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Portrait of Mike McCabe

Mike McCabe: Caught in a lie

America’s big failing right now is entrusting our country’s future to people who never were taught the folly of compounding errors, who’ve never had to grow the hell up.

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Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: No kings! No wars of kingly conceit!

The abuses of Donald Trump’s second term inspired the rise of the No Kings movement, which this Saturday will fill the streets of Madison, Milwaukee, Medford, Monroe, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marshfield, Minocqua and as many as 3,000 other communities around Wisconsin and across the nation.

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This image depicts inside the U.S. Capitol building. The ornate ceiling of the dome is shown, with a silhouette of a statue in the lower left portion of the image frame.

Bill Kaplan: Iran War, guns vs. butter

Trump and congressional Republicans said there was no money for the expired Affordable Care Act tax credits. But the money spent and requested for the costly and senseless Iran War would do so, guns vs. butter.

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Portrait of Dave Zweifel

Dave Zweifel: Big banks are raking in dough at your expense

As soon as the Trump entourage took over, the first target was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency created by the Dodd-Frank legislation to protect consumers from usurious interest rates, unconscionable checking account and overdraft fees, and give the government the ability to investigate corporate wrongdoing.

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Portrait of Mike McCabe

Mike McCabe: Caught in a lie

America’s big failing right now is entrusting our country’s future to people who never were taught the folly of compounding errors, who’ve never had to grow the hell up.

Read More »
Portrait of John Nichols

John Nichols: No kings! No wars of kingly conceit!

The abuses of Donald Trump’s second term inspired the rise of the No Kings movement, which this Saturday will fill the streets of Madison, Milwaukee, Medford, Monroe, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marshfield, Minocqua and as many as 3,000 other communities around Wisconsin and across the nation.

Read More »
This image depicts inside the U.S. Capitol building. The ornate ceiling of the dome is shown, with a silhouette of a statue in the lower left portion of the image frame.

Bill Kaplan: Iran War, guns vs. butter

Trump and congressional Republicans said there was no money for the expired Affordable Care Act tax credits. But the money spent and requested for the costly and senseless Iran War would do so, guns vs. butter.

Read More »
Portrait of Dave Zweifel

Dave Zweifel: Big banks are raking in dough at your expense

As soon as the Trump entourage took over, the first target was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency created by the Dodd-Frank legislation to protect consumers from usurious interest rates, unconscionable checking account and overdraft fees, and give the government the ability to investigate corporate wrongdoing.

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