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Kurt R. Oettel: Wisconsin prescription drug prices need a fix

In the last few years, Congress has taken steps to bring down medication prices, including by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices of certain drugs. But to truly bring down costs for all Americans, Congress must now look to PBMs and address the conflicts of interest that exist in their business model, or costs will never be contained.

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John Nichols: The point is to beat Trump — so pick the strongest candidate

The notion that the Democrats can solve all of their problems simply by replacing Biden should be met with a good measure of skepticism. Done wrong, a switchover could make things worse for the party, creating a sense of chaos and disarray. Worse yet, key constituencies loyal to Biden would feel shut out of the nominating process, even if the nominee is billed as “Biden’s choice.”

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Owen Robinson: ‘Absolute immunity’

Since the executive is empowered and charged by the people to exercise these extraordinary powers on the people’s behalf, the executive must be free of the threat of criminal prosecution for executing their charge within their official capacity.

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Gregory Humphrey: “I literally feel like I am going to vomit”: Another ‘Plessy moment’ from conservative Supreme Court as Trump scores major victory

If there was ever a case that needed a unanimous ruling from the Court, a shining light as to the limits of audacious attempts to thwart the law, this was the case. Instead, we have further evidence that the Supreme Court is a partisan political body where a far-right-wing element proved more than willing to expand its reactionary ideology and do so to align with what the nation knows is a dangerous and poisonous dagger to our democracy.

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James Wigderson: Absolute immunity to the core

While the majority of the US Supreme Court does not define the “core constitutional powers,” certainly one of those “core” powers is the power given to the president to be the commander in chief of our armed forces. Former President Donald Trump has been a proponent of loosening the rules for our armed forces when they are abroad to allowing them to commit war crimes. This is not an exaggeration.

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John Imes: Are Wisconsin’s clean energy commitments at risk?

In a recent development, We Energies has announced plans to construct two massive new natural gas plants, potentially costing ratepayers billions of dollars. This move represents a significant backtrack on clean energy commitments and raises concerns about Wisconsin’s ability to provide more affordable energy sources in the future.

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Kurt R. Oettel: Wisconsin prescription drug prices need a fix

In the last few years, Congress has taken steps to bring down medication prices, including by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices of certain drugs. But to truly bring down costs for all Americans, Congress must now look to PBMs and address the conflicts of interest that exist in their business model, or costs will never be contained.

Read More »

John Nichols: The point is to beat Trump — so pick the strongest candidate

The notion that the Democrats can solve all of their problems simply by replacing Biden should be met with a good measure of skepticism. Done wrong, a switchover could make things worse for the party, creating a sense of chaos and disarray. Worse yet, key constituencies loyal to Biden would feel shut out of the nominating process, even if the nominee is billed as “Biden’s choice.”

Read More »

Owen Robinson: ‘Absolute immunity’

Since the executive is empowered and charged by the people to exercise these extraordinary powers on the people’s behalf, the executive must be free of the threat of criminal prosecution for executing their charge within their official capacity.

Read More »

Gregory Humphrey: “I literally feel like I am going to vomit”: Another ‘Plessy moment’ from conservative Supreme Court as Trump scores major victory

If there was ever a case that needed a unanimous ruling from the Court, a shining light as to the limits of audacious attempts to thwart the law, this was the case. Instead, we have further evidence that the Supreme Court is a partisan political body where a far-right-wing element proved more than willing to expand its reactionary ideology and do so to align with what the nation knows is a dangerous and poisonous dagger to our democracy.

Read More »

James Wigderson: Absolute immunity to the core

While the majority of the US Supreme Court does not define the “core constitutional powers,” certainly one of those “core” powers is the power given to the president to be the commander in chief of our armed forces. Former President Donald Trump has been a proponent of loosening the rules for our armed forces when they are abroad to allowing them to commit war crimes. This is not an exaggeration.

Read More »

John Imes: Are Wisconsin’s clean energy commitments at risk?

In a recent development, We Energies has announced plans to construct two massive new natural gas plants, potentially costing ratepayers billions of dollars. This move represents a significant backtrack on clean energy commitments and raises concerns about Wisconsin’s ability to provide more affordable energy sources in the future.

Read More »

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