National Politics
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‘God Bless Our Troops:’ How Biden’s signature speech-ender continues to have an impact
“God bless our troops.” It may have seemed small, but former president Joe Biden ended EVERY speech with those four words — and his actions backed them up. One of the most impactful pieces of legislation the former president signed into law is called the PACT Act — the largest health care and benefit expansion…
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Resist, Persist, Imbibe: Wisconsin brewery launches new line of ‘Resistance’ beers
Wisconsin’s Minocqua Brewing Company has created a fun way to cope with the chaos in Washington — BEER FOR A CAUSE! ❤️ 🍺 RELATED: Minocqua Makes the Most Out of Being the ‘Least Popular Place in Town’ The locally-owned brewery has an entire LINE of “Resistance” beers — which includes a Pilsner, IPA, and an…
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Third Time’s a C… onstitutional Crisis: No, Trump can’t run again
Remember when Trump floated the idea of running for a third term and everyone pretended he was just kidding? Well, he’s not. But don’t just take our word for it.
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The very real reason Trump is cracking down on imaginary voter fraud
Donald Trump and Republicans are NOT “trying to make it harder for illegals and dead people to vote.” They’re trying to make it harder to vote — PERIOD. This spring, Trump signed an order his own secretary called “the farthest-reaching in American history.” It had ONE goal: to make voting more complicated, so less people…
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Hey Republicans, ‘TDS’ is not a mental illness.
While Trump was busy breaking the law and disregarding a federal judge’s order to turn around a plane of “Venezuelan gang members,” five Republican state senators from Minnesota introduced a bill to classify “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness.
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Wisconsin will get hit hardest from Trump’s trade war, analysis shows
The other 49 states have between 1% to 8% of their labor force working in industries getting hit by retaliatory tariffs. Nearly 10% of the Wisconsin workforce stands to be affected here.
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Banned Book Reading List: 10 titles to read, or re-read, this spring
As Republicans continue to challenge the books on shelves at local libraries, neighborhood schools, and small booksellers, we asked three local bookstore owners – from Menomonie, Spooner, and Wausau – to share their favorite banned or challenged books and why you should read them.
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Veterans fired from federal jobs say they feel betrayed, including some who voted for Trump
Milwaukee veteran and VA worker: “I’m not dead weight. You’re tossing off the wrong stuff.” Nathan Hooven is a disabled Air Force veteran who voted for Donald Trump in November. Barely three months later, he’s now unemployed and says he feels betrayed by the president’s dramatic downsizing of the federal government that cost him his job. “I…
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Opinion: Rolling back climate advances puts America at risk
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants to roll back progress while ignoring the threats to infrastructure and national security from a changing climate.
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Everything to know about voting in Wisconsin
You’re registered! Now what? Here’s everything you need to know about when, where, and how to vote in one of the most closely-contested states in America: Wisconsin.
