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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 18h
"Trump’s shocking announcement was in stark contrast to a sweeping Russia sanctions law he signed last month that aimed at clamping down on the oil and gas revenues that fuel Russia’s war against Ukraine."
apnews.com
Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel in sharp reversal of US policy weeks before midterms
President Donald Trump says he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia. It's a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fue...
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 18h
“It is an attempt to obstruct the course of justice and to prevent the court from doing what it was created to do,"... ..."It is an assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations of the international legal order which strikes at the simple principle that no one stands above the law.” -ICC
euronews.com
EU calls US sanctions on International Criminal Court 'regrettable'
The ICC was established to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity that might otherwise go unpunished. #EuropeNews
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 18h
"(South Africa) has experienced periodic outbreaks of xenophobic violence for nearly two decades, sometimes based on disputed claims that foreign nationals take scarce jobs and resources from locals."
africanews.com
Heightened security at anti-immigrant hotspots in South Africa | Africanews
This follows two-days of violent anti-foreigner riots in the cities of Durban and Johannesburg, that come weeks before local government elections.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 18h
...."Authorities have closed dozens of metro stations, cancelled several trains coming to Delhi and shut down mobile internet temporarily around the protest site."
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 18h
"Delhi has been under a strict security clampdown since Friday, with tens of thousands of police and paramilitary personnel deployed to stop those seeking to reach the main protest site in the heart of the capital."...
france24.com
India's 'cockroach' movement chief detained ahead of major protest
Police detained dozens of protesters, including movement leaders, in the Indian capital on Saturday as authorities deployed thousands of security personnel, suspended transport and telecommunications…
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Amnesty International said in its report on executions in 2025 that it knew of at least 17 public executions — 11 in Iran and 6 in Afghanistan."
npr.org
Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be "public.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"A 5-year-old boy believed to be Belgal's son was inside the vehicle during the encounter, (NYPD Commissioner Jessica) Tisch said. Police later located the child safe and in the care of a family member."
gothamist.com
ICE agent fires 7 rounds, shoots man in neck in NYC's Marble Hill, NYPD says
Police say the man arrived at a hospital in stable condition and a 5-year-old boy in his SUV is safe.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"From 01/25 to 08/26, more than 500 were sent to countries in Africa, according to a HRW report published Thursday — including at least 12 people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender & were deported to places that criminalize same-sex relations or public same-sex romantic conduct."
apnews.com
Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again
Daniela Fuentes is a transgender woman from Cuba who's been deported to the Central African Republic as part of a U.S. immigration policy.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
" HSI, ICE's investigative division, described the operation as a phased national effort involving voter rolls, data analysis, investigative leads and field investigations."
latintimes.com
ICE Is Reportedly Now Asking Immigrant Detainees If They Voted Illegally Ahead of Election
ICE is questioning immigrant detainees on illegal voting as DHS uses 100M records to expand election-fraud probes before midterms.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"The loophole allows megadonors to bypass donation limits to candidates by giving huge amounts to political parties, which can then turn and give unlimited amounts to candidates."
thebadgerproject.org
UPDATE: Uihleins, Hendricks flood Wisconsin GOP with cash thru loophole
State Democrats have dominated fundraising in recent years. But in 2026, its heavy hitters have been vastly outspent by the state’s Republican megadonors.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"The analysis projects that costs will rise further as climate-change driven drought and natural disasters threaten water supplies. It also pointed to growing infrastructure needs that are estimated to cost hundreds of billions of dollars across the country."
minnesotareformer.com
Americans’ water bills are growing faster than groceries, overall inflation • Minnesota Reformer
Household water bills are increasing faster than inflation and income, according to a new analysis. The environmental advocacy nonprofit Food and Water Watch analyzed water bill data among the nation’...
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"(The House of Reformation) was created to get Black youth out of adult prisons. Children as young as 5 years old were incarcerated for criminal offenses, as well as a number of non-criminal reasons, including being poor, homeless or orphaned, researchers found."
npr.org
Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
projects.propublica.org
More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The breach in northern Wisconsin follows numerous spills on Enbridge’s project to build a new 41-mile stretch of Line 5 in Ashland and Iron counties, including an Aug. 25 leak that released over 1.3 million gallons of natural gas liquids into the air."
wpr.org
Aquifer breach occurs on Enbridge’s Line 5 in northern Wisconsin
Enbridge is responding to an aquifer breach on a $1 billion project to reroute its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991, with nearly 3,900 reported cases, according to the CDC. The nation has seen eight reported measles-associated deaths in the past two years — more than the combined total of reported deaths over the previous three decades."
apnews.com
Pennsylvania's measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US
Pennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials said Monday. Health experts attribute such outbreaks to low vaccination rates.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"...conduct off-site training with the Watertown School Board and in-person governance training."
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"In a Sept. 4 email to Watertown Interim Superintendent James Feil, (SBAE Executive Director David) Hoyt proposed SBAE would conduct an audit of existing math and reading curriculum and provide a report to how it aligns with state standards;..."
wpr.org
Conservative national group tapping into Wisconsin school boards
School Boards for Academic Excellence was created in 2023 as the “reform-minded alternative to the National School Board Association.”
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
..."“ICE never left. Things became less public, became less of a spectacle, but immigrants are still being targeted and persecuted,” Barham said. “And from rumors I'm hearing, things I've seen, I suspect that they're about to amp up again.”"
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"The lawyers said what has happened to their clients fits into a larger pattern of ICE shifting strategies to ultimately arrest and deport even more people without public confrontations like those seen during Operation Metro Surge."...
mprnews.org
Catch, release, catch: Inside ICE's new 'farce' tactic
Multiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal buildin...
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Many of the bans took place in Florida and Texas, where restrictive laws have been passed and both politicians and conservative activists have pushed for removals."
apnews.com
PEN America: Nearly 12,000 school book bans in a year, a record high
A new study from PEN America reveals that there were nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools over the past year, the highest since tracking began five years ago.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"('92-'95), more than two million people were displaced & nearly 100,000 killed in a civil war. Despite the country being peaceful for decades, ethnonationalist parties have kept divisions alive as a way to hold on to power. Many voters, however, say they want to move on from the war-era rhetoric."
dw.com
Nationalists top Bosnia-Herzegovina's divisive election
Bosnia-Herzegovina's three-member presidency is set to be dominated by nationalists from the three major ethnic groups, including Zeljka ​Cvijanovic, backed by disqualified Serb secessionist leader Mi...
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"A key demand is the adoption of a unified pay system that would balance a large disparity in pay between workers in different sectors. It is a call that other unions have now rallied behind."
aljazeera.com
Libyan teachers’ strike escalates as union demands major education reforms
School year is on hold with teachers on strike and other unions threatening to take action.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 04/10/2026
Christa Pike has remained unconscious and on a ventilator at a hospital in the four days since her failed execution in Tennessee, and her prognosis might not be known for days more, one of her lawyers said Sunday.
bit.ly
Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution
Christa Pike remains unconscious and on a ventilator in a Tennessee hospital after a failed execution attempt.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
'According to the UFW Foundation, nearly 70% of the farm workers in America are immigrants and more than 45% are undocumented immigrants, meaning a shortage of labor from immigrant workers could have a significant impact on the United States’ farm economy."
barnraisingmedia.com
USDA Cuts, Labor Shortages Rankle Struggling Farm Economy
More than 60% of U.S. mushrooms are grown in southeast Pennsylvania. But the Trump administration’s immigration policy and cuts to conservation funding and USDA staff have made the industry a politica...
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
..."Venezuelan nationals have been hit hardest as changes to their protected status narrowed legal options for many."
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"The economic damage extends across Miami-Dade. Small businesses have reported sales falling by as much as 70 percent, and downtown Doral canceled its annual Oktoberfest celebration as fear settled over immigrant households, according to reporting from the scene."...
latintimes.com
Homan Warns Larger ICE Crackdown During Doral Speech: "Wait Until You See What We Do in 2027"
Tom Homan promised a larger ICE crackdown in 2027 during a Doral speech — and the numbers he cited don't fully square with independent enforcement data.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
..."The change to the Section 504 rule, disability rights advocates fear, will make it harder for disabled people to receive services they need to live in their communities — and to stay out of institutions."
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The Trump administration’s move — along with a June memo from the Justice Dept. that argued federal law doesn’t require states to provide community-based services for disabled people — marks a sharp about-face for the federal government, which has long been the chief enforcer of such protections."
stateline.org
After states sue, Trump administration walks away from disability rights enforcement • Stateline
A court battle that began when conservative-led states sued to block protections for transgender people has ended in a rollback of protections for people with disabilities — a result disability advoca...
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Drought-stricken rivers make it difficult for schoolboat routes to operate, affect the basic food basket of the most vulnerable families, and turn fetching water into a herculean task. That is why at least nine million children will need humanitarian assistance."
english.elpais.com
One in seven Latin American children threatened by El Niño: ‘This crisis can be mitigated’
A UNICEF report shows how droughts and floods threaten access to food, water, and education for more than 25 million children. Central America and the Caribbean are the regions of greatest concern
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
..."The group carried out numerous massacres and kidnappings of children, who were recruited by the thousands to fight or to satisfy LRA commanders' sexual appetites."
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The LRA's bloody insurgency is one of Africa's longest and most brutal conflicts. It has claimed more than 100,000 lives and displaced more than two million people, mainly in northern Uganda, according to the UN."...
france24.com
On the run for 20 years, Ugandan warlord Kony still 'active' within the Lord's Resistance Army
In recent months, the eastern Central African Republic has been hit by several attacks attributed to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan militia infamous for its massacres and mass abductions…
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The lawsuits name Jonathan Ross — the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Good — as well as current and former Trump administration officials, including Gregory Bovino, Kristi Noem, Tom Homan and Stephen Miller."
mprnews.org
Renee Good family lawyers invoke anti-KKK law in suing U.S., federal agents
“The day of accountability has arrived for our own U.S. government and its governmental agencies,” attorney Antonio Romanucci told reporters Thursday after filing the lawsuits. “Our government is kill...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 30/09/2026
An interim superintendent bans the musical “Flashdance,” adapted for a younger audience, from being performed at Watertown High School in Wisconsin, citing concerns "passed on" to him.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"In a report published last year, the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality estimated that these changes together will force states to spend two to three times more to keep the food assistance program running."
npr.org
SNAP's funding model is starting to change. Here's what that means for the program
States will start to pay a larger share of the bill to run the food assistance program, as federal funding for operational costs shrinks.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Lawyers for Pike filed an emergency motion late Wednesday to the Tennessee Supreme Court seeking to immediately halt and stay the execution, saying she was in “unnecessary agony” and it was violating her right to be executed free of cruel and unusual punishment."
france24.com
Execution of convicted US killer Christa Pike fails despite two lethal injections
Christa Pike, who has been on death row for more than 30 years for torturing and murdering a classmate, was on Wednesday set to be executed, but the lethal injections meant to kill her failed. Pike wa...
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
..."Last year, Trump signed an executive order calling for an end to federal support for Housing First policies. His proposed budget for fiscal 2027 calls for eliminating the federal initiative that goes mostly to Housing First programs."
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Studies have consistently shown that Housing First programs keep people stably housed. Some research says they do so better than other models, including “Treatment First,” which favors mandatory services for addiction and serious mental illness. But findings on health outcomes have been mixed."...
apnews.com
Trump’s shift from 'Housing First' is causing upheaval for homelessness programs and many they serve
The Trump administration is shifting federal policy and dollars away from the “Housing First” approach that has been at the heart of federal homelessness policy.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“At the end of the day, it’s bigger than me. When things that are going on makes people uncomfortable — imagine how those people feel.”
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
…“The senators said that DHS has committed $20 million to the campaign.”
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Data from the outside firm AdImpact shows more than $2.5 million was spent on the three ads over the past seven days. The actual amount spent could be significantly more, depending on whether networks classified the ads as political.”…
apnews.com
Homeland Security taps $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads
DHS has tapped $20 million to pay for campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The French daily Le Monde described recent Senate elections that saw the RN be able to form a parliamentary group for first time as a "warning", adding the polls showed "the extent to which the RN has established itself within our institutions in barely ten years.""
france24.com
Poll shows French far-right leader Marine Le Pen widening lead ahead of 2027 presidential vote
Marine Le Pen, France's far-right National Rally party candidate, widened her lead in the second round of the 2027 presidential elections against both centre-right Édouard Philippe and hard-left Jean-...
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"...(Amanda Merkwae, ACLU of WI) said."
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“What the amendment is ultimately designed to do is eliminate proactive programs geared towards equity, like minority and women-owned business recruitment, or targeted workforce development, or retention initiatives in higher education that are designed to ensure that everyone gets a fair shot,”...
wisconsinexaminer.com
Three constitutional amendments on Wisconsin ballots this fall • Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin voters are set to decide if three constitutional amendments should be approved on their ballots this fall.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The move, called a pocket rescission, is illegal, according to the Government Accountability Office, an independent, non-partisan watchdog agency charged with providing federal agencies fact-based information."
npr.org
What to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President Trump
President Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Lawmakers of both parties have criticized the new series of ads for their inherently political nature and the use of taxpayer dollars. The White House maintains they are like the ones used by past presidents, though those previous ads promoted particular policies, not Oval Office occupants."
apnews.com
Trump administration begins airing 2024 Trump campaign ad in latest taxpayer-funded messaging
The Trump administration is using taxpayer funds to air a television advertisement from Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign in the latest in a series of ads promoting the president ahead of the ...
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The United States is required by law to supply Taiwan, which has a democratically elected president and legislature, with weapons for its defence under the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act."
euronews.com
Trump offered to sell arms to China, US ambassador tells Fox News
The United States is required by law to supply Taiwan, which has a democratically elected president and legislature, with weapons for its defence under the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act.
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"(Deniz Goktas') trial is the latest in a widening crackdown on people seen as critical of Turkey's moderate Islamist government. Hundreds of politicians, artists, musicians, journalists and LGBTQ activists are among those to face detention or trial."
dw.com
Turkey: Comedian on trial for 'insulting' Erdogan in show
Deniz Goktas is accused of "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, "praising" crime and criminals, and "inciting hatred and hostility" with jokes about Islam. Nominally, Turkey is a secular count...
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
..."Nationwide, 70% of Americans are finding it difficult to pay for at least one basic need, the new report says."
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Adam Dierksmeier @adamdierksmeier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The Family Economic Well-Being Index, published on Sept. 24, shows that 27% of Wisconsin residents are burdened or severely burdened by food costs, 26% struggle to afford housing, 39% are burdened or severely burdened by healthcare costs, and 25% are struggling with childcare costs."...
wisconsinindependent.com
69% of Wisconsinites struggle to afford at least one basic need, new report says
Families are finding it difficult to pay for food, housing, healthcare, and childcare, the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality analysis says.
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