Weekend Reading

Should Sheriff’s Budget Be Cut?

How to Spend Less On Police

Conservative Group Seeks Immediate Stop To Wisconsin Mask Mandate

Wisconsin Is on the Brink of a Major Outbreak

The truth about violent crime in American cities, explained in 11 charts

Revealed: pro-Trump activists plotted violence ahead of Portland rallies

Black people were 8 times more likely to be pulled over by Milwaukee police in 2019 than white people, new report says

Trump’s Closing Message to Seniors: I Don’t Care If You Die

Idaho pastor who encouraged congregants to go maskless is in intensive care unit after contracting coronavirus

GOP appeals ruling that extended time to count Wisconsin absentee ballots

A Disgusting Night for Democracy

Night Parking Rules a Tax on the Poor?

Covid-19’s stunningly unequal death toll in America, in one chart

When the American Dream Became the Urban Planning Nightmare

The Decline of Wisconsin’s Republican Party

GOP leaders go to court in support of effort to strike down Tony Evers' mask mandate

Trumpworld delighted in cruelty. Now that Trump has COVID, it demands empathy.

They Went Full Malkin. You Never Go Full Malkin.

‘A Symbol Of Your Own Failures’: Jake Tapper Takes It To Trump

Do Students Need Calculus Anymore?

Why Should Court End Mask Mandate, Judge Asks

Wisconsin’s Legislature Laziest in U.S.?

Sunday Reading

Killing to win

Yes, Wisconsin Republicans used the pandemic to stop people from voting

Coronavirus Is Forcing the GOP to (Tacitly) Admit Its Ideology Is Delusional

You'd Have to Be a Newborn From Mars Not to See Wisconsin Was a Test Run for November

Voting in Wisconsin During a Pandemic: Lines, Masks and Plenty of Fear

Ron Johnson sends doctors' note to Trump urging action on hydroxychloroquine

‘Not as Wisconsin Nice as We Used to Be’: The Divisions in Dairyland

Obama pans Wisconsin 'debacle,' backs vote-by-mail efforts amid pandemic

There Is No Evidence Of Mail-In Voter Fraud

Republicans Have Spent 50 Years Building Barriers Between Voters And The Ballot Box

Bill Moyers: Republicans admit they lose when elections are fair and free

Bill’s guest in this episode is the journalist David Daley. His best-selling first book, RATF**KED-WHY YOUR VOTE DOESN’T COUNT showed how Republicans used gerrymandering to lock up control of many state and local government for years, possibly decades – and remains their strategy.

For Further Reading:
Republicans Exploit Coronavirus to Undercut Democracy in Wisconsin
How The GOP Rigs Elections
Wisconsin Gerrymandering Was Awesome
Voter suppression in Wisconsin could go nationwide in 2020
Court ignored its own rules in hearing on postponing election

Wisconsin Republicans Are Egotistical, Duplicitous Scumbags

Wisconsin governor denies Republicans' request to allow in-person Easter and Passover services during coronavirus pandemic

A dismissive Vos declares in-person voting 'safe.' Says poll work beats boring TV.

Vos claims Milwaukee is not looking for election solution; top election official invites him to work in city's 'hot spots'

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers calls special session to stop in-person voting, but Republican leaders say it should go forward

Supreme Court candidate Jill Karofsky files suit asking court to pull two TV ads for making false statements

Rushed To Judgement

Milwaukee normally has 180 voting sites; because of coronavirus, fewer than 12 polling places will be open April 7

We need not be endangering people, voters and election workers, by encouraging gatherings of many in confined areas. The election can wait. We needn't stress our election processing machinery with exponentially large numbers of absentee ballots to collect and count. We should also not be rushing many voters, now, along with coronavirus, into trying to obtain and mail, or drop-off, their absentee ballot. Democracy shouldn't be rushed, expedited or forced. The election can be postponed to ensure proper debate, turnout and processing.