Robert Kraig
@robertkraig.bsky.social
Academic author and social justice organizer, Executive Director, Citizen Action of Wisconsin
Are the Trump Regime's chaotic economic policies adding to the toll of neoliberal deindustrialization? On this week's Battleground Wisconsin Podcast, we dig into the latest State of Working Wisconsin report with the High Road Stategy's Center's Laura Dresser. www.citizenactionwi.org/2025/09/04/s...
"The State of Working Wisconsin" Battleground Wisconsin Podcast - Citizen Action Wisconsin
We welcome Laura Dresser from the High Road Strategy Center, a think-and-do tank, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Laura is the lead author of
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September 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Are the Trump Regime's chaotic economic policies adding to the toll of neoliberal deindustrialization? On this week's Battleground Wisconsin Podcast, we dig into the latest State of Working Wisconsin report with the High Road Stategy's Center's Laura Dresser. www.citizenactionwi.org/2025/09/04/s...
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Important commentary by @robertkraig.bsky.social on what @govevers.wisconsin.gov left on the table with a backroom budget deal that failed to leverage the power of citizens pushing for what they really want
On our commentary page: Robert Kraig of @citizenaction.bsky.social analyzes the budget deal and what Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers could have done differently wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/07/11/e...
Evers’ refusal to fight and the fate of democracy • Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers failure to draw on public opposition to Republican budget priorities is a political and policy disaster
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July 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Important commentary by @robertkraig.bsky.social on what @govevers.wisconsin.gov left on the table with a backroom budget deal that failed to leverage the power of citizens pushing for what they really want
On this week's Battleground Wisconsin Podcast, we assess the damages of the recently past federal and state budgets recently passed. We draw lesssons from the horrific toll of the climate change unduced floods in Texas, and chart a course forward for 2026. www.citizenactionwi.org/2025/07/10/a...
“Taking stock. What’s next?” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast - Citizen Action Wisconsin
We discuss the tragic, climate change fueled Texas floods and the perils of gutting the government. Wisconsin congressman Derrick Van Orden who is still
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July 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
On this week's Battleground Wisconsin Podcast, we assess the damages of the recently past federal and state budgets recently passed. We draw lesssons from the horrific toll of the climate change unduced floods in Texas, and chart a course forward for 2026. www.citizenactionwi.org/2025/07/10/a...
The refusal of Wisconsin's Democratic Governor to fight reflects a pattern of appeasment that empowers an increasingly authoritarian GOP. The answer is more organizing and a mass nonviolent resistence movement that demands leaders willing to fight wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/07/11/e...
Evers’ refusal to fight and the fate of democracy • Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers failure to draw on public opposition to Republican budget priorities is a political and policy disaster
wisconsinexaminer.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The refusal of Wisconsin's Democratic Governor to fight reflects a pattern of appeasment that empowers an increasingly authoritarian GOP. The answer is more organizing and a mass nonviolent resistence movement that demands leaders willing to fight wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/07/11/e...
I was, on the @civicmedia.us radio network for an hour with guest host Matthew Rothchild, publisher emeritus of Progressive Magazine, to debrief the passage of the Big Ugly Bill and the disasterous concessionary state budget in Wisconsin civicmedia.us/shows/maggie...
Big Ugly Bill Passes - Civic Media
Guest host Matt Rothschild is joined by special guest Dr. Robert Kraig to discuss two controversial pieces of legislation passed today.
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July 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I was, on the @civicmedia.us radio network for an hour with guest host Matthew Rothchild, publisher emeritus of Progressive Magazine, to debrief the passage of the Big Ugly Bill and the disasterous concessionary state budget in Wisconsin civicmedia.us/shows/maggie...
On this week's Battleground Wisconsin we are joined by @francescahong.bsky.social & @hdbwi.bsky.social to autopsy the calamitous state budget deal engineered by @govevers.wisconsin.gov. We sort through the fallout for working people and the pivotal 2026 eletion? soundcloud.com/citizen-acti...
Budget Calamity?
We record the morning after the state budget deal was signed by Governor Evers in the wee hours of the night. We do a full budget postmortem with State Representative Francesca Hong and Heather DuBoi
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July 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
On this week's Battleground Wisconsin we are joined by @francescahong.bsky.social & @hdbwi.bsky.social to autopsy the calamitous state budget deal engineered by @govevers.wisconsin.gov. We sort through the fallout for working people and the pivotal 2026 eletion? soundcloud.com/citizen-acti...
On this week's Battleground Wisconsin Podcast, we interview the Prez of WEAC and two State Senators on the battle to get our Democratic Governor to fight for a fair state budget. soundcloud.com/citizen-acti...
Budget Impasse?
With Matt on vacation this week, Robert is the solo host. On this week's episode we dig deeper into the state budget battle with three well positioned guests. First we welcome Peegy Wirtz-Olsen, the
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June 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
On this week's Battleground Wisconsin Podcast, we interview the Prez of WEAC and two State Senators on the battle to get our Democratic Governor to fight for a fair state budget. soundcloud.com/citizen-acti...
In WI, there is a dynamic similar to the push on the nat'l Democrats to stop surrendering, to stand and fight. Gov. Evers is under pressure to veto any GOP budget that underfunds health care, education, child care, and builds new prisons. @hdbwi.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gras...
Grassroots pressure on Gov. Evers reflects nationwide impatience with Dems
More than 100 citizens from an array of grassroots groups packed the Wisconsin state Senate parlor and marched on Gov. Tony Evers’ office Tuesday, their chants bouncing off the marble walls inside the...
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June 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In WI, there is a dynamic similar to the push on the nat'l Democrats to stop surrendering, to stand and fight. Gov. Evers is under pressure to veto any GOP budget that underfunds health care, education, child care, and builds new prisons. @hdbwi.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/gras...
On this week's Battleground Wisconsin Podcast we review the historic mobilization at the State Capitol where Citizen Action led a coaltion of major groups and unions to push Gov. Evers to stand and fight for a fair state budget. soundcloud.com/citizen-acti...
Week of Action in the Public Interest
We debrief the historic Capitol Day of Action this Tuesday which called on the Governor to veto any budget that does not meet basic standards. It was organized by Citizen Action Wisconsin in partnersh
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May 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
On this week's Battleground Wisconsin Podcast we review the historic mobilization at the State Capitol where Citizen Action led a coaltion of major groups and unions to push Gov. Evers to stand and fight for a fair state budget. soundcloud.com/citizen-acti...
On this week's Battleground Wisconsin Podcast, child care workers strike in Wisconsin & details of massive Medicaid & ACA cuts released this week would force nearly 14 million off health care www.citizenactionwi.org/2025/05/15/c...
“Childcare providers lead the way” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast - Citizen Action Wisconsin
We welcome Citizen Action member and child care provider Julia Bennker back to the show to discuss this week’s “strike” and actions at the Capitol by child
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May 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
On this week's Battleground Wisconsin Podcast, child care workers strike in Wisconsin & details of massive Medicaid & ACA cuts released this week would force nearly 14 million off health care www.citizenactionwi.org/2025/05/15/c...
On this week's Battleground Wisconsin Podcast, we review the latest toll of the Trump regime in the context of May day and the power of permanent organizing. www.citizenactionwi.org/2025/05/01/t...
May Day 2025: The power of permanent organizing” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast - Citizen Action Wisconsin
Happy May Day!
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May 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
On this week's Battleground Wisconsin Podcast, we review the latest toll of the Trump regime in the context of May day and the power of permanent organizing. www.citizenactionwi.org/2025/05/01/t...
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🚨 @nysfocus.bsky.social scoop:
The State Police maintain a gang database that gets shared with ICE.
It contains over 5,100 names and uses hazy criteria like tattoos, clothing, and social associations to label people as gang members. It hasn't been audited by an outside entity.
full story⬇️
The State Police maintain a gang database that gets shared with ICE.
It contains over 5,100 names and uses hazy criteria like tattoos, clothing, and social associations to label people as gang members. It hasn't been audited by an outside entity.
full story⬇️
April 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🚨 @nysfocus.bsky.social scoop:
The State Police maintain a gang database that gets shared with ICE.
It contains over 5,100 names and uses hazy criteria like tattoos, clothing, and social associations to label people as gang members. It hasn't been audited by an outside entity.
full story⬇️
The State Police maintain a gang database that gets shared with ICE.
It contains over 5,100 names and uses hazy criteria like tattoos, clothing, and social associations to label people as gang members. It hasn't been audited by an outside entity.
full story⬇️
The corruption of the Trump Regime may be the most underreported story. Well it has the potential to undermine Trump's master narrative as a champion for everday Americans. Corruption has often been the kryptonite of authoritarian mythology, revealing its root narrative as a sham and a grift.
58 companies who were under federal investigation gave a total of $50 million to Trump's inauguration, per a Public Citizen report.
11 of the cases have been dismissed or withdrawn, and 6 have been paused.
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11 of the cases have been dismissed or withdrawn, and 6 have been paused.
www.citizen.org/news/trumps-...
Trump’s Inauguration Donor Pool Includes $50 Million in Contributions from Corporations Under Investigation or Facing Federal Enforcement - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Corporations facing federal investigations or enforcement lawsuits collectively gave $50 million to Trump’s inauguration – a third…
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April 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The corruption of the Trump Regime may be the most underreported story. Well it has the potential to undermine Trump's master narrative as a champion for everday Americans. Corruption has often been the kryptonite of authoritarian mythology, revealing its root narrative as a sham and a grift.
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
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—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
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April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Major innovation in the torment nexus space
4/ This honestly is perhaps the most insane thing we’ve heard since Jan 20. Musk, Thiel and Luckey want the US to pay for the creation of this network of surveillance and attack lasers and then the Pentagon will become a subscriber to the service. So the US won’t own our own missile defense.
April 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Major innovation in the torment nexus space
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Aditya Harsono—Indonesian student legally in US, married to American citizen, father of their special needs child—has his student visa suddenly and secretly revoked, and is raided, arrested and detained by ICE for deportation.
Make no mistake: If you’re legal, they can, and will, MAKE you illegal.
Make no mistake: If you’re legal, they can, and will, MAKE you illegal.
Indonesian student detained by Ice after US secretly revokes his visa
Aditya Wahyu Harsono, father of infant with special needs, surprised at work despite valid visa through June 2026
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April 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Aditya Harsono—Indonesian student legally in US, married to American citizen, father of their special needs child—has his student visa suddenly and secretly revoked, and is raided, arrested and detained by ICE for deportation.
Make no mistake: If you’re legal, they can, and will, MAKE you illegal.
Make no mistake: If you’re legal, they can, and will, MAKE you illegal.
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First they came for the immigrants, and I did not speak up, because the latest Rasmussen poll showed low net favorability ratings on immigrants and that gulags are a toss-up issue for suburban moms. #savvy #clever #wonk #nobeliefs #noprinciples
April 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
First they came for the immigrants, and I did not speak up, because the latest Rasmussen poll showed low net favorability ratings on immigrants and that gulags are a toss-up issue for suburban moms. #savvy #clever #wonk #nobeliefs #noprinciples
On Battleground Wisconsin, WI corporate boses are now afraid to speak out, surveying Trump's destruction in WI, the start of utility cut-off season, attacks on Medicaid, and the imperative for Governor Evers to use his veto leverage in the budget fight soundcloud.com/citizen-acti...
Corporate bosses cower under Trump
The boss of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce (MMAC) says 99% of business leaders are “afraid to speak out” against Trump. We discuss why these big business cowards take no responsibi
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April 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
On Battleground Wisconsin, WI corporate boses are now afraid to speak out, surveying Trump's destruction in WI, the start of utility cut-off season, attacks on Medicaid, and the imperative for Governor Evers to use his veto leverage in the budget fight soundcloud.com/citizen-acti...
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Providers, parents bring the call for child care support to the Capitol. @erikgunn.bsky.social covers the largest action in recent memory on behalf of child care.
Providers, parents bring the call for child care support to the Capitol • Wisconsin Examiner
A rally Wednesday to promote state support for child care providers was the largest action by child care advocates in recent memory.
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April 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Providers, parents bring the call for child care support to the Capitol. @erikgunn.bsky.social covers the largest action in recent memory on behalf of child care.
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Wisconsin’s reliance on referendum to provide needed funding for K-12 education is starting to have drastic consequences.
Voters are rightly wary of voting to increase their property taxes, which has led to some desperately needed referendums failing, sometimes multiple times.
Voters are rightly wary of voting to increase their property taxes, which has led to some desperately needed referendums failing, sometimes multiple times.
April 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Wisconsin’s reliance on referendum to provide needed funding for K-12 education is starting to have drastic consequences.
Voters are rightly wary of voting to increase their property taxes, which has led to some desperately needed referendums failing, sometimes multiple times.
Voters are rightly wary of voting to increase their property taxes, which has led to some desperately needed referendums failing, sometimes multiple times.
@civicmedia.us On the Earl Ingram Show I discuss how to keep our eye on the ball and build the real power to resist and ultimately win when the Trump Regime is doing so many destructive things all at once. civicmedia.us/shows/earl-i...
Still Dealing w/ Trump (Hour 2) - Civic Media
Dr. Robert Kraig and host Earl Ingram dive into the chaos surrounding Trump’s defiance of judicial orders, highlighting the distraction from critical issues like Medicaid cuts. They dissect Trum...
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April 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
@civicmedia.us On the Earl Ingram Show I discuss how to keep our eye on the ball and build the real power to resist and ultimately win when the Trump Regime is doing so many destructive things all at once. civicmedia.us/shows/earl-i...
This is what dictators do! A prominent Salvadoran immigrant and social justice leader puts plainly why we should all be afraid after the illegal kidnapping of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the Trump Regim's outright defiance of the courts
👉 The illegal kidnapping of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a crime and a warning to us all. If we allow dictators to deny any person's rights, they will deny them to us all. THANK YOU #vanhollen.senate.gov for traveling to #elsalvador🇸🇻 , we must all do our part to to stop this abuse while we still can!
April 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is what dictators do! A prominent Salvadoran immigrant and social justice leader puts plainly why we should all be afraid after the illegal kidnapping of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the Trump Regim's outright defiance of the courts
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President Trump just fired two board members at the National Credit Union Administration in his latest attack on consumers.
Yet another attempt by Trump to skirt the rule of law, undermine independent agencies, and illegally purge the government of those working for Americans.
Yet another attempt by Trump to skirt the rule of law, undermine independent agencies, and illegally purge the government of those working for Americans.
April 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
President Trump just fired two board members at the National Credit Union Administration in his latest attack on consumers.
Yet another attempt by Trump to skirt the rule of law, undermine independent agencies, and illegally purge the government of those working for Americans.
Yet another attempt by Trump to skirt the rule of law, undermine independent agencies, and illegally purge the government of those working for Americans.
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Breaking news: Judge James E. Boasberg on Wednesday said he would launch proceedings to determine whether to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for defying his order not to remove Venezuelan migrants from the country.
Judge Boasberg to launch contempt proceedings for Trump administration
Judge James E. Boasberg has pressed Trump officials for weeks on their compliance with his order to return migrants deported under the Alien Enemies act.
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April 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Breaking news: Judge James E. Boasberg on Wednesday said he would launch proceedings to determine whether to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for defying his order not to remove Venezuelan migrants from the country.
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This morning I was proud to stand with colleagues and community members to introduce the Green Amendment to our Wisconsin Constitution.
Every person deserves clean water, breathable air, and vibrant local ecosystems.
Every person deserves clean water, breathable air, and vibrant local ecosystems.
April 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This morning I was proud to stand with colleagues and community members to introduce the Green Amendment to our Wisconsin Constitution.
Every person deserves clean water, breathable air, and vibrant local ecosystems.
Every person deserves clean water, breathable air, and vibrant local ecosystems.