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A new sheriff in town?
Anthony Hamilton, a detective with the Dane County Sheriff’s office is running for sheriff as a Republican against incumbent Kalvin Barrett. Any eligible voter in Dane County can sign his nomination paper. Detective Hamilton needs 500 valid signatures by Wednesday, June 1. Public safety is a top priority for voters this years as crime has skyrocketed. Hamilton Nomination Paper.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos open to arming teachers in schools.
Nationally …
The massacre at Robb elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, 05-24-22 has produced the usual demands to “do something.” We share the impulse and the anger, but what specifically to do? …
So-called red-flag laws that give police the ability to deny guns to people who may pose a risk to the community have been useful in some cases. But they are hard to enforce, as we recently learned in Buffalo. New York state has a red-flag statute, and Payton Gendron was even referred for mental counseling. He still got a gun. — Wall Street Journal.
The statement that the Second Amendment is not absolute is certainly true. There are laws that can be crafted within the confines set out under controlling Supreme Court precedent. … President Biden repeated his claim that certain weapons were prohibited at the time that the Second Amendment was ratified. That is simply untrue. — law professor Jonathan Turley.
Donald Trump’s political revenge campaign hit a wall in Georgia on Tuesday, as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger easily defeated Trump-backed challengers. The question now is whether the former President will continue his vendetta by trying to defeat both men in November. — Wall Street Journal.
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From the Dane County Sheriff:
Madison WI. 05-25-22 – There are no words to describe the devastating news of yesterday’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
As a precaution, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office will be increasing our presence around all of the schools in our primary jurisdictions.
Sadly, these events serve as a reminder for us all to be aware of our environment. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office continues to offer Emergency Preparedness Training for the community.
On a more personal note, hold your children extra tight today.
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It takes courage
Volodymyr Zelensky
People of Ukraine
Finland and Sweden
President Andrzej Duda of Poland
Mike Pence
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp
Bill Maher
Joe Manchin
Liz Cheney
Elon Musk
Poland and the Czechs
Mike Koval
Speaker Robin Vos
Tommy Thompson
Dave Cieslewicz
Boris Johnson
FdL Co. GOP chair Rohn Bishop
Mitch McConnell
Dave Chappelle
Ricky Gervais
Mitt Romney
Kaleem Caire
William Barr
Brett Kavanaugh
Who we missing?
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Help Max Blaska and Karla S. Bryant adapt Stephen King’s “Last Rung On the Ladder” into a video feature. Crowd fund it here and pick the perk and the amount you wish to donate from the column on the right.
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Tag Archives: Ann of Althouse
School safety plan omits police, rewards analysis paralysis
Following up on the East high school beatdown The influential Ann of Althouse, retired UW Law school professor and bloggueresse, asks “Why don’t schools call the police when crimes are committed in school?” The short answer is that Madison WI … Continue reading
Trump defeated Tony Ever’s ag secretary (somehow)
MANURE STORAGE RULES! Can a dog hear Eric Ciaramella’s whistle? One of the more deranged Trump haters practices his drive-by journalism at Esquire magazine under the byline of Charles Pierce. His printed form of scream therapy earns him a recurring … Continue reading
Defeated Trump haters vow ‘no more playing fair!’
‘Whatever we have to do; and we’re not going to necessarily play fair.’ — Democrat(ic) party insider on MSNBC Didn’t some communist write a folk song that went something like this: It takes a worried man to write a worried blog. … Continue reading
‘Blaska created a near riot’ at the Madison school board?
So claims an anonymous on-line poster Actually, I had left the building by the time the social justice warriors began their chanting that drove the school board to a locked room And I asked for calm until all the facts … Continue reading
Guilty white liberals are their own parody
New York Times gets pranked! ‘I’m riddled with shame. White shame. … I feel like my literal existence hurts people …’ — Whitey This is a letter to an actual advice column published August 14, 2018 by the terminally Trump-deranged New … Continue reading
Blaska Policy Werkes 