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		<title>Three Day, Seven City Ambulance Tour</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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	Sadly, Wausau was the only stop of seven cities where no media bothered to show up! WAUSAU  WHEN: Thursday, June 25th @ 10:00 AM WHERE: Congressman Tom Tiffany&#8217;s District Office, 2620 Stewart Ave, Wausau WI 54401 WHAT: Ambulance tour highlighting Tom Tiffany&#8217;s votes for devastating healthcare cuts ***** MEDIA ADVISORY ***** On the One-Year Anniversary [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>STATEWIDE AMBULANCE TOUR</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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	Please come and show your support for this event. This is a statewide tour telling the public of the votes that Tom Tiffany makes that are hurting us. Healthcare is critical. Look how many rural hospitals we have lost in Wisconsin.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Illegal Pesticide Use is Poisoning the St. Croix Riverway — And the County is Looking the Other Way</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jan Eldridge]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 02:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway is one of the most treasured natural corridors in the upper Midwest. But right now, neighbors along its banks are spraying triclopyr to control buckthorn — and St. Croix County is doing nothing about it. Triclopyr is sold under brand names like Garlon 3A and Garlon 4. It may [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WISCONSIN ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 04:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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	This last week we held awareness rallies for Social Security in Wausau and in Wisconsin Rapids. The Wisconsin Rapids Field Office was the hardest hit office due to the DOGE employee buyouts in March when they lost 58% of their staff &#8211; leaving just 3 employees to manage all the public’s earned benefit work. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Budget Chaos in Wisconsin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 04:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Senator Chris Larson is concerned about the impact on Wisconsin&#8217;s state budget from Trump&#8217;s cuts to federal funding. The cuts being implemented at the federal level will create havoc with the Wisconsin state budget. Senator Larson has introduced emergency legislation – the Frozen Federal Funds Emergency Act – to help deal with this problem. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Defend the Constitution Rally</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 04:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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	Defend the Constitution Rally, June 6, noon- 2 PM in the parking lot of the Rothschild VA, near the road. Please be respectful of nearby businesses. Bring your signs and flags. Our Veterans are not suckers and losers. We like to add an action to our events, if you are so inclined please donate to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>INDIVISIBLE Hands Off Rally April 5</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 04:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160; Northcentral Wisconsin INDIVISIBLE Fights back! Saturday, April 5 at noon Rib Mountain Drive (sidewalk between Michael’s Crafts and Hobby Lobby) Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. We are fighting back! They&#8217;re taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and daring the world [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Citizen Action Medicaid Town Hall Wausau</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 04:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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	It&#8217;s important to note that Medicaid has not yet been cut. The fight continues and it&#8217;s time for all of us to get involved. The budget resolution directs the budget outlines for various finance committees, which now will deliberate about how to proceed. The Energy &#38; Commerce committee, which oversees Medicaid, was tasked with an $880 billion cut [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vaccinations: Who Needs Them?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Anne Harmon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 04:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to the most recent information available on the CDC.gov website, “As of March 27, 2025, a total of 483 confirmed measles cases were reported by 20 jurisdictions: Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Costs of Foolishness</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 04:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” Bertrand Russell (1872 –1970), British philosopher The fools and fanatics currently in control of our country have no understanding of what government is about, how it operates, or the importance it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Changing Hearts and Minds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 05:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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	Hi Friends, I  attended this very workshop held by Planned Parenthood in January. I walked away with a renewed sense of optimism! The presentation we will have is a little shorter version, but impactful just the same. We have such a wonderful opportunity to learn how to hold those difficult conversations. We will learn about [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WAUSAU AREA PROGRESSIVES MARCH</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	On February 5 at noon, 75-80 area progressives came together in solidarity to speak up. This was the same day that all 50 capitols in all 50 states gathered on the same day, also known as &#8220;50501.&#8221; Are you angry? Are you scared? You should be. The one thing you shouldn’t be is taking any [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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