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The state of Wisconsin is sitting on a comfortable budget surplus of between $3 and $4 billion, yet a huge number of its cities, villages and towns are facing unprecedented deficits.
I’m as much in love with Wisconsin as ever, but there is one major disappointment: the substantial loss of what used to be Wisconsin’s well-earned national reputation for a political culture that was clean, civil and progressive.
Radio host Vicki McKenna discusses Vice President Kamala Harris taking the helm as the presumptive Dem nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.
ilwaukee soared in its moment in the spotlight.
Democrats would love to knock off Stroebel, a dominant GOP senator. They see a possible victory in District 8 because of Sinykin’s strong showing in 2023.
In their book The Fourth Turning, Howe and Strauss identified a predictable rhythm to social conditions and change, with alternating periods of progress, decay and renewal. … If historical patterns hold, Gen Z—today’s teens and twenty-somethings—will assume the role the Greatest Generation played the last time our nation went through a fourth turning.
If she beats Republican Donald Trump in November, Harris will make history as the first woman elected to the presidency, and as a child of immigrants from Jamaica and India who has risen to the nation’s most powerful position. She would also bring a Wisconsin tie to the White House.
GOP congressman’s latest: says Democrats support Kamala Harris due to ‘her ethnicity.’
Comparing Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, through the lens of Gerald Ford’s decency, Abraham Lincoln’s empathy, Dwight Eisenhower’s grasp of international relations, and Richard Nixon’s continuing education through reading books.
I think the GOP’s new message was effective. It might not have been enough to justify four days of white dudes talking, but it did bring some new life to the convention. But while that’s true, don’t be fooled. The same old hateful Trump-rhetoric is still there under the surface and it really doesn’t take that much to find it. Hell, half of it comes out of his mouth.
A strategic mistake the GOP has made is to largely cede the blue strongholds of Dane and Milwaukee counties to the Democrats. Their media buys there are relatively small and their organizing has been meager. Now, both things are changing.
Specialized docket wins bipartisan support but faces a changed Supreme Court
With billions of your hard-earned dollars on the line, shouldn’t you have some idea where they are being spent? Shouldn’t you have a voice in your state government that can influence how those dollars are allocated?
These amendments are designed to trick voters into eliminating checks and balances in our government, giving the same Republican politicians who have obstructed child care funding in Madison sole control over the federal funding that has helped keep the doors open at Wisconsin child care centers.
President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the Democratic ticket and endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris felt like one of the most promising days in recent political history. Reports that it is the one scenario Donald Trump did not want makes it all the sweeter.
When selfless and truly inspiring acts on behalf of the nation are compiled, this letter from Joe Biden will long register as a shining example of exemplary leadership. It ranks alongside the gracious and powerful concession speech from Albert Gore, Jr. in 2000.
I’m not convinced Harris is the best candidate for the Democrats. However, Biden stepping aside gives the Democrats a chance to put their best step forward. Or, in the case of Harris, at least a better step forward.
Now that Joe Biden has — at long last — dropped out of the race, the Democrats should not rush to select his replacement on the ticket. They’ve got almost four weeks before their convention and they should take that time to get it right.
How Republicans are connecting with disaffected swing-state voters.
The state of Wisconsin is sitting on a comfortable budget surplus of between $3 and $4 billion, yet a huge number of its cities, villages and towns are facing unprecedented deficits.
I’m as much in love with Wisconsin as ever, but there is one major disappointment: the substantial loss of what used to be Wisconsin’s well-earned national reputation for a political culture that was clean, civil and progressive.
Radio host Vicki McKenna discusses Vice President Kamala Harris taking the helm as the presumptive Dem nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race.
ilwaukee soared in its moment in the spotlight.
Democrats would love to knock off Stroebel, a dominant GOP senator. They see a possible victory in District 8 because of Sinykin’s strong showing in 2023.
In their book The Fourth Turning, Howe and Strauss identified a predictable rhythm to social conditions and change, with alternating periods of progress, decay and renewal. … If historical patterns hold, Gen Z—today’s teens and twenty-somethings—will assume the role the Greatest Generation played the last time our nation went through a fourth turning.
If she beats Republican Donald Trump in November, Harris will make history as the first woman elected to the presidency, and as a child of immigrants from Jamaica and India who has risen to the nation’s most powerful position. She would also bring a Wisconsin tie to the White House.
GOP congressman’s latest: says Democrats support Kamala Harris due to ‘her ethnicity.’
Comparing Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, through the lens of Gerald Ford’s decency, Abraham Lincoln’s empathy, Dwight Eisenhower’s grasp of international relations, and Richard Nixon’s continuing education through reading books.
I think the GOP’s new message was effective. It might not have been enough to justify four days of white dudes talking, but it did bring some new life to the convention. But while that’s true, don’t be fooled. The same old hateful Trump-rhetoric is still there under the surface and it really doesn’t take that much to find it. Hell, half of it comes out of his mouth.
A strategic mistake the GOP has made is to largely cede the blue strongholds of Dane and Milwaukee counties to the Democrats. Their media buys there are relatively small and their organizing has been meager. Now, both things are changing.
Specialized docket wins bipartisan support but faces a changed Supreme Court
With billions of your hard-earned dollars on the line, shouldn’t you have some idea where they are being spent? Shouldn’t you have a voice in your state government that can influence how those dollars are allocated?
These amendments are designed to trick voters into eliminating checks and balances in our government, giving the same Republican politicians who have obstructed child care funding in Madison sole control over the federal funding that has helped keep the doors open at Wisconsin child care centers.
President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the Democratic ticket and endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris felt like one of the most promising days in recent political history. Reports that it is the one scenario Donald Trump did not want makes it all the sweeter.
When selfless and truly inspiring acts on behalf of the nation are compiled, this letter from Joe Biden will long register as a shining example of exemplary leadership. It ranks alongside the gracious and powerful concession speech from Albert Gore, Jr. in 2000.
I’m not convinced Harris is the best candidate for the Democrats. However, Biden stepping aside gives the Democrats a chance to put their best step forward. Or, in the case of Harris, at least a better step forward.
Now that Joe Biden has — at long last — dropped out of the race, the Democrats should not rush to select his replacement on the ticket. They’ve got almost four weeks before their convention and they should take that time to get it right.
How Republicans are connecting with disaffected swing-state voters.
