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If the rioters were Black … it would have been handled very differently. It is and remains a tale of two Americas.
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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The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance has withdrawn its objections to the expenses charged by Dane and Milwaukee counties to administer the presidential recount, but concerns persist about inflated costs and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.”

Hillary Clinton wasn’t that far off when she described half of Donald Trump’s supporters as a “basket of deplorables.”

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look back at the major stories of 2020 and offer a glimpse of what may happen in 2021.

By inciting mob violence on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump may finally force traditional GOP voters to recoil, but it’s too late to matter.

Sedition against a democratically elected president is treasonous and disqualifies its supporters from holding office.

It is vital for the future of this nation that we rediscover the humanity of those who may disagree with us on one issue or another.

How Trumpublicans baked a cake of lies that fed the armed assault on Congress.

January 6, 2021 is indeed a day that will live in infamy. It will forever be a bloody stain on the American story.

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.”

Hillary Clinton wasn’t that far off when she described half of Donald Trump’s supporters as a “basket of deplorables.”

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look back at the major stories of 2020 and offer a glimpse of what may happen in 2021.

By inciting mob violence on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump may finally force traditional GOP voters to recoil, but it’s too late to matter.

Sedition against a democratically elected president is treasonous and disqualifies its supporters from holding office.

It is vital for the future of this nation that we rediscover the humanity of those who may disagree with us on one issue or another.

How Trumpublicans baked a cake of lies that fed the armed assault on Congress.

January 6, 2021 is indeed a day that will live in infamy. It will forever be a bloody stain on the American story.