Join the Bridge Brigade
Join fellow progressives in the area for the Bridge Brigade this next Friday, August 7 from 3 PM to 5 PM.
We will be on the overpass of Highway U, between Briq’s and Sound World. Just bring yourself, do not bring protest signs, this is not a protest. We will have sign boards that spell out a message that we erect. Come and wave to those passing by!
Background on the 4 Governor Candidates
Joel Brennan
Former Secretary, WI Dept. of Administration (2019–2022); ex-president, Greater Milwaukee Committee
The last candidate to enter (December 2025), Brennan runs on executive and budget experience, touting the nearly $4 billion surplus and $1.7 billion rainy-day fund built during his time as Evers' top cabinet official, plus his renegotiation of the Foxconn contract. He pitches himself as a pragmatic manager who can both stand up to Trump's "chaos" and work across the aisle with Republicans. One of 11 children, he previo...
Tiffany Tax Schools
This week, you are likely reviewing your property tax bill and wondering why it’s gone up - again! The short answer: Tom Tiffany and Wisconsin Republican lawmakers. Wisconsin is currently sitting on a $2.5 billion dollar surplus, in large part because state Republicans have refused to spend our property tax dollars in the way they were intended: funding our public schools.
The state’s surplus has resulted in a deficit for Wisconsin schools, whicho have not received an increase in their funding from the state for 15 years. Imagine trying to feed, clothe, ...
Impeachment Is the Only Answer
There is no doubt that we are in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of our country. Trump said he would be a “dictator on day one” and he meant it. All his actions since taking office have been intended to seize unlimited presidential power.
In 2017, we hoped that Trumpism was a fluke and would self-destruct. We hoped his ignorance, incompetence and harmful policies would turn even conservative Republicans against him. But 2024 proved this notion wrong. We can no longer hope that “this too shall pass.”
“What is happening now is not ...
Forest Fires Part 2
Remember when the President suggested that wildfires could be prevented by raking and cleaning the forest floors to remove dead trees, brush and leaves? After the California wildfires in 2018 and 2020, he blamed the state’s failure to clean up its forests.
Although he was pointing the finger at California for its poor forest management, it’s actually the federal government that controls the majority of public forest land in California. . . and closer to home, Minnesota, where fires continue to burn.
And guess who authorized cutting the budget ...
Wisconsin’s 7th CD Primary Candidates
Last week I wrote about the primary election for Wisconsin's next governor. This week I discuss the candidates running for the 7th Congressional district.
But first a comment on the media and the Wisconsin governors race. The media is repeating the false narrative that with five candidates the Democrats are divided and the Republicans are united behind one candidate. The truth is the Democrats are engaged in a democratic primary election where the voters decide the final candidate. The Republicans had four candidates until the “great leader” chose (endor...
Heart of the North 7th Congressional District Picnic
Democratic Candidates Potluck Picnic Set for August 8
You're invited to a picnic on Saturday, August 8 in the great North Woods to hear from local and statewide Democratic candidates running in the August 11 primary election. The Democratic Party of Sawyer County and Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation is hosting the picnic to give everyone a chance to meet Democratic candidates.
Join your 7th Congressional District friends and neighbors from noon to 5 p.m., August 8, at Ojibwa Town Park, W7911 State Highway 70 between the village of Ojibwa and ...
This is the Plan
Wausau on July 25th at 5:30 PM!
Use of Federal Troops
Presidents have always been careful when forced to send federal troops into America’s cities and states, and only did so when there was a breakdown of law and order or when constitutional rights were being violated by state and local governments.
In 1957, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas national guard and sent 1,200 federal troops to enforce the Brown v Board of Education decision which proclaimed segregation was illegal and mandated integrated schools.
In 1965, Democrat Lyndon Johnson federalized the Alabama National Guard and sent 2,000 ...