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The recent experience in India showed me a pathway that can be replicated in the United States – and here at home in Milwaukee, if we choose to again invest in our social infrastructure so that families can live, thrive, and build a supportive community for generations to come.
Constitutional amendments serve an important purpose within our democracy; however, the Republicans who gerrymandered their way into office and pushed these amendments to a vote are weaponizing the process to enshrine anti-democratic public policy.
Governor Evers often repeats the phrase “the will of the people is the law of the land,” but last week he defied the will of an overwhelming majority of Wisconsin residents in vetoing the Saving Women’s Sports Act.
Empowering Wisconsin’s working class with working-class elected leaders.
Last week the centrist, bipartisan organization No Labels labelled its attempt to find a unity ticket a failure.
College costs are outrageous. But free loans are a figment of the imagination.
The platform of the Democratic Party can be summarized in three words: More Free Stuff. While we were distracted by the partial eclipse of the sun Monday, the President of the United States dropped out of the sky to reinforce that single truth here in Madison.
The Arizona state Supreme Court upheld a Civil War-era law that bans abortion in all cases, at any stage of pregnancy, except when it’s necessary to save the mother’s life.
Nearly 180,000 primary voters refused to vote for either. What’s does that mean for Wisconsin?
Turnout for the party primaries was roughly equivalent, with both sides drawing close to 600,000 voters. By any reasonable measure, Trump should have gotten the higher popular vote and the higher percentage of the total. But that didn’t happen. Biden won 511,845 votes, compared with 476,355 votes for Trump.
As both a former Republican member of Congress who represented Green Bay and — more central to my identity, an evangelical Christian — my plea to the former president would be to speak of and pursue policies that impact immigrants in ways guided by the Bible.
Biden’s actually proud of the fact that he has already, through all kinds of backdoor means, been able to have taxpayers — including those who never went to college or who dutifully paid back their loans — pick up $144 billion in college debt.
Donald Trump and others on the far right can try to censor America’s racial history, to forbid it from being taught in schools for fear it might make white students feel bad.
The problem with drop boxes in the current usage — particularly unmonitored ones — is that they are easily susceptible to election fraud. Bad actors can drop hundreds or thousands of fraudulent ballots into drop boxes without the person ever having to identify themselves. It is a gaping hole in our election security.
The message is clear, his “dream” was a blueprint for democracy. The tangible assets of Dr. King’s dream have yet to come to fruition, fifty-six years after his murder.
Up by 28% or a combined $16 billion in just one year.
As one example of political leaders in Wisconsin nibbling around the edges of major public policy challenges, the university president, the legislative leaders and the governor threw some chump change at the communities that have hosted two-year UW colleges for more than 50 years.
A look at what has happened in UW System since 2015
Cooke is connecting to voters throughout the 3rd CD and generating a positive enthusiasm and outpouring of strong support. She has no meaningful rival in fundraising and organizing in the 3rd CD. Cooke is a natural born leader who listens and inspires.
From Donald Trump down to Republicans in the Wisconsin state Legislature, there has been a coordinated effort by the GOP to limit the people’s voice at the ballot box and their voice in our government.
The recent experience in India showed me a pathway that can be replicated in the United States – and here at home in Milwaukee, if we choose to again invest in our social infrastructure so that families can live, thrive, and build a supportive community for generations to come.
Constitutional amendments serve an important purpose within our democracy; however, the Republicans who gerrymandered their way into office and pushed these amendments to a vote are weaponizing the process to enshrine anti-democratic public policy.
Governor Evers often repeats the phrase “the will of the people is the law of the land,” but last week he defied the will of an overwhelming majority of Wisconsin residents in vetoing the Saving Women’s Sports Act.
Empowering Wisconsin’s working class with working-class elected leaders.
Last week the centrist, bipartisan organization No Labels labelled its attempt to find a unity ticket a failure.
College costs are outrageous. But free loans are a figment of the imagination.
The platform of the Democratic Party can be summarized in three words: More Free Stuff. While we were distracted by the partial eclipse of the sun Monday, the President of the United States dropped out of the sky to reinforce that single truth here in Madison.
The Arizona state Supreme Court upheld a Civil War-era law that bans abortion in all cases, at any stage of pregnancy, except when it’s necessary to save the mother’s life.
Nearly 180,000 primary voters refused to vote for either. What’s does that mean for Wisconsin?
Turnout for the party primaries was roughly equivalent, with both sides drawing close to 600,000 voters. By any reasonable measure, Trump should have gotten the higher popular vote and the higher percentage of the total. But that didn’t happen. Biden won 511,845 votes, compared with 476,355 votes for Trump.
As both a former Republican member of Congress who represented Green Bay and — more central to my identity, an evangelical Christian — my plea to the former president would be to speak of and pursue policies that impact immigrants in ways guided by the Bible.
Biden’s actually proud of the fact that he has already, through all kinds of backdoor means, been able to have taxpayers — including those who never went to college or who dutifully paid back their loans — pick up $144 billion in college debt.
Donald Trump and others on the far right can try to censor America’s racial history, to forbid it from being taught in schools for fear it might make white students feel bad.
The problem with drop boxes in the current usage — particularly unmonitored ones — is that they are easily susceptible to election fraud. Bad actors can drop hundreds or thousands of fraudulent ballots into drop boxes without the person ever having to identify themselves. It is a gaping hole in our election security.
The message is clear, his “dream” was a blueprint for democracy. The tangible assets of Dr. King’s dream have yet to come to fruition, fifty-six years after his murder.
Up by 28% or a combined $16 billion in just one year.
As one example of political leaders in Wisconsin nibbling around the edges of major public policy challenges, the university president, the legislative leaders and the governor threw some chump change at the communities that have hosted two-year UW colleges for more than 50 years.
A look at what has happened in UW System since 2015
Cooke is connecting to voters throughout the 3rd CD and generating a positive enthusiasm and outpouring of strong support. She has no meaningful rival in fundraising and organizing in the 3rd CD. Cooke is a natural born leader who listens and inspires.
From Donald Trump down to Republicans in the Wisconsin state Legislature, there has been a coordinated effort by the GOP to limit the people’s voice at the ballot box and their voice in our government.
