RNC/DNC Blog

by Rob Lyons Well, it’s over now:  both conventions have packed up and gone home. I’m heading home myself this afternoon.   If I had to pick one word to summarize these two Conventions it would Read more…

by Rob Lyons DNC Day 2, Tuesday 8.20.24 Tuesday I took an afternoon train from Chicago to Milwaukee with my buddy Rita and we talked throughout the trip about our experiences (good and bad) with Read more…

by Rob Lyons Today was the first day of the Democratic Convention, and it began with a march.  Last month I witnessed the Coalition to March on the RNC in Milwaukee, and here in Chicago Read more…

By Rob Lyons So after visiting the Republican Convention in Milwaukee last month, I’ll be in Chicago this week to check out the Democrats.  I’ll stay at the Ancient Dragon Zen Gate Zen Center, thanks Read more…

Project 2025 by Rob Lyons Thursday July 18 brought the curtain down, mercifully, on the 2024 Republican National Convention. Donald Trump accepted the Republican Presidential nomination with a gracious and conciliatory speech about national unification.  For Read more…

by Rob Lyons, Thursday July 18, 2024 Months ago, when the Milwaukee Mayor and Aldermen were sold on the idea of hosting this convention, they were told it would pump $200 million in outside spending Read more…

by Rob Lyons This afternoon I wasn’t able to find much happening either in the realm of protest or local counter-programming, so I decided to go exploring.   I drove around town aimlessly.  I stopped at Read more…

by Rob Lyons It began on June 27 and lasted 18 days, less than three weeks, a run of startling good fortune for Donald Trump and his candidacy:  These events seem a perfect storm to Read more…

by. Rob Lyons, Monday July 15 This afternoon the Republican National Convention officially opened in Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum.  Across the river at Red Arrow Park, less than half a mile distant, more than a thousand Read more…

by Rob Lyons The events of the past 24 hours have shaken everybody’s confidence, and heightened the fear that our fragile peace may be splintered at any moment.  Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has called for Read more…