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David Blaska: None dare call RoJo a RINO
Like Elon Musk, Wisconsin’s most influential Republican has broken with Donald Trump on that budget bill.
Dave Zweifel: This is what Robin Hood in reverse looks like
U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, along with the five other Wisconsin GOP representatives, has looked the other way while Trump issues unconstitutional orders one after the other.
James E. Causey: Americans need transformative talks on race. Juneteenth is the space for that.
While Milwaukee has the longest Juneteenth celebration in the nation, some cities that have previously celebrated Juneteenth have announced plans to either scale back or cancel their celebrations.
Kristin Brey: Ernst said we’re all going to die. Can we get decent health care in the meantime?
Losing your health coverage should not trigger the equivalent of a shrug emoji from someone elected to serve the public good.
Bill Berry: What the ^&*% is with all the swearing?
Trump has gotten cruder along the way, if that’s possible, but he’s hardly alone.
Mitchell A. Sobieski: From Mao to MAGA: How Trump’s decade of political chaos echoes China’s Cultural Revolution
Both Mao and Trump achieved something few modern leaders have, a personality cult so complete it displaced ideology itself.
Jacob Major: Milwaukee said yes to housing. Why are politicians saying no to lower rents?
If Milwaukeeans want to avoid displacement and skyrocketing rents, they must demand their council members support the mayoral mandate they voted for.
Steven Walters: Wisconsin has record number of female legislators
44 of 132 legislators are now women.
Andrew Weiss: Wisconsin’s energy future hangs in the balance
If the One Big Beautiful Bill Act reaches President Trump’s desk, Congress must reject anything short of a complete elimination of Inflation Reduction Act green energy subsidies.
Bryan Rogers: Profit or people? The PSC’s choice will shape Wisconsin’s future
Right now, they face legacy-defining decisions—chief among them, whether to approve two new methane gas plants proposed by We Energies in Oak Creek and Paris.
Tom Still: Even without AI, energy use will rise … so how do we get there?
Energy use is growing and a blend of generation strategies will likely be needed to meet demand, with or without a fleet of data centers.
Tom Kamenick: Court ruling improves closed session process for public
Court of Appeals rules that public bodies must explain why they are going into closed session.
LaKeshia Myers: A betrayal of trust
Maryland Governor Moore’s reparations veto shows politics over progress.
William Holahan: Are you better off than you were four months ago?
Trump’s economic policy is driving costs and unemployment up.
Jasmyne Jade Hill: The bot that cried MAGA
How AI’s ability to lie at scale mirrors the idiocy of a movement that broke politics.
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.
WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ weigh in on Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the status of Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race between challenger Eric Hovde and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Rewind: Your Week in Review for Aug. 23
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Democratic National Convention, the lawsuit seeking to prevent the Green Party from putting a candidate on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot and the UW System’s budget request.