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Trump himself, his bombastic running mate and his entire campaign entourage, including sitting members of Congress, made it clear time and again during this campaign that they would not accept the verdict if he lost.
es, a third-party Senate candidate who ran against incumbent Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde was a plant—but not an unwilling one.
Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde didn’t say it, but he certainly seems to believe it: His race was stolen from him.
Wisconsin voters rejected Kamala Harris but back many other women for office.
Wisconsin is not red or blue, and leaders should act like it.
U.S. torture proves costly at $42 million: Some of the highest ideals of our nation were tossed aside so lawlessness and extra-constitutional excesses could run roughshod in prisons overseas.
A.O. Smith Corporation aims to save 40 million gallons of water each year by 2030, according to a report from the Milwaukee-based water technology company. The business recently released its latest corporate sustainability report for 2024, which marks A.O. Smith’s
In winning the White House, flipping the Senate and perhaps keeping control of the House, Donald Trump and Republicans will follow the path of Grover Cleveland. Cruelty and stupidity will reign supreme.
Here’s why. … Good things can happen when you choose to be active and involved in moving the world to be closer to the one you hope to live in.
The difference in the reaction to an electoral defeat mirrors a gaping difference between the parties regarding respect for our Constitution, American democratic norms and basic decency.
The Cheney strategy was an abject failure that added few if any votes to the Democratic total, alienated voters who had no taste for the former GOP representative’s neocon extremism, and stole precious time from an agonizingly short campaign schedule.
he American people have spoken, loudly and clearly. They do not want a candidate like Vice President Kamala Harris, who called to our better angels, spoke of fairness and inclusion, had a resume worthy of the job, and came to the task with plans and not just grievances. They want Trump. They want the chaos. They want the anger. They want the hate. And that is exactly what they will get.
The party needs to move to the sensible center, but that will be powerfully resisted by the various interest groups that make up the party’s activist base. There needs to be an organized voice for moderation.
Americans and the banking system are addicted to cheap credit and low interest rates. Interest rates cannot be lowered by the FED without creating money and causing further price increases. And price inflation cannot be stopped unless the FED quits printing money. What now?
After many conversations, it appears that Milwaukee Public Schools is the last resort for many parents. The overriding sentiment from parents is that they are just stuck.
The head of Madison-based Stark Company Realtors says recent trends suggest the upward pressure on home prices “seems to be easing” despite ongoing inventory shortages. In a recent newsletter focused on south- central Wisconsin’s real estate market in the third
We need a new agenda that puts people first and relegates party politics to a back seat in Wisconsin.
Democrats, like myself, need to understand that running campaigns around large existential issues is a losing formula and that it doesn’t take the place of having real-life policy solutions to the problems everyday Americans face. Nor does running a campaign around the theme, “I’m not Donald Trump.”
It’s okay, even necessary, for a political party to do some soul-searching when it loses as badly as my party did last Tuesday. But let’s make a distinction between sober reflection and finger-pointing.
Here are 17 actual reasons that Democrats lost, in no particular order.
Trump himself, his bombastic running mate and his entire campaign entourage, including sitting members of Congress, made it clear time and again during this campaign that they would not accept the verdict if he lost.
es, a third-party Senate candidate who ran against incumbent Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde was a plant—but not an unwilling one.
Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde didn’t say it, but he certainly seems to believe it: His race was stolen from him.
Wisconsin voters rejected Kamala Harris but back many other women for office.
Wisconsin is not red or blue, and leaders should act like it.
U.S. torture proves costly at $42 million: Some of the highest ideals of our nation were tossed aside so lawlessness and extra-constitutional excesses could run roughshod in prisons overseas.
A.O. Smith Corporation aims to save 40 million gallons of water each year by 2030, according to a report from the Milwaukee-based water technology company. The business recently released its latest corporate sustainability report for 2024, which marks A.O. Smith’s 150th anniversary. Headquartered in Milwaukee, the business has grown to
In winning the White House, flipping the Senate and perhaps keeping control of the House, Donald Trump and Republicans will follow the path of Grover Cleveland. Cruelty and stupidity will reign supreme.
Here’s why. … Good things can happen when you choose to be active and involved in moving the world to be closer to the one you hope to live in.
The difference in the reaction to an electoral defeat mirrors a gaping difference between the parties regarding respect for our Constitution, American democratic norms and basic decency.
The Cheney strategy was an abject failure that added few if any votes to the Democratic total, alienated voters who had no taste for the former GOP representative’s neocon extremism, and stole precious time from an agonizingly short campaign schedule.
he American people have spoken, loudly and clearly. They do not want a candidate like Vice President Kamala Harris, who called to our better angels, spoke of fairness and inclusion, had a resume worthy of the job, and came to the task with plans and not just grievances. They want Trump. They want the chaos. They want the anger. They want the hate. And that is exactly what they will get.
The party needs to move to the sensible center, but that will be powerfully resisted by the various interest groups that make up the party’s activist base. There needs to be an organized voice for moderation.
Americans and the banking system are addicted to cheap credit and low interest rates. Interest rates cannot be lowered by the FED without creating money and causing further price increases. And price inflation cannot be stopped unless the FED quits printing money. What now?
After many conversations, it appears that Milwaukee Public Schools is the last resort for many parents. The overriding sentiment from parents is that they are just stuck.
The head of Madison-based Stark Company Realtors says recent trends suggest the upward pressure on home prices “seems to be easing” despite ongoing inventory shortages. In a recent newsletter focused on south- central Wisconsin’s real estate market in the third quarter, Stark Company Realtors CEO David Stark noted homes have
We need a new agenda that puts people first and relegates party politics to a back seat in Wisconsin.
Democrats, like myself, need to understand that running campaigns around large existential issues is a losing formula and that it doesn’t take the place of having real-life policy solutions to the problems everyday Americans face. Nor does running a campaign around the theme, “I’m not Donald Trump.”
It’s okay, even necessary, for a political party to do some soul-searching when it loses as badly as my party did last Tuesday. But let’s make a distinction between sober reflection and finger-pointing.
Here are 17 actual reasons that Democrats lost, in no particular order.