Good morning. 
Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with thunderstorms and a high of 78. Sunrise is 5:18 AM and sunset 8:37 PM, for 15h 19m 04s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 95.5% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1963, President Kennedy gives his “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erects the Berlin Wall.
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The Associated Press reports Senate Republican Ron Johnson of Wisconsin is planning an event to publicize adverse vaccine experiences:
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, a vocal critic of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, announced plans Friday to hold a news conference bringing together people who claim to have had adverse reactions to the vaccine, including the wife of a former Green Bay Packer player.
Also read: If Sen. Ron Johnson is running for re-election in Wisconsin, it appears he’ll do so as a culture warrior.
Johnson, who has also advocated for alternative and unproven treatments for COVID-19, said the Monday event in Milwaukee will allow people from across the country to tell their stories and concerns he said have been “repeatedly ignored” by the medical community.
Johnson, who has no medical training or expertise, hasn’t been vaccinated, saying he doesn’t think he has to because he had the virus last year and formed natural antibodies. He has said he’s “just asking questions” and isn’t against vaccines, but doctors and other critics have blasted him for spreading misinformation.
Chris Hubbuch reports After almost 2 months, Gov. Tony Evers’ appointee still shut out of Natural Resources Board:
The Natural Resources Board will meet for a second time Wednesday with the outgoing chair refusing to surrender his seat to his replacement.
Gov. Tony Evers appointed Sandy Naas and Sharon Adams to the policy board on April 28 to replace Frederick Prehn and Julie Anderson, who were appointed by former Gov. Scott Walker and whose six-year terms expired May 1.
Adams joined the board in May after Anderson stepped down. But Prehn declined to leave, citing a Supreme Court ruling that allows appointees to stay on until a replacement is confirmed by the Senate.
Without Naas, Republican appointees hold four of the board’s seven seats as they take up controversial topics including the regulation of PFAS and the DNR’s wolf management plan.
Prehn did not respond to an interview request Tuesday but previously told Wisconsin Public Radio the board “can use my leadership.”
DNR spokesperson Sarah Hoye said GOP leaders in the Senate have yet to refer either of Evers’ new appointees to a committee for a confirmation hearing.
Senate President Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, declined to comment about confirmation hearings on May 26, saying he didn’t know enough about the matter. Kapenga’s office did not respond Tuesday to questions about when the Senate would schedule a hearing.
Martin Pengelly reports Donald Trump returns to campaign trail with rally targeting Ohio Republican:
“We’re giving tremendous endorsements,” Trump told the conservative Newsmax channel on Friday. “Fake Republicans, anybody that voted for the impeachment doesn’t get it. But there weren’t too many of them. And I think most of them are being … primaried right now, so that’s good. I’ll be helping their opponent.”
Trump’s first impeachment, for abusing his power in approaches to Ukraine, attracted one Republican vote, that of the Utah senator Mitt Romney. In his second, for inciting the deadly US Capitol attack, 10 House Republicans and seven in the Senate voted for Trump’s guilt.