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John Nichols: Wisconsin shouldn’t fund AI layoffs
For the most part, federal and state officials, along with candidates in this midterm election year, are still failing to focus on the practical steps that could be taken to address the threats to workers and communities that are posed by a rapid and ill-thought embrace of artificial intelligence and robotics.

Michelle Bryant: ‘The rockets’ red glare’
The true measure of a nation is not found in the monuments it builds, the spectacles it stages, or the grandeur it displays, but in how it cares for those who live beneath its flag. I guess a bankrupt leader, morally or otherwise, would have a problem understanding that.

Dave Zweifel: Trump vanity projects suck needed funds from parks
The Trump administration is siphoning money from park fees fund to help pay for the so-called beautification projects in Washington, taking money that is aimed at places like Glacier National or the Petrified Forest to help pay for painting the bottom of the reflecting pool between the Washington and Lincoln memorials to the tune of $13.1 million.

James Wigderson: Your flight has been diverted by Homeland Security
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin is threatening to pull the border patrol agents to provide security for his archipelago of gulags for people being deported from the United States.

Ken Zagacki and Richard Cherwitz: Hypocrisy can help save democracy
Hypocrisy can sometimes play a surprising role in sustaining democratic norms.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ examine Wisconsin’s 7th CD GOP primary
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District primary, where big money is backing competing GOP hopefuls. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Bruce Thompson: The Trump Effect on Wisconsin
The Republican Party has become the Trump party. Polls suggest it’s a minority party.

Ruth Conniff: Beyond the finger-pointing, the real casualties of the failed surplus deal are Wisconsin kids
School funding in Wisconsin was broken by former Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s historic budget cuts. The damage has compounded each year for more than a decade and a half as school budgets haven’t kept pace with inflation.

Michael Lucas: Limitations of the Marquette surplus poll
There’s some problems with this poll. … The poll doesn’t so much measure ‘support’ as it does knowledge. The proposed deal was complex, so just because it’s popular doesn’t mean its supporters understand it, or even that implementing it would make for good policy.

Patrick McIlheran: Wisconsin eventually will opt in to donor bonanza for schools, business leader predicts
No upside to letting credit-spurred donations here flow elsewhere, says Kooyenga.

Christopher Johnson: Federal organ donor ‘reforms’ are counterproductive
There are numerous flaws in the CMS analysis, but the most serious flaw is use of national and state death certificate data to determine OPO donor potential.

Vijay Limaye and Jonathan Patz: Trump EPA needs to comply with air pollution limits
A coalition of 10 states, including Wisconsin, is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for unlawfully failing to implement updated national air pollution limits meant to reduce dangerous soot exposure.

Chris Reader: Congress never intended to fuel industry monetizing bank data
By restricting how banks recover costs associated with data access, open banking rule risks overlooking real and ongoing investments required for security, infrastructure, compliance and liability.

Scott Walker: Live a life worthy of service members’ sacrifice
Twenty-five college students will travel to France next week to honor the patriots buried at the Normandy American Cemetery.

Jamie Stiehm: Has Trump pushed Thune too far?
It’s inside baseball, but Thune is likely offended by Trump’s posts attacking the Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, and demanding that Thune get rid of her.

Bruce Murphy: Tom Tiffany’s on a roll. It’s not good.
In his unscripted moments, Tiffany has looked foolish in recent weeks. It’s hard to pick the worst of his stumbles.

Dave Cieslewicz: Moderate Dems may slump toward defeat
The eight candidate Democratic field is divided into two camps: those with a better than even chance of defeating Tiffany and those whose chances are less than 50%. But it’s the two most risky candidates — Francesca Hong and Barnes — who are leading the pack right now.

James Wigderson: Tiffany considering supporting pallets of cash for January 6 defendants
And a Wisconsin fake elector plotter is asking for a payout

Tyler August: Compromise shouldn’t be a dirty word in Wisconsin politics
The bill negotiated between Gov. Tony Evers and Republican legislative leadership focused on issues that matter to families across our state. Sadly, we watched nearly every Democrat in the Legislature reject this deal simply because election-year politics and extreme ideologies don’t allow for bipartisan cooperation.

Tom Still: Americans hate AI more than others, even as they keep using it
Why are many Americans so scared or even angry about AI, even when people in China, India, Brazil, Singapore, Malaysia and many other countries outside Europe are not?

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’: Could recent GOP retirements shift Assembly control to Dems?
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider whether recent retirements by GOP Assembly legislators in Wisconsin will shift the majority to Democrats in fall elections. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 22
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk talk about the latest on the failed $1.8 billion surplus package, a federal judge tossing the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking Wisconsin voters’ unredacted information and the GOP state convention.