I write code (#JS, #VueJS, #php, #dotnet), take photos, and travel. I live in #Milwaukee, #Wisconsin. I created @mcts, @TheHop, @GMMKE, and https://toot.works.
I am also @steinbring on Pixelfed and @joe on Mastodon. You can follow my blog at @joe.
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Feds require Milwaukee's Housing Authority to outsource one of its largest programs, Section 8 Housing (www.tmj4.com)
Never again (lemmy.world)
Newsmax Airs Alarming Discussion of Civil War With Federal Government (www.thedailybeast.com)
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and Newsmax host Carl Higbie mused Thursday about a potential “force-on-force” conflict between Texas and the Biden Administration after the Supreme Court ruled against the state’s Republican governor by declaring that federal agents can remove razor wire laid along the border with Mexico....
Matt Gaetz Privately Told Colleagues His Real Motivation for Kevin McCarthy Ouster Was Ethics Probe (www.thedailybeast.com)
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has been adamant that his move to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was rooted in policy disagreements and wasn’t a personal vendetta related to the congressional ethics investigation against him....
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ask lawmakers to make community college free for all high school graduates (apnews.com)
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to urge state lawmakers to pass legislation that would provide free community college tuition for all high school graduates during her sixth State of the State speech on Wednesday....
Wisconsin Republicans make last-ditch effort to pass new legislative maps (apnews.com)
Wisconsin Republicans made a last-ditch effort Tuesday to avoid having the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court put in place new legislative district boundaries for the November election....
WisDOT Getting Closer to I-794 Project Recommendations (urbanmilwaukee.com)
Anti-far right protest in Germany ended early because too many people attended it (apnews.com)
Original title: Tens of thousands pack into a protest in Hamburg against Germany’s far right...
Every Awful Thing Trump Has Promised to Do in a Second Term (www.rollingstone.com)
The former president has pushed a slew of terrifying proposals, both publicly and privately, that he plans to unleash on America should he take down Biden...
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Trump Wants CNN, NBC Off Air for Spurning His Iowa Victory Speech (www.thedailybeast.com)
“ Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday at a pair of cable networks not named Fox News for their decision not to air all of his Iowa caucuses victory speech as it happened, suggesting that what they did was so heinous that they should “have their licenses, or whatever they have, taken away.”...
World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer (www.theguardian.com)
Lawmakers under pressure with five days to go until partial government shutdown despite deal (www.cnn.com)
Just five days remain until a key government funding deadline, and even after congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle announced a deal to avert a shutdown until March, the schedule leaves little room for error....
In his closing pitch to Iowa Republicans, Trump says their votes can help him punish his enemies (apnews.com)
Donald Trump implored his supporters Sunday to brave frigid temperatures and deliver him a decisive victory in Monday’s Iowa caucuses, saying their vote would help bring to Washington the retribution he has repeatedly promised if he returns to the White House....
Most Republicans agree with "poisoning the blood" language (www.cbsnews.com)
As Donald Trump dominates the GOP nomination race and some of his inflammatory comments find favor with the party faithful, CBS News measured how the public feels about his “poisoning the blood” language. A striking number of voters agree with this description of immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally, and among...
FlexRide Milwaukee Celebrates Its 50,000th Completed Ride (www.ridemcts.com)
Sanders says Trump reelection would be the ‘end of democracy’ (thehill.com)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the reelection of former President Trump would be the “end of democracy” in an interview released Saturday by The Guardian....
Hardliners pressure Johnson to back off spending deal with Schumer as shutdown looms (www.cnn.com)
Hardline conservatives are ramping up pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to walk away from a topline spending deal struck with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a move that threatens to derail bipartisan negotiations with Congress just days from a partial government shutdown....
Far-Right Republicans Are Already Talking About Ousting Mike Johnson (newrepublic.com)
Marjorie Taylor Greene says replacing the speaker is “absolutely on the table,” but several of his colleagues maintain his job is safe for now...
Habitat Restoration Coming to Kohl Park (urbanmilwaukee.com)
Canadians aren’t smoking enough to keep up with the supply (hightimes.com)
Wasted Weed: Canada’s Disposal of 3.7 Million Pounds of Cannabis Since 2018 Oversupply has been a real issue for the cannabis industry.
Maine House votes down GOP effort to impeach official who removed Trump from ballot (abcnews.go.com)
Democrats who control the Maine Legislature on Tuesday rejected a Republican effort to impeach the state’s top election official for her decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state ballot over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol....