Good morning. 
Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of thirty. Sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset 5:04 PM, for 9h 52m 27s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 18.7% of its visible disk illuminated.
Today is the one thousand one hundred seventy-seventh day.
On this day in 1845, The Raven is first published using Edgar Allan Poe’s name in the Evening Mirror as an “advance copy.”
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Ishaan Tharoor writes Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ is no deal at all:
Maybe in the early stages of his presidency, it seemed plausible that a figure as sui generis as President Trump could untangle the Gordian knot of Middle East peace. But rather than working to bridge the profound gap between Israelis and Palestinians that bedeviled U.S. policymakers for decades, the Trump administration has spent the past three years doling out concessions to the former, while placing its boot on the latter.
And so it was not surprising when Trump laid out his supposed “deal of the century” on Tuesday afternoon that the White House’s proposal looked less like a possible agreement than a declaration of terms for Palestinian surrender.
The Trump administration’s now-published “vision for peace,” the culmination of what the president said was “a long and very arduous process,” outlines a scenario in which Israel maintains sovereignty west of the Jordan river, a capital in an undivided Jerusalem, and control over Jewish enclaves and settlements scattered through the Palestinian territories.
None of this, of course, was brokered with the Palestinians, who were absent from the room and rejected talks with Trump officials once it became clear how one-sided their approach was. There were a handful of Arab ambassadors in attendance, but none from states that have served as key interlocutors to the Palestinians — including Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Indeed, most Arab states have already disengaged from or spoken out against the Trump-led initiative.
Palestinians angrily rejected Trump’s plan. “After the nonsense that we heard today we say a thousand no’s to the ‘deal of the century,’ ” said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. “We will not kneel and we will not surrender.”
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Cancer-survivor canine touts UW-Madison Vet School in upcoming Super Bowl ad:
A new 30-second commercial, titled “Lucky Dog,” will air during the second quarter of Super Bowl LIV. Paid for by WeatherTech, manufacturer of automotive accessories and home and pet care products, the commercial features Scout, a spokescanine and member of the family of WeatherTech founder and CEO David MacNeil. MacNeil brought Scout to the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine in hopes of curing the dog’s canine cancer. The commercial is a “thank you” from MacNeil for the treatment Scout received and offers a link for people to donate to the veterinary school to help fight canine cancer.