Good morning. 
Saturday in Whitewater will be hazy with scattered thunderstorms and a high of 89. Sunrise is 5:39 AM and sunset 8:23 PM, for 14h 43m 59s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99.5% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1974, the Supreme Court unanimously rules that President Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and orders him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
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Martin Pengelly reports Tennessee radio host doubted and mocked vaccines – now he has Covid:
A conservative radio host in Tennessee who urged listeners not to get vaccinated against Covid-19 has changed track and called on listeners to get the shot, after contracting the virus and ending up in hospital in “very serious condition”.
In a statement posted to social media, Phil Valentine’s family detailed his condition and said: “Please continue to pray for his recovery and PLEASE GO GET VACCINATED!”
The family also said the WTN host had “never been an ‘anti-vaxer’”, but “regrets not being more vehemently ‘pro-vaccine’ and looks forward to being able to more vigorously advocate that position as soon as he is back on the air, which we all hope will be soon”.
Valentine, 61, did, however, play down the need for vaccines and perform a song called Vaxman, to the tune of Taxman, George Harrison’s Beatles number against government taxation.
“Let me tell you how it will be,” he sang, “and I don’t care if you agree, ‘Cause I’m the Vaxman, yeah I’m the Vaxman. If you don’t like me coming round, be thankful I don’t hold you down.”
Marvin Kalb writes of The shaky pillars of American democracy:
There are, he believed, two essential pillars of American democracy: one the “sanctity of the law” and the other the “freedom of the press.” If either pillar is shaken, damaged or undermined, he warned, then so too is our democracy.
This was the judgment of Edward R. Murrow, the iconic CBS newsman who hired me in 1957. It was the subject that absorbed him, that both fascinated and frightened him—the “fragile” nature of American democracy. Time and again, he would return to it, always with questions, one building on another.
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That was why former President Trump’s early and repeated attacks on journalists as “enemies of the people” who “poison” the public well with “fake news,” represented such a powerful and enduring blow to democracy. Wittingly or not, he played on the fact that American journalism was experiencing serious problems anyway, and he exploited them.
Evan Frank reports Some local Chick-fil-A locations, including Pewaukee, are offering a drink in honor of Giannis Antetokounmpo:
The morning after winning the championship, Giannis — with the Larry O’Brien Trophy and the Bill Russell Finals MVP award — recorded his trip through the drive-thru at the Brookfield location on Capitol Drive for an Instagram Live audience.
He ordered 50 chicken nuggets — “50 exactly. Not 51. Not 49.” — in honor of the 50 points he scored in Game 6 on Tuesday night to secure the NBA Finals championship over the Phoenix Suns. Milwaukee’s 105-98 win also happened to clinch the franchise’s first title in 50 years.
But he also wanted a beverage.
“Let me have a large drink, no ice, half Sprite, half lemonade,” Giannis said to a Chick-fil-A employee.
“We all know this drink by now … and it officially has a name!” the Pewaukee Chick-fil-A Facebook page stated. “The 50-50 (half sprite & half Chick-fil-A lemonade) is the official drink of CHAMPIONS! Stop by today to snag this winning blend!”
Rare footage of African Wild Dogs (Painted Wolves) returning to their den to feed puppies: