Progressive Thinking

GREEN BAY - If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That seems to be the Republican motto when it comes to keeping those pesky Democratic voters from voting. A few years back, they invented the great “voter fraud” epidemic, with no real evidence that it ever existed, to justify a voter ID law in Wisconsin. Since many more poor people, espec ...

GREEN BAY – I have been listening to the “debate” coming out of our nation’s capitol all day on CNN and just can’t help but comment. Today, the Republicans in the House voted to hold the budget of the United States hostage so that they could make a statement about ObamaCare. They would fund the budget but not the implementation of the Affordable C ...

A few months ago Burke wasn't on the radar screen of possible Democratic candidates for governor in 2014, and now she seems to be the hand picked candidate pushed by the party establishment. But having family money and running with the country club set have not been known to buy you love in traditional Democratic circles. GREEN BAY - According t ...

GREEN BAY - Maybe, if you don’t look at it, it will go away? That seems to be the conservative stand on the Affordable Health Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare. In Washington, the right wing in the House has voted 40 times to kill ObamaCare, while the pressing problems of the nation like job creation and immigration go unanswered. Governor Sc ...

GREEN BAY – The American Legal System boasts that it gives the accused the right to a trial before his or her peers. Unfortunately for justice, it sometimes does not guarantee the same right for the victim. Such was graphically the case in the trial of George Zimmerman last week in Florida for the murder of Trayvon Martin. In case you were vacati ...

No matter what you see or hear on TV, social media, or even talking to neighbors, check out the facts and think for yourself. LAKE GENEVA, WI - Every time I hear a Republican repeat something that I know is flat-out false, it drives me nuts. These aren’t little white lies — they’re huge, proven-to-be-false statements that people repeat like gosp ...

This is not politics. This is a con. It’s a deliberate, calculated attack on American democracy and the U.S. Constitution. LAKE GENEVA, WI - There’s a dangerous and downright disgusting scheme brewing in MAGA circles — one that should make every American’s skin crawl. It’s not a conspiracy theory. It’s a plan being openly discussed by Trump loya ...

Since Trump’s re-election, his behavior has only grown more extreme, and the Republican response has been lockstep obedience or cowardly silence. LAKE GENEVA, WI - At this point, there’s no more benefit of the doubt. If you’re a Republican still standing behind Donald Trump, you’re either willfully ignorant, blatantly weak, or some mix of both. ...

This administration's failure to base decisions on evidence and analysis leaves citizens to bear the brunt of poorly conceived policies. LAKE GENEVA, WI - The Trump administration's blatant disregard for conducting impact studies on their sweeping policy changes and budget cuts is not only irresponsible but downright dangerous. By neglectin ...

When you or your neighbor lose your job, your benefits, your healthcare and you’re still clinging to some twisted idea that Trump is on your side, will you still support a man who’s made it his mission to dismantle the very systems you rely on? LAKE GENEVA, WI - Since Donald Trump’s reelection, the fallout has been swift and brutal—especially fo ...