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Gregory Humphrey: Utterly preposterous: Trump peddling ‘law and order’ as reason for troops on American streets
When the leader is so disrespectful toward the laws, we have a higher duty to stand up and let values and democratic principles flow.

John Nichols: Anticipating Trump, Tom Paine was saying ‘No Kings!’ in 1776
While Trump will mount a monarchical display in Washington on Saturday with a military parade on what happens to be his birthday, the No Kings! movement says that: “On June 14th, we’re showing up everywhere he isn’t — to say no thrones, no crowns, no kings.”

John Torinus: To Trump, more adversaries are bad business
The adversaries that President Trump unnecessarily keeps making won’t be there to help us with breakthrough thinking. Conversely, we need to develop as many allies as we can, so collaborative thinking can help us remain the leading military power in the world.

Bruce Murphy: Bucks violating promises on unions?
Adding non-union businesses to Deer District after making promises to get state subsidy.

Tom Still: For ‘treps, there are some enduring paths to success
The latest edition of the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest underscored that entrepreneurs can be found in all business sectors, from agriculture to artificial intelligence, and from recharging tired batteries to repurposing old clothing.

Cate Zeuske: Decoupling a common sense solution to Wisconsin school funding conundrum
At the heart of this issue is what I believe to be a false notion that school choice ‘siphons’ money away from public schools.

Nancy Gertner and Michael Luttig: Prosecution of Judge Hannah Dugan undermines centuries of legal precedent
Her arrest and prosecution are nothing but the next attempt by the current administration to threaten and intimidate the judiciary because the courts are ruling against the president and his administration daily.

Dan O’Donnell: Now the whole country knows how bad the Wisconsin Supreme Court is
Writing for all eight of her fellow justices, Sotomayor wrote that the Wisconsin Supreme Court grossly violated Catholic Charities’ First Amendment rights when it denied them a religious exemption to the state’s unemployment tax and, in so doing, treated the organization differently than other religious groups.

Bill Kaplan: Trump and GOP – more dead, sick and hungry
Trump and the GOP-led Congress want to pay for tax cuts skewed to the rich with draconian cuts in health care coverage and aid to feed the hungry.

Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin members of Congress stand up to rogue feds
U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan and Gwen Moore toured Wisconsin’s only the ICE detention facility and demanded answers about the people being targeted for deportation in the state.

Mark Lisheron: At center of America’s essential debate, Johnson says resist spending frenzy
Johnson laments Medicaid’s ‘legalized fraud’ and says childless adults should work.

Michelle Bryant: Threats to Medicaid coverage endanger us all
Many of the proposed cuts in the Trump administration’s budget, don’t just harm specific groups—they have a ripple effect on families and communities.

Paul Fanlund: Enough with the obsessing about what Democrats got wrong
While the Biden saga dominated recently, the Democratic bickering and blame-placing is getting old now six months into the second Trump presidency. Everyone has a prescription for Democrats, many directly conflicting with others.

John Nichols: Pride flag opposition puts GOP on the wrong side of history
Those efforts do not merely seek to erase the heritage of Wisconsin’s LGBTQ+ community. They also dismiss the rich legacy of enlightened Republicans, like former Gov. Dreyfus, who stood on the right side of history.

Edward J. Huck: America must support more critical thinking skills
Teaching people to be skeptical of a source is not an indoctrination tactic, it is an essence of democracy.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ take up Johnson’s reconciliation fight
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take up U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s demand for deeper cuts in the House version of the federal reconciliation bill. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

John Torinus: Out of Big Ten for taxes
4th highest to 28th … The game has changed in terms of competition with other states. We are now in the middle of the pack on taxes. That means that citizens and their politicians can consider other dimensions of life in Wisconsin.

Dan O’Donnell: The gerrymandering farce
It didn’t take long after radical liberal judge Susan Crawford won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a hard-left law firm to challenge the state’s congressional maps, something Crawford was rather obviously installed on the Court to do, but will the Court actually do it?

Barb Dittrich: Support postpartum coverage of new mothers
Wisconsin Republicans need to send the message that we truly are pro-life at every age, stage, and ability, and that we value the well-being of mothers and their newborn babies. Let’s ensure that every new Wisconsin mother has the support for their families to thrive.

Brooke Legler: We are choosing a bleak future for Wisconsin children
We spend about four times as much to keep someone in prison as we spend on education — it’s inhumane, and it impoverishes our state and condemns children to unnecessary suffering and a bleak future.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider how Trump’s policies affect Wisconsin
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the impact of President Donald Trump’s policies on Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for March 14
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and Wisconsin Watch Statehouse Reporter Jack Kelly discuss Wednesday’s state Supreme Court debate, Madison’s clerk being placed on leave amid an investigation into uncounted absentee ballots, this week’s Assembly floor session, Eau Claire Dem Rebecca Cooke launching another bid to take on Republican Derrick Van Orden in the 3rd CD and more.