Governor Walker Tries To Co-opt #Takeaknee
In his typical I have no idea what’s going on here mode, Governor Scott Walker urged the NFL to stop the current player protests and go after domestic violence. Most of us are aware that the protests are about violence against minorities and particularly police violence against black men…including the killing of a number […]
Thursday Music: Dixie Chicks: Not Ready to Make Nice
This is for all women who are still mad as hell. This is for all women who continue to share their stories until someone listens. This is for all women who can’t share their stories anymore because no one believes them. This is for all women who have said things and been ostracized but then […]
Vietnam versus Puerto Rico
In Ken Burns’ film The Vietnam War, he shows film of material being delivered to reinforce the South Vietnam Army as the American troops are being withdrawn by President Richard Nixon. Thousands of tanks, trucks, jeeps, artillery pieces, etc are being unloaded in a country thousands of miles away from the United States…almost half way […]
Rep Joel Kleefisch: Wisconsin Penny Ante Fellow Traveler
Ok, I’ve never heard of the 3 percenters. So I guess Wisconsin State Representative Joel Kleefisch hadn’t either…but before you speak to a group…wouldn’t you have someone in your office vet them? Isn’t that your job…and their job? Or did he actually know better and just flat out in Trump America not care. So […]
Donald Trump: The Ultimate Fellow Traveler
President Donald Trump couldn’t leave well enough alone. After taking his time putting out a statement about the rallies, confrontations, violence and murder in Charlottesville…he doesn’t address the real meat of the problem. And after two days of pressure from nearly every sector in America…he finally comes out in a prepared statement and condemns hatred […]
MILWAUKEE – Several members of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors released the following statement regarding the recent terrorist incident in Charlottesville, Virginia:
“Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Heather Heyer and the other victims of hate-fueled violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday.
“Hate has no place in America, […]
A Dirty Little Secret About Planned Parenthood.
Behind closed doors with a select audience of supporters, President Trump signed an executive order that will allow states to divert Title X federal dollars used for women’s health care away from the Planned Parenthood clinics that provide those services.
President Trump signed legislation Thursday allowing states to withhold federal family planning dollars from […]
Where Are All of the Women In Wisconsin Politics
Last week I saw a post on Facebook stating that a station in Madison had aired a segment stating 75% of the town boards in Wisconsin lacked even a single woman. Today Politifact in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reviewed that statement and found it to be true.
To balance a program that included an […]
I’ve seen the future, and it is female.
No, I’m not clairvoyant. I’ve just recently met the Emerge Wisconsin Class of 2017!
This past Saturday night, Emerge Wisconsin had a meet and greet in Milwaukee where one could mingle with all 50 of the current program members.
I asked everyone I met the following questions: […]
On Being: Krista Tippett’s Interview of John Lewis.
Instead of wasting your time on the president’s press conference, a better way to spend your Sunday afternoon would be listening to On Being’s host, Krista Tippet, interview Congressman John Lewis:
We take in the extraordinary wisdom of Congressman John Lewis on what happened in Selma on Bloody Sunday and beyond — and how it […]
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