Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 66. Sunrise is 5:22 AM and sunset 8:21 PM for 14h 58m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 29.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1738, a treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular…
Legislation
Daily Bread, Elections, Gableman, Legislation
Daily Bread for 6.30.22: Gableman Eats Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 91. Sunrise is 5:20 AM and sunset 8:37 PM for 15h 17m 00s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 1.7% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Police and Fire Commission meets at 2 PM, and the Whitewater Unified School Board…
Daily Bread, Legislation, Medical Marijuana
Daily Bread for 1.28.22: Another Try for Medical Marijuana Legislation
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
America, Ethics, Legislation, Liberty, Music, Politics, Wisconsin, WISGOP
The Party Demands Unity
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
One reads that WISGOP Bill Would Make It Illegal For Sports Venues to Skip National Anthem: It would be illegal for some sports venues to skip the national anthem before games under a new bill proposed by a Republican legislator. Stevens Point Republican Sen. Patrick Testin’s Star Spangled Banner Act, proposed Wednesday, would require the anthem…
Elections, Law, Legislation, Republicans, Voting Rights, Wisconsin, WISGOP
WISGOP Moves to Restrict Voting
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Across America, Republicans are doing all they can to restrict voting access after Trump’s decisive loss in the presidential election. (Ceaseless lies won’t make up a 7-million-vote margin.) The WISGOP is no exception to this trend. Molly Beck and Patrick Marley report Republican lawmakers seek to overhaul voting in Wisconsin, including new rules for absentee…
Bad Ideas, Gerrymandering, Legislation, Legislature, WISGOP
WISGOP Legislation Would Gerrymander Wisconsin’s Electoral Votes
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
A WISGOP legislator, Rep. Gary Tauchen, has drafted a bill to award Wisconsin’s electoral votes by congressional district, thereby maximizing the importance of gerrymandering. Melanie Conklin writes that GOP has bill to reallocate Wisconsin’s electoral votes by congressional district: And that is what a new bill authored by Rep. Gary Tauchen (R-Bonduel) would do. It…
Congress, Coronavirus, Legislation, Public Health, Sen. Ron Johnson, WISGOP
The WISGOP Follows a Fool, and Fails Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
No state delegation in America has been less receptive to a federal coronavirus relief package than the WISGOP delegation to Washington. Allison Stevens reports Congress clears 2nd major coronavirus package; 3rd in the works: A second major coronavirus package cleared the U.S. Senate Wednesday and is now headed to President Donald Trump for his signature.…