Black leaders denounce GOP’s latest political ploy to back Kanye West as a spoiler to divert Milwaukee votes
Three of Milwaukee’s top four elected leaders denounced the “latest dirty trick” orchestrated by GOP operatives in Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee faces the reality of its fading spotlight and economic hopes as 2020 DNC goes completely virtual
In another blow to an event that once promised to put Milwaukee in the national spotlight, Joe Biden has canceled plans to accept the Democratic nomination for president in person at the party’s national convention, due to concerns about the coronavirus. Other speakers who had been planning to come to Milwaukee also will not travel to the city, according to the Democratic National Convention Committee. “From the very beginning of this pandemic, we put the health and safety of the American people first. We followed the science, listened to doctors and public health experts, and we continued making adjustments...
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Theatrics and Pageantry: How political conventions evolved from picking nominees to hosting parties
By Barbara Norrander, Professor, School of Government & Public Policy, University of Arizona In August the Democratic and Republican national conventions will take on new, uncharted formats. Due to COVID-19 concerns, gone are the mass gatherings in large convention halls, replaced with a switch to mostly online formats. This is just the latest modification in presidential nominating conventions since they were first introduced in the 1830s. Initially, conventions were insulated meetings of representatives from the state parties, with convention delegates on their own determining which candidate became the party’s presidential nominee. By the early 20th century, convention participants began...
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2020 was supposed to be the “Year of Milwaukee” and then the pandemic upended everything
DNC host committee finance chair and Bucks SVP Alex Lasry believes his adopted city is on its way up despite the scaled-down presidential nominating convention. For Alex Lasry, 2020 was supposed to be the “Year of Milwaukee.” The 33-year-old had high hopes for his adopted city, scheduled to host the Democratic National Convention — the bid for which he chaired — beginning August 17. On top of that, the Milwaukee Bucks clinched the playoffs in February, giving hometown pride to Milwaukeeans who have not celebrated a basketball championship since 1971. Lasry, who serves as the Bucks’ senior vice president,...
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Tactic of an Autocrat: Trump is provoking a replay of the pre-Civil War conflict over federal authority
Federal agents poured into Portland, Oregon in July to crack down on anti-racism protests. They beat up peaceful protesters and fired impact munitions at demonstrators, seriously injuring one of them. They drove around the city in unmarked vans pulling people off the street. Oregon officials at every level—the city, the state, and congressional representatives—have demanded that these agents of the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Marshals Service, and other federal authorities leave Portland immediately. The state has even filed suit against these federal agencies. The ACLU calls it a constitutional crisis. President Trump is doubling down, not backing...
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Election fears over mail-in ballots spells an end to the postal system established in our Constitution
Everything now coming from the White House is about Trump’s reelection. While all presidential candidates want to win, they are usually able to accept the idea of a loss. Trump, though, has gone so far as to suggest delaying the election, an unprecedented step which would buy him some time in the hope a coronavirus vaccine would help the U.S. crawl out of the hole it’s in and turn his popularity around. In his quest for reelection, he is attacking the idea of mail-in voting, although he himself has used it often—his distinction between mail-in voting and absentee voting...
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