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Bill Lueders

Madison

Journalist at Freelance

Journalist; former editor of The Progressive; president, Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council; author, Watchdog: 25 Years of Muckraking and Rabblerousing.

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  • 3 weeks ago | progressive.org | Bill Lueders

    Justin Goodman, playing off of a popular slogan with the same acronym, called it the “Making America Greater for Animals” movement. Goodman is the senior vice president for advocacy and public policy at the White Coat Waste Project, which opposes the use of animals in scientific research. He previously worked as director of laboratory investigations at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).

  • 3 weeks ago | isthmus.com | Bill Lueders

    In one experiment funded by the UW-Madison’s Food Research Institute (FRI), mice were literally forced to eat shit and die. As described by the animal rights group PETA, “the mice were force-fed the parasite-infested feces of other mice.” The resulting paper, “Using Entamoeba muris To Model Fecal-Oral Transmission of Entamoeba in Mice,” published in a scientific journal in 2023, says the mice were later euthanized.

  • 4 weeks ago | progressive.org | Bill Lueders

    Of all the awful things that have happened in recent months as the Trump Administration has laid siege to free speech rights on college campuses, one of the most awful may be what happened in mid-March at New York University. Dr. Joanne Liu, the former international head of Doctors Without Borders, was scheduled to give a talk on challenges in humanitarian crises.

  • 1 month ago | isthmus.com | Bill Lueders

    The call that woke Judy Karofsky in the middle of the night on May 18, 2015, was from a hospice nurse, who got right to the point: “I’m calling to tell you that your mother has died.” Karofsky, deeply shaken by the unexpected news, managed to ask, “Did she struggle?”  Karofsky’s important new book, DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice (New Village Press), does not mention the hospice nurse’s response to this question.

  • 1 month ago | progressive.org | Bill Lueders

    The call that woke Judy Karofsky in the middle of the night on May 18, 2015, was from a hospice nurse, who got right to the point: “I’m calling to tell you that your mother has died.” Karofsky, deeply shaken by the unexpected news, managed to ask, “Did she struggle?”  Karofsky’s important new book, DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice, does not mention the hospice nurse’s response to this question.

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Bill Lueders
Bill Lueders @billlueders
3 Mar 25

On behalf of the entire state of Wisconsin, I would like to apologize for the statements, actions, and indeed the very existence of U.S. Congressman Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) @derrickvanorden. Check it out in @BulwarkOnline https://t.co/WiWeDpBINv

Bill Lueders
Bill Lueders @billlueders
9 Jan 25

”The Court finds probable cause exists that Ridglan Farms, Inc., has committed multiple criminal violations [and that] the Dane County District Attorney has refused to issue a complaint related to these allegations." Judge Rhonda Lanford @isthmus https://t.co/herPT67Uw8

Bill Lueders
Bill Lueders @billlueders
9 Jan 25

Whatever else you might say about him, Donald Trump does not lack ambition. For him, making vast, sweeping promises comes as naturally as, well, lying. Here is a partial list of things he has promised to do “on Day One” of his second administration. New in @BulwarkOnline