
Jessie Opoien: How Jan. 6 shook my faith in American democracy
I used to believe that most of us fundamentally want the same things for this country and just disagreed on how to get them.
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I used to believe that most of us fundamentally want the same things for this country and just disagreed on how to get them.
We Wisconsinites, whether Republican or Democrat, should not forget the role our duly elected representatives played in the Jan. 6 outrage.
Senator peddled ‘malicious’ disinformation by foreign operative sanctioned by Trump Administration.
As a foreign media TV reporter that has covered the situation in Kenosha since last summer I have several observations which I would like to share as an outsider to the Kenosha media bubble.
House Democrats are preparing to impeach Trump under charges of “incitement of insurrection” after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. This would be the second time the House has impeached Trump. The Senate acquitted Trump on the House’s charges of
Undermining the public’s faith in actual facts is the tried and true strategy of dictators.
Move to censure, condemn the insurrectionist unreservedly, then call the roll so that we can end this sad chapter in our history.
If the rioters were Black … it would have been handled very differently. It is and remains a tale of two Americas.
The House is moving to impeach Trump, as is appropriate and necessary considering the threat he continues to pose. But what of representatives who have done every bit as much harm as Trump?
Gov. Tony Evers has assumed the “CYA” position following the debacle that has been his administration’s distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Denying that systematic racism is real does not change the truth of its existence
Minocqua Brewing Company seeks donations to ‘free the Northwoods of sedition.’
Jack Geiger was an incredible human being, a champion of peace and social justice, a civil rights pioneer and an outspoken advocate to bring the benefits of medicine to the world’s poor people.
It was all there in Trump’s words — going back years.
Donald Trump, insurrection and the death of the Grand Old Party.
These are individuals that have made politics their religion – their Salvation comes from their favorite politician and the party is their church.
The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance has withdrawn its objections to the expenses charged by Dane and Milwaukee counties to administer the presidential recount, but concerns persist about inflated costs and poor stewardship of campaign funds by liberal elections officials.
A cretin who had broken the laws of this land to make an entrance to the building was casually sitting with his foot on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office.
When Black people and their supporters go to Washington to peacefully protest they are brutalized by an army of law enforcement officers, but a terroristic mob of thousands of angry mostly-white people show up, law enforcement was not ready to deal with them.
The mob had marched to the Capitol after Trump called his presidential election loss an “egregious assault on our democracy” and told his followers to “walk down to the Capitol” and not show “weakness.”
I used to believe that most of us fundamentally want the same things for this country and just disagreed on how to get them.
We Wisconsinites, whether Republican or Democrat, should not forget the role our duly elected representatives played in the Jan. 6 outrage.
Senator peddled ‘malicious’ disinformation by foreign operative sanctioned by Trump Administration.
As a foreign media TV reporter that has covered the situation in Kenosha since last summer I have several observations which I would like to share as an outsider to the Kenosha media bubble.
House Democrats are preparing to impeach Trump under charges of “incitement of insurrection” after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. This would be the second time the House has impeached Trump. The Senate acquitted Trump on the House’s charges of
Undermining the public’s faith in actual facts is the tried and true strategy of dictators.
Move to censure, condemn the insurrectionist unreservedly, then call the roll so that we can end this sad chapter in our history.
If the rioters were Black … it would have been handled very differently. It is and remains a tale of two Americas.
The House is moving to impeach Trump, as is appropriate and necessary considering the threat he continues to pose. But what of representatives who have done every bit as much harm as Trump?
Gov. Tony Evers has assumed the “CYA” position following the debacle that has been his administration’s distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Denying that systematic racism is real does not change the truth of its existence
Minocqua Brewing Company seeks donations to ‘free the Northwoods of sedition.’
Jack Geiger was an incredible human being, a champion of peace and social justice, a civil rights pioneer and an outspoken advocate to bring the benefits of medicine to the world’s poor people.
It was all there in Trump’s words — going back years.
Donald Trump, insurrection and the death of the Grand Old Party.
These are individuals that have made politics their religion – their Salvation comes from their favorite politician and the party is their church.
The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance has withdrawn its objections to the expenses charged by Dane and Milwaukee counties to administer the presidential recount, but concerns persist about inflated costs and poor stewardship of campaign funds by liberal elections officials.
A cretin who had broken the laws of this land to make an entrance to the building was casually sitting with his foot on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office.
When Black people and their supporters go to Washington to peacefully protest they are brutalized by an army of law enforcement officers, but a terroristic mob of thousands of angry mostly-white people show up, law enforcement was not ready to deal with them.
The mob had marched to the Capitol after Trump called his presidential election loss an “egregious assault on our democracy” and told his followers to “walk down to the Capitol” and not show “weakness.”