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		<title>Questioning Patriotism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Repetition is essential for learning. It is also a way to manipulate and control people&#8217;s thinking.  Advertisers bombard people with frequent messages to get them to buy stuff. Dictators repeat the “big lie” until it becomes accepted as truth. &#160; This article is an updated repeat from the past. Hopefully, people will learn and think [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Making America Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” Howard Zinn (1922 – 2010), historian and peace activist. &#160; “Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it&#8230;.” George Bernard Shaw (1856 -1950), Irish playwright and political activist. &#160; Around the 4th of July [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Art of The Bad Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“He&#8217;s all hat and no cattle&#8221; is a quip Jim Hightower uses to describe feckless, blowhard politicians. Google AI says this old Texas colloquialism means someone who “talks a big game, acts showy, or makes grand promises, but lacks the actual substance, wealth, or capability to back it up.” Donald Trump&#8217;s foreign policy, especially with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[August 11th is the Partisan Primary in Wisconsin. Currently there are five Democratic and two Republican candidates for governor. On the Republican side Trump endorsed Rep. Tom Tiffany will be the candidate in November. His 27-year-old opponent has no chance. The Democratic contest has no clear leader, but who wins will be extremely important for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Telling the Truth About History</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Nations reel and stagger on their way; they make hideous mistakes; they commit frightful wrongs; they do great and beautiful things. And shall we not best guide humanity by telling the truth about all this&#8230;?” W.E.B. Du Bois writing in 1935. “We will stop the radical indoctrination of our students and restore patriotic education to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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	“How have you, your family or your community been impacted by war.” This was the question Veterans for Peace and Northland Grandmothers for Peace asked the public on Memorial Day.* They gathered 175 statements. Most of the responses discussed the loss or suffering of a family member. Some were about war diverting resources from important [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cruelty is Not an American Value</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cruelty is not an American value nor should it be a deliberate policy of our nation. But what the Trump administration is doing in Cuba is simply cruel. As a nation we should be ashamed. Cuba is a small, poor nation that has no capacity to harm the U.S. and represents zero threat to our [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>War Spending in Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 02:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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	We all know federal spending on war and preparation for war – what we euphemistically call “defense” spending – is huge. But most people have no understanding of how big these numbers are, how they compare with other government spending, and what it all means for their lives. People might understand $100,000 because that is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>War Spending in Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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	We all know federal spending on war and preparation for war – what we euphemistically call “defense” spending – is huge. But most people have no understanding of how big these numbers are, how they compare with other government spending, and what it all means for their lives. People might understand $100,000 because that is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A “Defense” Spending Surge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“In America, nothing – and I mean nothing – seems capable of reversing massive military spending and incessant warfare.” William Astore, a retired USAF Lt. Colonel, historian, author and commentator on military issues. Pentagon spending for fiscal year 2026 (October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026) is projected to be $961.6 billion. This is an [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tiffany is a Bad Choice for Governor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Wisconsin will choose a new Governor in November. At this time there are nine Democratic candidates for the August 11 primary. The Republican&#8217;s have just two. But Representative Tom Tiffany will be the candidate. He has been endorsed by Trump. Tom Tiffany [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Giving Up is Unforgivable</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“The right to vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most nonviolent tool or instrument in a democratic society. We must use it.” John Lewis, former U.S. Representative and “good trouble” civil rights leader. Wisconsin has an election on Tuesday, April 7th. As John Lewis said, voting is a necessary, essential duty of citizens [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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