Friday, May 29: The GOP anti-trans campaign, what’s next for schools after the failed budget deal, Trump slush fund revives Jan 6, mail-in ballot ruling, mpox in Wisconsin
“It really blew up our world.”
– Heather DuBois Bourenane, of the Wisconsin Public Education Network, on the failed school funding and tax-cut deal struck by Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Tony Evers
This year's Republican campaign has featured attacks on transgender people, including false statements about gender-affirming care for minors. (Stock photo by Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images)
Transgender individuals account for less than 1% of the adult Wisconsin population, about 36,000 people, and 3.3% of teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, fewer than 13,000 people. Nevertheless, some Republican candidates in Wisconsin have been leaning into messaging that targets transgender and nonbinary people. Erik Gunn fact-checks their talking points.
Public school advocates were euphoric about the deal Gov. Tony Evers and Republican legislative leaders announced to boost special education funding and cut property taxes — until they read the details, and then the whole thing collapsed. In a commentary, Editor Ruth Conniff examines the fallout from an unsuccessful compromise and what comes next.
The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has attracted scrutiny for its corruption potential, even splitting congressional Republicans who rarely confront President Donald Trump’s decisions and policies. Ashley Murray reports from Washington.
A federal judge on Thursday declined to block Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, finding that it was too early to challenge the directive. The decision by D.C. District Court Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, represents a setback for groups including the NAACP that have sued to stop the order ahead of the midterm elections in November. Jonathan Shorman reports.
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