The Political Environment

A forum, news site and archive begun in February, 2007 about politics and the environment in Wisconsin. And elsewhere.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

The Trump-Devos war on already-stressed children

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Cue the bullying, as transgender kids are now at the mercy of states-rightists , and the equally cowardly Attorney General Jeff Sessions an...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

WI must have surplus State Patrol officers

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If 17 of them can volunteer for DAPL duty . I was out in the Zoo Interchange morass in both directions mid-to-late afternoon today, and ...

Wind energy attractive; MG&E adds more

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Despite the many obstacles thrown up by right-wing GOP Gov. and fossil-fuel servant Scott Walker, consumer preference and economics - - her...

Water is life, but not to WI GOP leaders

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There was news this morning that some pipeline protesters in North Dakota, facing an expulsion deadline laid down by the now-Donald Trump-d...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Gauntlet thrown; will US accept dirty air and water?

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Trump is ordering major rollbacks to clean water and air protections: One executive order — which the Trump administration will couch as...

Walker would destroy WI Parole Commission

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Right-wing Wisconsin Gov. who-has-never-visited-a-prison-as-Governor/granted-a-single-pardon-Scott Walker plans to virtually wipe out the W...
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Echos of Nixonian double-speak in Flynn's firing

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Want some historical context for  Donald Trump's defense of the fired National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn:  Mike Flynn is a fin...
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CT's Dave Zweifel wants the DNR's magazine saved

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Dave Zweifel, lifelong journalist and editor emeritus of the Madison Capital Times, urges his "Plain Talk" column readers to subs...
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Sunday, February 19, 2017

More about Trump's post-words America

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It was probably the hungry Trump talking out of his stomach last night when he said "Look what happened in Sweden."  He might h...

Boston needs a wall. No hoax.

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Much of Boston Harbor is only about a food above normal high tide levels, putting 90 thousand residents and $80 billion worth of real estat...
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Trump's EPA suppression echoes Walker's takedown of WI DNR

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[ Updated from 1/25/17] I'm adding to this recent post because: *  The ideologically-driven, corporately-attuned Wisconsin Departme...
Friday, February 17, 2017

The sound of troops in the street getting closer

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The Trump regime is labeling it 100% false, but they drafted it .  It's 11 pages long .  Someone put a lot of time into setting a ...
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David Clarke, through his own lens

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David Clarke wants you to see this picture. Hat tip, Dan Bice:
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WI DNR serving its wealthy property-buying customers anew

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Scott Walker says the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources can't continue to mail out as it has for 99 years a subscriber-paid ma...

Milwaukee rail line win 20 years in the making

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So great to see  this story and headline:  Milwaukee Streetcar route construction to begin in April Service for the initial downtow...

Opponents win hearing on Waukesha's Lake Michigan diversion

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Some months ago I'd written that many cities along the St. Lawrence Seaway and across the Great Lakes region in the US and Canada wou...
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Walker's DNR mag kill destroys Stepp's pro-customer mantra, too

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The "chamber of commerce mentality" Wisconsin DNR Secretary whom Scott Walker installed atop the agency has been pitching custome...
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