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		<title>A Longtime Republican’s Values Would be Unrecognizable in Today’s Party</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Fisher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kevin Hermening’s recent announcement of his run for state assembly prompted the memory of a photo my Aunt Irene happily showed me some years ago.  Over age 80, she was seated behind Mr. Hermening on his motorcycle, two committed Republicans about to go for a ride at a fundraiser. Were my aunt, a long time leader of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>No Kings March 28</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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	Join us as many of the local groups come together for this big event. League of Women Voters of Marathon County, Indivisible. and the Marathon County Democratic Party. Disgusted with the way so many things are going in our country? I am mad as hell and I know you feel the same. The situation is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Better Way Than War</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.&#8221; President Ronald Reagan. We know from long experience that wars do not solve problems. Wars are the problem and only result in death, destruction, debt and suffering. There are better ways to settle conflicts and interact with our [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>No Kings 2.0</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Left vs. Right is not the Issue, Rather Democracy vs. Extremism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick Lohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What is the political left that our current administration attacks vehemently and relentlessly? It is not a single entity of opposition to any current leader, nor does it describe any single political position.  The political left describes a broad spectrum of ideologies that favor governmental reform in the general direction of more social equality. This political [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>More on political violence</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has a lot of damn gall accusing Democrats and liberals of inciting political violence. Since 2015 he has been a primary source of inflammatory, divisive, hate-filled political rhetoric that  encouraged violence by his supporters. He is the only president in our history to incite a mob to attack Congress. &#160; In the past [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NO KINGS ON OCTOBER 18</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Middle Wisconsin Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hate in America 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trump is lying again. Following the murder of right wing activist Charlie Kirk, he is falsely accusing liberals of promoting violence and political “terrorism.” With his usual fact free demagoguery, he claims, “The radical left causes tremendous violence” and in “a bigger way” than right wing extremists. &#160; The truth is exactly the opposite and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Saving PBS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 04:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Can&#8217;t have the kids being groomed by Antiques Roadshow.” This statement is from a cartoon by Jen Sorensen talking about the defunding of public broadcasting. The humorous, but perceptive,   cartoon explains the ridiculous reasoning behind Republican attacks on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. &#160; Back in 1961 Newton Minow, the Federal Communications Commission Chairman, famously [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party of Marathon County realizes how divisive politics have become. All we can control is our little corner of the world. One of the issues we can agree on is our children. The Trump Administration&#8217;s “Big Beautiful Bill” makes it even harder for many Wisconsin K-12 students to afford lunch. But, in Marathon [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Food Stamp Folly</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We all do better when we all do better&#8221; was the late Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone&#8217;s simple, yet profound, statement of economic truth. In a stable, sustainable economy no one should be left behind even if they are poor or not as “productive.” This is not just kindness or charity. It is a recognition that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SAVING PBS</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Can&#8217;t have the kids being groomed by Antiques Roadshow.” This statement is from a cartoon by Jen Sorensen talking about the defunding of public broadcasting. The humorous, but perceptive, cartoon explains the ridiculous reasoning behind Republican attacks on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Back in 1961 Newton Minow, the Federal Communications Commission Chairman, famously described [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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