In 1997 when she was 34 and her husband age 70.
That is what Wisconsin Right Now is reporting. Their source is one Michael Madden, who said he witnessed Janet Protasiewicz forcefully slapping his 70-year-old father, Patrick J. Madden, during their nine-month marriage while living in their home in Fox Point 26 years ago. Judge Protasiewicz is running for Wisconsin Supreme Court in an election to be decided April 4.
The conservative website alleges that Protasiewicz, then age 34 and an assistant D.A., slapped Madden — a retired judge — with an open hand so hard that she left part of a handprint on his face and also pushed Madden “so forcefully that he injured his shoulder and almost fell.”
Wisconsin Right Now claims the altercations were fueled by alcohol. It also claims that “a family friend confirms Michael Madden told him about the alleged abuse when it was happening.” Wisconsin Right Now says the media contacted Madden — not the other way around — only after a door-to-door campaigner for another candidate heard the story from Michael Madden at his door.
Sources tell the Werkes that Kelly's internal polling puts him within 4 points of Protasiewicz.
Conflict of interest debunked
Does Protasiewicz’ opponent have a conflict of interest? Her TV ads slam Daniel Kelly for failing to step away from cases involving donors. But the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — no friend of conservatives — says the ads “leave out significant facts.” The claims involve the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, which sets the record straight.
Blaska’s Bottom Line: Something tells the Werkes that the WI Supreme Court race is about to get nasty.
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Drunken elderly spousal beating? That there’s Three Strikes!
Breathtakingly stunning Lefty Hypocrisy (forgive the redundancy) in 5…4…3…
The Gotch
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I’ve been trying to verify this information. Checked for Patrick J Madden, couldn’t find any that fit the timeline. Any insight?
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This could be the guy..No mention of their marriage. https://www.feerickfuneralhome.com/obituary/patrick-madden
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Coupla links below that will be of some help.
One shouldn’t confuse this Judge Patrick Madden with the late Iron County (WI) Judge by the same name.
That one performed the Civil Ceremony (@the old courthouse/current Iron County Historical Museum) for The Gotch and the only gal he ever asked to marry 246 months ago to the day.
The Gotch
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I could be wrong, but I’m not seeing this story outside of WRN (and talk radio, like Jay Weber). More particularly, it’s not been picked up by MJS, (WI)SJ, or AP Wis. If it ends up buried — and I have no idea if it will — it’s hard to see it having much if any impact.
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All’s fair in LUV-n-War…& Elections; when/if it’s confirmed, if Kelly’s team doesn’t take this wave all the way to the beach, like yesterday, he deserves to lose.
The Gotch
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True, re: would “deserve[] to lose.” But he ran a bad campaign against Karofsky and I’m not sure why he’d be expected to run a better one this time around. Point taken though.
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Fair enough. Which is why I just pass this along. But the stepson swears to it and his facts match up. Friends who say they don’t believe anything in the mainstream news media want to believe this.
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Re last sentence (MSM): good point. If there’s a remedy to media (entertainment and news; is there a difference these days?) being the PR wing of the Democratic Party, I don’t know what it is. I suppose it’s at a minimum the efforts of citizen journalists like you (and Jessica McBride), and I applaud you for it.
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Friends who say they don’t believe anything in the mainstream news media want to believe this.
Non sequitur; this isn’t IN the mainstream news, that The Gotch has seen, leastways.
The Gotch
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Friends who say they don’t believe anything in the mainstream news media want to believe this.
Non sequitur; this isn’t IN the mainstream news, that The
Gotch has seen, leastways.
The Gotch
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You have no idea if this story will get buried? Two words “Hunter Biden.”
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I yield to no one in my cynicism about the MSM. I should have chosen a different locution than “I have no idea if …” Still. I won’t be surprised if the story gets some scanting, skeptical coverage — enough so news outlets can say they *did* cover it; just not so as to convey it should be taken seriously. Nor will I be surprised if it gets no coverage. I will be surprised if the story gets any traction — not because of its lack of potential merit or newsworthiness but because it is, well, buried by the media.
(And, as I’m sure you know, it’s not just Hunter: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/identity-another-biden-family-member-received-china-linked-payments-revealed.)
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Two more words: Building 7
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😂😂😂😂😂
Why would they report this?
They want her to win!
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Not sure if this story is true or not, but the fact that she married someone 36 years her elder causes me some pause. How old was she when this marital union was arranged?
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Well, love is blind, they say. Janet must have been considerably more attractive when she was a child bride.
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Jessica McBride just posted this comment on Facebook:
“Media are telling people they would only report on the Janet physical abuse accusations if there is a second named source or a named source who is not a stepson. Here you go media. You’ve just officially run out of excuses to censor this story.”
That’s in relation to this WRN piece: https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/janet-protaseiewicz-husband/
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“Media are telling people they would only report on the Janet physical abuse accusations if there is a second named source or a named source who is not a stepson. Here you go media. You’ve just officially run out of excuses to censor this story.”
Dave is a former journalist. Would he run an unsubstantiated story like this, or wait for outside conformation?
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There was no substantiation of the accusations Christine Blasey-Ford leveled at Brett Kavanaugh, but almost every MSM outlet did everything they could to make him look guilty as sin. I said then that when the same happened to a prominent Democrat, they would run cover for that person. And when Tara Reid leveled those accusations against Joe Biden, that’s exactly what they did. And its exactly what they’ll do here.
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In another example of positively stunning Lefty Hypocrisy (forgive the redundancy) which their despicable media took great pains to ignore:
Time’s Up Founder HELPED CUOMO TEAM Smear His Accuser
Womyn responsible for helping wymyn victims throws womyn under the bus to help out a despicable Lefty Perv (forgive the redundancy 2.0) and further The Cause?
Priceless!
The Gotch
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“Would he run an unsubstantiated story like this, or wait for outside conformation? (bolds mine)
You mean like despicable Lefty did with your hero Juicy Smollett, Nick Sandmann, Kyle Rittenhouse, Michael Brown, Russkie Collusion, Jacob Blake, ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
Ah Lefty; so MUCH FAKE NEWS, so little time!
The Gotch
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Hear, hear. Big media has shown no issue with running narratives based on the flimsiest of evidence or none at all whenever it suits their purpose. And that purpose is oftentimes getting Democrats elected.
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This story had me rolling on the floor in a fit of hilarity. If Dan Kelly had been accused of anything remotely as sordid, the media would be slathering to report it, and they certainly wouldn’t wait for confirmation from another source. Of course, no matter how accurate it turns out to be, not a single vote in Madison will be affected.
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Jessica McBride just posts this on Facebook:
“The media wrote stories about accusations of physical abuse against Justice Prosser (which he denied) based on anonymous sources initially.
They wrote about accusations against Liberal Judge Everett Mitchell based on the word of his ex wife and the fact she told two people at the time.
They wrote about accusations against Jennifer Dorow’s teenage son by anonymous sources when he wasn’t even a named suspect or mentioned in any documents.
But when it comes to Janet Protasiewicz, who isn’t denying any of this, they want to claim they have some high brow standard where they don’t report such accusations even with two named sources.
This comes from the same news media that thought my private love letter was newsworthy. Yeah, whatever, keep pretending you have some mythical standard, Milwaukee media, that no one else believes or sees.”
I’m not sure the Prosser incident is a good analogy, but the others are, at least at first glance.)
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Another McBride FB post on media double standards (this has to do with a separate allegation that Protasiewicz used a racial slur):
“A year ago, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that a high school athletic director used a racial slur based on the single second-hand account – of a parent who says her son told her he did.
However, they won’t report that a Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz is accused by two firsthand named sources of using a racial slur.
So don’t let the Journal Sentinel pretend they are following some standard by not reporting this. Their standards just shifted to protect Protasiewicz.”
(She links to a 2/4/22 J-S article, https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/southwest/news/greenfield/2022/02/04/greenfield-high-school-student-says-athletic-director-used-racial-slur-wisconsin/6662220001/, with this hed: “A Black student says the Greenfield High School athletic director repeatedly called him ‘boy’; his parent wants him fired”.)
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“However, they won’t report that a Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz is accused by two firsthand named sources of using a racial slur.”
Missed that; link, please?
“his parent (singular) wants him fired” (bold mine)
Oh my! That all his parent wants…?
The Gotch
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Here: https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/janet-protasiewicz-racial-slur-allegation/; and: https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/janet-protasiewicz-used-the-n-word-referring-to-blacks-in-childrens-court-cases-witness-says/.
I don’t know if any outlet other than WRN publicized the accusation.
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Thanks; and the President of the NAACP-Milwaukee is on this?
Whoa Nellie! This may not turn out well.
There Are No Rewards Or Punishments – Only Consequences.
The Gotch
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What you sayin’ here boy?
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Hearsay, an unnamed friend of a friend, a casual doorknocker, Madden who was in prison for weed and coke charges,…… Witches and goblins. More holes in this story than in gotch’s three decks. Dave has passed this story on as he should, but I don’t think he is going to swear on a bible that it’s 100% true.
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Hey, Lazy @$$ Blogge Idiot TROLT…that’s five (5) decks
Try harder…
The Gotch
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get your shine box out boy.
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Not hard enough; run along, now…….
The Gotch
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THE trolt mumbles again.
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If this story is true, it’s not surprising. A progressive feminist that hates men so much that she’ll commit domestic abuse against the one she married? You don’t say. Reminds me of a post years back on Jezebel where several of their columnists bragged about doing similar things to their boyfriends.
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All this story needs is Rudy G. standing in front of a porno shop in their parking lot with hair color running down his face.
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