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Beloit 200 Member List
The Rambler
  • Feb 5
  • 0 min

Beloit 200 Member List

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The Rambler
  • Feb 4
  • 4 min

Beloit's Biased Reporting

Last week, a long-form piece about the formation of The Lincoln Academy, a charter school authorized not through the Beloit School Distri...
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The Rambler
  • Feb 2
  • 2 min

Public Comment

I've submitted a public comment to the city council of Beloit to be read at the next meeting, transcribed below. Thank you for allowing m...
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President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The Rambler
  • Jan 22
  • 1 min

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States. I allowed myself yesterday a day without cynicism. There will be no shortage of fu...
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The Conservative Response
The Rambler
  • Jan 15
  • 2 min

The Conservative Response

It would be a welcome refresher, a reset button of sorts, to say conservatives are fracturing in their support for the President in respo...
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Censorship is Complicated
The Rambler
  • Jan 13
  • 3 min

Censorship is Complicated

Parler, the worlds fastest growing social media app, was shut down this week after a violent insurrection at the Capitol. Critics claim t...
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Not my Representative!
The Rambler
  • Jan 9
  • 2 min

Not my Representative!

I've long been thankful that I'm not represented in Congress by Paul Ryan or his hand picked replacement, Bryan Steil. It's another wonde...
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Hypocrisy and Idiocrasy
The Rambler
  • Jan 7
  • 3 min

Hypocrisy and Idiocrasy

I'm on an adventure to try and understand why hundreds, yes HUNDREDS, of federally elected officials voted against certification of an el...
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Ok, then.
The Rambler
  • Jan 7
  • 3 min

Ok, then.

There's thousands of narratives written by really good writers unpacking, dissecting, and analyzing the chaos that unfolded at the United...
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The Rambler
  • Jan 6
  • 1 min

Progressive Power

I'm still a bit in shock that Democrats won both Georgia runoff senate elections last night. For a thought exercise, as we anxiously awai...
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The Rambler
  • Jan 6
  • 2 min

Late Night Politicking

It's after midnight in Georgia, which sounds like a country song, but it was just before midnight when Dave Wasserman, the "I've seen eno...
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An Embarrassment of Wisconsin Proportions
The Rambler
  • Dec 16, 2020
  • 2 min

An Embarrassment of Wisconsin Proportions

As a Wisconsin resident, I'm too altogether familiar with being embarrassed by my local politicians. Whether it's lame-duck governor Scot...
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Covid Thanksgiving
The Rambler
  • Nov 24, 2020
  • 2 min

Covid Thanksgiving

As the majority of the country prepares to disregard, or at least, interpret conveniently, the warnings laid forth by our local political...
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A Throwback
The Rambler
  • Nov 6, 2020
  • 1 min

A Throwback

Here's one for the "I miss when politicians were held accountable" crowd, from ABC's 1978 election coverage. The point being, of course, ...
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Election Day
The Rambler
  • Nov 5, 2020
  • 2 min

Election Day

Election day has come and gone and as we await final vote tallies from Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Nevada we contemplate a new sl...
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Democrats Bogarting Ballot Access from the Greens
The Rambler
  • Sep 14, 2020
  • 3 min

Democrats Bogarting Ballot Access from the Greens

The Green Party is being heavily scrutinized by liberals for having the gall to feel they have a right to be on the ballot. The crux of t...
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Dear Rep. Pocan:
The Rambler
  • Sep 4, 2020
  • 4 min

Dear Rep. Pocan:

You'll be shocked to find that The Hill didn't want my response to Rep. Pocan's piece a week ago. Alas, tptb will have to do. Here it is:...
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Super PACs
The Rambler
  • Aug 16, 2020
  • 2 min

Super PACs

It's easy to point at Super PACs as a black-eye on American politics. Billionaires and millionaires uniting in their specific interest to...
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Politics
The Rambler
  • Jul 15, 2020
  • 2 min

Politics

I should be writing about politics everyday but it's an intersection of depression and anger that I'm mentally incapable of dealing with ...
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The Rambler
  • Jul 8, 2020
  • 1 min

Tucker Carlson Thinks Tammy Duckworth Hates America

Tammy Duckworth lost both of her legs in Iraq while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Heir to the Swanson frozen foods fortune a...
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