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Vote No Wisconsin
Wisconsin voters will be asked two questions to amend (change) the constitution on their August ballot. These potential changes will impact both the process for distributing federal money, and who has the power to make those decisions. These large sweeping changes will impact a wide range of issues voters care about, from education to the environment to how quickly the government can respond to emergencies (like a public health crisis or a natural disaster). The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin knows that if these amendments are passed they will be harmful to the people ...
THE CRITICAL NEED TO UNDERSTAND
It is rarely mentioned in US history or media that Russia – the Soviet Union – lost an estimated 27 million people to the Nazis in World War II. This is over 50 times more deaths than America suffered with the loss of 420,000. Few were the Russian families that did not grieve. It is also rarely mentioned in US history or media that Russia was far more instrumental in defeating the Nazis than America.
Quoting Irish journalist Finnian Cunningham:
“Still, let’s not forget that the Soviet Union had been battling the Third Reich for three years before the British ...
Saving Social Security
Recently Wausau took part in a launch of Seniors for Biden in Wisconsin. We had former Alabama Senator Doug Jones come to Wausau to do a tour on Social Security and Medicare. Throughout the week, former U.S. Senator Doug Jones launched the “Protect Our Retirement” tour to campaign for President Biden across Wisconsin, with stops in Wausau, Green Bay, and Milwaukee.
Doug Jones is a former U.S. senator and current civil rights attorney. In 2017, he won a special election to fill a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama—the first Democrat to do so in 25 years in the ...
Yet Another Anniversary Roe v Wade
A reminder that on June 24 we are seeing yet another anniversary of the overturning of Roe v Wade (June 24, 2022). What does your area have planned? Is your community planning a rally? Below are some talking points for Letters to the Editor. Talk to your friends and neighbors, we need to have facts out there.
**Wausau will have a rally on Saturday, June 22 from noon unti 1:30 PM at the entrance to Marathon Park, across from John Muir. Bring a sign and see you there. More details to come.
The Supreme Court ruling in FDA v. Alliance for ...
I am Voting NO
Vote No on Constitutional Amendment Ballot Questions this August
I am voting NO on both constitutional amendment questions on the August 13, 2024 ballot, and I urge other Wisconsin residents to do the same. These amendments are meant to give the state legislature control over appropriating money, and restrict the governor’s ability to accept and allocate federal funds without the consent of the state legislature, which has proven that they do not have the best interest of Wisconsin residents in mind. The state legislature wants to hold ALL the purse strings.
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Environmental Impact of Project 2025
The Republicans have a plan – called Project 2025.-- to make many drastic changes to the federal government if they win control in November. Last week I discussed the basic agenda to dismantle or weaken many federal government functions and services (“Project 2025 is on the ballot” June 6, 2024). In May I talked about their plans to restructure federal taxes (“Taxes are on the ballot in November” May 16, 2024). This article discusses their plans to change the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and environmental protection.
Reading the “Mandate for ...
Demonstrations Across Wisconsin
Demonstrations Across Wisconsin
Please join the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans,
American Federation of Government Employees Council 220,
and other partner organizations as we call for Social Security to
be protected, modernized and expanded!
Attend a demonstration near you!
All events start at noon and will last approximately one hour
Rhinelander: Tuesday, May 15 meeting at 2023 Navajo Street
wisconsin.retiredamericans.org
Thank you to our friends at WJFW for the great reporting. This link will help you to understand what Social Security is up ...
Julia Ward Howe’s 1870 Mother’s Day Proclamation
Duty to Warn
Julia Ward Howe’s 1870 Mother’s Day Proclamation
(An Anti-War Manifesto Lamenting the Dead, Dying and Soul-Sickened Soldiers Returning from the Killing Fields)
By Gary G. Kohls, MD – May 7, 2017
https://www.globalresearch.ca/womens-rights-and-social-justice-julia-ward-howes-1870-mothers-day-proclamation-a-day-of-peace/5589245
147 years ago, the disastrous human and economic consequences of the American Civil War were becoming increasingly apparent, especially to certain thoughtful wise women who had seen ...
Mom’s Story
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 would tell me that they never went hungry; although, she wanted her mother
to buy a box of cornflakes which they couldn’t afford. She worked hand in hand
with her parents on the farm, along with three of her uncles who lived with them
as the farm eventually grew to 160 ...