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What if everyone eligible had voted in 2024? A Pew survey finds that Trump still would have won. And that is a different finding than in prior elections.
A report on their survey of 9,000 non-voters is at NPR:
The Milwaukee Bucks will be without star guard Damian Lillard for an indefinite period of time as, according to ESPN's Shams Charania, he "sustained a deep vein thrombosis (blood clot) in his right calf" https://t.co/SKkk0d6Z6V
Today is one of those days where you spend hours prepping your script for the show and news updates and then have to immediately toss it all out the window and re-write every five minutes.
BREAKING: Russia convicts U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich of espionage and sentences him to 16 years after a brief trial his employer and the U.S. rejected as a sham. https://t.co/vLW7tSgCMc
New: @MilwaukeeMPS school board president says financial data was submitted to @WisconsinDPI on June 3 and the corrective action plan was submitted today
Spoke with Christopher Devine for the show. He’s the author of “I’m Here to Ask for Your Vote: How Presidential Campaign Visits Influence Voters.” We talked about the MANY visits to WI by Biden, Trump and their surrogates so far this year. @WPR https://t.co/DGpSby2OxA
Storms have merged into a line and are tracking east across southern WI. Damaging winds up to 60-80 mph and embedded tornadoes are the main concern. Storms have a history of tree and structural damage. #wiwx
READ: The UW-Milwaukee agreement with protestors. Protestors agree not to disrupt this weekend’s graduation ceremonies; & they’ll clear out the camp by 8AM tomorrow. In exchange, UWM pledges no citations/conduct violations for what it deems an illegal encampment.
#BREAKING: @UWM administration and Pro-Palestinian protestors have reached an agreement to end the now two-week long encampment on campus.
Students needed to start tearing down last night— this is what it looks like this morning.
Live updates and details on @WISN12News.
With a high of 77 degrees forecasted for today, I’d like to announce that the summer button downs and shorts are now officially out of storage for the summer.