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Mandela Mash: Using Beer to Break Through the Political Noise
by Kirk Bangstad
Hi Everyone,By now, if you live in Wisconsin, I’m hoping you’ve seen our new beer called “Mandela Mash.” We publicized it with a lot of fanfare l...
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The Progressive Cavalry is Coming to Northern Wisconsin by Radio
by Kirk Bangstad
Hi Folks, Today is an exciting day because I am finally able to announce the Minocqua Brewing Company’s partnership with two new progressive talk...
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Here are the Northern Wisconsin Companies Donating to Ron Johnson and Tom Tiffany
by Kirk Bangstad
So for anyone who can see clearly and whose mind hasn't been clouded by a steady diet of Fox News or alt-right AM radio, Wisconsin's Senator Ron...
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Is this Hazzard or Oneida County, WI? The Travails of a Progressive Brewer in Trump Country
by Kirk Bangstad
Hi Folks, In this week’s newsletter, we’re going to take a break from state and national politics and focus on the politics of our own Oneida Cou...
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Check Out Army/CIA candidate for WI-03 Deb McGrath in this Week's Podcast
by Kirk Bangstad
Ok, on this week's episode of the Up North Podcast, we invited Deb McGrath, Democratic candidate for Congress in Wisconsin's 3rd District, on...
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Time to Tear Up the Republican Playbook And Destroy the Politics of Fear
by Kirk Bangstad
“All we need is fifty percent of the vote plus one,” the [Republican] lobbyist told [Dale] Schultz and his colleagues [Republican legislators]. ...
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Minocqua Brewing Company Endorses Dr. Gillian Battino for State Treasurer
by Kirk Bangstad
Hi friends,
Today is usually the day we post about the Up North Podcast, but Pat, Kristin, and Kirk took the last week off, so this is the perfect...
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How To Love Your Country After July 4th? Fight Like Your Life Depends On It
by Kirk Bangstad
July 4th. What a strange day this will be. It’s an understatement to say that most of us have to swallow REALLY hard to show patriotism to a coun...
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Today I'm Handing My Pen to an OB/GYN
by Kirk Bangstad
On this Sunday, two days after SCOTUS’ decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, I feel the same way I felt two days after Trump was elected president—un...
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The Pride of Wisonsin's Fathers, and How We Need to Renew that Pride
by Kirk Bangstad
On this Sunday, June 19th, also known as Juneteenth and Father’s Day, it is worth remembering how Wisconsin's fathers played a role in the abolit...
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When Federal Judges Don't Recognized Their Importance to Democracy, All That's Left is...We The People
by Kirk Bangstad
Happy Sunday Folks, Today I’m going to update you on our lawsuit that attempted to remove U.S. Senator Ron Johnson and Congressmen Tom Tiffany/Sc...
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From the Sublime to the Mundane to the Sublime
by Kirk Bangstad
This post won’t have much rhyme or reason to it until the end, when we share a poem with a LOT OF rhyme and reason from a retired English professor...
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