Christina Lieffring
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The Madison Public Market and other things we didn’t completely screw up this year
We’re taking a brief pause for gratitude here at Capitol Punishments.
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The vast barriers to understanding Madison and Dane County public budget processes
It’s a daunting task for most of us to get our heads around city and county budgets, much less participate meaningfully in their creation.
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God help us, the moderates have some takes about Mandela Barnes’ loss
Citizen Dave blames Barnes and the Democrats for not moderate-ing hard enough.
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The relief and troubling lessons of Wisconsin’s midterm elections
We’ve avoided a right-wing bloodbath, but we still need to talk about our deep-seated political failures.
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We’re already too comfortable with the violent far right
In Wisconsin and beyond, it’s long past time to confront the reality of the authoritarian threat.
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A few words of encouragement for Wisconsin’s weary voters
It’s awful out there, but there are real opportunities before us.
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Wisconsin’s state and local governments have learned to be useless
The “nothing works” doctrine continues to hinder progress in transportation, housing, and much more.
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It’s budget season in Madison!
And we’re here to help you make sense of how the city and county spends your tax dollars.
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Ron Johnson’s gas-price nonsense obscures the real costs
Massive fossil fuel subsidies power climate change and Johnson’s lies in the first debate of Wisconsin’s Senate race.
