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John Nichols: Medicaid cut sarcasm spells political trouble for the GOP
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s “we are all going to die” gaffe about Medicaid cuts at a recent town hall meeting in Iowa is now Exhibit A of Republican electoral vulnerability.

Jackie Anderson: Food assistance for Wisconsin rural communities on the line
One of the most concerning provisions in the budget reconciliation bill would shift a large portion of the cost of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from the federal government to the states.

Richard Moore: Apocalypse, interrupted
Some unkind souls have likened Tony Evers’s gubernatorial years to a zombie apocalypse, but I’m here to sort of defend the poor governor, especially about the apocalypse part.

David Blaska: Ben Wikler helped elect Donald Trump
Wisconsin’s Dem chairman ran interference for old Joe.

Bill Kaplan: Republicans want a stacked deck
Congressional Republicans have lost their backbone and common decency. Their America is not for most of us. Beyond shame.

O. Ricardo Pimentel: Trump’s America is not the America I know and love
A country led by an authoritarian leader who thumbs his nose at the rule of law is not the America I know. And it certainly isn’t great.

Jerry Hanson: Mr. President: Is your heart so hard you expel even the innocent?
Mr. President, unclench your fist and open your arms to those already here who deserve the privilege to remain.

Dave Zweifel: GOP attack on education is bewildering
The strange attacks on education aren’t confined to Trump’s tantrums over higher education. It is just as real to a different degree for public education here at home.

Paul Fanlund: Tim Walz brings his everyman appeal to Cap Times Idea Fest
Walz will be Idea Fest’s marquee speaker on Friday night, Sept. 12, at the Memorial Union’s Shannon Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Michelle Bryant: Rangel: The elected politician who served the public well
There are elected officials, politicians, and public servants. The terms are often used interchangeably but to be clear, there is a difference. You could be one or the other, or if you were former U.S. Congressman Charles Rangel, you could be all three.

Mike McCabe: Short little span of attention
The news of the day used to be reported in extraordinary detail. Contrast that with the 140-character format of bulletins—dubbed “tweets”—that made a present-day social media platform one of the world’s most popular.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss budget negotiations between Evers, GOP leaders
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the recent meetings between Gov. Tony Evers and GOP legislators as lawmakers craft Wisconsin’s biennial budget amid looming federal cuts. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Ruth Conniff: The baffling B.S. of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson
Wisconsin’s Republican senator dishes it out to the Milwaukee Press Club.

Michael Jadin: Thanks to tariffs, this National Small Business Month feels different
The challenges we face today are growing stronger, and we are left especially confused by recent decisions in Washington.

Jim Bender & Patrick McIlheran: Taxpayers need more simplicity and transparency — not misleading arguments meant to stoke fears of successful choice schools
A paper from an insiders’ group offers bad-faith arguments about Wisconsin school choice and the “decoupling” reform that would increase transparency.

David Blaska: Judge Berz laid down the law
The state Supreme Court recently suspended Dane County Circuit Judge Ellen Berz for one week without pay for two incidents it determined violated the Code of Judicial Ethics.

David Crowley: Milwaukee Public Safety Building would benefit Wisconsin
Without this investment, we’ll continue to face costly delays, inefficient staffing and public safety risks — not just in Milwaukee County, but statewide.

Scott Walker: Democrats’ inexcusable cover-up of Biden’s decline — and possible cancer
The American people have a right to know about the health and mental status of the president of the United States.

Dave Zweifel: College grads get a dire warning
Scott Pelley, who is one of the anchor reporters on “60 Minutes,” pulled no punches in warning the graduates of the perils that face America today.

Joseph Ogunlade and Pallav Routh: Rising housing costs could be pricing people out of college in Wisconsin
When housing prices go up, college enrollment often goes down, especially in places where economic opportunities are already limited.

‘The Insiders’ analyze the Wisconsin Supreme Court race
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap the spring election for state Supreme Court between Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel and Dane County Judge Susan Crawford. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Feb. 28
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the state budget, state Supreme Court race spending, a proposed audit of statewide student testing standards and more.