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Signs of the times
We believe we are royally screwed. In a few weeks political yard signs will sprout like dandelions on a No Mow lawn in progressive Madison — alongside the ubiquitous “In This House We Believe …” signs. (Notice? God is never among the listed.) Candidates who take Blaska’s advice do so at their own peril but
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Redefining failure & waste
WI employers can’t find literate workers! Republicans in the state legislature are rightly holding up $1 million in funding for Jill Underly’s WI Department of Public Instruction after learning the state agency spent $368,885 to rent a Wisconsin Dells vacation spa for four days in June 2024. That is where DPI convened 88 “expert” educators,
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No president should run elections
They already have too much power. Excuse us, Mr. President. Hate to correct you in front of the cameras here in the Oval Office. You just said “states are agents of the federal government.” No, Mr. President, they are not. In these United States, states have sovereignty over their spheres of influence. The Tenth Amendment
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Showing you on the dolly
where Mr. T is hurting real Republicans! Blaska has been asked to show on the little dolly where the mean man hurt him. We expected blowback after the last thrilling episode (“Keeping an uncivil tongue”). Poke the MAGA nest and expect frenzied stinging from reverse Trump Derangement Sufferers. We answered platinum subscriber “Madison expat” with
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Keeping an uncivil tongue
When others go low, he goes for the family jewels. President Trump says he is bypassing this year’s Super Bowl being played on the West Coast — too far to go, says the man on Air Force One. A shame because even violent sports like football demand fair play. The Seattle Seahawks likely will start Tariq
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Look out for journalists
Sometimes they take the law into their own hands! At the age of 7, Blaska became the editor and publisher of The Blaskie Paper, the leading journal of BugTown. A map of the imaginary country resembled the platbook’s rectangular delineation of our farm east of Sun Prairie WI. The publication took its name from the



