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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityLeaked Data Reportedly Shows Cops Donated to Kyle Rittenhouse’s Legal Defense Fund
A new investigation from The Guardian shows police and other public officials have been financially contributing to the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old “Kenosha shooter” and rightwing icon currently on trial for the deaths of two people. Rittenhouse became infamous last summer after traveling from his home in Illinois to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where … Continued
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ScienceHealthU.S. Could See 2,000 Covid-19 Deaths Per Day by Christmas: Report
The U.S. could see 2,000 Americans dying per day by Christmas if strict new mitigation strategies aren’t adopted, according to warnings from doctors on the White House Coronavirus Task Force and a new report from CBS News. The alarming news comes as the U.S. reports 1,565 deaths from covid-19 on Tuesday alone, with hospitals across … Continued
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Tech NewsApparently Foxconn’s Wisconsin LCD Factory Is Fake
Last week, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) rejected electronics maker Foxconn’s tax subsidy application for failing to not only hire the number of employees it promised, but to build a Gen 10.5 LCD factory. The company had instead built a Gen 6 facility to manufacture phone screens instead of a larger factory for TV … Continued
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Tech NewsFoxconn Won’t Get Tax Subsidies After Failing to Deliver Factory and Jobs It Promised
President Trump promised that a Foxconn manufacturing plant would create 13,000 jobs in the state of Wisconsin, even calling it the “eighth wonder of the world.” But the electronics maker never built the factory it had originally pitched to Wisconsin legislators, nor did it hire anywhere close to 13,000 people. Now, Foxconn will not receive … Continued
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io9MoviesThe Cast of The Princess Bride Will Reunite for a Virtual Table Read to Benefit the Wisconsin Democratic Party
The event will be a fundraiser for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. The classic cast of the 1987 film The Princess Bride—Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn and Billy Crystal—will be teaming up with the film’s director Robert Reiner and host/Q&A moderator Patton Oswalt for a virtual streaming event … Continued
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ScienceHealthConservative-Dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Out State’s Coronavirus Emergency Order
In a jaw-dropping move on Wednesday, the conservative-dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out the entirety of the emergency shutdown order Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ administration ordered to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic. Evers’ order imposed restrictions on operations of non-essential businesses, imposed social distancing requirements on those that remained open, as well as asked Wisconsinites … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsConservative-Dominated Courts Kill Wisconsin Election Delay, Absentee Voting Extension
The Wisconsin state Supreme Court on Monday blocked Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ last-ditch effort to halt primary elections on Tuesday, ensuring that in-person voting will commence tomorrow despite the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court shot down extended absentee voting deadlines in a separate case. For weeks, Evers had urged the state to switch … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsWisconsin Governor Finally Admits Coronavirus Pandemic Should Delay Election
Democratic Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has called at the absolute last minute for legislators to delay the state’s upcoming election and switch to vote by mail in order to prevent people from heading to the polls during the coronavirus pandemic. But it appears to be too late. Days after being slammed by a U.S. District … Continued
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EartherClimate ChangeWisconsin Becomes First Midwest State With a Plan to Go Carbon-Free By Midcentury
The impacts of climate change have been real so far this year for the Midwest. Historic flooding has ravaged multiple states, and don’t even get me started on last month’s heatwave. All this has been a rude awakening for many across the region, and their leaders are listening. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order … Continued
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Tech NewsFoxconn Plant to Open in 2020 With Fewer Jobs Than Promised, and State Rep Has ‘No Idea What They’re Actually Going to Be Doing’
After months of growing confusion and anger, the people of Wisconsin are finally getting some answers about the manufacturing plant that Foxconn is building in their state. Though even those answers are already being questioned. In an interview with CNBC this week, Democratic Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers said he has finally received “clarity” from the … Continued
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Tech NewsFoxconn: So, About That Factory in Wisconsin You Offered Us $4 Billion in Incentives to Build
Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn wants to reopen negotiations with Wisconsin officials over its heavily subsidized, troubled plans to build a massive facility in the state, CNBC reported on Tuesday, though the exact nature of what is up for discussion is not clear. According to CNBC, the “disclosure comes in a letter from [Democratic Governor Tony Evers] … Continued
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Tech NewsFoxconn’s Wisconsin Facility is a Ghost Town Where Workers Are Just ‘Moving Dirt Around’
The people of Wisconsin are at their wit’s end, trying to figure out what to do about a Foxconn facility that has so far failed to create thousands of jobs. And the Democratic governor, Tony Evers, signaled this week that the deal signed by his predecessor, which provided $4 billion worth of subsidies and infrastructure … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat State Has the Most Pedestrian Traffic Deaths?
A new report detailing the number of pedestrian traffic deaths in the United States has just been released, and the news is not good. In 2018, an estimated 6,227 Americans died from being struck by a vehicle. That’s the highest number since 1990. The news comes from an annual report by the Governors Highway Safety … Continued
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Tech NewsFoxconn Changes Story Again, Says It Will Build a Factory in Wisconsin After Call with President Trump
Well, we don’t know what to believe anymore. Is Foxconn actually building a factory in Wisconsin? The answer seems to be changing every day. Foxconn, most famous for manufacturing Apple’s iPhone, released a new statement today saying that after a discussion with President Donald Trump, it would be building a factory after all. But it … Continued
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Foxconn Admits It’s Not Building a Factory in Wisconsin Anymore Despite Scoring $4 Billion Deal From Taxpayers
Foxconn, one of the largest electronics manufacturing companies in the world, received $4 billion worth of subsidies and infrastructure spending from the state of Wisconsin to build a new factory there. But the plan for that factory seems to be unraveling by the day. In fact, Foxconn now admits that they’re no longer building a … Continued
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Foxconn Denies Report That It May Bring Workers From China for Wisconsin Plant
Foxconn has received roughly $4 billion in subsidies set aside by Wisconsin to build a new plant in the state, but that deal is looking worse and worse with each passing day. According to the Wall Street Journal, Foxconn is looking into transferring workers from China to staff up its plant because the company has … Continued
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Tech NewsFoxconn’s Plant in Wisconsin Could Be Scaled Back Despite President Trump’s Promises
When President Trump attended a “groundbreaking” for a new Foxconn plant in Wisconsin this past June, headlines suggested that tens of thousands of jobs could be created. But things in Wisconsin are looking a little more modest these days for Taiwan-based Foxconn. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, Democratic members of the state government are … Continued
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