Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will see mostly sunny skies and a high of 91. Sunrise is 5:19 and sunset is 8:37 for 15 hours 18 minutes of daylight. The moon will be full this evening. On this day in 1764, one of the strongest tornadoes in history strikes Woldegk, Germany, killing one person while leveling numerous mansions…
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Daily Bread for 6.14.26: Wisconsin Supreme Court Accepts Second Appeal Against Gerrymandered Congressional Maps
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 67. Sunrise is 5:15 and sunset is 8:34 for 15 hours 19 minutes of daylight. The moon is new this evening with none of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1777, the Second Continental Congress passes the Flag Act of 1777 adopting the Stars and…
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Daily Bread for 5.30.26: Wisconsin Supreme Court Accepts Challenge to Gerrymandered Congressional Maps
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 5:20 and sunset is 8:25 for 15 hours 5 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 99.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1911, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp winning the 500-mile…
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Law, Litigation, Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.29.26: Federal Court Denies Trump Admin Access to Wisconsin’s Voter Rolls
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 82. Sunrise is 5:20 and sunset is 8:24 for 15 hours 4 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 96.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the…
Daily Bread, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Law, Legislation, Legislature, Litigation, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 2.18.26: Anti-SLAPP Legislation Advances in Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Ash Wednesday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 58. Sunrise is 6:47 and sunset is 5:30 for 10 hours 43 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 1.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1930, Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing…
Daily Bread, Law, Litigation, Madison, Voting Rights, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 2.8.26: Wisconsin Elections Commission Challenges Madison’s Argument on Absentee Voting
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 30. Sunrise is 7:01 and sunset is 5:17 for 10 hours 16 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 58.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1950, the Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established. On…
Daily Bread, Law, Litigation, Madison, Voting Rights, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 1.22.26: City of Madison Argues Wrongly on Absentee Ballots
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 22. Sunrise is 7:18 and sunset is 4:55 for 9 hours 37 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 15 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1968, Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar Module into space. It’s…
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Daily Bread for 12.14.25: Plaintiffs in Wisconsin Congressional Redistricting Cases Propose Different Timelines
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 9. Sunrise is 7:18 and sunset is 4:21 for 9 hours 3 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 25.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1911, Roald Amundsen‘s team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel,…
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Daily Bread for 11.26.25: Wisconsin Supreme Court Appoints Redistricting Panels
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 39. Sunrise is 7:00 and sunset is 4:23 for 9 hours 23 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 33 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1941, the Hull note is given to the Japanese ambassador, demanding that…
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Daily Bread for 7.9.25: Wisconsin Supreme Court Again Restores Traditional Executive Authority
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 83. Sunrise is 5:25 and sunset is 8:34, for 15 hours, 9 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1962, Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear test at orbital…
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Daily Bread for 6.18.25: Unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Attorney General’s Core Executive Authority
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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with afternoon showers and a high of 76. Sunrise is 5:16 and sunset is 8:36, for 15 hours, 20 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 52.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 5 PM. On this day in…
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Daily Bread for 6.12.25: Musk Sued in Wisconsin Circuit Court
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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 79. Sunrise is 5:15 and sunset is 8:34, for 15 hours, 18 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 98.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Commission meets at 5:30 PM. On this day…
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Daily Bread for 5.9.25: Two Lawsuits Against Wisconsin’s Congressional District Maps
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 69. Sunrise is 5:38 and sunset is 8:04, for 14 hours, 26 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 91.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1974, the United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and…
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Daily Bread for 2.9.25: Wisconsin Joins Multi-State Lawsuit Against Musk’s Access to Restricted Information
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning.
Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 28. Sunrise is 6:59 and sunset is 5:19, for 10 hours, 19 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 90.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1870, President Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
Overdue, both legally and technically, but justified litigation nonetheless:
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul are joining Wisconsin to a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk from accessing restricted government records on millions of federal employees.
In a statement, Evers said the lawsuit is aimed at protecting Wisconsinites’ personal details. “Wisconsinites expect the federal government to treat their Social Security numbers, bank account information, and other sensitive personal details with the highest level of protection and confidentiality — and that obligation doesn’t go out the window just because Elon Musk says it should,” Evers said.“Giving political appointees access to our most personal information like this is illegal. That’s plain as day.”
Agents working for Musk accessed the records maintained by the Office of Personnel Management, the Washington Post reported Thursday, citing four U.S. officials with knowledge of the developments.
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The 19 states are seeking an injunction to block the Trump administration from blocking access to the payment system and a declaration that the Treasury Department’s policy change is unlawful, according to Kaul.
“Donald Trump has put the whims of Elon Musk ahead of Americans’ privacy and security,” Kaul said in a statement. “We’ve gone to court to address this outrageous situation and to protect the American people.”
See Molly Beck, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers joins lawsuit over Elon Musk’s access to restricted information, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 8, 2025.
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