Good morning.
Friday in Whitewater will see sunny skies with a high of 80. Sunrise is 5:15 and sunset is 8:33 for 15 hours 18 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 9.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1817, inventor Karl von Drais rides the earliest form of bicycle, the dandy horse:
The dandy-horse was a two-wheeled vehicle, with both wheels in line, propelled by the rider pushing along the ground with the feet as in regular walking or running. The front wheel and handlebar assembly was hinged to allow steering. The dandy horse was capable of more than doubling the average walking speed, to around 10 mph (16 km/h) on level ground.
Performative lying — where someone lies boldly — is the order of the day at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. and 1100 S. Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, Florida. Perhaps Derrick Van Orden would have been a blatant liar without inspiration, but one supposes it’s easier for him when he need only mimic the style so much in fashion at those addresses.
Here’s Van Orden on Medicare and Medicaid:
Here’s the truth about the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’:
Did Donald Trump’s signature 2025 legislation cut Medicaid spending by $1 trillion over a decade?
Yes.
Federal legislation known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” included an estimated $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid spending over the next decade.
Passed in 2025, the bill included tax cuts and increased spending on immigration enforcement and the military, offset by nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
See Laura Schulte, Did Donald Trump’s signature 2025 legislation cut Medicaid spending by $1 trillion over a decade?, Wisconsin Watch, June 11, 2026.
If the bill were truly beautiful, Van Orden would have no reason to deceive. Assuming that Van Orden is not in his cups when speaking (and at least he appears sober in the clip embedded above), then he’s simply lying.
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Upcoming posts (in no decided order): A Whitewater Comparative Analysis, Whitewater’s Workforce, Outcome-Driven Argumentation, and a New Ethics Ordinance.
Large tornado tears through Illinois: