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the Joe Biden patrol
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Guess who is helping Joe Biden.
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Let's Go Brandon!
(at least, we think that's what they were saying)
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Kyrsten Sinema
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Words of wisdom:
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“I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is, to what extent must I participate in your self-image?” — Dave Chapelle.
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Gableman gets to bottom of WI election mess
Be afraid, Democrats. Be very afraid
David Shor started modeling elections in 2008, when he was a 20-something blogger, and he proved good at it. … Now he’s scared. … “We’re screwed in the Senate,” he told me. Only he didn’t use the word screwed. … Shor’s model suggests they’ll lose a seat, and so the Senate. But it’s 2024 where things get very grim for them. ... Shor’s model predicts they’ll lose seven seats.
This might be the high-water mark of power they’ll have for the next decade. — Ezra Klein, NY Times.
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How progressives think
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It’s always the last place you look
'A racial disparity in schizophrenia diagnoses in nursing homes'
Headline in the New York Times (of course). "Diagnoses for the disorder have soared in the past decade, driven in part by a loophole in regulations. A new study shows the impact has been more severe for black Americans."
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Jefferson statue may be removed after more than 100 years at City Hall
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Black, Latino and Asian City Council members who find the sculpture oppressive and racist may finally win a two-decade fight to remove it from the New York City council chamber.
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Get your special Blaska Policy Werkes
decoder glasses now! 
Category Archives: Madison city government
Madison aldermanic redistricting considered 10-07-21
Could influence your next alder! UPDATE: Ad Hoc Redistricting Committee 10-07-21 unanimously recommends Map #7a. The Policy Werkes took the tarp off Ol’ Sparky, our Eisenhower-era mainframe computer, to consider the aldermanic redistricting maps under consideration. After whirring and chugging for … Continue reading
Brazen car thieves are ignoring speed limits!
Can’t they read? (Well, maybe they really can’t) It’s like passing that ordinance early in Reagan’s term proclaiming Madison WI a nuclear-free zone. That’s how the Head Groundskeeper feels about the signage on S. Whitney Way announcing, in solar-powered electricity, … Continue reading
UW Madison campus becoming danger zone
‘We were relieved to get our kids out of Chicago, but …’ The University of Wisconsin’s Madison campus was never a monastery. Often enough, the carillon bells on top of Observatory Drive get drowned out on football Saturdays, Mifflin Street … Continue reading
Would more free stuff help?
Who will be the chosen ones? It’s coming to a city near you. One that looks very much like Madison WI. A guaranteed income for selected poor folk. Not just any old low-income folk, but BIPOC! (That’s black, indigenous, people … Continue reading
Did you know? Historic preservation is racist!
A Madison alder told us so One of the more stupid, only-in-Madison proposals was an alder’s motion to jigger ordinances governing the height of buildings in order to preserve the view of Lake Mendota from a privately owned dwelling. That … Continue reading
