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Regardless of what you think of Joe Biden’s mental acuity in 2024, he seemed to have a pretty good grip on reality back in 2020. And whom did he pick then out of 150 million possible Democrats as best qualified to take over if he wasn’t up to the job? Kamala Harris! He should make the same decision today.
The last thing Republicans should want is for Biden to step down.
“Liberty at Stake” tells the story of Joshua Glover and the connection to the groundbreaking gathering of Republicans in Ripon, Wisconsin.
The bottom line is that the election this November is likely to have a tremendous impact on whether we will successfully deal with what may well be the greatest challenge we’ve ever faced.
Will civility be on display at the RNC? Even if its not, we all have a role to play in its revival.
Two years ago, the court ruled that state law does not authorize election clerks to receive absentee ballots through a drop box—they may only receive ballots in the municipal office or via the mail. Now, the court has reversed course and overruled its previous decision, not for any legal reason, but solely because the makeup of the Court has changed to a liberal majority.
Wisconsin has a video gaming base that could grow into a secondary hub. Ample technical and artistic talent is here or willing to return; a carefully constructed tax credit could light up the screen.
Electricity demand is growing; citizen demands should, too.
The passenger rail skeptics weren’t saying much this week when Amtrak announced ridership numbers from the first month of its new state-sponsored train service between Chicago and St. Paul, Minnesota.
Huge declines in the percent of earned income are a very worrisome sign.
Hosting the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee will have a host of negative impacts on our Black communities. First, the city will center its attention on the RNC and its agenda which seeks to disempower, silence, and harm us. Second, increased police presence and surveillance from the event will impact Black communities the most.
Despite screeching for months about the destruction of stare decisis when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Wisconsin Justice Janet Protasiewicz joined with her fellow three liberals in rejecting what in any other circumstance they all might have termed “settled law.”
It’s clear that there are significant doubts about election integrity among the U.S. population, largely because of the false narratives relentlessly pushed by former president Donald Trump and his followers.
6-1 decision by Wisconsin Supreme Court a surprise. What does it tell us about the court?
Voting yes stops wasteful spending.
The Founders’ intent could not be more obvious. Presidential immunity from prosecution is a total fabrication by a partisan majority of today’s United States Supreme Court.
After the recent string of high court rulings, don’t assume that this court wouldn’t overturn centuries of keeping government and religion separate if it gets the chance.
Wisconsinites should be alarmed about how these decisions to close its two-year campuses are being made.
There needs to be some people asking hard questions of the school district.
Evidently alarmed by the recent polls showing former President Trump surging in the crucial swing state, the liberal majority of the court greased the skids for an all-out absentee ballot harvesting operation by Democrats in November, ruling that local election clerks must be given full discretion in determining the use and location of ballot drop boxes.
Regardless of what you think of Joe Biden’s mental acuity in 2024, he seemed to have a pretty good grip on reality back in 2020. And whom did he pick then out of 150 million possible Democrats as best qualified to take over if he wasn’t up to the job? Kamala Harris! He should make the same decision today.
The last thing Republicans should want is for Biden to step down.
“Liberty at Stake” tells the story of Joshua Glover and the connection to the groundbreaking gathering of Republicans in Ripon, Wisconsin.
The bottom line is that the election this November is likely to have a tremendous impact on whether we will successfully deal with what may well be the greatest challenge we’ve ever faced.
Will civility be on display at the RNC? Even if its not, we all have a role to play in its revival.
Two years ago, the court ruled that state law does not authorize election clerks to receive absentee ballots through a drop box—they may only receive ballots in the municipal office or via the mail. Now, the court has reversed course and overruled its previous decision, not for any legal reason, but solely because the makeup of the Court has changed to a liberal majority.
Wisconsin has a video gaming base that could grow into a secondary hub. Ample technical and artistic talent is here or willing to return; a carefully constructed tax credit could light up the screen.
Electricity demand is growing; citizen demands should, too.
The passenger rail skeptics weren’t saying much this week when Amtrak announced ridership numbers from the first month of its new state-sponsored train service between Chicago and St. Paul, Minnesota.
Huge declines in the percent of earned income are a very worrisome sign.
Hosting the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee will have a host of negative impacts on our Black communities. First, the city will center its attention on the RNC and its agenda which seeks to disempower, silence, and harm us. Second, increased police presence and surveillance from the event will impact Black communities the most.
Despite screeching for months about the destruction of stare decisis when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Wisconsin Justice Janet Protasiewicz joined with her fellow three liberals in rejecting what in any other circumstance they all might have termed “settled law.”
It’s clear that there are significant doubts about election integrity among the U.S. population, largely because of the false narratives relentlessly pushed by former president Donald Trump and his followers.
6-1 decision by Wisconsin Supreme Court a surprise. What does it tell us about the court?
Voting yes stops wasteful spending.
The Founders’ intent could not be more obvious. Presidential immunity from prosecution is a total fabrication by a partisan majority of today’s United States Supreme Court.
After the recent string of high court rulings, don’t assume that this court wouldn’t overturn centuries of keeping government and religion separate if it gets the chance.
Wisconsinites should be alarmed about how these decisions to close its two-year campuses are being made.
There needs to be some people asking hard questions of the school district.
Evidently alarmed by the recent polls showing former President Trump surging in the crucial swing state, the liberal majority of the court greased the skids for an all-out absentee ballot harvesting operation by Democrats in November, ruling that local election clerks must be given full discretion in determining the use and location of ballot drop boxes.
