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Bill Kaplan: Trump’s illegal orders and gunboat diplomacy
The Trump administration’s military actions in the Carribean is reminiscent of U.S. gunboat diplomacy in the 19th and 20th centuries: threats and military force supporting U.S. corporate interests and foreign policy.

Gregory Humphrey: The price tag for federal troops in our cities, fiscal conservatives stay quiet
Have you noticed the quiet from conservatives when it comes to the waste that should make every budget hawk furious? Nary a word about the deployment of federal troops into American cities for immigration raids that have proven to run against the grain of the public.

Michelle Bryant: Who you calling piggy?
Trump’s particularly antagonistic tone when it comes to female journalists and women in general is working my nerves.

John Nichols: GOP reps slow to back accountability in Epstein case
Only after Trump changed his position did the Wisconsin Republicans join in the historic 427-1 vote.

Richard Kyte: Epstein scandal cuts deep into nation’s moral fabric
What Epstein did, and what his friends and associates allowed him to do, violates our most deeply held convictions about justice.

Terrence R. Wall: The crash of 1929 vs today
The stock market crash of 1929 reminds me a lot of both the cryptocurrency and the stock market trading in AI-perceived stocks.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ analyze the race for Wisconsin attorney general
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take an early look at the race for the Wisconsin attorney general. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public leadership.

Bruce Murphy: 9 winning issues for Democrats
Trump and Republicans seek 80/20 issues to run on. Should Wisconsin Democrats do the same?

Richard Moore: What a beautiful sunset
Under the Neylon/Nass proposed legislation, every chapter of Wisconsin’s administrative code would automatically expire every seven years unless deliberately re-adopted through a transparent process.

Ryan Clancy: My bill helps fix abysmal conditions in Wisconsin prisons
To effectuate change, elected officials need meaningful access to jails and prisons. How can we do our jobs as legislators when we can’t see the results of our actions?

Jim Bender & Patrick McIlheran: Wisconsin DPI mired in one scandal after another
Botched report cards, lowered standards, licensing and finance scandals erode faith in DPI.

Mike Pochowski: It’s time to bring transparency to long-term care referral agencies
The system, as it currently exists, lacks the transparency families deserve.

Adam Chern and Rebecca Kemble: Is Group Health still a cooperative?
Instead of union-busting, the Board should see union organizing as a gift of collective problem-solving.

Scott Walker: End racial discrimination in the federal government
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty and the Center for Individual Rights are filing a lawsuit against the federal government to ensure that all Americans are treated equally.

Jamie Stiehm: Trump’s anthem mandate a sour note at Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump’s new regime at the beloved center decreed the National Symphony Orchestra must stand and play the national anthem before every concert.

Dave Zweifel: Obama reminds us of what presidential decorum looks like
On Veterans Day last week, former President Barack Obama showed how presidents of the United States once acted.

Gregory Humphrey: Trump’s angry white male rage vs. American democracy
Even in eras of bitter division, such as the Civil War, the dangerousness of McCarthyism, or during violent Vietnam protests, leaders did not weaponize the language of treason against Congress itself. Trump’s rhetoric today is not politics as usual. Far from it.

Dan Shafer: The highway and the streetcar (and what we’re missing)
As highway widening gets unceremoniously underway and the latest streetcar debate goes in another circle, the bus system and looming cuts to key routes seems left behind.

Quentin Klabon: It’s a mistake for MPS to expel Carmen Northwest
Its performance against its statewide peers is far too low, but the bitter circumstances of Milwaukee schooling mean it is many children’s best available option.

Mark Lisheron: Republican candidates join nationwide scrutiny of tenure
Republican candidates for governor are joining politicians across the country who are increasingly skeptical of tenure guarantees for professors.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss a bipartisan vote to audit the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the recent bipartisan Legislative Audit Committee vote to audit the Department of Public Instruction following a series of issues involving the department. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Nov. 14
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss the end of the federal government shutdown and a ban on THC-containing hemp products included in the deal, President Trump’s pardon of lawyers involved in Wisconsin’s GOP false electors scheme, school report cards and more.