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Category: Donald Trump

  • Waukesha County is RINO country

    Republicans are losing nationwide! Three days after an abortion-without-limits lobbyist won election, we’re thinking even Trump-Only Republicans (RITOs) should welcome back into the party a few more RINOs like Brian Hagedorn on Wisconsin’s supposedly non-partisan Supreme Court.  Hagedorn, former chief counsel for Gov. Scott Walker, incurred the enmity of MAGA world when he cast the…

  • We’re no Peggy Noonan but …

    Blaska rewrites the President’s address. Hey Mr. Know-It-All (that beloved Rocky & Bullwinkle savant), why did the President’s address to the nation last night leave us colder than yesterday’s oatmeal? Maybe because we remember Ronald Reagan and how he could salve the nation’s soul in times of trouble. We heard FDR’s recorded fireside chats and…

  • They must be crazy

    Democrats can’t stand up for America. President Trump’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night got off to an auspicious start when, just a few minutes in, sergeants at arms (they were not masked) hustled the noisome Rep. Al Green (D-TX) and his gilded cane out of the chambers. Did not attend a GOP watch party…

  • Who’s watching?

    Trump’s State of the Union address tonight? This gracelessly aging bloggeur lights a small votive (and fruit fly repellant) candle to give thanks that we have not been elected to the speaker of any house, be it the WI State Assembly or the U.S. House of Representatives (or the Stately Manor when the Lovely Lisa is…

  • The definition of madness

    … is expecting different results. We have been approached by neighbors here in Madison WI — this time not with a cease and desist order. They’re seeking advice, strategies, or black helicopter ops in the cause of reversing the referenda authorizing our schools to blow by state spending limits by an additional $607 million. Best…

  • He’s testing us, isn’t he?!

    Probing for our gag reflex? Sen. Tim Scott calls it ‘the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House’  WASHINGTON 02-07-26 —President Trump posted — and later deleted — a video on-line that included imagery depicting former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes, prompting swift condemnation from Democrats and Republicans. The…