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Judith Davidoff: In ‘media’ we don’t trust
There is not much public pushback against the accelerated attack on press freedoms.

David Blaska: Is it for the attack ad we live?
Instead of making the rubble bounce, we wish Brad Schimel’s advisers had taken a different tack.

Dan Butkus and Meleesa Johnson: Local governments knows best how to protect their local lakes
Wisconsin’s long history of local control and wake boat regulations

Joan Downs: Transgender bans ignore reality
I urge us to reconsider the idea that “a lack of scientific evidence” is indeed “evidence.” Instead, let us acknowledge current scientific knowledge may not reflect current realities for some of us and that such knowledge or lack thereof can and does change.

John Nichols: Tariffs harm rather than help Wisconsin workers
Recalling lessons from former presidents on the right and the left — Ronald Reagan and Franklin Delano Roosevelt — U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, said Thursday, “Blanket tariffs sound patriotic but are not. They drive inflation up and innovation down.”

Anne Curley: Why I joined the protest in Washington DC
A cheesehead gets showered with gratitude for Wisconsin’s rejection of Elon Musk.

John Torinus: West Benders vent at ‘Dump Trump’ protest
If the West Bend protest Saturday against the policies of Donald Trump and Elon Musk is any measure of the nation-wide protest at noon Saturday, the collection of similar protests across the country amounts to a monumental display of frustration and anger by a large swath of American voters.

Michael H. Bloom: What do the words ‘and subject to the jurisdiction thereof’ mean?
A legal analysis of United States v. Wong Kim Ark

Dave Cieslewicz: Curb presidential powers
As the world economy crashes because of the grudges and whims of one very dumb and very unstable man, it’s time to ask ourselves if we’ve invested too much power in the presidency. The answer is yes, we have.

Bill Berry: Humanities Council head calls cuts a ‘crisis for democracy’
Humanities councils across the country were slammed last week when millions of dollars in previously awarded federal grants intended for arts and cultural groups were canceled by the Trump administration.

Arthur I. Cyr: Russia-Ukraine war remains a global threat
President Trump is to be commended for seeking peace in Ukraine, but success will depend on adopting disciplined, nonpublic traditional diplomacy that, so far, he has rejected.

Gregory Humphrey: Excessive money in court race demands public-spirited response
Other states have different models of doing what we just spent many months and piles of money slogging our way to achieve. If it works in a wide swath of states, why not here?

Bill Kaplan: Vote and protest
Voting is important. However, protest is needed to push politicians to act.

Miranda Spindt: No, Medicaid’s most vulnerable aren’t at risk—but Senator Baldwin wants you to think so
Not a single currently eligible Wisconsin Medicaid enrollee is at risk of losing coverage under the current budget proposal. And nationwide, no children, elderly, or disabled enrollees are at risk either.

Dave Zweifel: Trump ushers in new age of McCarthyism
Today, it’s the fear of institutional or personal financial ruin at the hands of a vengeful government that uses federal funds like a lawbreaker uses blackmail.

Michelle Bryant: DEI’s toll on HBCUs
Balancing the impact of Trump’s DEI policies on Black college campuses.

David McGrath: 40 years of racial progress lost on Trump
Trump’s executive order eliminating DEI jeopardizes those social and educational gains made in the past four decades.

Nela Kalpic: Here’s how Marsy’s Law has been ‘game changer’ for Wisconsin crime victims
On April 7, 2020, Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly approved a crime victims’ rights amendment to our state Constitution, known as Marsy’s Law.

Patrick McIlheran: AEI: Building more homes in Wisconsin would drive down cost
Policy playbook shows how it could be done without taxpayer subsidies or taking up more land.

Lisa Lucas: Lead is not the only thing poisoning Milwaukee Public Schools
Our public schools are not failing. They are being sabotaged.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ review the Trump-Harris debate
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review the debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Oct. 4
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss presidential campaign visits, results of the latest Marquette University Law School poll, the Wausau mayor’s removal of a now-restored absentee ballot drop box and more.