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Mark Lisheron & Mike Nichols: Founding Fathers would cheer Trump administration’s concern about federal grants
The Trump Administration’s focus on federal grants is part of a fundamental dispute over whether Americans should adhere to the Tenth Amendment.

Dave Zweifel: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Chopra dodges Trump’s ax — for now
Even the controversial Trump advisor Peter Navarro, who has returned as a senior advisor after Trump pardoned him, is enamored with Chopra’s ability to get things done.

Richard Moore: Trump moves to squash the real deep state: Meet the SES
President Trump has initiated massive changes to the federal bureaucracy, focusing on reducing its size and scope, particularly targeting the Senior Executive Service, the real seat of power in the federal deep state.

Kristen Brey: We’d have to care about sexual assault for rape kits to move court race
Call me a cynic, but in this political environment, I’m far from convinced a backlog of rape kits will be the defining campaign issue in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race — because voters would actually have to take accusations of sexual assault and violence against women seriously.

Bruce Murphy: Schimel haunted by rape kit issue
Candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court at odds over issue.

Maggie Kerr: Proposed earlier school start times are harmful
Research shows starting as early as 7:15 a.m. will be harmful to students, reduce learning.

Joan Schiller: Clean energy is key to reducing lung cancer deaths
We must reduce air pollution and address climate change by decreasing fossil fuels. We can’t let Wisconsin get left behind. We need to ensure that new gas plants, such as the Oak Creek Gas Plant and Paris Plant, are not built in Wisconsin.

Dave Cieslewicz: University of Wisconsin stumbles toward player equity
It’s a new, more honest era.

Dorothea Macon: Trump needs to serve all of America
In the execution of 46 executive orders, you have singlehandedly managed to change the trajectory of a nation. You have oppressed half of a nation, attempting to limit their inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Luke Nelessen: Trump should target the real villains behind our immigration chaos: drug cartels
Immigrants are not America’s enemies. The drug cartels are.

Jim Rafter: Lawmakers must close unsafe Green Bay prison. There is no excuse for conditions.
It has been operating for more than 125 years and its age and disrepair are evident. As such an old facility, it is extremely inefficient to run. Additionally, the institution has become unsafe in a host of ways, not only for the inmates, but their visitors, guards and facility workers.

Emily Mills: Turn off the spigot
It’s high time to shut down Enbridge’s oil pipelines in Wisconsin.

Bill Barth: Have a real talk on school violence
Evers proposals deserve discussion and compromise.

Tania Ibarra: DEI is under assault. And I refuse to be silent.
We can’t forget what we’ve given up to get here, and we must find the wisdom and strength to ensure that our children, and the generations to come, can live with dignity.

John Nichols: Joe Elder: Madison’s global peacemaker
When he passed away this week at age 94, Elder left a legacy of citizen diplomacy and peacemaking that was nothing short of epic.

Dave Zweifel: Biden warned us, and history is likely to prove him right
Biden warned of an oligarchy of the ultrawealthy that is beginning to grip America, a warning reminiscent of the one two-term president Dwight D. Eisenhower issued in 1961 as he was leaving office to make way for John F. Kennedy in 1960.

Mark Belling: Another leftist lie exposed
Fauci’s lie about COVID and the Wuhan lab is the new liberal normal.

Michelle Bryant: It always comes back to slavery
In a controversial move, Trump issued an executive order aimed at eliminating birthright citizenship. Enshrined in the 14th Amendment, the measure aimed to protect the rights of formerly enslaved individuals and their descendants.

John Torinus: The Joker is loose in the White House
My guess is that The Joker will run out of gags in 2026 when Republican congressmen have to defend the not-so-funny-consequences of a president who has no guardrails on his comic routines.

Neil Kraus: Cuts to Wisconsin’s campuses, checks for consultants
The UW System’s corporate plan is clear: pay consulting firms millions while laying off educators, and closing programs and campuses.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss Milwaukee Public Schools’ financial woes
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss recent financial problems at Milwaukee Public schools, their history and the need to fix them. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 26
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon and CBS 58 reporter A.J. Bayatpour discuss Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to West Allis and the shakeup in the presidential race, Democrats’ split on Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, and more.