
John Nichols: Scrooge lives on in Trump and Mike Johnson
There is something rather too Dickensian about the determination with which President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson endeavored during 2025 to redistribute wealth upward.
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There is something rather too Dickensian about the determination with which President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson endeavored during 2025 to redistribute wealth upward.

There is a glaring crisis of character from Trump, which is demonstrated in countless ways each day.

The transportation secretary serves under President Donald Trump. Duffy also serves as the acting administrator of NASA.

Fewer Wisconsin bank leaders rated the state economy as “excellent” in the latest Wisconsin Bankers Association survey, though expectations for the coming six months remain stable. The group recently rolled out its biannual Economic Conditions Survey of bank CEOs in

The real questions raised by Dugan’s case are whether we believe the “safety” of the agents making those dubious arrests matters more than the safety of our communities, and whether we want the courts to be able to regulate the conduct in their own courthouses as a check on the government’s exercise of raw power.

Milwaukee immigrants need safe access to our schools, churches and courtrooms. It’s in all of our interest.

The immunity that public officials need to do their jobs is not a get-out-of-jail-free card for their nonofficial acts.

It’s a sign of the lost opportunity that so many of the issues that the commission identified twenty-five years ago still resonate in Wisconsin.

I am proud of what we have accomplished this year and look forward to 2026.

Tiffany-authored bill could move management to state with over 100 wolf attacks in recent year.

2025 has already shown that voters have had enough of the cruelty, chaos and incompetence.

To compete, a fair and comprehensive federal approach is necessary. A patchwork quilt of state laws will put America behind in the AI race.

From Florida to Texas, ACA marketplace enrollment has soared with enhanced tax credits, but failure to extend them could leave millions uninsured starting in 2026.

Let’s fund our K-12 schools by taxing the rich, individuals and corporations alike.

Let’s mint more millionaires.

Donald Trump’s performance during his recent public address brought to mind a familiar holiday figure, “The Grinch.”

In this season of light and charity, we have every reason to hope for the renewal of those instincts that Abraham Lincoln identified as “the better angels of our nature.”

Christmas is about doing what’s right, Charlie Brown. And it’s about what it does to us.
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There is something rather too Dickensian about the determination with which President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson endeavored during 2025 to redistribute wealth upward.

There is a glaring crisis of character from Trump, which is demonstrated in countless ways each day.

The transportation secretary serves under President Donald Trump. Duffy also serves as the acting administrator of NASA.

Fewer Wisconsin bank leaders rated the state economy as “excellent” in the latest Wisconsin Bankers Association survey, though expectations for the coming six months remain stable. The group recently rolled out its biannual Economic Conditions Survey of bank CEOs in Wisconsin. It found 79% of respondents rated the current health

The real questions raised by Dugan’s case are whether we believe the “safety” of the agents making those dubious arrests matters more than the safety of our communities, and whether we want the courts to be able to regulate the conduct in their own courthouses as a check on the government’s exercise of raw power.

Milwaukee immigrants need safe access to our schools, churches and courtrooms. It’s in all of our interest.

The immunity that public officials need to do their jobs is not a get-out-of-jail-free card for their nonofficial acts.

It’s a sign of the lost opportunity that so many of the issues that the commission identified twenty-five years ago still resonate in Wisconsin.

I am proud of what we have accomplished this year and look forward to 2026.

Tiffany-authored bill could move management to state with over 100 wolf attacks in recent year.

2025 has already shown that voters have had enough of the cruelty, chaos and incompetence.

To compete, a fair and comprehensive federal approach is necessary. A patchwork quilt of state laws will put America behind in the AI race.

From Florida to Texas, ACA marketplace enrollment has soared with enhanced tax credits, but failure to extend them could leave millions uninsured starting in 2026.

Let’s fund our K-12 schools by taxing the rich, individuals and corporations alike.

Let’s mint more millionaires.

Donald Trump’s performance during his recent public address brought to mind a familiar holiday figure, “The Grinch.”

In this season of light and charity, we have every reason to hope for the renewal of those instincts that Abraham Lincoln identified as “the better angels of our nature.”

Christmas is about doing what’s right, Charlie Brown. And it’s about what it does to us.
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