Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes: Happy Independence Day!

another holiday missive from our email: Celebrating our independence isn’t about looking at our history through rose-colored glasses. It’s about acknowledging that the high ideals on which this nation was founded haven’t always been realized by everyone, and it’s about working in the present to create a better, more inclusive…

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Joe Biden: This Independence Day, let’s commit ourselves to living up to our founding promise.

From this morning’s emails: Our country was founded on an idea. “We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal.“ We never lived up to it. Jefferson himself didn’t. He held slaves. Women were excluded. But once proposed, it was an idea that couldn’t be constrained….

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MKE Cares: Ordinance would require mask wearing in public spaces

From today’s email: Public Safety and Health Committee to take up legislation on Thursday (7/2) Statement of Alderwoman Marina Dimitrijevic. June 30, 2020 It is time for the City of Milwaukee to take the important step of implementing a citywide face mask mandate for public spaces, and this week I…

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MKE Common Council Wants Full Funding for the Office of African-American Affairs

In a letter to Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a majority of the Milwaukee Common Council are requesting full funding for the city’s Office of African-American Affairs. From my email in box to your eyes: MEDIA ALERT Council members urge full funding for Office of African-American Affairs in 2021 budget In…

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Message from Ald. Marina Dimitrijevic On Public Safety

This popped up in my emailbox today and concerns public safety issues in the City of Milwaukee around the protests against police brutality: The events of the last couple weeks, and months, have been challenging. I recognize the protests that have been occuring are in response to a pandemic. Not…

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A Message From Joe Biden on the 2020 ELECTIONS!

I ignored the original email yesterday because I had other things on my mind…but Tom Perez reminded me in this morning’s email. Joe Biden as the nominee for president from the Democratic Party knows that we need more than just a D in the White House in 2021. Here are…

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Milwaukee Common Council Statement: MPD Misconduct?

Joint statement on video of officer restraining protester with knee. From Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs, Alderman Russell W. Stamper, II, Alderwoman Chantia Lewis, Alderman Khalif J. Rainey, Alderwoman Nikiya Dodd, Alderman Ashanti Hamilton, Alderwoman Marina Dimitrijevic, Alderman Robert J. Bauman, Alderman Cavalier Johnson, Alderman Mark A. Borkowski, Alderman Nik Kovac,…

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MKE Common Council Release on Safer At Home Status

from this morning ‘s email: Our city has been hurt by COVID-19 disproportionately compared to other areas across the state. As such, we must continue our previously issued “Safer-at-Home” order to protect our most vulnerable residents, particularly our African American and Latino communities that have experienced devastating loss of life….

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And Now, On Our Stage: The Warren Democrats!

from today’s email: I’m no longer running for president of the United States. But our grassroots movement was never just about winning one election. In Wisconsin and across the country, people have come together to fight side by side for big, structural change — not for me, but for each…

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Someone Is Impersonating Me to Congress

I woke to three thank you emails from Senator Michael Bennet, Senator Cory Gardner, and Representative Diana DeGette. They thanked me for sending an email to their offices and say they were looking forward to reading my ideas. I didn’t send them. I imagine that there will be more. And…

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