Good morning.
Thursday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 76. Sunrise is 6:02, and sunset is 7:55, for 13h 52m 30s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 78.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
The Whitewater Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM.
On this day in 1944, Operation Dragoon begins as Allied forces land in southern France.
Sarah Lehr reports Two of Wisconsin’s most vocal election deniers lost their bids for the state Legislature Tuesday, coming up short in Republican primaries:
In suburban Milwaukee, state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, R-Menomonee Falls, lost to state Sen. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, in a race for the recently redrawn 24th Assembly District.
And in eastern Wisconsin’s new 20th Senate District, former state Rep. Timothy Ramthun of Campbellsport was defeated by state Sen. Dan Feyen of Fond du Lac.
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Brandtjen lost despite being endorsed by former President Donald Trump ahead of the primary. Brandtjen has promoted false conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and has echoed calls for the results to be overturned in Trump’s favor.
These two defeats are not enough, but they are something. Some days one settles for something.
A Scottish origin for Stonehenge’s mysterious Altar Stone:
I suspect that Vos is pretty pleased with Brandtjen and Ramthun getting dumped in their primaries. That should ameliorate the sting of having his ass handed to him on his amendment power-play. His ploy of putting the amendments up for a vote in an obscure primary election did not go well, as the massive turnout, at least for an august primary, showed.
Vos’ troubles might just be starting, as the combination of an aroused electorate and fairer districts could lead one to dream that he might just be in the minority soon. I’ve been irrationally exuberant before, but there is a faint whiff of change in the air.
Very much hope you’re right. Like Walker (now thankfully in the rear view mirror), Vos has been among the most destructive politicians in state history.