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For those with sincere curiosity about the region, there is writing about Appalachian life far more thoughtful and thorough and far less self-serving than the pad Vance used to launch his political career, by authors who’ve spent lifetimes actually living there.
Why is Donald Trump running so hard from the Heritage Foundation’s 920-page Project 2025 document? Why are the Democrats trying to tie him so closely to it? In a word, abortion.
How one party is talking about immigration is Exhibit No. 1: Infestation. Criminals. Rapists. Poison. Vermin. Invasion. You can be concerned about immigration and not be a racist, but these words are a very big tell. Exhibit No. 2: Republicans’ reactions to Kamala Harris’ all-but-certain ascension to become Democrats’ presidential nominee. She is a DEI hire, prominent Republicans have been saying.
Border crisis is real. Political class prefers chaos over solution.
Wisconsin has the right idea when it comes to lowering drug prices by reforming PBMs. It’s time for members of Congress to do the same in Washington, DC.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and his allies are fighting desperately to protect his personal slush fund ahead of the August primary, spending millions trying to convince voters that frivolously wasting their money is his God-given birthright.
Because of what the U.S. Supreme Court has done, the federal government’s ability to respond to environmental and public health threats here in Wisconsin has been significantly diminished.
Doing nothing invites continued escalation.
A number of environmental groups and climate change advocates are said to “be ecstatic” about Kamala Harris’ move to the top of the Democratic ticket.
Kamala Harris’ entry into the race is rivaling Donald Trump’s RNC boost.
He is desperate and he is lashing out indiscriminately. He is sounding like a loser again.
Major international stories and those not meriting a road sign of a bump ahead have made up past October surprises. This year, however, feels different.
On Nov. 5 each voter will choose which America they want. Choose wisely, our democracy, is in your hands.
Children from Ashland to Janesville, from Holmen to Algoma will now see one part of how racial justice unfolded in our state when standing alongside the Vel Phillips sculpture.
These two proposed amendments seek to take away the ability of the governor to direct the spending of emergency funds available to respond to natural disasters such as tornados, floods, fires and the like.
Kamala Harris has signaled that court reform will be a focus of her surging bid for the presidency, aligning her candidacy with a tradition of progressive campaigning to tackle what former Wisconsin Sen. Robert M. La Follette once referred to as “judicial oligarchy.”
Racial and gender attacks on VP Harris rooted in ignorance.
The fact is that the party has a nominee with the verbal dexterity to prevail against the lies and distortions ahead and none of Biden’s age-related baggage. So, should we heed the nitpicking conversation pundits or the sage operative who warns us to pump the brakes?
I can’t wait to see how they straddle this fence – either she’s been Grandpa Joe’s partner in crime, so to speak, or, if not, then she didn’t do anything for four years and doesn’t have the experience to be president.
State Democratic chair explains why Mandela Barnes lost and Harris can win.
For those with sincere curiosity about the region, there is writing about Appalachian life far more thoughtful and thorough and far less self-serving than the pad Vance used to launch his political career, by authors who’ve spent lifetimes actually living there.
Why is Donald Trump running so hard from the Heritage Foundation’s 920-page Project 2025 document? Why are the Democrats trying to tie him so closely to it? In a word, abortion.
How one party is talking about immigration is Exhibit No. 1: Infestation. Criminals. Rapists. Poison. Vermin. Invasion. You can be concerned about immigration and not be a racist, but these words are a very big tell. Exhibit No. 2: Republicans’ reactions to Kamala Harris’ all-but-certain ascension to become Democrats’ presidential nominee. She is a DEI hire, prominent Republicans have been saying.
Border crisis is real. Political class prefers chaos over solution.
Wisconsin has the right idea when it comes to lowering drug prices by reforming PBMs. It’s time for members of Congress to do the same in Washington, DC.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and his allies are fighting desperately to protect his personal slush fund ahead of the August primary, spending millions trying to convince voters that frivolously wasting their money is his God-given birthright.
Because of what the U.S. Supreme Court has done, the federal government’s ability to respond to environmental and public health threats here in Wisconsin has been significantly diminished.
Doing nothing invites continued escalation.
A number of environmental groups and climate change advocates are said to “be ecstatic” about Kamala Harris’ move to the top of the Democratic ticket.
Kamala Harris’ entry into the race is rivaling Donald Trump’s RNC boost.
He is desperate and he is lashing out indiscriminately. He is sounding like a loser again.
Major international stories and those not meriting a road sign of a bump ahead have made up past October surprises. This year, however, feels different.
On Nov. 5 each voter will choose which America they want. Choose wisely, our democracy, is in your hands.
Children from Ashland to Janesville, from Holmen to Algoma will now see one part of how racial justice unfolded in our state when standing alongside the Vel Phillips sculpture.
These two proposed amendments seek to take away the ability of the governor to direct the spending of emergency funds available to respond to natural disasters such as tornados, floods, fires and the like.
Kamala Harris has signaled that court reform will be a focus of her surging bid for the presidency, aligning her candidacy with a tradition of progressive campaigning to tackle what former Wisconsin Sen. Robert M. La Follette once referred to as “judicial oligarchy.”
Racial and gender attacks on VP Harris rooted in ignorance.
The fact is that the party has a nominee with the verbal dexterity to prevail against the lies and distortions ahead and none of Biden’s age-related baggage. So, should we heed the nitpicking conversation pundits or the sage operative who warns us to pump the brakes?
I can’t wait to see how they straddle this fence – either she’s been Grandpa Joe’s partner in crime, so to speak, or, if not, then she didn’t do anything for four years and doesn’t have the experience to be president.
State Democratic chair explains why Mandela Barnes lost and Harris can win.
