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		<title>Fairness, least change and gerrylaundering</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne Marie McClellan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I served with eight other Wisconsinites on the People’s Map Commission. Governor Evers asked the commission to create legislative and congressional maps without partisan bias or advantage, while holding true to traditional redistricting criteria. We fulfilled those obligations. The Princeton Gerrymandering Project gave our maps an A+ grade. Meanwhile, the legislators drew district maps that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ron Johnson is crazy like a fox</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth Conniff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Originally published in the Wisconsin Examiner on February 10, 2022 Today’s Republican Party, with the exception of Mitch McConnell — who, god help us, is now the GOP’s voice of reason — appears to have given up on the idea of representing mainstream voters. The lunatic fringe of the Republican party in Wisconsin has three candidates for governor so [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Senators need to pass the Freedom to Vote Act</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The For the People Act was the very first bill the Democratic-led Congress submitted after Joe Biden became President. It was passed in the House, but Senate Republicans pressed for “compromises.” The new Senate bill that came out of this is called the Freedom to Vote Act (FTVA). Despite the compromises, it includes much-needed, nation-wide [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gerrymandering</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Svetlik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gerrymanderingger·ry·man·der·ing &#124; \ ˈjer-ē-ˌman-d(ə-)riŋ: the practice of dividing or arranging a territorial unit into election districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage in elections. — Merriam-Webster Dictionary If you believe it is acceptable to cheat to win, you gerrymander. If you believe it is acceptable to teach the youth of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stop shedding crocodile tears over the death of BBB</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer J. Dolan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 07:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This may be the most controversial article I ever write, knowing the readership of Middle Wisconsin. In a move that should surprise no one, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) refused to go along with the proposed $2 trillion Build Back Better (BBB) bill, and while I am not happy about how this undercuts President Biden’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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