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Jessica McBride: Melania movie review: The snarky elite critics are wrong, again
Melania is nothing like the media have portrayed, so it’s not surprising that her movie is nothing like the critics say.

Dave Zweifel: For Trump, cashing in is part of the job
A couple of Sundays ago, the New York Times’ editorial board reported that a Times analysis shows that Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion.

Michael White: Putting patients over paperwork: Why Wisconsin needs Senate Bill 434
When prior authorizations are transparent and medically grounded, everyone benefits. Patients receive treatment without harmful delays, health plans maintain oversight, and physicians can focus on what we were trained to do: care for people.

Steven Walters: Madison election suit could affect 1,900 election clerks
Are absentee ballots a right? Can voters sue for monetary damages if there’s a mistake?

Jessica McBride & Jim Piwowarczyk: 17 reasons why Tom Tiffany can win the Wisconsin governor’s race
Republicans now have a certain nominee without the headache of a bloody primary: U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a congressman, former campground manager, and once-legislator from northwestern Wisconsin. Meanwhile, the Democrats are fighting inside their crowded clown car.

Jim Crist: How affordability relates to income inequality and money in politics
A formula for saving America

Elisabeth Lambert: A FOIA fight over immigration records
The Department of Homeland Security has changed how it responds to federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from immigrants facing deportation in a way that deprives many immigrants of their only tool for obtaining information they need to prove they deserve to remain in the country.

Dave Cieslewicz: Retention bonus did not retain Jennifer Mnookin
Last June UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin received a retention bonus of $150,000. She would have gotten $250,000 had she stayed into June of this year, but instead she’s leaving for Columbia University.

Courtney Graves: A free-market oasis in a heavily regulated health care system
How physician-owned hospitals and cash-only providers offer a path to lower health care costs.

Gregg Hoffmann: What do declining acres say about organic status?
Organic farmland is declining. That should be of some concern whether your diet is organic or not.

Mansi Peters: Tech giants must protect vulnerable youth from predators
Tech giants must be pressured to implement a series of protections against fraudulent user accounts and address young people’s vulnerability to sextortionists and predators at large.

Gregory Humphrey: Children pay no fee to enter classroom, why pay a fee for lunch?
Some argue that universal school meals are too expensive. But the truth is, we’re already paying for the consequences of not feeding kids properly.

Christine Schindler: We are experts on children. ICE is failing them.
Our national response to immigrant children reveals a society in moral decay.

O. Ricardo Pimentel: As the ICE crackdown continues, empathy lives and hope stays alive
While Minnesota is where much of the resistance has been happening, my gratitude spills beyond its borders because the resistance has been virtually everywhere ICE brutality occurs.

Michelle Bryant: Don’t take the job if you don’t want to do the job!
Congress has the power and responsibility to ensure that no president, regardless of party, becomes an unconstrained authority. However, as we examine the first year of this current administration, it’s fair to say that Trump has been allowed to run amok.

Scott Niederjohn: Federal credit card price cap plan threatens credit access
Lenders don’t respond to capped interest rates by continuing to provide them with loans out of civic duty. They respond by lending less.

Dipesh Navsaria: Confused immunization messaging bolsters anti-vax agenda
The messaging from the federal government — the Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — can only be characterized as a confused mess of some existing science, cherry-picked fringe studies, unproven theories, and wishful thinking.

Jay Rothman: Artificial Intelligence: Preparing Wisconsin for the Future
The question isn’t whether AI will change our lives, but how Wisconsin prepares to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

Chris Taylor: The choice for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court: rights or restrictions
State courts are often the last line of defense when it comes to protecting our fundamental rights and freedoms and in holding those who violate the law accountable, no matter how powerful or privileged. That is why this race matters, and why I am running to be your next Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice.

Gwen Moore: Wisconsin Supreme Court should take up gerrymandered maps
Bothfeld v. Wisconsin Election Commission case is an opportunity for Wisconsin to turn a new page and end minority rule at the federal level. The court should move with deliberate speed to remedy this wrong and strengthen our democracy.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss legislation to allow early processing of absentee ballots
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss legislation to allow clerks to process absentee ballots the day before election day. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Aug. 29
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya Van Wagtendonk discuss conservative Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley’s decision not to seek reelection, Vice President J.D. Vance’s visit to La Crosse, the state GOP’s November election review and more.