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Pat Cifaldi: Tariffs aimed at improving lives of Americans
FDR and Donald J. Trump are after the same outcome: more American workers getting paid more money to spend. FDR used the tools of the U.S. government; DJT is using tariffs. History could be writing about these two presidents as the strangest roommates since Oscar and Felix in the “Odd Couple.”

Gregory Humphrey: Epstein crisis: Does Trump even want to lead nation?
The summer season in Washington has turned into truly the Looney Tunes. We need to seriously ask what has become of actual old-fashioned leadership from both the White House and Congress?

Kristin Brey: Stephen Colbert canceled by CBS: What’s being cut is dissent
At what point do we stop calling the ‘Late Show’ cancelation “just a business decision” and start calling it slow, strategic silencing of critics?

Mark Belling: The left-wing media party is over
Colbert, NPR, PBS victims of low ratings and boring content.

James Causey: Commanders and Guardians don’t need to revert to racist names to be great again
Instead of focusing on the names of professional sports teams, maybe Trump should focus on releasing the Epstein files and lowering egg prices, as he promised.

Dave Zweifel: You can bet on anything these days, and it’s ruining sports
Thirty-eight states have now opened their doors to gambling on all sports. Wisconsin, thank goodness, is still not one of them.

Steven Walters: How Madison screwed up election ballots
It involved only 193 ballots but ‘undermines public confidence in elections.’

Bruce Murphy: The mystery of Bill Berrien
Republican candidate for governor seems to have come from nowhere. Why the secrecy?

John Torinus: We’re going down Trump rabbit hole in guv’s race
Let’s insist that the non-stories pushed by the MAGA zealots are not front and center in the looming governor and congressional races in Wisconsin.

Mark Lisheron: Supreme Court gives governor’s bureaucrats free rein
Decision neutering lawmakers’ power to block agency rules means administrative state takes precedence over elected officials.

LaKeshia Myers: The dark side of digital progress
How AI’s environmental costs hit Black communities hardest.

Tom Tiffany: What the One Big Beautiful Bill means for you
This historic legislation delivers the largest tax cut in American history, putting more money back in your pocket and protecting benefits for the most vulnerable.

John Nichols: Baldwin, Pocan battle Trump’s very cruel cut
The Trump administration has been moving to gut all sorts of essential services for Americans. But one of the cruelest cuts came last week when, at the direction of the White House, the LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services program of the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline was eliminated.

Dave Cieslewicz: Tony Evers is still best bet for Wisconsin governor
People already know who Evers is and threatening he is not. He comes off like the school principal he once was.

Dan Shafer: Independent redistricting effort begins anew in Wisconsin
Fair maps advocates and pro-democracy activists are looking to bring a new redistricting process to the state of Wisconsin, where the process is no longer in the hands of the very politicians who’d be running for office on those maps.

Tyler Wenzlaff: What the Big Beautiful Bill means for agriculture
While not perfect, the Big Beautiful Bill delivers strong wins for dairy, grain, livestock, conservation and trade—core components of Wisconsin’s agricultural economy.

Jeff Smith: Supporting our veterans shouldn’t be a talking point
We are morally obligated to be there for our veterans, especially those who are struggling to find and keep a roof over their heads. We must rise above the politics and do what’s right, right now.

Bill Kaplan: Trump and Van Orden flip-flop on Ukraine
Van Orden has pivoted from denouncing Biden’s “endless war” to endorsing Trump’s policy reversal.

Dave Zweifel: Trump has sown division here, but he’s galvanized Canada
The latest Pew poll found that 59% of Canadians now view the United States as the “greatest threat” to their country. American bourbon and California wines are nowhere to be found, and Canadians are canceling trips south in droves.

Richard Moore: Sean Duffy, Anne Gorsuch, and the final frontier
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Wisconsin’s own Sean Duffy to be interim head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration sent environmental headbangers into orbit.

WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ discuss how the primary may impact the general election
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss how recent primary results may impact the general election and legislative control. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for July 19
On this week’s episode of WisconsinEye’s “Rewind,” WisPolitics’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, whether a Trump-Vance ticket can win over suburban Milwaukee voters, the latest fundraising numbers in the U.S. Senate race and more.