Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 46. Sunrise is 5:51 AM and sunset 7:52 PM for 14h 01m 01s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 5.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1881, Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico. What else has…
Trump
Daily Bread, Gableman, Speaker Vos, Trump
Daily Bread for 4.26.22: Trump v. Vos
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 47. Sunrise is 5:54 AM and sunset 7:50 PM for 13h 55m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 19.1% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Board of Assessment meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1564, William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire,…
Conspiracy Theories, Daily Bread, Politics, Trump, Wisconsin, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 4.11.22: The WISGOP’s Idea of a Pilgrim
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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 57. Sunrise is 6:18 AM and sunset 7:33 PM for 13h 15m 09s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 70.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets at 6:00 PM, and the Whtewater Unified District School Board meets…
Daily Bread, Gubernatorial Race 2022, Politics, Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.1.22: WISGOP Race to the Bottom Mar-a-Lago
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Daily Bread, Law, Litigation, Trump
Daily Bread for 2.19.22: Will Trump Plead the Fifth?
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 21. Sunrise is 6:44 AM and sunset 5:32 PM for 10h 48m 01s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 88.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1807, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for…
Bad Ideas, Business, Daily Bread, Development, Foxconn, Government Spending, Trump
Daily Bread for 2.6.22: Food Dye, the Eighth Wonder of the World!
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Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be intermittently cloudy with a high of 37. Sunrise is 7:02 AM and sunset 5:15 PM for 10h 13m 11s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 30.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1967, nationally-known activist Stokely Carmichael speaks at UW-Whitewater as part of…
Crime, Daily Bread, Insurrection, Law, Politics, Sedition, Trump, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 2.5.22: He’d Give Them Pardons
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City, Crime, Daily Bread, Insurrection, Law, Local Government, Politics, Trump, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 1.30.22: Trump Teases Pardons for Insurrectionists and Rioters
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Daily Bread, Horde, Libertarians, Never Trump, Sen. Ron Johnson, Trump, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 1.14.22: But He’s Like This Now…
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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.…
Crime, Daily Bread, Insurrection, Trump, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 1.6.22: The Trumpist Insurrection, One Year On
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 14. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:37 PM for 9h 11m 55s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 18.7% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM, and the Whitewater Fire Department holds a board and…
Bad Ideas, Books, Confidence Schemes, Conflicts of Interest, Corporate Welfare, Daily Bread, Development, Foxconn, Mendacity, Scott Walker, State Capitalism, Trump, WEDC
Daily Bread for 12.11.21: A Christmas Gift For, and About, Scheming Development Men
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see snow this morning, of little accumulation, on an otherwise cloudy day with a high of 36. Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset 4:20 PM for 9h 04m 43s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 55.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1901, Morris Pratt…
Conservative Populism, Daily Bread, Private Property, Social Media, Trump, Trumpism
Daily Bread for 10.6.21: Trump Whines About Twitter Ban
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Books, Politics, Presidential race 2020, Trump
Inside the Last Gasps of the Trump Presidency
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Ever wondered what it was like inside the White House during the final months, weeks, and even moments of the Trump presidency? Where better to find out than on Hell & High Water with John Heilemann’s grand return? In this special two-part episode, Heilemann has on Michael Bender, senior White House reporter for The Wall…
Local Government, Never Trump, Politics, Right-wing Populism, School District, State Government, Trump, Trumpism
Conservative Populism Moves in One Direction Only
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
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,…