Torturing queer kids is a priority for Wisconsin Republicans By Christina Lieffring ● Capitol Punishments ● January 18, 2023 January 17, 2023 New year, “new” legislature, same bullshit.
Legislative Republicans continue their unbroken reign as the worst in Wisconsin politics By Christina Lieffring ● Capitol Punishments ● December 21, 2022 December 21, 2022 Recounting another cruel year while looking to lessons of history.
Wisconsin is forcing local governments to scrounge for basic services By Christina Lieffring ● Capitol Punishments ● December 14, 2022 December 14, 2022 As municipal budgeting grows trickier, Robin Vos deals in cynical “mumbo jumbo.”
The long betrayal of labor hurts us all By Christina Lieffring ● Capitol Punishments ● December 7, 2022 December 7, 2022 President Biden’s strike-averting railroad deal takes place amid a long-decaying discourse about working conditions.
Madison police are not learning their lesson By Christina Lieffring ● Capitol Punishments ● November 30, 2022 November 30, 2022 Domestic violence and the city’s latest budget find cops sticking to familiar, toxic patterns.
The Madison Public Market and other things we didn’t completely screw up this year By Christina Lieffring ● Capitol Punishments ● November 22, 2022 November 18, 2022 We’re taking a brief pause for gratitude here at Capitol Punishments.
God help us, the moderates have some takes about Mandela Barnes’ loss By Christina Lieffring ● Capitol Punishments ● November 16, 2022 November 16, 2022 Citizen Dave blames Barnes and the Democrats for not moderate-ing hard enough.
The relief and troubling lessons of Wisconsin’s midterm elections By Christina Lieffring ● Capitol Punishments ● November 9, 2022 November 9, 2022 We’ve avoided a right-wing bloodbath, but we still need to talk about our deep-seated political failures.
We’re already too comfortable with the violent far right By Christina Lieffring ● Capitol Punishments ● November 2, 2022 November 2, 2022 In Wisconsin and beyond, it’s long past time to confront the reality of the authoritarian threat.
A few words of encouragement for Wisconsin’s weary voters By Christina Lieffring ● Capitol Punishments ● October 26, 2022 October 28, 2022 It’s awful out there, but there are real opportunities before us.