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How a former police officer sees the Corey Ruiz case
‘Could have told you one day he would be killed by police.’ An account from former Madison police officer and security expert Adrian Alan: “The [police] officer involved [in the Corey Ruiz case] is someone I field trained many years ago. … He was solid back then and he is today. By all accounts and…
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Francesca Hong: ‘This was an execution’
In WI governor’s race, Defund Police is back in play. Here we go again. Another white cop, another dead black man. Cue The Resistance. How many days before a mural dedicated to the latest undeserving martyr is splattered on a Madison WI wall? How many more events disrupted like last night’s Concerts on the Square?…
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WI governor’s race coming down to Hong vs Stop-Hong
and Paul Fanlund v John Nichols. Like any public opinion poll, there’s enough wiggle room to satisfy Harry Truman’s two-handed economist* in the latest Marquette Law School poll released today. For one thing, it was conducted before Sara Rodriquez pulled out and David Crowley got back in, which limits its predictive value. Professor Charles Franklin’s…
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Nine big problems for Democrats running for WI governor
or as Sara Rodriguez would say, ‘3 or 67 problems — maybe 32!’ No matter who Democrats wind up nominating for governor, they’re already backed up against their own goal line against Republican Tom Tiffany. (If we can use an analogy from the real game of football. The one that has what we like to…
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Another one bites the dust
Rodriquez is out: from seven to four Sara Rodriguez is suspending her campaign. “As we have continued today to [word indistinct] our financial report, it has become clear that there are issues that would be an ongoing distraction,” the candidate said this morning. A bitter pill, but bravely swallowed. Lt. Gov. Rodriguez’ name will remain…
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“When I was growing up, the only time we saw security outside my synagogue or my Jewish day school was when the mayor came to speak. The police were there to protect him. Today, every time [Mayor Zohran Mamdani] speaks, we need the police to protect us.” — Rabbi Yosie Levine after a congregant was attacked by a man yelling “Allahu akbar.”
Today’s Laff Riot!
There is a weird self-loathing going on among white liberals: … “I realize I’m only speaking as a white male and I acknowledge our tragic history of oppression but you left your lights on.” — Bill Maher