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Wisconsin

dgauss

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1. Wisconsin used to be known, a long time ago,

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Wed Apr 8, 2026, 12:00 AM

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for it's progressive politics. It was the state of Robert "fighting Bob" La Follette. There are streets in the city I live in that are named after him. A politician from a century ago that made Wisconsin one of those reasonable, progressive midwestern states that have been a great place to live ever since, despite the winters.

I hope that kind of reasonableness is still progressing.

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