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Image from: Screencap by capper On Monday, just before the Electoral College was scheduled to convene, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a ruling denying Trump's challenge to the election results and request to have all the state electors vote for him. Even before the ruling was issued, some of the Justices started receiving hate mail and voicemails, and some were based solely on misogyny and anti-Semitism. After the ruling, the hate and vitriol continued to flow. Justices Jill Karofsky and Rebecca Dallet appeared to have caught the brunt of these attacks. As reported by Ruth Conniff of...

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley’s push to pass another round of stimulus checks with the same amount of money as last time hit a roadblock Friday with a fellow Republican senator. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said Hawley's proposal was too expensive and too broad as he blocked his motion to pass $1,200 checks by unanimous consent. Congressional leaders are working on a separate plan to send checks of $600-700 per person as part of a larger stimulus package that will likely also include a new round of loans to businesses as well as extra money for people on unemployment. Hawley did not object to that...

Here's a great trick walker pulled. this $300 million cut to the university of wisconsin, which is really the bridge he's beg your pardoning for his national career, even with state republican party members who have had it with this slash and burn politics there's a tuition freeze that lasts just as long as it takes to get through the presidential election year and then the lid is off. tuition can go up as much as you want. the nonpartisan state legislative bureau projects a 40% tuition increase thanks to that cut. it's going to be brutal here. >> ruth conniff, matt schlap i appreciate your ti...

On notice that we will be watching reading, listening, and protesting coded sexism. a "new york times" reporter shared sections of the e-mail on her twitter feed. the e-mail has received sharp criticism from walking line between watchdog and thought police. the super volunteers are not affiliated with clinton or her team. west is not the spokesperson for the group, but folks are talking. what are the guidelines here? joining me is kim frederick, a hillary clinton supporter and a member of that group, ruth conniff, and a professor of politics. professor, let's start with you tonight, if we can....

Nothing there, ed. just like there was nothing there with the benghazi quote/unquote scandal. she needs to come out and talk about why she had a private e-mail server. >> ruth conniff, does this solidify it further? what effect might this story have? >> i'm not the person to speak for the hillary base, i'd have to say. >> amaha. >> it does not inspire confidence when your political officials do not inspire political confidence. some i think it does matter. on the other hand, i think it is absolutely true that the republicans will do anything they can to make a mountain out