Rob Mentzer

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[Rob Mentzer @robertmentzer]

@gregoryjon 100% true

[Rob Mentzer @robertmentzer]

How big was liberal judge Chris Taylor’s Supreme Court victory in Wisconsin?

a) She won Dane County by more than any liberal candidate basically ever

And b) You could remove every single vote from Dane County and she still would have won handily.

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Always read @SJohnsonWPR —>

https://t.co/SRrnILYOnK

[Molly Beck @MollyBeck]

GOP congressional candidate named in $44M 'Ponzi scheme' settlement (via ⁦@RichKremer⁩) https://t.co/m9EL2Y5wSZ

[Rob Mentzer @robertmentzer]

People are drinking more whole milk, less soy milk is up and "cottage cheese is having a real moment right now." WISCONSIN'S TIME TO SHINE BABY. https://t.co/ub1BybAtlH

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WPR spoke to Somali Wisconsinites about being called “garbage” by the president of the United States. https://t.co/3k2dXwo20U

[Mark Treinen @MarkTreinen]

I've been doing journalism a long time and don't recall a public official ever demanding a "public correction" of an entire story, and then proposing a bunch of fixes to the exact problems highlighted in the @CapTimes story.
https://t.co/aQKUSKvzyR

[Rob Mentzer @robertmentzer]

Ron Johnson has been a very consistent defender of the filibuster, both as a member of the minority and majority party in the Senate. This is a big change!

[Max Cohen @maxpcohen]

Ron Johnson backs Trump’s call to eliminate the filibuster and said he backed Trump up during the breakfast meeting.

“Most Republicans realize that the minute Democrats control the Senate, they’ll nuke the filibuster. So why be shmucks and let them do it first?”

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A WPR investigation.

https://t.co/7QyPmq0arC

[Rob Mentzer @robertmentzer]

The McFarland Police Department posted this photo of a suspected drunk driver’s one-vehicle crash in which *no one was injured* if you can believe that.

[Corri Hess @CorriHess]

NEW: Nearly 400 Wisconsin children will lose Head Start next month due to the government shutdown. Another 1,100 will lose benefits in December if the shutdown continues
https://t.co/7vTRtatZF8

[Rob Mentzer @robertmentzer]

This seems good

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Covid-19 vaccines, credited with saving millions of lives during the pandemic, set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study. https://t.co/r3wjVEZ0x2

[Rob Mentzer @robertmentzer]

Interesting moment to do this press release

[Scottie Lee Meyers @ScottieMeyers]

Wild interview. Ryan Porter’s Riverwest home raided yesterday by FBI. He says agents interviewed him for 6 hours and decided not to press charges. Porter returned home later that day and told a WISN reporter — on camera — that he sells weed and cocaine, but it’s small potatoes.

[Corri Hess @CorriHess]

Put down your phone! At least if you have small children.
"Parental tech use has been likened to secondhand smoke in that it might endanger children’s health and development in ways we don’t even fully understand yet."

Here's my latest feature for WPR:
https://t.co/538FzMp4pG

[Corri Hess @CorriHess]

UW-Madison sees more than 30 percent decline in international freshman students
https://t.co/3ecwEggSox

[Rob Mentzer @robertmentzer]

@ScottieMeyers "Last night I saw Lester Maddox on a TV show..."

[Joe Schulz @JoeSchulz3]

Farmers harvesting their crops this fall are also waiting to hear whether they can expect a check from the government. Even if a bailout comes, farmers often say they'd prefer markets to sell their crops to a government handout.
https://t.co/WQb3fZM4hc

[Rob Mentzer @robertmentzer]

I know there is a lot going on but Thomas Pynchon's new novel is set in Wisconsin and Dwight Garner calls it "perhaps Western literature’s Great Cheese Novel."

WESTERN LITERATURE'S GREAT CHEESE NOVEL.

https://t.co/luCdST5fnP

[Joe Schulz @JoeSchulz3]

A city administrator and his sister are facing criminal charges in northwestern Wisconsin related to an alleged attempt to record a closed session county board meeting last month.
https://t.co/MSdNgs3wRm