http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/4th-cedarburg-s5.jpgSen. Jeff Smith is back, writing about Independence Day and the celebratory traditions we share that unite us as a nation.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/kevin-nicholson-s5.jpgLeaves only ultra-MAGA insiders Rebecca Kleefisch and Tim Michels who oppose access to abortion and refuse to accept the results of the 2020 election for the GOP.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/4th-flag-us-2022-s450.png“There is a direct through line from the anti-majoritarian movement to overrule Roe and the anti-democracy efforts of the last decade.” – Nicole Safar, executive director of Law Forward

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/scotus-ketanji-brown-jackson-sworn-s437.png“It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. But we’ve made it. We’ve made it, all of us.” – Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/dnr-board-frederick-prehn-s450.png“Today’s decision continues to underscore the erosion of democratic institutions at the hands of Republicans in this state. It’s wrongheaded, it’s shortsighted, and it’s politics at its most dangerous.” – Gov. Tony Evers

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/immigration-children-2-s435.jpgUnder Former President Trump’s 2019 “Remain in Mexico” policy, more than 70,000 asylum-seekers were returned from the U.S. to Mexico.