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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 5h

34 days. 📆 Do you know where you’re voting? 🤔 Check your polling place now—not while standing in your kitchen on Election Day wondering where the hell you’re supposed to go. 😆 myvote.wi.gov #Wisconsin #VoteBlue

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 28/09/2026

36 days to go. 📆 This is your friendly little nudge to check your #VoterRegistration now, while there’s plenty of time to fix anything that looks wonky. Future-you will appreciate it. #Wisconsin #VoteBlue

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 14/09/2026

🚨 #WisconsinRapids — TONIGHT Public info session on the proposed #DataCenter. 📍 Lincoln High School 🚪 Doors: 6 PM ⏰ Presentation: 6:30 PM Energy. Noise. Pollution. Environmental impacts. Show up. Ask questions. Get answers. 📢 #Wisconsin

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 14/09/2026

🚨#WisconsinRapids #DataCenter Reminder🚨 A #PaperMill becoming a data center deserves public scrutiny. Do you even want the damn thing to begin with? 🤔 Show up! Let them know what you really think of data centers and make sure your voice is heard! 📣 #PublicHearing #Wisconsin

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 10/09/2026

#WisconsinRapids, this is your chance to 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 on the #DataCenter rush. Public hearing: Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. Performing Arts Center, 1801 16th St. S. The proposed #moratorium covers future projects—not PNK’s pending application. Show up. Speak up. 📣 #Wisconsin

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 08/09/2026

🚨 #MENOMONIE: #DataCenter rules are back on tonight’s agenda. The city council meets at 7 p.m. City Hall, 800 Wilson Ave. The draft I-4 #ZoningOrdinance is discussion only—no vote. Want your voice heard? Attend in person; Zoom is view-only. #Wisconsin

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 08/09/2026

🚨 #OSHKOSH: The #CommonCouncil votes TONIGHT on a proposed one-year #DataCenter #moratorium. ⏰ 6 p.m. 📍 City Hall, Room 406 No project is knocking—yet. That’s exactly when a city should write the rules. Public comment is welcome. Show up. Speak up. 📣 #Wisconsin

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 02/09/2026

The showdown happens 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁. 𝟭𝟲 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 (𝟱:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠) when the Planning Commission takes up DC Rapids LLC’s permit. Show up and ask who pays for grid and utility upgrades. Can’t make it? Submit public comments by phone or email before the gavel drops. #WisconsinRapids

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 31/08/2026

🚨#WisconsinRapids #DataCenter Alert 🚨 A #PaperMill becoming a data center deserves public scrutiny. Do you even want the damn thing to begin with? 🤔 Show up! Tell friends, neighbors, and co-workers, and don't forget your grandma. Make sure your voice is heard! 📣 #PublicHearing #Wisconsin

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 11/08/2026

☀️ It's 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘆 & the polls are 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻, #Wisconsin! I’m voting #FrancescaHong, then it’s an election-night pajama party with @keithedwards.bsky.social on YT while I bounce between results pages like a caffeinated badger. Show up, cast your vote, and let’s bring this home! 💪🏽 #VoteHong

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 10/08/2026

Tomorrow is Election Day, #Wisconsin—and I am 𝗣𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗗. 💪🏽 Make your plan, check your polling place, pick a time, and show up. I’m proudly voting #FrancescaHong because Wisconsin needs bold 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, not more of the same. Let’s do this! ✊🏽 More info: myvote.wi.gov?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=Badger+

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 07/08/2026

#Wisconsin friends—two #voting deadlines hit at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7. It’s the 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 at your clerk’s office, plus an absentee-ballot request deadline for some voters. Share with your friends, neighbors and your grandma. We need everyone on board of we are to win this November.

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 06/08/2026

Quick heads-up, #Wisconsin friends: If you need an #AbsenteeBallot for the Aug. 11 #primary, your request must reach your municipal clerk by 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6. Please don’t put this off—I’d hate for anyone to miss their chance to vote.

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 27/07/2026

Tree struck by lightening & wiped out power in the neighborhood. Supposed to have another storm later today. 😐 #Appleton #Wisconsin

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 22/07/2026

🗳️ Today's the day! July 22 is the deadline to #RegisterToVote 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 or by 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 in #Wisconsin. Don't wait until the last minute and don't assume you're already registered. A few minutes today could save a whole lot of frustration on Election Day.

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 19/07/2026

🗳️ #Wisconsin friends! #ElectionDay is getting closer, and so are the 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀. Take a minute to check these dates, make a plan, and help spread the word. Every vote matters. 💙 #VoteWI

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 10/07/2026

Now boarding at #TrumpAirport: Executive Errorways, nonstop service to “The Islamic Republic of Japan.” No maps. No facts. No apologies. Just buckle up and enjoy the geopolitical turbulence. ✈️🤣

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 11/06/2026

Thank you, 20,000 followers! 😲🥰 What started as one stubborn Wisconsin journalist, a laptop, and way too much coffee has grown into an incredible community. Thank you for reading, sharing, commenting, and caring about this state as much as I do. ❤️☕

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 01/06/2026

#WeEnergies' #DataCenter tariff hits the grid today. Regulators blocked a 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 forcing you to fund 25% of Big Tech’s power build, mandating a 15-yr lock. Ratepayers won this round, but the utility is still clawing for a 14% residential rate hike by 2028. #Wisconsin

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 24/05/2026

#Wrightstown Mark your calendars for the #DataCenter meeting coming this Tuesday. 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵, 𝟰𝗣𝗠 - 𝟳𝗣𝗠 352 High Street Wrightstown, WI Make your voices heard! 💪🏽📢 #Wisconsin

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 20/05/2026

#Wrightstown There's still time to make your voices heard. Town hall meetings for the proposed #DataCenter in your area, are upcoming! Tell neighbors, family & friends. Show up & tell them "NOT IN MY BACKYARD! 📢💪🏽

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 22/04/2026

Did you know 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻 helped give the world 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘆? After the 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟵 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗹l, Sen. 𝗚𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 pushed for a national environmental teach-in to make Washington pay attention. That legacy started right here. #Wisconsin #EarthDay #EnvironmentalAwareness #GaylordNelson

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 16/04/2026

The tree in the backyard did not make it. 😬

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 08/04/2026

WISCONSIN!!!!!!!!! WE DID IT!!!!!! I am in tears. 😭Chris Taylor wins the Supreme Court race! Let's rejoice!!! 🥳💃🏽🎉 #ChrisTaylorWins #SupremeCourt #Wisconsin #Bluewave

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 07/04/2026

Wisconsin, the polls are open. 🗳️ Voting is how we push back, protect what matters, and begin building the future we actually want. This Supreme Court race is a big one for our state, and showing up today is part of that bigger fight. Go do your civic duty. 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲. #Wisconsin #ChrisTaylor4SupremeCourt

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 07/04/2026

𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻: still need to register? You can do that 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆. Still holding your 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁? It must be 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗸’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲. This is the “no more messing around” part. Let's do this! 💪🏽 #Wisconsin #VoteWI #WisconsinElection #SpringElection

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 06/04/2026

𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 is Election Day, Wisconsin. This is our moment to show up—for our communities, our future, and each other. Every vote matters. Every voice counts. Make a plan. Bring a friend. Be proud of showing up. Let’s do this. #Wisconsin

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 03/04/2026

𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: by 𝟱:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟯, you must 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗸’𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 if you still need to register. That’s also the deadline for 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 to have an 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 by the clerk. #Wisconsin #SpringElection

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 02/04/2026

Wisconsin, it’s our turn to show up. If you’ve been frustrated, worried, tired, or just plain fed up, this is where you put it somewhere useful: your vote. Early voting hours 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘺 by location, so check yours, make a plan, and get to it. #Wisconsin #Vote #SpringElection2026

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 02/04/2026

𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: if you still need an 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁, your request must be 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗸 𝗯𝘆 𝟱:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮 (𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆). Not postmarked. 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱. The deadline fairy is not coming to save anybody. #Wisconsin #VoteWI #WisconsinElection #SpringElection

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 31/03/2026

Lucy E. Smith Morris didn’t “join a ladies’ club” — she built a statewide organizing machine. From Berlin, Wisconsin, she helped turn the Wisconsin Federation of Women’s Clubs into real policy pressure for libraries, education, and civic reform. #Wisconsin #LucyESmithMorris #WomensHistoryMonth

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 29/03/2026

Yesterday’s No Kings march in downtown Appleton was a good one. I met some really nice people, caught a bit of footage, and walked away feeling something we could all use more of right now: Solidarity. #Wisconsin #Appleton #NoKings

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 29/03/2026

Electa Quinney helped make public education real in Wisconsin. In 1828, she opened a tuition-free school near Kaukauna, teaching like every kid mattered—because they did. Access is the whole point. #Wisconsin #WomensHistoryMonth #IndigenousHistory #Wisconsin #ElectaQuinney

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 25/03/2026

Wisconsin gave the world “Hildegarde” — the OG one-name superstar. Born in Adell/New Holstein, sharpened in Milwaukee, then she went full glam and owned cabaret, radio, and TV. Proof we’ve always produced legends. 👏✨#Wisconsin #Hildegarde #WomensHistoryMonth

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 23/03/2026

Milele Chikasa Anana didn’t just “make history” — she made Wisconsin move. In 1974, she became the first Black person elected to a WI school board, pushed for fair hiring at City Hall, and built UMOJA so Black Wisconsin stories couldn’t be erased. #WomensHistoryMonth #Wisconsin #MileleChikasaAnana

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 21/03/2026

Nancy Zieman didn’t just teach sewing—she made it doable. From Oshkosh to Wisconsin Public Television, Sewing With Nancy turned living rooms into little classrooms, and Beaver Dam into part of a national craft story. 🧵 #Wisconsin #WomensHistoryMonth #PublicMedia #PBS #Sewing #Makers

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 20/03/2026

Spring finally showed up, and honestly… it’s about time. Here’s to longer light, softer days, and a little more room to breathe. Welcome, Spring. 🌱 #Wisconsin #WelcomeSpring #OpenTheWindows #FreshAir #LongerDays

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 19/03/2026

Georgia O’Keeffe didn’t start in the desert—she started in Wisconsin farm country. Born near Sun Prairie (1887), with early schooling in Madison, she went on to help define American modernism. #WomensHistoryMonth #Wisconsin #GeorgiaOKeeffe

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 18/03/2026

𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: T𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 to register 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 or get your voter registration 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 with proof of residence. Miss this, and your options get narrower real fast. Do not let paperwork be the thing that benches your vote. #Wisconsin #VoteWI #WisconsinElection #SpringElection

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 17/03/2026

Maureen Arcand made Wisconsin fairer the hard way: organizing, fighting stigma, defending human services, and pushing real ADA access in Dane County. Less talk, more ramps, rights, and results. #WomensHistoryMonth #Wisconsin #MaureenArcand #MadisonWI #DisabilityRights #CommunityPower

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 17/03/2026

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻: 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 to voters who already have an active request on file. If you requested one, keep an eye on your mailbox and make your plan now. 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. #Wisconsin #WisconsinElection #VoteWI #SpringElection

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 15/03/2026

𝗔𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀 are dropping in Wisconsin — check your mail. 📬 Don’t wait until Election Day to figure out your ballot like it’s a pop quiz from hell. Research candidates, referendums, and make a voting note. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. 💪🏽 #VoteWisconsin #Wisconsin #SpringElection

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 15/03/2026

Belle Case La Follette: UW Law’s first woman grad (1885), legal-brief badass, and the suffrage road warrior who cranked out speeches like it was a cardio program. Also: zero patience for “stay in your lane.” Wisconsin legend. #WomensHistoryMonth #Wisconsin #BelleCaseLaFollette

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 13/03/2026

This guy always reminds me of Reverend Kane. 😂

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 13/03/2026

Helen Farnsworth Mears: Oshkosh-born, Wisconsin-made legend. Her “Genius of Wisconsin” helped define the state’s image, and her Frances Willard statue was the first sculpture of a woman in National Statuary Hall. That’s history with backbone. #WomensHistoryMonth #Wisconsin #HelenFarnsworthMears

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 11/03/2026

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born near Pepin, Wisconsin—and that river-town beginning became the spark for the Little House books. Love the nostalgia or side-eye the mythology, Wisconsin sits at page one of a kids-lit giant. #WomensHistoryMonth #Wisconsin #LauraIngallsWilder #PepinWI #LittleHouse

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 09/03/2026

Theodora Winton Youmans = Wisconsin’s suffrage strategist. A Waukesha journalist who used the press and pure stubborn organizing to rebuild after the 1912 loss, then helped turn winning the vote into civic power that actually lasted. #WomensHistoryMonth #Wisconsin #TheodoraWintonYoumans

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 07/03/2026

Ruth Bleier walked into UW–Madison and basically said: “Cool story, bro—now show me where the bias is hiding in your so-called science.” She challenged sexist “hardwired” claims, backed women faculty, and left a legacy that still hits. 🦡☕ #WomensHistoryMonth #Wisconsin #Madison #RuthBleier

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Badger State Breakdown @badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com · 05/03/2026

Bonnie Blair: not born in Wisconsin, but forged here. That Milwaukee-area ice + elite training helped turn speed into Olympic history—five golds worth of it. Wisconsin doesn’t just clap; we build the legends. 🥇 #Wisconsin #WomensHistoryMonth #Olympics #SpeedSkating #TeamUSA #BadgerPride

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