The ideal situation is that this cripples the trump administration, and prevents them from getting anything done, but is not bad enough to rest in an impeachment. Pence is a true religious zealot who actually believes in his abhorrent policies (unlike trump who just flip flops when most convenient). and he will be…

At what point do we hold the local communities and parents accountable for this? They are not obligated to send their children to a choice school. It seems everyone is wise to the choice schools scam but the parents of the children there.

You’re going to see that play out soon. Once the GOP cuts federal taxes and spending, red states will have a substantially smaller piece of the pie to get federal money from. This coupled with a slowed economy and red states will be hurting (blue too, but not as much). As proposed, the public-private infrastructure…

I thought one of the major issues the GOP had with obama was his use of unconstitutional executive orders. I guess they really don’t have a problem with executive orders, just who issues them.

Basically. They’re going to increase the retirement age, change how payments are pegged to inflation for cost of living adjustments (basically no inflationary increases). The money we’ve been paying is going to support republican tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, war in Iraq, and every other major spending…

This is absolutely a generational issue. The early discussions on SS reform grandfather everyone born before 1968. (SS isn’t broken, and raising the cap would solve any issue, but they won’t do that). The trump supporters suffer from “got mine” syndrome. No one typifies it more than Paul “paid college with ssi” Ryan…

It should have been called that at minimum to avoid the political ire of PC republicans. They’re not actually looking at the syllabus, they’re just outraged over the name. Teach the same material with a less inflammatory course title, and this isn’t an issue - and the course might exist long enough to actually be…

You should check out the documentary Meet the Hitlers. One of the familiars they followed featured a MRI-nazi who changed his name to Hitler and named his children after all of the top nazi figures. His community tried to take away his children alleging child abuse based on the indoctrination. Needlsss to say, he also…

Republicans are great at moving the goal post. They reverse plus more anything dems do, and the dems only ever set it back partially, making that the new norm. This repeats, and we continually creep to right, where center positions are then considered too liberal.

He’s taking a chapter from the republican playbook - just repeat something until it becomes fact.

As a current Wisconsinite who is also no longer proud, I am proud of some of the responses by Pocan and soglin. Pocan: “Humorless is better than being senseless about Dane County providing 73% of new jobs in WI. Perhaps a $175K salary distorts your views.

I thought it was a subtle domestic violence jab at trump - she clearly hasn’t left, and it was because trump won’t let her.

HamNo - forecasting a market crash for the last four years. Keep going, at some point you’ll be correct. I just hope no one actually took your advice.

Not to mention, it’s not as though he wouldn’t be paid somewhere else.

Thank you! I’ve been telling everyone I can that Paul Ryan is just as scary as trump. Most of what trump proposes has no chance in hell of being enacted. Ryan, on the other hand, can push his agenda easily. They spent the last 6 years practicing with meaningless party line votes and getting everyone in line- and most…

Make no mistake - Wisconsin is extremely racist. There’s a reason metro Milwaukee is so segregated, it’s no safe to move beyond your community.

After over a week of liberal think pieces about the need to connect with rural white workers, I’m so pleased to read a comment thread like this. These voters need to be marginalized, not listened to. Sure, try to reeducate and disabuse them of their abhorrent world views, but in no uncertain circumstances should they…

Now way. I’d rather he be the Supreme Court nominee than some 50 year old. Just look at Rudy, he’s not long for this earth.

This would not be credible were it a fiction book or movie. The degree to which trump is sinking to the lowest common denominator is truly breathtaking.

Don’t forget, Trump’s very close ties to the company trying to build the pipeline at Standing Rock.