Milwaukee weighs costs and benefits of hosting the RNC after seeing an underwhelming economic reward
Downtown Milwaukee turned red for the week of July 15 as thousands of Republican National Convention delegates and other party stalwarts gathered in Wisconsin’s largest Democratic stronghold to formally rally behind convicted felon Donald Trump as their...
Conservative group hosts policy event outside RNC to defend its authoritarian Project 2025 guidebook
At the edge of the cordoned-off perimeter around the Republican National Convention on July 15, hundreds of conservatives filed into the ornate home of the Milwaukee Symphony to hear a parade of fascist luminaries talk about authoritarian policies and Project 2025...
Medical Silence: Health concerns follow Trump after withholding official info about his gunshot wound
For days after a registered Republican attempted to shoot former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, the public is still in the dark over the extent of his injuries, what treatment the Republican presidential nominee received in the hospital, and whether...
January 6 curtain call: Takeaways from the third day of programming at Trump’s RNC pageant of fealty
Republicans were welcoming JD Vance as Donald Trump’s running mate on the same night devoted to blasting President Joe Biden’s leadership on the world stage. The 39-year-old Ohio senator accepted the vice presidential nomination on July 17. He was offered...
Political Optics: A visual look at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee
Thousands of Republican delegates officially made Donald Trump their party’s presidential nominee on July 15, just days after he survived a brush with gun violence. The shooting hung over the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where prominent GOP...
Republicans lean into Trump’s immigration and border message on second day of National Convention
Immigration took center stage as the Republican National Convention resumed on July 16 in Milwaukee, with speakers spotlighting a key element of the convicted felon and former President’s political brand that helped endear Donald Trump to the radical GOP base...
Fatal shooting by Ohio police officers beyond the RNC jurisdiction fuels anger with Milwaukee residents
Ohio police officers in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention shot and killed a Milwaukee man on July 16, fueling anger from residents who questioned why out-of-state officers were in their neighborhood located about a mile from the convention site. The man...
Protesters have a stage to speak from but no audience just one day after downtown march on the RNC
A city park designated for protesters at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee was almost empty on the second day of the event, July 16. Police officers on bicycles and event staff in orange shirts were present at Zeidler Union Square, but no speakers had...
Hundreds of demonstrators protest Trump at march on Republican National Convention in Milwaukee
Hundreds of demonstrators converged on downtown Milwaukee to protest around the Republican National Convention on July 15, saying the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump had no affect on their long-standing plans to rally outside the site. A wide...
GOP delegates cheer the nomination of a convicted felon for president with JD Vance as running mate
Cheering GOP delegates formally nominated Donald Trump for president, despite being a convicted felon, as the Republican National Convention kickoff on July 15, less than two days after his brush with gun violence at a political rally. Their vote made it official that...
First day of the RNC focuses on Trump’s unspecified plans to fix an already healthy economy
Donald Trump went into the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 15 with his usual false promises about fixing an already healthy U.S. economy, offering a sketchy plan and very few details about how it would actually work. Because the U.S. economy is a...
A Red Hat circus: What to expect as Republicans gather in Milwaukee to nominate Trump again
For all the usual stagecraft, the Republican National Convention that opens on July 15 is different from Donald Trump’s previous nominating affairs. In 2016 and 2020, Trump’s criminal activities had yet to bring multiple felony convictions. He was the...
