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.
Capitol Punishments
The week’s highlights (and low-lights) from the Wisconsin Legislature and beyond.
Latest in Capitol Punishments
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.
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.
A few words of encouragement for Wisconsin’s weary voters
It’s awful out there, but there are real opportunities before us.
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.
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.
We’re paying Wisconsin Republicans to lie about bail and everything else
Drawing a line from Ron Johnson’s tax-cut votes to the 2022 campaign’s merciless attack ads.
Paving Wisconsin into oblivion
WisDOT’s track record does not bode well for the intersection of East Wash and Stoughton Road.
Who the hell is Tim Michels?
Tony Evers’ challenger shifts from a relatively bland primary campaign to an unsavory far-right mess.
A Wisconsin politics scandal that is and one that isn’t
Recent news cycles around Tim Michels and Mandela Barnes demonstrate that not all political dirt is created equal.
