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Lena Taylor
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Thanksgiving: Past, Present and Future
Legislatively Speaking We Can Decide Over the years, we’ve come to learn a lot about the storied history and intent behind Thanksgiving. It has represented different things to different people…
THE GOP JUST WON’T LEARN
Legislatively Speaking You Can’t Court Black Voters and Call Them Thieves At The Same Time This election cycle, the Wisconsin Republican Party trotted out a number of Black candidates to…
Courage: They Don’t Make Em’ Like They Used To
Legislatively Speaking Passing of Lucille Bridges and True Leadership This week, we saw the passing of another iconic figure from America’s storied Civil Rights Movement. It was surreal in a…
Presidency: Top to Bottom Review Required
Legislatively Speaking The one thing that Donald Trump’s run for office and subsequent presidency has taught us is that we need to tighten up our game. After enduring one “unprecedented”…
More Needed on COVID-19, GOP Fine with Less
Legislatively Speaking Wisconsin Republicans Unprepared to Lead As Death Toll Rises Wisconsin’s Republican controlled state Legislature has pretty much been missing in action, when it comes to minimizing the universal…
SCOTUS Pick: Receiver of Stolen Goods
Legislatively Speaking By the time you read this, Judge Amy Coney Barrett will be picking out drapes for her new office at One First Street, NE, in Washington, D.C. For…
Whatever It Takes, Make a Plan to Vote
Legislatively Speaking The 2016 presidential election was decided by 77 electoral votes. While that may seem like a lot, the devil is in the details. Upon further review, we now…
As They Stand By, We Need to Stand Up
Legislatively Speaking Yeah, he said it. Doesn’t matter how many times you pressed rewind, the words were clear as day, “Stand back and stand by.” This statement, from Donald Trump,…
Immigrants, Documented or Not, Are American
Legislatively Speaking The other day, I saw an African American woman with a T-shirt on that made me take a second look. The grey shirt had a picture on the…
If It Walks Like A Duck, Then……
Legislatively Speaking By now, many of us are simply overwhelmed. Wisconsin has been at the center of media coverage around the nation and across the seas. Be it CNN or…