Mark Pocan

Mark Pocan

@markpocan.bsky.social

Congressman for WI’s 2nd district, former Progressive Caucus Co-Chair. Small business owner. Labor union member. Tired of X.

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Elon Musk is now the largest political donor in American history, trying to purchase Republican politicians with $445 million. Don’t let him try to buy Wisconsin. Vote for David Crowley, Josh Kaul, Mitchell Berman and Becca Cooke. Elon, Wisconsin is NOT for sale.

Corruption #1 issue: @BryanSteil is having a bad afternoon. - Fake stock ban bill - Investments in data center building - Cryptocurrency buying his support as chair of oversight committee - Campaign cash before votes Getting elected to Congress shouldn’t be a get rich scheme

Aman Batheja@amanbatheja.bsky.social

Remarkable outcome in Fox News' latest poll: 88% of U.S. voters say they are extremely or very concerned about corruption in government, beating every other issue including inflation www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...

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I had the pleasure of attending and speaking with folks at the Walworth Dems general meeting last night. Thank you Congressman Pocan for joining us, and to everyone who came out! There is less than a month left until the election, make a plan to vote and tell a friend!

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Our 4’x8’ big signs for all Democrats in WI are popping up across the 2nd Congressional district. Vote Blue. Statewide offices. Congress. State legislature. County offices. Vote NO on state ballot measures. Together, we win!

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Out yesterday across the First District with Congressman @markpocan.bsky.social on the "Enough BS" Tour to talk about the real issues working people are facing and share the truth about BS's record in Washington. Thank you to Rep. Pocan for hitting the road with us – and to everyone who came out!

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Questions for Congressman Tom Tiffany: 1) You voted to give data centers sixty eight billion dollars in tax cuts. Why? 2. You voted to ban Wisconsin from regulating A.I. for next 10 years. Why? Your “opposition” to data centers doesn’t stand up to your voting record, Tom. 🧐

My Congressional classmate and friend Rep. Jared Huffman wrote a book about the fight to protect our liberties and fight Christian Nationalism. Get your copy to understand the fight we face and what you can do. Together we can win! bookshop.org/p/books/no-p...

bookshop.orgNo Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian NationalismSinclair Lewis is said to have warned: "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." On January 6, 2021, Rep. Jared Huffman saw something chillingly close to ...

I’m voting for Dylan Helmenstine for State Treasurer. He’s a progressive, rural voice for Wisconsin. I hope you’ll consider him as well.

Badger State Breakdown@badgerstatebreakdown.substack.com

#Wisconsin Democrats #DylanHelmenstine and #YeeLengXiong say they can reconnect the party with rural voters—and turn the treasurer’s office into an actual fiscal watchdog. Novel concept: make public money public.

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Just got off a productive call with the USDA where I learned Ridglan Farms has been told to surrender their federal breeding license by July 1 or the USDA would take official action. They also gave us an official answer on how many dogs are left at Ridglan: 650.

The legal settlement over 300+ alleged violations at Ridglan beagle farm in WI mandates closing down breeding beagles to sell to researchers. But there are 2000 beagles to re-home. WI @widatcp must work NOW with Ridglan to re-home them or the dogs could face dire consequences.

We need a plan to release 2000 dogs without overwhelming facilities in multiple states. Otherwise, dogs that come to the upper Midwest from other states to meet their new homes can’t due to full facilities, creating consequences for those dogs as well.

By demanding Ridglan deal with this in conjunction with the state, means they can’t just sell the dogs to another research breeder or euthanize them. They deserve homes. They deserve families. But this could take time and must start now.

Disappointed that the case to fix gerrymandered Cong. maps in WI has hit another wall, as the Court is treating it as a hot potato rather than vital to democracy in Trump era. Courage over self interest is needed. Strongest reason yet to elect Chris Taylor to the WI Supreme Court.

Anyone else find the attack on Iran fishy? Just watched the Department of Defense briefing. No stated goals. Unprovoked attack. Unclear mission. No wonder they changed the name internally to Department of War. Attending classified briefing tomorrow. They better up their game.

Currently, we have gerrymandered Congressional maps in WI causing a 50/50 state to have 6 GOP/2 DEM members, not 4/4. We can have FAIR maps like our state legislative ones. Read the facts & SPEAK OUT. Our WI Supreme court can rule on fair maps for 2026! captimes.com/opinion/gues...

captimes.comOpinion | Wisconsin voters deserve fair maps in NovemberMark Pocan: Two years ago, the state fixed its gerrymandered legislative maps. Now it's time to give voters a chance at fair representation in Congress.

Every GOP member of the House of Representatives is not in Washington this week. They are home. Use this opportunity to ask them why they won’t stand up to Trump on his tariffs taxes you are paying, the increases in healthcare costs & his misuse of ICE. Make them answer you.

The ONLY reason Trump keeps a rogue agency like ICE in Minneapolis is to INFLAME the situation. They’ve murdered 2 innocent people so Trump can try to get his polling numbers up. The blood is on Trump, Sec. Noem & Stephen Miller’s hands. Sick people. Stand united everyone. 🇺🇸

WI’s Congressional maps are very gerrymandered. For a 50:50 purple state, we should have 4 Dems & 4 GOP. Instead, we have 6 GOP & 2 Dems due to gerrymandering. The WI Supreme Court can change that & give us fair maps if they prioritize a case before them. Now is the time!

Tariffs on Denmark and Allies over Greenland! Our President is an egomaniac and moron. Now we all get to all pay more for goods so that Donald Trump can keep flaunt his ego. Can’t we just give him another fucking award? Wake up, MAGA! thehill.com/homenews/adm...

thehill.comTrump announces 10 percent tariffs on Denmark, allies amid Greenland turmoilPresident Trump announced Saturday that he will implement a 10 percent tariff on Denmark and its European allies starting next month, ratcheting up the pressure in his bid to acquire Greenland.  “W…

Trump says affordability is a “con job”. I guess a guy who has gold-leafed the entire oval office and is building a ballroom larger than the White House at a cost that’s 10x that of a normal ballroom wouldn’t think affordability is an issue. He doesn’t give a damn about you. 👎

This is INSANE. Brendan Carr, the head of the FCC, reposted Donald Trump‘s social media saying Seth Meyer should be fired. This is the same asshole who went after Jimmy Kimmel as Disney was trying to do a merger before him. This guy is corrupt & needs to be investigated!

The Republicans that voted to reopen the government without a healthcare fix for the 22 million on the ACA and all of us paying more for health insurance due to the Big, Ugly Law, now own those increases. If you are affected, remember who supported those cuts. 🤮 November 2026.

If @SenRonJohnson tries to get that $1 million corrupt payment that was inserted in the Senate proposal to reopen government, he needs to be recalled. Corruption is making 8 well-connected people eligible for a payday. Sen. Johnson must say he will refuse any corrupt payment.

Remember, the real problems are people like @derrickvanorden, who voted to cut SNAP food assistance and gut healthcare. He is making your life more expensive. He is the one taking food from kids and healthcare from Americans.

I sure as hell hope Senate Dems don’t take two oxen & a goat, with a promise of four chickens in the future, in trade to reopen government. It’s about healthcare. It’s about SNAP assistance. It’s about Trump stealing money Congress approves. It’s about the American people.

GOP cuts SNAP food assistance by over $180 billion in Big, Ugly Law. Congress created a contingency fund to deal with issues like the shutdown. Even Trump’s Dept of Ag agrees on Congressional intent. Trump refuses to follow & halts food assistance. GOP majority does nothing. 🤮

As bad as the GOP cuts to healthcare are, Trump’s Tariff Taxes hit us all hard every day. Housing has remained high. Groceries & durable goods are up due to tariffs. Energy & healthcare are up due to the Big, Ugly Law. What’s the priority? Our wallets or Trump’s ballroom?

Waking up knowing Trump, MAGA & clueless House GOP delivered a huge election victory last night. People want to be able to afford groceries & other things (tariffs), want healthcare (Big Ugly), want food for poor (Big Ugly), and more. Pretty simple. GOP works against you. 🇺🇸

Great weekend one year out from the November 2026 elections. Stopped in Monroe, Darlington and Mineral Point. Great people ready to take back the US House. State Assembly & Senate, Governorship, AG, Treasurer & Sec. of State.

If @SpeakerJohnson decides his GOP members deserve a 7th week of paid vacation next week, I think I’ve got done plans for WI’s 3rd Congressional district. Hard to believe I do more work in @derrickvanorden’s district than he does.

Wow. @derrickvanorden is in the wrong Capitol today. He’s in Madison lying about his vote to cut SNAP by over $150 billion in the Big, Ugly Bill, rather than bring in DC doing his job. He admitted he didn’t ask for an earmark to help a veterans facility in his district. AWOL.

Today would be a great day for the GOP in Congress to show up in DC & work, negotiating reopening of the government, a healthcare fix, a farm bill & much more. No one gets 6 weeks of paid vacation time to tweet. Every Republican should have to answer for their inaction.