Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will see scattered thunderstorms with a high of 82. Sunrise is 5:53 AM and sunset 8:07 PM for 14h 13m 47s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 72.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1782, George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military…
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Daily Bread for 7.22.22: Trump’s Maneuvering is Futile Against Cheney’s Attrition
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 88. Sunrise is 5:37 AM and sunset 8:25 PM for 14h 48m 15s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 30.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1990, Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour…
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Daily Bread for 5.6.22: Well, of course MAGA is the GOP’s future…
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Daily Bread for 4.4.22: The Populists Circle Disney (Yes, Disney)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 49. Sunrise is 6:29 AM and sunset 7:25 PM for 12h 55m 16s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 10.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Equal Opportunities Commission meets at 5 PM. On this day in 1865, a day after…
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Daily Bread for 2.16.22: Of Putin and Threats Closer to Home
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 48. Sunrise is 6:48 AM and sunset 5:28 PM for 10h 39m 43s of daytime. The moon is full with 100% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1960, the U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut,…
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Daily Bread for 2.15.22: For the Trumpists, It’s Not One Thing, But Many Things
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 35. Sunrise is 6:50 AM and sunset 5:27 PM for 10h 36m 59s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Committee meets at 6:15 PM, and Common Council at 6:30 PM. On…
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Daily Bread for 1.14.22: But He’s Like This Now…
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 29. Sunrise is 7:22 AM and sunset 4:45 PM for 9h 23m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 89.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1952, NBC’s long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.…
Daily Bread, Economy, Government Spending, Hypocrisy, Never Trump, Republicans, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 12.15.21: Trumpism Has No Coherent Economic Policy
by JOHN ADAMS •
Conservative Populism, Culture, Education, Far-Right Populism, Horde, Local Government, Never Trump, Politics, School District, Trumpism
(Local) Fear of a Red Hat
by JOHN ADAMS •
There are any number of fears that occasionally grip people, however unfounded those fears, of snakes, of spiders, of black cats, etc. (Snakes play an important ecological role, some cultures think spiders are good luck, and black cats are beautiful with notably soft coats.) And yet, and yet… no fear strikes deeper and holds tighter…
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Whither the Conservative Populists?
by JOHN ADAMS •
In places big and small, including Whitewater, there are three main types of conservatives: traditional, transactional, and populist. (Right-wing populist in our time is mostly a euphemism for Trumpist.) Of these types, only the right-wing populists are a dynamic movement. Traditional conservatives each day look more like large reptiles after a cataclysmic meteor strike, and…
Far-Right Populism, Local Government, Never Trump, Politics, School District, State Government, Trump, Trumpism
Conservative Populism Moves in One Direction Only
by JOHN ADAMS •
While there’s more than one kind of conservative Republican (traditionalist, transactionalist, or populist), it’s the populists who are the most numerous and most demanding. Over time, they’ve pushed other kinds of conservatives – even transactionalists who are behind-the-scenes manipulators – into subordinate positions. (See generally Whitewater’s Local Politics 2021.) These rightwing populists have outlasted Trump,…
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Ron Elving’s Laughable Description of Libertarianism
by JOHN ADAMS •
Perhaps readers will excuse me for taking a year to respond to Ron Elving’s description of libertarianism in $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill Presents A Reckoning For Libertarians (3.28.20). It wasn’t worthy of a prompt reply, but it’s also unworthy of taking space yet longer in my task queue. Elving writes: Let us all have a…
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Frontline: Trump’s American Carnage
by JOHN ADAMS •
In the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, FRONTLINE investigates how Donald Trump’s presidency laid the groundwork for bitter divisions, violence and ultimately insurrection. “Trump’s American Carnage” investigates Trump’s siege on his enemies, the media and even the leaders of his own party, who for years ignored the warning signs of what…
Conspiracy Theories, Covidiocy, Elections, Fellow Traveler, Law, Never Trump, Presidential race 2020, Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin
Ron Johnson Attracts Attention
by JOHN ADAMS •
The Never Trump conservatives at the Lincoln Project aren’t going away: they have lingering Trumpism in their sights. U.S. Senator Ron Johnson – who accepts every conspiracy theory but rejects Wisconsin’s certified electoral votes for president – has caught their attention. .@RonJohnsonWI I wanted to let you know what we are talking about at @ProjectLincoln…