Ron Johnson: How Does It Feel?

How does it feel, to be on your own… We’ve posted twice about Senator Ron Johnson’s (R – WI) recent initiative to make Juneteenth Day a national holiday and then his rather rapid reversal. We applauded him for his initiative and mumbled under our breath that following day. But it…

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You Knew It Was Too Good To Be True: Sen. Johnson Reverses Course on Juneteenth Day.

So, here’s a big sigh of consternation. But Sen. Ron Johnson (R – WI) and Sen. James Lankford (R – OK) have already withdrawn their proposal to make Juneteenth Day a national holiday, replacing Columbus Day. U.S. Senators Ron Johnson and James Lankford are backtracking on a proposed amendment that…

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Wait? What? Sen. Ron Johnson Is Doing What?

In the wake of the George Floyd protests, Senator Ron Johnson (R – WI) is co-sponsoring a bill with Senator James Lankford (R – OK) to drop Columbus Day as a national holiday and replace it with Juneteenth Day. Of all of the elected officials in Wisconsin, you’ll probably admit…

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Celebrating Juneteenth Day!

Now that President Donald Trump has made Juneteenth Day famous… This would have been the 49th Anniversary of Juneteenth Day Street Festival in Milwaukee, had it not been for the COVID-19 pandemic. But there are numerous activities and events around the city to commemorate. And for the first time, both…

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Why Isn’t Juneteenth Day A National Holiday?

Making Juneteenth Day a national holiday would be a step toward healing the racial divide in the United States that still continues to plague all of us.

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