. We just need them to be afraid of us.

The institution Bauman cited as his primary motivation for introducing this ordinance had its most significant financial benefactor — a man with a building named after him on their campus — testify in support of the same ordinance. That benefactor is also a restaurant owner whose testimony at the hearing explicitly referenced restaurant patronage. And he identified himself in a way that concealed every one of those financial interests.

Most candidates invoked Tiffany’s name as they made clear that they were the ones best equipped to face this existential threat…Trust me, he isn't that interesting - it is plain to see that Tom Tiffany isn’t some terrifying giant coming down from the mountains to thwart a Democratic hopeful, he is just a guy. Furthermore he doesn't have the best support network backing him up.

Parents and community members are raising serious concerns about a potential conflict of interest involving Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, and her continued leadership of a private consulting business, LeaderProof LLC.

Simply knowing how much of a piece of shit a landlord is can be an invaluable tool. There are a couple of great, user-friendly databases you can use to have a better grasp of the shittiness of a given landlord. It goes without saying that our public institutions should be the ones holding these landlords accountable on a systemic level, however we still need to survive until they catch up.