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		<title>Join the Bridge Brigade</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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	Join fellow progressives in the area for the Bridge Brigade this next Friday, August 7 from 3 PM to 5 PM. We will be on the overpass of Highway U, between Briq’s and Sound World. Just bring yourself, do not bring protest signs, this is not a protest. We will have sign boards that spell [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Background on the 4 Governor Candidates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160; Joel Brennan &#160; Former Secretary, WI Dept. of Administration (2019–2022); ex-president, Greater Milwaukee Committee &#160; The last candidate to enter (December 2025), Brennan runs on executive and budget experience, touting the nearly $4 billion surplus and $1.7 billion rainy-day fund built during his time as Evers&#8217; top cabinet official, plus his renegotiation of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tiffany Tax Schools</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Anne Harmon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week, you are likely reviewing your property tax bill and wondering why it’s gone up &#8211; again! The short answer: Tom Tiffany and Wisconsin Republican lawmakers. Wisconsin is currently sitting on a $2.5 billion dollar surplus, in large part because state Republicans have refused to spend our property tax dollars in the way they [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Impeachment Is the Only Answer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that we are in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of our country. Trump said he would be a “dictator on day one” and he meant it. All his actions since taking office have been intended to seize unlimited presidential power. &#160; In 2017, we hoped that Trumpism was a fluke [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Forest Fires Part 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pam Fricke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Remember when the President suggested that wildfires could be prevented by raking and cleaning the forest floors to remove dead trees, brush and leaves? After the California wildfires in 2018 and 2020, he blamed the state’s failure to clean up its forests. &#160; Although he was pointing the finger at California for its poor forest [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wisconsin&#8217;s 7th CD Primary Candidates</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about the primary election for Wisconsin&#8217;s next governor. This week I discuss the candidates running for the 7th Congressional district. &#160; But first a comment on the media and the Wisconsin governors race. The media is repeating the false narrative that with five candidates the Democrats are divided and the Republicans [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Heart of the North 7th Congressional District Picnic</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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	Democratic Candidates Potluck Picnic Set for August 8 &#160; You&#8217;re invited to a picnic on Saturday, August 8 in the great North Woods to hear from local and statewide Democratic candidates running in the August 11 primary election. The Democratic Party of Sawyer County and Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation is hosting the picnic to give [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Coming Up This Week</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>This is the Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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	Wausau on July 25th at 5:30 PM!]]></description>
		
		
		
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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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