Oh, if only “what if” could become a reality once in a while. On that point, the Secret Service made a colossal mistake on January 6, 2021. Even though it would have violated its mission of assuring the physical safety of the president of the United States, it should have permitted Donald Trump to join the crowd that attacked the …
Continue readingIn December of 2023, the 10 so-called “fake electors” who had cast Wisconsin Electoral College ballots for Donald Trump three years earlier agreed that their action was not appropriate. After a civil suit was filed against them on behalf of legitimate Democratic electors, they agreed to not serve as electors in 2024 or whenever Trump is on the ballot as …
Continue readingGiven his talent for lying, what can we believe from Donald Trump’s recent whoppers uttered at campaign rallies? There are so many. One of his smaller lies is Trump’s repeated claim that his uncle John Trump was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 40 years (actually 37) and that he was the longest serving professor ever at …
Continue readingAbortion is alive and well. Lest anyone freak out at such a statement by taking those words literally, they are not an endorsement of abortion but they apply in other contexts. One is how abortion has become a potent political issue in the 19 months since the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe decision which legalized abortion nationwide. For the …
Continue readingThe arrogance and thirst for power by some Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature continues unabated. Among other goals, they want to tell the state’s schools, libraries, and even sports organizations how to operate – not to mention how the state’s elections should be conducted. An early November $109,300 media blitz (currently upped to $250,000) in the Milwaukee market was staged …
Continue readingNovember 2019 Still fuming over their loss of the governorship (and all other state level offices) a year earlier, all 19 Republicans in the Wisconsin senate vented a bit of their fury on November 5 by refusing to accept Gov. Tony Evers’ appointment of Brad Pfaff to be Secretary of the state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection – …
Continue readingBy Ray Mueller The arrogance and audacity of the Republican leaders in the Wisconsin legislature seem to have no limits. And, with rare exceptions, they enjoy full backing by their fellow Republicans, including those from this area. Stung by the loss of all five state-wide offices to Democrats in the 2018 election, Republicans retaliated quickly to defy the will of …
Continue readingBy Ray Mueller, originally published June 6, 2019 “He got away with it” – at least for now – is a simple way to assess the standing of President Donald J. Trump in the wake of the long-awaited but redacted Mueller report. As long as he remains on the scene, Trump will crow about “no collusion” and “total exoneration” to his adoring …
Continue readingBy Ray Mueller Hardly a day goes by when there isn’t a mass shooting somewhere in the United States – more than 250 of them already in 2019. In what tends to draw widespread media attention, a “mass shooting” means there were at least four victims. No place seems exempt from such shootings by someone who has “a score to settle” …
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