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Category: Election 2023

  • The science is settled (again)!

    Until it isn’t. We were told the science was settled. (And that we could play our radio at a reasonable volume.) • The U.S. Department of Energy has concluded that Covid-19 probably did, after all, originate at a Chinese lab in Wuhan. Wooo hooo!  • After reviewing 65 studies, The Lancet medical journal concludes that…

  • Trump takes more lumps in Wisconsin nice

    In Tuesday’s primary election. The Blaska Policy Werkes decision desk was right on the money predicting Tr•mp-endorsed election denier Janel Brandtjen would lose big to Speaker Robin Vos’s man for state senate in suburban Milwaukee. We had it at Dan Knodl 60%, Brandtjen 30%, Van Mobley 10%. Final score was 57% to 28% to 15%. Must…

  • Someone’s got to win Tuesday

    Might as well be us! For all the Werkes knows, the Spring primary election has been decided already. Two weeks of early voting ended Friday. Your next chance is what used to be called “Election Day.” That would be Tuesday 02-21-23. Even Republicans encouraged an early vote this time! (If you can’t beat them ……

  • Blaska goes to the dark side

    and he wants it painted black! Lights out, shades drawn for Aaron Rodgers here at the Stately Manor. Iconoclastic, suffering no fools, immunized against B.S. Sure, he’s got a chip on his shoulder but it’s a blue chip, with terabytes of processing power and a clock speed faster than a speeding locomotive! Wily enough to…

  • By your friends shall ye be known

    Can tell a lot about a candidate by who endorses them! If you’re happy with Madison public schools, clap your hands, because you will want to vote Satya Rhodes Conway for mayor. School board president Ali Muldrow has endorsed the mayor. The furthest left alders are also on board: Common Council president Keith Furman, vice…

  • Big money for the great progressive hope

    Janet P, the California candidate! We are about to learn just how sincere our liberal … acquaintances are about that supposed bane of good gummint: Out-of-state money from high-roller donors. Because their favorite candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court is making the big haul in her bid to flip the court to a 4 to 3…