WE ARE LESS SAFE
Americans share many of the same values. One of these is personal safety, and we look to the government to help us ensure that safety. Trump and his billionaire backers, however, have been hollowing out our government and making us all less safe.
We just suffered the first fatal commercial air crash in 16 years. This comes on the heels of Trump sowing chaos at the FAA. Under pressure from Elon Musk the FAA Director resigned and has yet to be replaced. Trump froze the hiring of Air Traffic Controllers and then disbanded the Aviation Safety Advisory Committee. He then ...
VOTE ABSENTEE
I’m long past the age when I make New Year’s resolutions. I won’t try to lose 10 pounds or start a Pilates class or learn to speak French fluently. But I do undertake a few tasks at the beginning of each year to get off to a good start.
First among them is to register to vote absentee. It’s easy, it’s fast, and it guarantees I won’t miss an election.
Almost as fast as my computer’s web browser brought up myvote.wi.gov, I entered my name, birthdate and address and received confirmation — in under two minutes. Now, I’m all set for the Feb. 18 primary ...
STOP THE SALE OF PINE CREST
One year ago, People for Pine Crest brought to light what was in store for the Pine Crest Nursing home. Our county, our future became the mantra as they began investigating the arguments for selling Pine Crest and what they have since learned.
Selling Pine Crest is not in the best interests of the county and there are other options. Although the Medicaid reimbursement rate is low, People for Pine Crest found that while digging into the financials, that Pine Crest was not losing money as the county was trying to say. In fact, Lincoln ...
Winter Salt Week January 27, 2025
Using excess salt harms plants and animals, pollutes our water, damages buildings, and corrodes vehicles, roads and bridges. Once you put salt down, it doesn’t go away. Instead, it travels into our lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands, putting aquatic life at risk and endangering our freshwater resources. Salt also alters the composition of soil, slows plant growth, and weakens the concrete, brick and stone that make up our homes, garages, bridges, and roads.
There is a way to cut down on salt use and keep our roads, parking lots and driveways safe: Use ...
American Barabbas
Depicted in the four Gospels—Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23, John 19—are scenes of Jesus’ trial before Pilate. In all these depictions, the crowd yells for the insurrectionist Barabbas to be freed and for Jesus to be killed.
There is no exact parallel in contemporary American politics. Jesus was not a candidate for public office. But a certified crowd did vote an insurrectionist into the presidency, a man whose consistent mantras are never to apologize, never show weakness, never admit wrongdoing, and never confess to any sins.
Approximately 80% of white evange...
New Analysis Details the Public Health Impacts of Proposed Gas Plants in Wisconsin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Abby Novinska-Lois
Abby@healthyclimatewi.org
(608) 228-2893
New Analysis Details the Public Health Impacts of Proposed Gas Plants in Wisconsin
The Oak Creek and Paris gas plants would result in $3.6 billion-5.7 billion in health costs and hundreds of premature deaths over their operating lifetime.
Milwaukee, WI – A new analysis released by the Union of Concerned Scientists and Healthy Climate Wisconsin shows that the construction of two new fossil gas power plants would have substantial negative health consequences for ...
Wisconsin Forests at Risk
“I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. Dr. Seuss in the children's book “The Lorax”
Wisconsin Green Fire recently published a report that speaks for trees and all the other organisms in Wisconsin's forests. “Wisconsin Forests at Risk: Engaging Wisconsinites in Another Century of Forest Conservation” is a warning about the declining health of forests across the state. They say, “Wisconsin’s forests have long enriched our state’s economy and quality of life. Yet, just when we need healthy, diverse, and ...
CODEPINK
In the past week, we have seen the US propaganda machine completely expose itself. In protest of the incoming TikTok ban, Americans have been flooding the Chinese social media app RedNote. Through interacting with Chinese citizens, new RedNote users have learned that the US government has been completely lying about China!
Labeled “TikTok refugees” by Chinese netizens, local users have embraced the newcomers with open arms and a lot of humor. Not only that, but this cross-cultural moment has opened a vacuum for people-to-people interactions, allowing Chinese citizens ...
California Fires
Misinformation about Los Angeles County’s devastating fires is spreading as wildly as wind-
driven embers.
Fact is, these catastrophic fires driven and grown by up to 100-mile-per-hour winds are powerful
examples of how extreme weather and climate change due to global warming affect our
communities.
Climate change is whiplashing coastal southern California between flooding rainfall and
extended drought, raising temperatures, and shifting seasons—all together, increasing risks for
more frequent wildfires made bigger by high winds. Wet weather produces ...