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PBS News Hour | Judy Woodruff reflects on Crossroads town hall in Wisconsin | Season 2024 | Montana PBS
FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, JUDY WOODRUFF HAS BEEN EXPLORING THE WAYS OUR COUNTRY’S POLITICAL DIVISIONS HAVE AFFECTED OUR PERSONAL LIVES, CREATING RIFTS BETWEEN FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITIES.
AS PART OF THAT SERIES, CALLED “AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS,” IN MILWAUKEE THIS PAST WEEK, JUDY MET WITH MORE THAN 50 WISCONSIN RESIDENTS FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM FOR A FRANK DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AS A COUNTRY.
HERE’S A BIT OF THAT DISCUSSION.
>> I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WANT TO THROW THE RACIST CARD AT ME AND I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW AS A TRUMP SUPPORTER, I AM NOT RACIST AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT TRUMP IS, EITHER.
>> AS A BLACK MAN THE ONLY THING , THAT HE TRIES TO IDENTIFY WITH IS MY STRUGGLE.
NOT ME BEING A PARENT, NOT ME BEING A PERSON TRYING TO WORK AND PAY BILLS AND BUY A HOME AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
JOHN: THAT IS PART OF A PBS SPECIAL THAT AIRS TOMORROW NIGHT CALLED “CROSSROADS: A CONVERSATION WITH AMERICA.”
AND JUDY JOINS ME NOW.
PEOPLE FEELING THAT DIVISION PERSONALLY, HOW COMMON WAS IT?
>> WE HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE TRUMP SUPPORTERS SAY THEY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WILL NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM, THAT WOMEN JUST SAID IT HAS REALLY HURT HER WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND HER FAMILY, ANOTHER WOMAN TOLD US SHE LOST CUSTOMERS, A WOMAN WHO OWNED A SHOOTING RANGE AND A BEAUTY SALON AND WHEN HER CUSTOMERS LEARNED SHE WAS SUPPORTING TRUMP AND AFFECTED THEM AND THEY STOPPED PATRONIZING HER BUSINESS.
ON THE OTHER HAND WE HEARD PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY MUCH DEMOCRATS SUPPORTING BIDEN AND HARRIS, SAYING IT CAUSED DEEP SPLITS IN THEIR FAMILY AS WELL SO WE KNOW NOW AND WE HAVE HEARD THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
JOHN: DID ANYTHING IN THE DISCUSSION SURPRISE YOU?
>> A LOT OF THINGS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE ASKED PEOPLE ABOUT SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT WERE THE REASONS THEY MAINLY SUPPORT EITHER TRUMP OR HARRIS.
WE HAD A TRUMP SUPPORTER TALK ABOUT HER FAMILY, SHE SAID WE ARE A FAMILY OF IMMIGRANTS BUT WE BELIEVE IN COMING ACROSS THE BORDER AND DOING IT BY THE BOOKS, BEING LEGAL AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE IN ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE COUNTRY AND TAKES JOBS AND FRANKLY TAKE THE PLACE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE PAID THEIR DUES.
I THINK IF YOU ARE ASKING ME WHAT SURPRISED ME, AFTER THE CONVERSATIONS, AND WE TALKED TO ANOTHER GENTLEMAN BY THE WAY WHO IS A DACA RECIPIENT, HE CAME UNDOCUMENTED WITH HIS PARENTS AND NOW HE IS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PERSON AND STILL CANNOT VOTE AND DOES NOT HAVE CITIZENSHIP STATUS.
SO AFTER THE SESSION WE SAW HIM TALKING WITH THE WOMAN WHO HAD SAID I DO NOT LIKE PEOPLE COMING ACROSS THE BORDER AND TAKING UP SPACE IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE SAW THE SAME THING AROUND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, PEOPLE WHO HAD DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW TALKING WITH ONE ANOTHER.
SO THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF COMMON GROUND, IT IS JUST THAT YOU DO NOT HEAR ABOUT IT IN THE PUBLIC SPACE.
JOHN: DID YOU COME AWAY FROM THIS MORE OR LESS HOPEFUL ABOUT POLITICAL DISCOURSE?
>> YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE THIS ANSWER, BUT IT IS BOTH.
YOU CANNOT HELP BUT BE DISCOURAGED WHEN SOME PEOPLE EXPRESS VERY STRONG FEELINGS ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER AND MOST PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM TOLD US THAT THEY BELIEVE COMPROMISE IS A GOOD IDEA AND WE SHOULD BE SEEKING COMMON GROUND BUT THEY ALSO SAID THERE ARE THINGS I DO NOT WANT TO COMPROMISE ON.
I THINK MANY OF THE PEOPLE WERE ON GOOD BEHAVIOR, FRANKLY.
THEY KNEW WE WERE FILMING THIS AND WE PROBABLY GOT THE BEST ANSWERS THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE.
WE HAD A POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR FROM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHO SAID PEOPLE MIGHT BE MORE CANDID BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND IN MILWAUKEE MONDAY NIGHT, YOU GOT THE SENSE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THE DIVISION.
YES THEY HAVE STRONG FEELINGS, YES THEY HAVE STRONG PRINCIPLES, BUT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AS A SOCIETY, AS A PEOPLE, AND TO ME THERE WAS THIS SENSE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US FIGURE OUT A WAY THROUGH THIS.
JOHN: IT SOUNDS LIKE A FASCINATING CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
“CROSSROADS: A CONVERSATION WITH AMERICA” AIRS TOMORROW NIGHT ON PBS AT 9:00 P.M. EASTERN, 8:00 CENTRAL.
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW/GRAY NEWS) – A ransomware group has claimed to have breached the learning management system Canvas, possibly exposing the personal information of students, teachers and staff across the country.
According to a statement from the Universities of Wisconsin website, they were notified of a nationwide security breach experienced by Instructure, the provider of Canvas. Universities of Wisconsin schools use the cloud-based management system.
UW-Stevens Point tells NewsChannel 7 they have not confirmed UWSP was involved in the breach, but did send communication that Canvas was down and students should not perform any asked actions if prompted, as it may not be legitimate while Canvas is down.
Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, posted on May 1 about a cybersecurity incident that had been reported and was under investigation.
The next day, Chief Information Security Officer Steve Proud wrote that the information involved in the attack included names, student ID numbers, messages between users and email addresses.
“At this time, we have found no evidence that passwords, dates of birth, government identifiers, or financial information were involved. If that changes, we will notify any impacted institutions,” he wrote.
The Wausau School District sent a letter to parents Wednesday regarding the cybersecurity incident. They said there is no evidence that passwords, single-sign-on credentials, financial information or social security numbers were impacted. They stressed that type of information is not stored in Canvas.
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(WLUK) — The Wisconsin-Notre Dame game at Lambeau Field will be under the lights.
Kickoff will be at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6.
The matchup, originally scheduled for Oct. 3, 2020, was rescheduled for 2026 after the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the 2020 football season.
The Badgers took on the Fighting Irish at Soldier Field in Chicago in 2021 as part of the Shamrock Series, the neutral-site non-conference series between the two programs. Notre Dame claimed the first game of the series 41-13.
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Wisconsin last played at Lambeau Field in 2016 and scored a 16-14 win over No. 5 LSU.
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DHS urges Wisconsin ‘sanctuary’ county to keep illegal immigrant accused in elderly sexual assaults jailed
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The Department of Homeland Security is urging “sanctuary politicians in Wisconsin” not to release a Nicaraguan national who was arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting an elderly victim, according to a statement Wednesday.
Julio Cesar Morales-Jarquin, 31, is in local police custody after being charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault of an elderly victim, DHS said.
He was arrested last month after a residential care facility in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, reported to police that an employee may have assaulted vulnerable residents, according to local outlet WKOW.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a detainer request on April 27 asking that Morales-Jarquin remain in custody.
ICE ARRESTS ALLEGED CHILD SEX OFFENDER RELEASED UNDER CONNECTICUT SANCTUARY LAWS
Julio Cesar Morales-Jarquin, 31, is accused of sexually assaulting an elderly victim at a Wisconsin care facility, according to authorities. (Department of Homeland Security)
DHS on Wednesday called on Dane County officials not to release Morales-Jarquin, accusing the county of being a “sanctuary jurisdiction” that refuses to honor ICE detainers.
The agency said the county has previously given ICE as little as 30 minutes to take custody of individuals in its jail.
DHS BLASTS MINNESOTA BOARD FOR UNANIMOUSLY PARDONING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CONVICTED OF 3 ASSAULTS
The Department of Homeland Security logo. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
According to DHS, Morales-Jarquin entered the United States in 2023 under the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole program for Nicaragua. Although the program was later ended, DHS said he remained in the country unlawfully.
“This illegal alien is charged with two counts of sexual assault of an elderly victim at an assisted living facility,” Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in the DHS statement. “This dirtbag was released into the country by the Biden Administration. DHS is calling on sanctuary politicians in Dane County, Wisconsin to NOT release this criminal from jail back onto the streets to commit more crimes.”
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The Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor. (Jordan McAlister)
“We need Wisconsin sanctuary politicians to cooperate with us to remove criminals from our country,” she added.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Dane County Executive’s Office for comment.
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