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		<title>Use of Federal Troops</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Anne Harmon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Presidents have always been careful when forced to send federal troops into America’s cities and states, and only did so when there was a breakdown of law and order or when constitutional rights were being violated by state and local governments. In 1957, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas national guard and sent 1,200 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Questioning Patriotism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<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>How Would You Send $1.5 Trillion Dollars?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Code Pink]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How would you spend $1.5 trillion dollars? Statement from Code Pink While the working class struggles to make ends meet, this budget propels the U.S. into more endless wars to enrich weapons and tech billionaires. We demand a budget that invests in the people and planet, not death &#38; destruction. The Trump administration proposed the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Making America Good</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<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>CALLING DEMOCRATS COMMUNIST IS A SCARE TACTIC</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Krizek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The claim that Democrats want communism is not a political argument — it is a distraction. It is designed to frighten voters rather than inform them, and it deserves a direct, factual response. The Democratic Party is home to three distinct mainstream ideological groups, and not one of them advocates for communism. The largest group [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>7th Congressional Forums</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Middle Wisconsin Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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	<a href="https://middlewisconsin.org/7th-congressional-forums/"><img title="Marathon Co WFU Townhall" src="https://middlewisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Marathon-Co-WFU-Townhall-300x251.png" alt="7th Congressional Forums" width="300" height="251" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" /></a>
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	July 21, 2026 – 6:30 – 7th Congressional District Candidate Forum – NTC This is a joint event with four other local Leagues.  The plan is to have the candidates come to Wausau and then live stream the event to four community colleges in the 7th district. As for the Governor’s all of the candidates approved by [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Small-Town &#038; Rural Seniors &#124; Governor Candidates Forum &#124; Briefing  &#8220;STARS&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Middle Wisconsin Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160; Small-Town &#38; Rural Seniors &#124; Governor Candidates Forum &#124; Briefing editors note: This wonderful group was also very visible during the People for Pine Crest in Merrill. At a Glance Saturday, July 25, 2026, 1:00-3:00 PM Ho-Chunk Convention Center, Baraboo, Wisconsin Expected attendance: 150 in the room; live streamed statewide via Civic Media; strong [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8220;Tavern Talks&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Northern Lights Indivisible]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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	Our MIA congressman, Toxic Tom Tiffany, will be holding one of his “Tavern Talks” after the Republican picnic in Medford (car pooling available.) Tom doesn’t like to be challenged, so his “Tavern Town Halls” are by invitation only.  We’d like to PACK THE PUB WITH PROGRESSIVES! To request a seat at the pub, please contact: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Telling the Truth About History</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<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>Gubernatorial Candidate Forums &#8212; Up North and Wausau</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Northern Lights Indivisible]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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	Now is your chance to compare &#38; contrast the democratic candidates for the Governor’s Race! Come with your questions! Pat Kreitlow of UpNorth News will be the moderator. Sponsored by the Oneida &#38; Vilas County Democratic Parties. WAUSAU EVENTS July 14, 2026 &#8211; 6:30 pm &#8211; Governor&#8217;s Candidate Forum &#8211; NTC This event is hosted [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BECAUSE THERE CAN NEVER BE TOO MANY THINGS HAPPENING AT ONCE</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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	Because there can never been too many things happening at once: For those of you who have been following the progress of Tom Tiffany’s bill to rename our unique Lakeshore Park to a National Park, the House tacked it on as an amendment to the Budget which passed last week. Despite strong local opposition by [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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