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LaKeshia N. Myers: Healthcare crisis: Government shutdown exposes America’s moral failure
As families across Wisconsin and the nation prepare for open enrollment, they’re discovering that their monthly health insurance premiums have skyrocketed.

Dave Ciesewicz: Shutdown showdown
The undeniable tangible human costs of these abstract political strategies is about to become abundantly clear.

John Torinus: 10 million for next anti-Trump rally?
The incredible uprising against Trump’s first eight months in office constitutes what looks like the start of a political movement, like a juggernaut.

David Blaska: Left wing laments the East Wing
The demolition of the heretofore little known East Wing is one of those pop-up cultural thunderstorms, momentarily intense, quickly gone. Symbolizes Trump in the China shop, upsetting norms, defying tradition, setting the agenda without asking Nancy Pelosi for permission.

Richard Moore: Strong nations, not the United Nations, ensure peace and prosperity
The unity of nations was always a misnomer, double-speak for the unified power of an elite. What we need is the unity of a nation, not in policy but in purpose.

Scott Fitzgerald: I’m proud to support veterans initiatives
Veterans’ issues are always top of mind for me, not because they make the headlines, but because I am a veteran myself and understand firsthand the sacrifices and challenges our servicemen and servicewomen face.

Lisa White: We need to rebuild democracy from the ground up
I’m running to represent Wisconsin’s 17th Senate District, which stretches across our western counties into the edges of Dane County.

Steven Walters: Wisconsin data centers become political litmus test
Expect candidates to field questions about economic growth/environmental concerns.

Ruth Conniff: Wisconsin schoolchildren become a 2026 campaign issue in the worst possible way
There’s a reason it’s a big story when adults abuse the trust of children. It’s despicable behavior. Politicians who ignore or capitalize on that crime for political gain do us no good.

David Blaska: The party of defund the police
Thanks to Dane County, the Democratic Party is poised to live down to its reputation as the party of defund the police. What did Republicans do to deserve such luck?

Bill Kaplan: Trump initiated health care and hunger crises
Trump and Republicans still refuse to negotiate with Democrats to end the government shutdown.

Michelle Bryant: Shutdown and shutout: No longer a government by the people
The longer this shutdown continues, the more Americans see the truth: Our democracy is not just under threat, it is being actively undermined.

Brian Reisinger: America must break our China addiction. Trump Asia trip time to start.
As President Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Americans need to admit their addiction to China and break our economic dependency on it.

John Nichols: Baldwin right to oppose judicial pick
Baldwin has taken the confirmation process seriously and, last week, she announced that she would vote against putting Taibleson on the bench.

Jeffrey Leverich: Little by little, the country is beginning to fight back
An estimated 7 million to 10 million Americans rallied on No Kings Saturday from sea to shining sea.

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.

Mike Nichols: Reckless Milwaukee drivers pushing conservatives out of traditional lane
Camera culture is becoming even more pervasive.

Tom Still: Six forces shaping Wisconsin’s economy
A mix of internal and external trends are shaping Wisconsin’s economy in myriad ways. Here is a half-dozen to keep in mind.

Jerry Huffman: How would Norman Rockwell paint No Kings Day?
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Norman Rockwell, one of America’s greatest artists, would have had a great time last weekend in Wisconsin. Portraits of Rockwell’s generation

Scott Walker: The great ‘No Kings’ irony
The left fails to see that no dictator would allow protests.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ consider how Trump’s policies affect Wisconsin
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the impact of President Donald Trump’s policies on Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Jan. 24
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address; GOP bills targeting immigration, student achievement standards and other issues; and UW–Madison removing the leader of its Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement.