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House

District 1:  Bryan Stiel (R), (202) 225-3031
District 2:  Mark Pocan (D), 202-225-2906
District 3:  Ron Kind (D), 202-225-5506
District 4:  Gwen Moore (D), 202-225-4572
District 5:  James Sensenbrenner (R), 202-225-5101
District 6:  Glenn Grothman (R), 202-225-2476
District 7:  Tom Tiffany (R), 202 225-3365
District 8:  Mike Gallagher (R), 202-225-5665

Senate

Tammy Baldwin (D), 202-224-5653
Ron Johnson (R), 202-224-5323

State Senate, District 3

Mark Miller, 266-9170, Sen.Miller@legis.wi.gov (retiring)

Assembly, District 47

Jimmy Anderson, 266-8570, Rep.Anderson@legis.wiconsin.gov

Dane County Executive

Joe Parisi, 266-4114, parisi@countyofdane.com

Dane County Board of Supervisors, District 3

Patrick Miles, 886-9167, miles@countyofdane.com

Village of McFarland Village Board

Brad Czebotar, Village President, 838-9458, brad.czebotar@mcfarland.wi.us

Stephanie Brassington, Trustee, stephaniebrassington@mcfarland.wi.us
Carolyn Clow, Trustee, carolyn.clow@mcfarland.wi.us

Mike Flaherty, Trustee, mike.flaherty@mcfarland.wi.us
Eric Kryzenske, Trustee, eric.krysenske@mcfarland.wi.us

Justin Rupert, Trustee, justin.rupert@mcfarland.wi.us
Clair Utter, Trustee, clair.utter@mcfarland.wi.us

Our Wisconsin Revolution is an independent, statewide, membership-driven, democratic-populist political organization that aims to take Wisconsin government back from corporate elites and make it of, by, and for the people.

For more information about OWR and a chapter near you, click here: Our Wisconsin Revolution

Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda was developed by former Congressional staffers to share best practices for making Congress listen.

For more information about Indivisible, click here: Indivisible

For information about the Madison branch, click here: Indivisible Madison

We invite you to check out the Raging Grannies' new book, Listen to Your Grandmothers, which includes essays by Active McFarland member Sheila Plotkin and a host of other grannies: Raging Grannies Sing for Peace, Social Justice, Public Education, and Environmental Protection

Active McFarland members Dawn and Art Shegonee, founders of the Call for Peace Drum & Dance Company, invite you to view this 4-minute video, a clarion call for peace, hope, and inclusion: “Dancing the Dream: A New Hope for Humanity.”

For more information about Call for Peace, click here: Call for Peace Drum & Dance Company

Dawn and Art also invite you to check out their “A New People” website, “an educational resource of hope and discovery” for people involved in “transformative movements” of social, cultural, and political change: A New People

A renewable energy resolution sponsored by Dane County Supervisor and Active McFarland member Patrick Miles was approved by the County Board on July 13, 2017. The resolution aims to make all the power that runs Dane County government reliant on renewable energy sources by 2035.

Congratulations to Patrick for taking the leadership role on this important issue. Here is a link to an article written by Patrick that appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal.

Dec. 6, 2017

Make no mistake. The oligarchs (Koch brothers, Mercers, Wilks, Waltons, Deasons, Schwabs, Neugebauers, Murdochs, Griffins, Ricketts, etc.) are now in charge of the U.S. government. The views of most Americans (75 percent of whom are against the tax cut, for example) no longer matter.

This was the oligarch’s deal with the devil (Trump) from the start: Get us a huge tax cut, use the resulting deficit to justify cutting Medicare and Social Security, and get rid of environmental and financial regulations. In return, we’ll finance you, we’ll back your allies in the GOP, and we’ll mount PR campaigns on your behalf that magnify your lies. Hell, we’ll even make you look like a populist.

Over half the money contributed in the 2016 came from just 158 families, along with the companies they own or control. More than 50 of these people are on the Forbes list of America’s richest billionaires. 64 of them made their fortunes in finance (hedge fund and private equity). 17 in energy, mostly oil and gas. 15 in real estate and construction (the Trumps, for example). 10 in technology.

These American oligarchs don’t have to worry about whether Social Security or Medicare will be there for them in their retirement because they’ve put away huge fortunes. They don’t worry about climate change because they don’t live in homes that might succumb to hurricanes or wildfires. They don't care about public schools because their families don't attend them. They don't care about public transportation because they don't use it. Truth to tell, they don't even care that much about America, because their personal and financial interests are global.

They are living in their own separate society, and they want people who will represent them, not the rest of us.

The Republican Party is their vehicle. Fox News is their voice. Trump is their champion.

Extraordinary Times Call for Extraordinary Actions from Ordinary People, Jan. 29, 2017

As tyrants take control of democracies, they typically:

1. Exaggerate their mandate to govern -- claiming, for example, that they won an election by a landslide even after losing the  popular vote.
2. Repeatedly claim massive voter fraud in the absence of any evidence, in order to restrict voting in subsequent elections.
3. Call anyone who opposes them "enemies."
4. Turn the public against journalists or media outlets that criticize them, calling them "deceitful" and "scum."
5. Hold few press conferences, preferring to communicate with the public directly through mass rallies and unfiltered statements.
6. Tell the public big lies, causing them to doubt the truth and to believe fictions that support the tyrants' goals.
7. Blame economic stresses on immigrants or racial or religious minorities, and foment public bias and even violence against them.
8. Attribute acts of domestic violence to "enemies within," and use such events as excuses to beef up internal security and limit civil liberties.
9. Threaten mass deportations, registries of a religious minority, and the banning of refugees with particular religious beliefs.
10. Seek to eliminate or reduce the influence of competing centers of power, such as labor unions and opposition parties.
11. Appoint family members to high positions of authority and power.
12. Surround themselves with their own personal security force rather than a security detail accountable to the public.
13. Put generals into top civilian posts.
14. Make personal alliances with foreign dictators.
15. Draw no distinction between personal property and public property, profiteering from their public office.These warning signs should be of concern to everyone, regardless of political party. In fact, historically, conservatives have been especially vigilant against potential threats to our constitutional rights.All Americans must join together to protect American democracy against tyranny.

Consider yourself warned.

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