Author: JohnValbyNation

How Trump’s Presidency Looks from Rural Wisconsin

It’s Chippewa Valley Farm-City Day, and hundreds of schoolchildren are swarming the grounds of Denmark Dairy, which stretches for nearly a mile along County Road B in Dunn County, in western Wisconsin. They are laughing and chattering to one another and petting young calves. The dairy, one of the largest in the region, sustains a…

By JohnValbyNation September 24, 2019 0

The Mounting Scandal Over What Trump Said to Ukraine’s President

On July 25th, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s newly elected President, talked by telephone. Afterward, the Ukrainian side released a summary of the conversation that seemed anodyne but, in hindsight, is telling: “Donald Trump is convinced that the new Ukrainian government will be able to quickly improve image of Ukraine, complete investigation of corruption…

By JohnValbyNation September 24, 2019 0

Trump’s War on California and the Climate

If Donald Trump had come to California earlier this week, and found smog conditions similar to those that prevailed here only a few decades ago, it’s easy to imagine what he would have done: tweeted about the “Sad Dem Smog!” and promptly set up an e-commerce site selling MAGA-branded catalytic converters and air filters. Instead,…

By JohnValbyNation September 23, 2019 0