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		<title>Will We Survive</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 05:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nicholas Kristof is a Conservative columnist for the New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/opinion/gaza-harris-trump.html In his article, “Don’t Let Liberal Purity Elect Trump,” Kristof lists the dangers if Donald Trump is elected. I will summarize Kristof’s main points. “So to those so upset about Bidens’ policies in the Middle East that they are thinking about voting for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sounding the Alarm!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 04:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Retired General Mark A. Milley is sounding the alarm as to how dangerous Donald Trump has become. Milley served as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for more than a year under Trump and continued in that role during President Biden’s presidency. General Milley served more than 40 years in the military and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Preserve Democracy, Please Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mrs. Juntti was my 1st and 2nd grade teacher in a small elementary school in northern Wisconsin. Mrs. Juntti gave me some of the greatest gifts I could ever receive. She taught me to read which opened my world to all the amazing things in life! Mrs. Juntti taught me how to write—another gift that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>We The People</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joyce Luedke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world, red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight.” We sang this song in elementary school and Sunday School when I was a kid. To this day, I believe that each and every person is precious and has a purpose in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Something More Than Free</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joyce Luedke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 04:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Does a song and its lyrics hit home and make you think? Something More Than Free, by Jason Isbell is one of those songs. “I don’t think on why I’m here, where it hurts, I’m just lucky to have the work.” “I thank God for the work.” Are you thankful for the crews who work [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mom&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joyce Luedke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 04:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mom’s Story April 21, 2024 My Mom was born in 1914. From what I understand, she was born in a two-room log cabin that was part of a lumber camp in northern Wisconsin. Her parent’s borrowed some money to buy 20 acres of cut-over land to begin a small family farm in northern Wisconsin. She [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joyce Luedke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 04:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Senator Tammy Baldwin joined the Democrats in the U.S. Senate and worked to pass the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Nineteen Republicans also voted in favor of the Law. Unfortunately, Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin voted “No.” President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act November 15, 2021. Two years after [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Heal Medicare</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joyce Luedke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 04:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Do You Know Where Your Ancestors Came From?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 04:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The United States is a country of immigrants and they came for many reasons. Donald Trump’s grandfather, Frederick, was born in 1869 in Kallstadt, which was in the Kingdom of Bavaria. He immigrated to the US in 1885 to escape three years of compulsory military service in Germany. Frederick’s wife, Elisabeth Christ, also lived in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>February 26-March 1st is Public School Week in Wisconsin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 05:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My mother, Elvie, grew up during the Depression on a family dairy farm in Maple, Wisconsin. She graduated from a small elementary school that educated children from first through eighth grade. Because she was the oldest of three children, she was needed on the farm and was unable to attend a high school in Superior. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN CONCERNS IN 2024</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joyce Luedke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 05:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recently, I asked family members and friends: What are your main concerns in 2024? The responses centered around: climate change and the environment; unions; supporting public schools with additional funds to counter the taxpayer money going to unaccountable private schools; gerrymandering and redistricting; the slaughter of children by high-powered rifles; Social Security and Medicare; raising [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Writer challenges legislator Robin Vos on stand against DEI programs at UW System</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joyce Luedke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 04:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here are two questions for the readers: Do you contact Wisconsin legislators? Do the legislators respond? Recently, I sent an email to Assembly Speaker (Robin) Vos regarding statements Vos has made during and after the 2023-2025 budget session. Here are some of the statements I addressed in the email. Speaker Vos said he is embarrassed [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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