Milwaukee Republican Officer Thinks Children Should Not Be Seen Nor Heard

 

TMJ4 did a news story about the kids at Franklin High School who were planning on doing a demonstration to protest ICEtapo brutality. Parents were split on whether it was appropriate, apparently forgetting their own childhood protests.

However, Hilario Deleon, who is the chair of the Republican Party of Milwaukee County, thinks that children should not be seen or heard, and they should hold their protest when it's more convenient to ignore:

"It does a disservice not only to them but to the people in the community who are financing the school through taxpayer dollars," said Hilario Deleon, who supports the right to protest but opposes the student walkouts' timing.

Some residents questioned students' motivations, suggesting that many participants might simply want to skip class rather than advocate for their cause.

"Many of the walkouts that happened when I was in school, most kids were just walking out to get out of class," Deleon said.

Critics suggested holding the protest outside school hours to demonstrate a genuine commitment to the cause.

"It will also show and demonstrate who the actual people who believe in the cause are," Deleon said.

Deleon is obviously not a big one for civil rights. He probably thinks that Rosa Parks should have only taken a seat on the bus when it was less crowded. Perhaps he thinks that Dr. Martin Luther King should have walked to Selma later in the day, so as not to inconvenience anyone.  Deleon probably thinks that union workers should only strike after their shift is done.

Maybe Deleon should learn some history before making a fool out of himself again.

RoJo - The New Inspector Clouseau

Ron Johnson isn't worth a damn as a senator, and he's not very effective as a political operative either.  In a feeble effort to keep the Minnesota daycare scandal a thing, RoJo issued a press release to tell everyone that he sent a letter out to show how he's looking very seriously into this very serious matter:

The letter follows recent public reporting on fraud in Minnesota, including a YouTube video by Nick Shirley that highlighted potentially $111 million in improper payments and fraud at child care centers across Minnesota and raised serious questions about whether existing oversight mechanisms at DHS were sufficient to detect and prevent fraud.

“At the very least, routine DHS oversight should have identified obvious program-integrity red flags at child care centers receiving unusually large payments relative to their licensed capacity,” Chairman Johnson wrote.

In the letter, the chairman enclosed a list of over 70 examples of child care businesses in Minnesota that received over $1 million in annual payments from the state in 2024. He demanded audit and inspection records connected to those entities.

“Given the pervasiveness of fraud in your state, it is past time for Minnesota to answer for its apparent failure to safeguard taxpayer dollars,” Chairman Johnson stated.

I did notice an odd thing that is remarkable in its omission. Among all of the documents he is calling for in between his snark attacks at Governor Tim Walz, RoJo Cousteau forgot to ask for the court transcripts of the dozens of people already tried and convicted in the scandal.

I wonder why that is. Maybe the same reason he's not worried about the Epstein files.

Maria Lazar Is More Radical Than Even Rebecca Bradley

Wisconsin Watch took a unique approach to the race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. They asked both the Chris Taylor campaign and the Maria Lazar campaign to pselecta case that showcases their strengths and their opponent's weaknesses.

Interestingly, they both chose the same case - a voting rights case on whether voters had to completely fill out their address, including city, state, and zip code.  Taylor ruled with the voters, pointing out that the law did not sarequire themo include all of that information.

Each campaign explained why they chose this case:

A spokesperson for Taylor’s campaign said the case demonstrates how Taylor protected Democratic rights and “fairly” and “impartially” applies the law. 

“This decision balanced protecting each Wisconsinite’s right to vote with establishing a fair, uniform procedure for our local clerks,” Taylor campaign spokesman Sam Roecker said. “As indicative of the strength of this decision, no party involved in the case appealed Judge Taylor’s decision.” 

Lazar’s campaign said Taylor failed to consider the intent of the Legislature. 

“Judge Taylor’s opinion, on the merits, indicates how far an activist judge who legislates from the bench will go to alter procedures for election integrity,” Lazar campaign spokesman Nathan Conrad said of the witness address case. “Every common sense citizen in Wisconsin knows that an address consists of a street name, number and municipality.” 

The explanation from the Lazar campaign reminded me of something that shows Lazar is unfit to be on the bench, especially not the Supreme Court. 

Seven years ago, the Wisconsin Supreme Court heard a case in which the decision came down to intent versus how the law is written. The Court ruled that intent was irrelevant and the law had to be followed as written. That decision was written by Rebecca Bradley, whose seat is up for grabs in April:

"The county urges the court to interpret 'not covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement' to mean 'not represented by a union,'" Rebecca Bradley wrote for the majority. "Because we must apply the plain meaning of the ordinance's text rather than rewrite it to reflect what the county may have intended, we reject the county's request and affirm the Court of Appeals."

In summary, what the legislature might have intended is irrelevant. The thing that matters is how the law is written.  Taylor was correct and followed the law. Lazar wanted to alter the meaning of the law to meet her agenda.  

We don't need anyone more radical and fascist than even Bradley on the bench. 

Where's Wisconsin?

 From the latest drop of the heavily redacted Epstein files comes this tidbit showing just how incompetent the first Trump administration was:

They couldn't even find Wisconsin on a map. Yet they still had Ron Johnson soiling his trousers because even these bumbling fools knew he was a Russian spy.

Get The F*ck Out Of Town

 Unless you live in a cave, you have already heard the protest song done by Bruce Springsteen.

What you might not have heard is the song written and performed by Wisconsin's own Tom Kastle, inspired by the famous words of Jacob Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis, after the murder of Renee Good by ICEtapo goons:

Thank you to  Tom for giving his permission for me to share this.

Ron Tusler's Freudian Slip

 On Monday, as the nation was still reeling from the execution-style murder of Alex Pretti, Wisconsin State Rep. Ron Tusler took time to praise Trump's handling of immigration on Facebook. However, Tusler's choice of words left a lot to be desired - starting with human decency:

His choice of the word "execute" was thoughtless at best.  

After I confronted Tusler on his word choice, he edited his post to change execute to conduct. But the post in its entirety shows that Tusler has his nose so far up Trump's butt that he can't see what's going on in the country and the world:

He wants Congress to change the law to allow the ICEtapo to execute American citizens for defending the Constitution and human decency?  He wants Congress to allow ICEtapo goons to go door to door, looking for "undesirable" people his kind don't think belong here, all without a warrant?  He wants Congress to change the law so that the only way an immigrant can come to the United States is to pay a bribe to Trump?

Tusler is the kind of guy who would have told the Nazis where Anne Frank was hiding. He's not the kind of guy we need in any elected office.

Stolen From Social Media: So It Might Not Be True, But It Feels Like It Could Be:

“If it wasn’t for America, you’d be speaking German right now.”~ Donald Trump to Guy Parmelin, the president of Switzerland.

Think about that for a moment and I hope you remember your high school history and geography,

Want to do something about ICE right now without leaving home?

The bill funding ICE is set to be voted upon in the Senate later this month. Contact your Senators by phone, email, on their websites, RIGHT NOW. And then tomorrow, Monday, Tuesday, rinse and repeat.

Kristi Noem! Give Us The Finger!

 YKIYK...

no, not that one.
 

Note To Denmark II: OR just give Greenland to Canada.

Makes more sense in the long run since they are closer neighbors and will totally totally piss Trump off, bigly. 

Note to Denmark: Just Issue A Worthless Deed For Greenland To Trump:

 Heavy paper stock, lots of gilding, fancy hand lettering, gibberish in Danish of course. And then? Start sending him a bill each month of $1 Billion for his Home Owner's Association Fees! 

Never Fear! Milwaukee County Is Protecting Your 1st Amendment Right To Freedom Of Speech.

 Just rollin' out the red carpet for all of you!

I wonder where number 1 and number 2 is located? Somewhere else in the airport? Or??

Tiffany Uses Right Wing Operative As 'Average Taxpayer' In Ad

Tom Tiffany is running this ad with "average taxpayers" complaining about their property taxes being too high:

Now, I could go into how the steep hike in taxes is because the Republicans chose not to properly fund the schools, forcing the school districts to hike their share, but that's for another post.

However, the point I want to make is that the people in the ad are as fake as trying to put the blame solely on Gov.Tony Evers.  The first person in the Tiffany ad, Amber from Lake Geneva, is Amber Infusio.

Infusio is one of the Moms for Fascism that like to cite quotes from Hitler and host underage drinking parties because parents know best. Maybe Infusio's appearance in Tiffany's ad is quid pro quo for Tiffany signing a pledge card for her at last year's State Fair:

If Tiffany is running fake ads this early in the race, how can anyone trust him on anything he says for the rest of the year?

Here's a hint: You can't!

H/T John Norcross

Wisconsin Blind Eye

 

In 2007, state leaders inexplicably thought it was a good idea to privatize public transparency and thus created WisconsinEye.

In December, WisconsinEye announced that it was ending live coverage and closing its archive of previous sessions of the state legislature because it was a victim of Trumpnomics:

“Due to extreme competition and a complete collapse in private funding — marked by donor fatigue, competing nonprofit campaigns, record-breaking political fundraising and economic uncertainty — WisconsinEye’s website is unavailable,” a message on the WisEye website states. “Without consistent annual funding…. citizens, legislators, legislative staff, the governor’s administration, agency leadership and staff, trade associations, attorneys and the courts, local government officials, journalists and all print, cable, television and radio news outlets, businesses, nonprofit organizations — all lose the only reliable and proven source of unfiltered State Capitol news and state government proceedings.”

Now, WisconsinEye has resorted to using GoFundMe to raise $250,000 in order to secure state funding to resume providing services.  As of the time of this writing, they were just under $6,000.  

While WisconsinEye is trying to get back above water financially, the Republicans in the state legislature are busy trying to take advantage of the situation by ramming through malevolent bills while no one is watching.

And to make sure no one is watching, the Republicans have "rediscovered" that their rules don't allow citizens or even fellow legislators to record their misdeeds.

What needs to be done is that the state needs to bring this service back in-house. The City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, and many other local governments provide this service for their constituents, and there's no reason for the state not to do so.  It would bring them into compliance with transparency rules and also maintain a public record.

But the Republicans don't want that because transparency leads to accountability, and accountability leads to them winning fewer elections.

Wisconsin GOP Plays The Racist Card Early

 WISGOP launched an attack on Democratic gubernatorial candidates Mandela Barnes and Francesca Hong on social media yesterday.  The only problem was that it wasn't Barnes:

Hey, what do you expect?  Republicans think that all Black people look alike.

It shouldn't be surprising, however. They have a long history of racism and being wrong about almost everything.

ADDENDUM: It should be noted that the image the Republicans used was Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who is also running for governor.  However, Crowley is more closely aligned with the Republicans than his own chosen party.