#tony evers

[reasonsforhope]

"Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) has vetoed a Republican-led ban on transgender high school athletes, saying that such legislation would needlessly harm the mental well-being of trans youth and make the state less safe for LGBTQ+ people. State Republicans reportedly lack the votes to override his veto.

“This type of legislation, and the harmful rhetoric we get by pursuing it, harms LGBTQ Wisconsinites’ and kids’ mental health, emboldens anti-LGBTQ harassment, bullying, and violence, and threatens the safety and dignity of LGBTQ Wisconsinites, especially our LGBTQ kids,” Evers wrote in his veto message.

“I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to codifying discrimination into state statute and the Wisconsin state legislature’s ongoing efforts to perpetuate hateful and discriminatory rhetoric and policies targeting LGBTQ Wisconsinites including our transgender and gender nonconforming kids…. I will veto any bill that makes Wisconsin a less safe, less inclusive, and less welcoming place for LGBTQ people and kids,” Evers added.

He vetoed the bill in a public ceremony while surrounded by trans advocates, Democratic lawmakers, the mayor of Madison and others, NBC News reported.

The bill would have required public, private, and independent charter schools to designate each team by the gender of its participants, and then require participants to play on teams matching the gender listed on their birth certificates.

The bill would have overruled current policies, established in 2015 by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, that allowed trans students to play on sports teams matching their gender identity as long as they provided a personal letter; supporting documentation from parents, teachers, and medical professionals; and proof of any gender-affirming care...

Last September [in 2023], Evers vetoed a Republican-led bill that would’ve banned gender-affirming medical care for minors."

-via LGBTQ Nation, April 2, 2024

#voting matters #tony evers #democrats #united states #us politics #transgender #trans issues #trans sports #trans kids #lgbtq #lgbtq issues #queer issues #trans positivity #lgbtq positivity #wisconsin #republicans #public schools #good news #hope

[destielmemenews]

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[thingstrumperssay]

I'm expecting a back-and-forth fight on this issue between Wisconsin's Democrats and Republicans since Republicans are always trying to fight against our rights but for now sweet fucking christ we have at least some of the most important parts of our autonomy back!

#tony evers #wisconsin #abortion #abortion rights #reproductive rights

[tomorrowusa]

Wisconsin is ditching the GOP hyper-gerrymandered maps for its state legislature. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed a new set of maps into law which are vastly fairer.

Late last year the newly liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out the gerrymandered maps. The court flipped after Judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated a MAGA opponent last April.

Under the previous maps, Republicans held about two-thirds of both the state Assembly and Senate. Under the new boundaries, the state Assembly and state Senate will likely see more balance between the two parties. Republicans currently hold 64 out of 99 state Assembly seats under the Republican-drawn maps. Under the new state Assembly map, the districts are more evenly split. The new map has 46 districts that lean Republican and 45 districts that lean Democratic. The eight districts left are likely to be a toss-up between Democratic and Republican candidates. Under the previous maps, Republicans hold 22 out of 33 state Senate seats. Under the new state Senate map, 14 out of 33 districts are Democratic-leaning, while 15 are Republican-leaning. Four districts are competitive, where either party has a fair chance of winning them.

You can't take back America without taking back the states. And you can't govern the states if you neglect elections for state legislature and state supreme court (in states where the court is elected).

Celebrate this victory for democracy by looking up who represents you in your own legislature. If you are represented by MAGA Republicans, contact your county or state Democratic Party and ask what you can do to help flip your district.

Find Your Legislators Look your legislators up by address or use your current location.

#wisconsin #wisconsin legislature #tony evers #gerrymandering #wisconsin supreme court #janet protasiewicz #state government #maga republicans #vote blue no matter who #election 2024

[schraubd]

Wisconsin is a Failed State

Folks are cackling at a line-item veto Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) made which took a one-year increase to the school budget and, though some clever deletions, turned it into a four-hundred year increase. The veto goes "for the 2023-24 school year and the 2024-25 school year, add $325." The new version reads: "for 2023-2425, add $325."

Obviously, this is hilarious and, as trolling goes, it's trolling for good. And there's nothing new about this in Wisconsin either -- when I teach about the line-item veto, I show an example from former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, who similarly vetoed individual bits and bobs from an enacted law to create a brand new spending program where none previously existed.

But still, it's fair to say that this is not how a functioning government should proceed.

Meanwhile, Wisconsin Republicans have blocked a proposal to require schoolchildren be vaccinated against meningitis. It's become increasingly clear that the anti-vaxx takeover of the GOP no longer has anything to do with COVID, and has become a general opposition to public health initiatives of all stripes. While this isn't Wisconsin specific, it is another instance of the state's ludicrously-gerrymandered legislature drinking fully and deeply of the waters of the death cult.

Finally, I'd be remiss if I didn't talk about the chaos that has afflicted the Wisconsin Supreme Court in recent years. Of course, we all remember when one justice on that august court tried to choke out his esteemed colleague. More recently, members of that Court have repeatedly flirted with 2020 election denialism. One former member compared affirmative action to slavery. And while it may be the single funniest thing I've ever witnessed, having the Court's liberal faction celebrate the victory of a progressive challenger by marching into a watch party room to "it's bad bitch o'clock" also probably isn't exactly the sign of a perfectly healthy judicial body.

So yeah, Wisconsin isn't in great shape. Maybe folks should try Minnesota instead?

via The Debate Link https://ift.tt/GSl5s24

#education #health care #judiciary #line item veto #Minnesota #Tony Evers #Wisconsin

[politicaldilfs]

Wisconsin Governor DILFs

Tony Evers, Walter Samuel Goodland, Scott McCallum, Oscar Rennebohm, Tony Earl, John Reynolds, Julius P. Heil, Lee S. Dreyfuss, Jim Doyle, Martin J. Schreiber, Vernon Wallace Thomson, Walter J. Kohler Jr., Patrick Lucey, Scott Walker, Tommy Thompson, Warren P. Knowles, Gaylord Nelson

#Tony Evers #Walter Samuel Goodland #Scott McCallum #Oscar Rennebohm #Tony Earl #John Reynolds #Julius P. Heil #Lee S. Dreyfuss #Jim Doyle #Martin J. Schreiber #Vernon Wallace Thomson #Walter J. Kohler Jr. #Patrick Lucey #Scott Walker #Tommy Thompson #Warren P. Knowles #Gaylord Nelson

[dailyquotes6563]

Let go of whatever was, and walk into what is.

Tony Evers, Creed III

#Tony Evers #Creed III #Quote #quote of the day #quotes #life quotes #life #life advice

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

What I’m getting from the Creed III trailer is that it has the set-up of Rocky III (Adonis is on top of the world but now has to face off against a very hungry challenger) with the emotional struggle of Rocky V (Adonis’ opponent was someone he was close to but drifted away from due to the opponent’s ego). It’s interesting, and I’ve been wanting to see the Creed series move away from the Rocky movies by giving Adonis his own rivalry. Nothing to do with Apollo or Rocky, just solely on Adonis.

I’m intrigued, let’s see where this goes.

#creed 3 #creed iii #adonis creed #rocky balboa #michael b jordan #jonathan majors #bianca taylor #Damian Anderson #boxing movie #tony evers #viktor drago #rocky iii #rocky v #tessa thompson #apollo creed

[gwydionmisha]

#Wisconsin #School Funding #Line Item Veto #Tony Evers #News

[kp777]

Wisconsin Governor Uses Veto Power To Increase School Funding… For 400 Years

#tony evers #wisconsin #public education

[thingstrumperssay]

I've been a lot more busy lately (and I don't think that's stopping anytime soon) so I completely missed the fact that some right-wing lunatic tried to kill Tony Evers, twice.

Like, he went in with a hand gun, went to jail, made bail (why the fuck would a traitor get to have bail in the first place?) and immediately tried going after Evers again with an assault rifle this time.

Evers was talking about how dangerous queerphobes are when this happened. The terrorist decided to respond by proving him right.

#madison #tony evers #wisconsin

[soundgrammar]

Tony Evers (Democrat) for Governor of Wisconsin https://tonyevers.com/

#Tony Evers

[weektoweekpoetry]

Are you fucking kidding me?

Incumbency is not victory

I wanted him to win

Because he’s done good

And maybe I didn’t do enough

But I will and that has to be

Because it is the hope

I can hold

#mandela barnes #deserves better #I’m sorry #social work #tony evers #thank goddesses #thank god he won #but Barnes deserved more and better #and I’m sorry #i will give more next time #I’ve been saying I don’t have the capacity #but I really don’t have the capacity to lose to #ew #Wisconsin #Janesville

[tomorrowusa]

The board for the Kettle Moraine school district in the outer suburbs of Milwaukee has banned the Pride flag and other symbols it claims are divisive.

A Wisconsin school board voted in favor of a policy that prohibits teachers and staff from displaying gay pride flags and other items that district officials consider political in nature.

The Kettle Moraine School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to keep a code of conduct in place that the superintendent recently interpreted as forbidding district employees from displaying political or religious messages, including pride flags, and Black Lives Matter and We Back the Badge signs. Staff also may not say in emails what their pronouns are.

is the Pride flag divisive or political? It’s divisive only to bigots, homophobes, and Christo-fascists. As for being political, it’s only a political thing if you make it so by making homophobia part of your political agenda.

This looks suspiciously like an attack on the LGBTQ community which is politically timed.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers became the first Wisconsin governor to have the Pride flag fly over the state capitol in Madison.

Evers is up for re-election this year. His opponent is a hardline Trumpist Republican who beat out a more mainstream candidate in the GOP primary.

The Kettle Moraine school district is in Waukesha County – one of the so-called “WOW” counties in the suburbs of Milwaukee which are heavily Republican. Trump got over 60% of the vote in the WOW counties both times he ran.

So this looks like an attempt to fire up the bigoted base and install a brainless Trump clone in the governor’s office.

Re-electing Democrat Tony Evers will help to undercut homophobes in the state.

Tony Evers - Doing the Right Thing for Wisconsin

The president and vice president of the all white Kettle Moraine school board are up for election next spring. Hopefully they’ll face some united opposition.

#kettle moraine school district #wisconsin #pride flag #lgbtq+ #homophobia #republicans #wow counties #election 2022 #tony evers #re-elect tony evers

[politicaldilfs]

Tony Evers. Happy he won.

#Tony Evers