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Maybe the news out of Detroit last week that General Motors is closing five plants and cutting 14,000 well-paid jobs will serve to give even Trump’s most ardent backers a wake-up call. Part of the “MAGA” promises, you will remember, was Trump’s insistence that if he was elected president not one plant would be closed.
The machinations now underway by the Republican majority in the Wisconsin State Legislature are more in line with what one might imagine from a third-rate power which does not quite yet grasp the meaning of a working republic.
One-third of all judges in state appointed by Republican governor.
Mr. Bush is being rightly praised for his civility. His note to his successor upon departing the White House is legend: ‘Your success now is our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you.”
Free speech is a powerful and messy thing, but for me at least, it is the very center of what it means to be free. And it can’t stand on its own. To continue to exist, free speech needs to come with a large dose of tolerance for the sometimes challenging and sometimes ignorant ways in which it is expressed.
Governor-elect Evers has the opportunity, right out of the gate, to take the lead and propose fundamental reform in Wisconsin’s system of transportation finance.
America safer under Trump? Hardly. The dangers the country faces aren’t primarily military ones, but are brought on by a man who has his head buried in the sand.
If the timid men who control our Legislature — for now — are allowed to attack the infrastructure of democracy in Wisconsin, the liberty of the people to choose their leaders and their judges will be every bit as threatened as Jefferson feared.
Evers may be the governor-elect, but he will only control one part of state government. That has consequences, too.
On November 6, Wisconsin voters chose change. Wisconsin Republicans lost every statewide office on the ballot. However, Wisconsin GOP politicians have decided to disrespect voters.
There are special circumstances in Wisconsin that led to this deformed legislative effort to reduce or reverse the results of the 2018 election. But perhaps we are a prelude – and a warning – of what the GOP really intends everywhere beneath the surface. Rather than looking for ways to get things done for this country, too many are seeking to retain control or force their opinions about poverty and wealthy income on the unsuspecting public.
Sore losers and lame ducks are about to try to steal a Supreme Court seat, restrict voting in Wisconsin and subvert the will of the people expressed in the elections of Governor-elect Tony Evers and Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul.
They’re not just changing the rules in the middle of the game; they’re tossing the rules – – even the concepts of rules or reasonable permanence and tradition – – after they lost the game to allow themselves a tighter grip on the privileges of winning.
This week is going to be one of those very stark contrasts between the America we are recalling as we pay tribute to the life of former President George Herbert Walker Bush, and the one in which we now find ourselves.
As GOP lawmakers prepare for a lame-duck session, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, draw on their own experiences in divided government. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Cramer, author of “The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness and the Rise of Scott Walker,” is undertaking a new project.
Attorneys may sue, but urge Evers and Kaul to pursue a suit to overturn contract.
The fact is Wisconsin’s economy is thriving and the best evidence of this is our increased tax revenues despite tax cuts for individuals and businesses.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” Madison radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on changes Republicans might make during the lame-duck legislative session before Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office.
With trade protection and corporate incentives, politicians could lose the firm footing of their free-market principles.
Maybe the news out of Detroit last week that General Motors is closing five plants and cutting 14,000 well-paid jobs will serve to give even Trump’s most ardent backers a wake-up call. Part of the “MAGA” promises, you will remember, was Trump’s insistence that if he was elected president not one plant would be closed.
The machinations now underway by the Republican majority in the Wisconsin State Legislature are more in line with what one might imagine from a third-rate power which does not quite yet grasp the meaning of a working republic.
One-third of all judges in state appointed by Republican governor.
Mr. Bush is being rightly praised for his civility. His note to his successor upon departing the White House is legend: ‘Your success now is our country’s success. I am rooting hard for you.”
Free speech is a powerful and messy thing, but for me at least, it is the very center of what it means to be free. And it can’t stand on its own. To continue to exist, free speech needs to come with a large dose of tolerance for the sometimes challenging and sometimes ignorant ways in which it is expressed.
Governor-elect Evers has the opportunity, right out of the gate, to take the lead and propose fundamental reform in Wisconsin’s system of transportation finance.
America safer under Trump? Hardly. The dangers the country faces aren’t primarily military ones, but are brought on by a man who has his head buried in the sand.
If the timid men who control our Legislature — for now — are allowed to attack the infrastructure of democracy in Wisconsin, the liberty of the people to choose their leaders and their judges will be every bit as threatened as Jefferson feared.
Evers may be the governor-elect, but he will only control one part of state government. That has consequences, too.
On November 6, Wisconsin voters chose change. Wisconsin Republicans lost every statewide office on the ballot. However, Wisconsin GOP politicians have decided to disrespect voters.
There are special circumstances in Wisconsin that led to this deformed legislative effort to reduce or reverse the results of the 2018 election. But perhaps we are a prelude – and a warning – of what the GOP really intends everywhere beneath the surface. Rather than looking for ways to get things done for this country, too many are seeking to retain control or force their opinions about poverty and wealthy income on the unsuspecting public.
Sore losers and lame ducks are about to try to steal a Supreme Court seat, restrict voting in Wisconsin and subvert the will of the people expressed in the elections of Governor-elect Tony Evers and Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul.
They’re not just changing the rules in the middle of the game; they’re tossing the rules – – even the concepts of rules or reasonable permanence and tradition – – after they lost the game to allow themselves a tighter grip on the privileges of winning.
This week is going to be one of those very stark contrasts between the America we are recalling as we pay tribute to the life of former President George Herbert Walker Bush, and the one in which we now find ourselves.
As GOP lawmakers prepare for a lame-duck session, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala & Jensen, draw on their own experiences in divided government. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Cramer, author of “The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness and the Rise of Scott Walker,” is undertaking a new project.
Attorneys may sue, but urge Evers and Kaul to pursue a suit to overturn contract.
The fact is Wisconsin’s economy is thriving and the best evidence of this is our increased tax revenues despite tax cuts for individuals and businesses.
In “Two Minutes with Mitch” Madison radio personality Mitch Henck gives his two cents on changes Republicans might make during the lame-duck legislative session before Gov.-elect Tony Evers takes office.
With trade protection and corporate incentives, politicians could lose the firm footing of their free-market principles.
