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Scott Frostman: Reelecting Donald Trump to the White House reawakens ‘morning in America’
We may differ on how much control we cede to any level of government, but must remember that government has no power aside from those granted by consent of the governed. With those principles in mind, it can be “morning in America” once again.

O. Ricardo Pimentel: The election revealed more than a ‘messaging’ problem
Maybe this is who Americans really are.

Brenda Salvo: UW shows incompetence, bias in protest investigation
While students have been advocating for the dignity of Palestinian lives, UW has fought repeatedly to protect the status quo at the expense of students’ voices and well-being.

Richard Moore: Vertical integration and the fraud of the nation’s nutrition guidelines
The nation’s national dietary guidelines are fashioned by a committee long riddled with conflicts of interest.

Michael J. Maierle: Where Harris lost support
With rare exceptions, Kamala Harris lost support across demographic groups compared to Joe Biden.

Mark Belling: The kids are all right
Gen Z males embrace Trump’s GOP and reject wokeness.

John Gurda: Only an apprentice tyrant in first term, Trump threatens to be the real thing
Between Trump and Harris supporters, is there a middle ground we can all inhabit without compromising our core values?

Dave Zweifel: A fascist president, but at least there’s no election drama
Trump himself, his bombastic running mate and his entire campaign entourage, including sitting members of Congress, made it clear time and again during this campaign that they would not accept the verdict if he lost.

Bill Lueders: No, Democrats did not steal a Wisconsin Senate seat
es, a third-party Senate candidate who ran against incumbent Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde was a plant—but not an unwilling one.

Dan O’Donnell: Compelling evidence of irregularities in Wisconsin’s Senate election
Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde didn’t say it, but he certainly seems to believe it: His race was stolen from him.

Steven Walters: Women lead democratic gains in Legislature
Wisconsin voters rejected Kamala Harris but back many other women for office.

Bill Barth: Proving it again, no mandate here
Wisconsin is not red or blue, and leaders should act like it.

Gregory Humphrey: Monetary justice for three Abu Ghraib prisoners
U.S. torture proves costly at $42 million: Some of the highest ideals of our nation were tossed aside so lawlessness and extra-constitutional excesses could run roughshod in prisons overseas.

Bill Kaplan: Trump and the ghost of Cleveland
In winning the White House, flipping the Senate and perhaps keeping control of the House, Donald Trump and Republicans will follow the path of Grover Cleveland. Cruelty and stupidity will reign supreme.

Kristin Brey: I was gutted when Trump won in 2016. This time I’m less distraught.
Here’s why. … Good things can happen when you choose to be active and involved in moving the world to be closer to the one you hope to live in.

Spencer Black: In Harris we see dignity in defeat, for a change
The difference in the reaction to an electoral defeat mirrors a gaping difference between the parties regarding respect for our Constitution, American democratic norms and basic decency.

John Nichols: Harris wasted her time with Liz Cheney
The Cheney strategy was an abject failure that added few if any votes to the Democratic total, alienated voters who had no taste for the former GOP representative’s neocon extremism, and stole precious time from an agonizingly short campaign schedule.

Bill Lueders: Struggle for a just world just got harder
he American people have spoken, loudly and clearly. They do not want a candidate like Vice President Kamala Harris, who called to our better angels, spoke of fairness and inclusion, had a resume worthy of the job, and came to the task with plans and not just grievances. They want Trump. They want the chaos. They want the anger. They want the hate. And that is exactly what they will get.

Dave Cieslewicz: A moderate Dem Party
The party needs to move to the sensible center, but that will be powerfully resisted by the various interest groups that make up the party’s activist base. There needs to be an organized voice for moderation.

Michael Lucas: You can’t have both: low rates and low inflation
Americans and the banking system are addicted to cheap credit and low interest rates. Interest rates cannot be lowered by the FED without creating money and causing further price increases. And price inflation cannot be stopped unless the FED quits printing money. What now?

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ review Evers’ State of the State address
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, take a look back at Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address for its policy objectives and legacy in gubernatorial speeches. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Feb. 9
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the latest in the redistricting case before the state Supreme Court, a potential investigation into state prisons following inmate deaths, Republicans’ $2.1 billion tax-cut plan, results of the latest Marquette University Law School poll and more.