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A conspiracy in plain sight: Federal silence persists a year after Trump’s alleged injury in Butler

A conspiracy in plain sight: Federal silence persists a year after Trump’s alleged injury in Butler

Posted by | Jul 13, 2025

A year after the July 13, 2024, shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, there is still insufficient understanding of the event and its aftermath. MAGA loyalists, who see a deep state conspiracy around every corner, have been uncharacteristically silent despite obvious conspiracy questions about the incident. There has been little public curiosity about the lack of explanation from the FBI or the Secret Service, or even from the national press. It is a pattern of silence, omission, and unexplained deviation from standard protocols. Though candidate Trump returned quickly to public life after sustaining a minor ear injury...

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A list of laws Federal agents may have broken by arresting and threatening Wisconsin officials

A list of laws Federal agents may have broken by arresting and threatening Wisconsin officials

Posted by | May 3, 2025

Trump and his operatives have flooded the media with accusations, threats, and arrests aimed at public officials who defied his political agenda. But none of the attacks on Wisconsin’s leadership were grounded in legitimate law enforcement. These were acts of retaliation against Governor Tony Evers and Judge Hannah Dugan. They were meant to intimidate, not to uphold the law. But the law has become the rallying cry of Trump’s loyalists, a tool invoked with fury when aimed at their enemies, and ignored when broken by their own. If accountability is truly the goal, then it must be applied in...

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Santa Speaks: A Christmas Letter reflecting on conflicts, struggles, and small acts of hope in 2024

Santa Speaks: A Christmas Letter reflecting on conflicts, struggles, and small acts of hope in 2024

Posted by | Dec 25, 2024

The children of the world write to me each year. They tell me what they want, what they dream of, and sometimes, what they fear. Their letters pile high in my workshop, each one a snapshot of hope and imagination. But this year, their words hit me differently. Their wishes weren’t just for toys or games, but for things far beyond my power, like safety, warmth, and for their families to stay together. So today, it’s my turn to write back. Consider this my letter to all of you — to children and grown-ups alike. It’s time to reflect...

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What was lost in anger: Alderman Scott Spiker shared an overview of the troubled MPS situation

What was lost in anger: Alderman Scott Spiker shared an overview of the troubled MPS situation

Posted by | Jun 7, 2024

Dr. Keith Posley, an honorable man who served the district he loved as best as he knew how, resigned [on June 4] during a closed session of the Milwaukee School Board. This was after a raucous and lengthy meeting, which I attended, in which understandable frustration led to palpable anger and to that which anger always brings in its wake: a certain blindness and lack of focus. Lost in that anger was the fact that the Board moved to hear the public commentary on the financial mismanagement that led to Dr. Posley’s “voluntary” resignation together with the public commentary...

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Wisconsin coalition calls on mainstream media to give fair representation of the Palestinian situation

Wisconsin coalition calls on mainstream media to give fair representation of the Palestinian situation

Posted by | Oct 11, 2023

A diverse and broad coalition of Wisconsin-based organizations dedicated to peace and social justice recently formed in response to what they believe has been a misrepresentation of the conflict faced by the Palestinian people. In a joint statement on October 10, the coalition expressed deep sorrow for the loss of lives on both Palestinian and Israeli sides. They also condemned what they described as years of provocation by the right-wing Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been indicted for corruption in 2019. The group also voiced their concerns over the one-sided narrative presented in the mainstream...

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Tetiana Storozhko: Being a witness to the history of Roma culture in Ukraine

Tetiana Storozhko: Being a witness to the history of Roma culture in Ukraine

Posted by | Aug 4, 2023

Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the award-winning Wisconsin news organization traveled to the country during the war. The purpose of this journalism project was to document a humanitarian aid mission by the Milwaukee-based nonprofit, Friends of Be an Angel, and report about conditions 17 months after Russia's brutal full-scale invasion. mkeind.com/returntoukraine There are ongoing discussions in Roma society today...

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