Republicans is Wisconsin want to defund a long time bi partisan conservation program saving critical areas from over development and keeping them for recreational and commercial use. upnorthnewswi.com/2025/11/18/t...

I’ll never understand the obsession with politicians.

Oh my. James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists. Get this man in the Senate.

Personalized gold bars from the Swiss. Used jumbo jet from Qatar. Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto. The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.

So why do white supremacists so threatened?

Dems Introduce Bill to 'Stop Apparent Bribery Involving Trump Ballroom Donations' www.commondreams.org/news/warren-... “Americans shouldn’t have to wonder whether President Trump is building a ballroom to facilitate a pay-to-play scheme for political favors.

Think Tank Launches 'One-Stop Shop' for Economic Info to Fight Trump's War on Data www.commondreams.org/news/trump-w... a leading US think tank on Monday announced a new digital dashboard “to provide an accountability check” against attempts to manipulate and mislead the public.

Short of Medicare for All, Sanders Offers Democrats 6 Other Ways to Tackle Healthcare Crisis www.commondreams.org/news/us-heal... it is essential that the Dem Caucus unify behind a set of commonsense policies that will make healthcare more affordable and accessible,” People are paying attention now

Trump’s Environmental Policy Is Determined to “Make America Poisoned Again” truthout.org/articles/tru... Trump’s Coal-Friendly EPA Rolls Back Rules Meant to Prevent Water Contamination and the people most affected by pollution are considered disposable. We can choose community or cruelty in policy

Trump’s BBC Lawsuit Seeks to Bully International Newsrooms Into Servility truthout.org/articles/tru... rump is floating a settlement equal to well over half of the entire annual revenue stream for the BBC.That isn’t a routine lawsuit; it’s the actions of a conqueror demanding a bone-crushing tribute

Swalwell: Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, you should familiarize yourselves with this room. Get to know that witness chair — you’re going to be parked in it for a long time. Accountability is coming.

Chumming it up with murderers Trump defends Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over killing of Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying ‘things happen’ President Trump said he did not hold the Saudi leader responsible for the 2018 murder, despite a U.S. intelligence report assessing the opposite.

This seems like great news Court blocks GOP-friendly Texas voting map — a ruling that is likely to help Democrats keep 5 seats in 2026 midterms In a stinging setback for DJT and Republicans, a federal court blocked a newly drawn congressional map that Repubs hoped would have given them an edge ..

Vance Blames Immigrants, Biden in Response to Affordability Questions truthout.org/articles/van... this claim — frequently peddled by Vance and Trump to deflect blame for the state of the economy — is blatantly false, housing and immigration experts say. The article gives the facts..

Epstein Victims 💔

‘Americans Should Be Enraged’: Reports Expose Unprecedented Corruption at Trump DOJ www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d... former DOJ attorneys described directives to dig up evidence on Trump’s political foes, and orders to drop investigations into potential terrorist plots and white-collar crimes.

Ecuador Voters Crush Right-Wing Push to Allow Return of US Military Bases www.commondreams.org/news/ecuador... Around 2/3 of voters opposed the measure, Voters also rejected a separate effort to rewrite the country’s progressive 2008 constitution, which enshrined labor and environmental rights.

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Several women who survived abuse by Jeffrey Epstein came together for a powerful PSA video demanding that Congress release all files on the accused sex trafficker. “While we are Epstein and Maxwell survivors, we are standing for so many victims of sexual assault and of domestic violence, as well.”

The rampant, blatant corruption of this admin is astounding - everything is for sale. Military assets, security guarantees, tech, lifting of tariffs - the word is out that if they bribe Trump they can get anything they want. more disgusting than that is the fact that Republicans remain silent.

A [appointed]Trump loyalist prosecutor is probing former top Obama administration officials JIn several cases, including Reding Quiñones’s, the appointments have led to a staff exodus and a sharp drop in morale as the appointees embrace the administration’s most controversial investigations. WaPo

New foreign student enrollment at U.S. colleges dropped 17 percent in the fall Some advocates argue the decline will hurt the U.S. economy because immigrants often play a key role in business start-ups and research. WaPo Its blatant racism. Just like 'America First' crap from the KKK

GOP Lawmakers Are Using a Wild Conspiracy Theory to Attack Medication Abortion truthout.org/articles/gop... the surveillance technology could be used to isolate the source to “a particular street or home where the pills were used, though such measures would be legally fraught and extremely costly.”

Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner Says 'Nobody Works Hard Enough to Justify $1 Billion' www.commondreams.org/news/maine-s... Planter is arguing that the existence of billionaires cannot be justified in a world where working-class people with multiple jobs still cannot afford the basics of life.

50,000 March in Brazil to Celebrate Death of Fossil Fuel Industry at COP30 www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-d... , the tens of thousands who marched outside the (COP30) summit called for big polluters to pay for the large-scale damage their businesses have caused worldwide over the last century.

Maybe, and I'm spitballing here, women don't like waiting in hospital parking lots until they are near death to have life-saving abortions. Maybe they enjoy having a bank account and jobs and voting rights. Maybe they don't want a court judge to decide if they deserve a divorce. Wow, what a mystery.

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Now that the "emails" are out Fox news is still covering for pedos Jesse Watters actually argued we should “believe Ghislaine Maxwell.” This is the moral rot of MAGA: excuse the inexcusable, diminish the indefensible, protect the powerful at any cost. MTN

“Department of War” Name Change, Which Isn’t Even Official, Will Cost $2 Billion truthout.org/articles/dep... the change — which has no impact on the mission, makeup, or strategies of the DOD — comes with financial consequences.

The Guilty Always Yell Loudest www.meidasplus.com/p/the-guilty... it's the cheap thrill of watching a government act like a vindictive homeowners’ association run by people who weaponize pettiness as if it’s a constitutional right.

The Catholic Bishops Are Fighting FOR The Immigrants, and Against Chump and ICE.......

A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold. Where are my Originalists at?

Lindsay Graham etc are robbing US citizens. His phone was not tapped. They only looked into his phone log...which rump is probably authorizing right now on many of his "enemies". A million dollars?? We should all sue for having our personal data made available to who knows who by DOGE.

Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...

Now we know why he didn't want the files released.... This is from the Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a rare, nearly unanimous statement condemning Trump’s nationwide immigration crackdown as a violation of “God-given human dignity,” launching a new national campaign to support migrants and calling for comprehensive reform of U.S. immigration laws.

These are Wisconsin Vets www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWBC...

Montana Has an Ambitious Plan to End Dark Money in Elections truthout.org/articles/mon... “The states’ authority is absolute in terms of how they define their corporations and which powers they decide to give their corporations. Other states need to adopt the plan. People are tired of dark money..

'Reckless and Irresponsible': Trump Plans Deep Housing Cuts That Could Leave 200,000 Homeless www.commondreams.org/news/trump-h... the plan risks a sudden end of support for most of the people in the Continuum of Care places. “All are disabled—a condition of the aid— how would they find housing.?”

Broadening Assault on the Left, Trump Designates EU Anti-Fascist Groups as ‘Foreign Terrorist Organizations’ www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a... The move, the first time ever EU groups were labeled FTO, seems an attempt to make people accustomed to white Westerners being treated as terrorists.

'Wake the F Up. This Is Going to Destroy Us': Senator Sounds Alarm After AI Cyberattack www.commondreams.org/news/ai-cybe... the industry (not Anthropic) continues to push for federal ban on state AI rules, with no federal substitute.” Didn't this regime fire all the cybersecurity experts in FBI?

Good news: in recent weeks increased numbers of people have been donating to food banks and collecting food for neighbors. And a big story in our local news is that generous donors Karen and Dick Vaughn just donated $3.5 million to the Waukesha County food pantry. A reminder -- so many people care!

Obama recently surprised some Wisconsin veterans! We're also thinking of veterans today -- what we ask of our military members and what we owe them in return. We're also listening to those speaking out in peaceful protests around the country today. Veterans' stories and perspectives are vital.

Epstein offered the NY Times photos of Trump with young girls in bikinis during his first campaign in 2015. The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server. Support independent media.