Who the hell is Tim Michels?
Tony Evers’ challenger shifts from a relatively bland primary campaign to an unsavory far-right mess.
Capitol Punishments
The week’s highlights (and low-lights) from the Wisconsin Legislature and beyond.
Latest in Capitol Punishments
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.
How chronically strapped schools became fixtures on Wisconsin’s ballots
Once again, it’s up to voters across the state to fill in the gaps of a perverse school funding formula.
Capitol Punishments: Relief from big debts and small minds
Our vision for higher education needs to look beyond the crabs-in-a-barrel discourse on student loans.
Capitol Punishments: Vos tosses Gableman
Vos tries to sweep the fiasco of Gableman’s sham election investigation under the rug.
Capitol Punishments: Invitations to violence
Conventions, car attacks, and consequences.
Capitol Punishments: Let’s shoot some fish
It’s been an abundant week of absurdity, even for Wisconsin politics.
Capitol Punishments: The debate that bullshit built
Takeaways from the alternate reality of the first debate in Wisconsin’s GOP gubernatorial primary.
Capitol Punishments: Lying to fuel anti-trans terrorism in Kiel
Plus, politicos once again fail to understand Wisconsin’s Senate primary.
Capitol Punishments: Another pointless dogpile on Mandela Barnes
Democrats who play into asinine talking points about Barnes are doing Republicans’ work for them.
