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</font></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.0125em; line-height: 1.67; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">ADISON, Wis. — <b>Republican efforts to create “safe spaces” for conservative provocateurs to promote racist, sexist, xenophobic and homophobic ideologies on university campuses hit a new low today with a bill authored by State Sen. Leah Vukmir. According to the <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8LurBVUNQZfTU4yc1NGYXJWNzg" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; position: relative; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; border-bottom: 1px dotted;">provisions of the proposal</a> unveiled today, students could be expelled from a state university or technical college for organizing a protest to “dissuade” speakers from appearing on campuses</b>. Administrators would also be prohibited from speaking out to support or oppose public policies that affect the University of Wisconsin System or state technical colleges.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5em auto; letter-spacing: -0.0125em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Leah Vukmir is apparently trying to prove that she can take a bad idea and make it even worse,” commented Scot Ross, Executive Director of One Wisconsin Now. “This scheme literally threatens students with expulsion from school for publicly declaring racism has no place on campuses and gags administrators from advocating for their schools.”</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5em auto; letter-spacing: -0.0125em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Among the egregious provisions of the bill is the requirement that, “No person may threaten an invited speaker or threaten to <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">organize protests</span> or riots or to incite violence <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">with the purpose to dissuade</span> or intimidate an invited speaker from attending a campus event.” The language is so broad that it could even cover student social media posts or attempts to persuade that are clearly protected by the First Amendment.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5em auto; letter-spacing: -0.0125em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The bill further declares that, “… administrators must remain neutral on public policy controversies.” Controversies regarding the university in recent years have included state funding, campus sexual assault, and campus speech.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5em auto; letter-spacing: -0.0125em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">For violators of the provisions, the bill mandates that the Board of Regents overseeing the University of Wisconsin and Technical College System Board impose a disciplinary process that includes suspensions or expulsion for students and pay cuts or termination for administrators.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5em auto; letter-spacing: -0.0125em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">An earlier proposal being circulated for legislative sponsorship by Rep. Jesse Kremer along with Speaker Robin Vos, Rep Dave Murphy and Sen. Sheila Harsdorf could expel students who exercise their First Amendment rights to criticize racists, sexists and homophobic provocateurs brought on campuses. In addition, the bill could restrict faculty from doing research and discussing research on public policy issues facing the state and the nation.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5em auto; letter-spacing: -0.0125em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In a radio appearance the primary author of the bill, Rep. Kremer, agreed with critics that his proposal, originating from a right wing think tank in Arizona, is likely unconstitutional.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5em auto; letter-spacing: -0.0125em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ross concluded, “Banning students from using their First Amendment rights to create safe spaces for racism, sexism, xenophobia and homophobia on campuses is flat out unconstitutional. It should be the legislators promoting these ridiculous bills who are threatened with expulsion.”</font></p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> <a href="https://onewisconsinnow.actionkit.com/go/1083?t=1&akid=1711.154895.RpjoMe" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px;">An explosive story</a> released today showing the $900 million right wing <a href="http://urbanmilwaukee.com/businesses/bradley-foundation" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px;">Bradley Foundation</a> has a national “<a href="https://onewisconsinnow.actionkit.com/go/1084?t=2&akid=1711.154895.RpjoMe" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px;">enemies list</a>” that includes the Wisconsin-based <a href="http://urbanmilwaukee.com/businesses/one-wisconsin-now" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px;">One Wisconsin Now</a>. Executive Director <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://urbanmilwaukee.com/people/scot-ross" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px;">Scot Ross</a></strong> released the following statements:</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“I’d consider One Wisconsin Now the enemy, too, if I were the Bradley Foundation.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“From our BradleyWatch.org accountability project exposing the reach of Bradley, to uncovering that Bradley funded the 2010 voter suppression billboards for <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://urbanmilwaukee.com/people/scott-walker" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px;">Scott Walker</a></strong>, to beating the Bradley Foundation’s voter suppression efforts in federal court, One Wisconsin Now will keep researching, communicating and standing up to the Bradley Foundation, despite their unrivaled resources.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“We are proud to have made the Bradley Foundation’s enemies list and we have every intention of remaining on it.”</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">One Wisconsin Now is a statewide communications network specializing in effective earned media and online organizing to advance progressive leadership and values.</font></em></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.0125em; line-height: 1.67; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">DISON, Wis. — Records obtained from the Wisconsin Department of Justice show, in the last four years of Republican control at the Department, taxpayers have footed the bill for more than $50,000 in promotional swag. The records also suggest under <a href="http://onewisconsinnow.org/tag/brad-schimel/" title="Posts Tagged Brad Schimel" class="autolink" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; position: relative; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; border-bottom: 1px dotted;">Brad Schimel</a>, the department has minted two other sets of coins beyond the outrageous $10,000 in “Kick Ass Every Day” coins revealed previously.</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5em auto; letter-spacing: -0.0125em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">“Brad Schimel has minted more commemorative coins than he has had backlogged rape kits tested,” said Scot Ross, One Wisconsin Now. “At the same time he’s begging taxpayers for more money, the Republicans have spent $50,000 that we know on swag for shameless self-promotion.”</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5em auto; letter-spacing: -0.0125em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to records released to One Wisconsin Now, after a long series of delays by Schimel’s Department of Justice, taxpayers were socked with at least $52,907 in promotional merchandise costs between July 2013 to June 2017 that went for items like, “Pocket Notebooks,” “Backpacks” and “Travel Tumblers” for “Top-Cop” and “Non Top-Cop.”</font></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 1.5em auto; letter-spacing: -0.0125em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Records obtained by One Wisconsin Now are below:</font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div>