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“Do you know what today feels like? A baseball game. Everybody’s rooting for America.” —Lou Valentino All Trump rallies have a similar feel to them—always fun and full of positive energy and love for America. But something more significant occurred at the latest Trump rally in the Bronx, as Trump took a break from the blatantly politicized trial against him in New York to do a rally in one of the bluest areas of the country. You’d have to go back to 1980 for the last time a Republican presidential candidate visited the Bronx when Ronald Reagan paid a visit during the disastrous presidency of Jimmy Carter. “There’s a lot of people coming out here. It just looks so diverse…it’s just defeating every narrative there is. And Democrats are about to have a hard time in November because now New Yorkers are probably going to wake up and ask who are the politicians representing me? This is not about Trump; it is about Trump's strategy of coming here and putting pressure on them. And D...

Americans are rallying around President Trump after the sham verdict in liberal Manhattan, and Google searches for "how to donate to Trump" have skyrocketed. You can donate to Trump here. We previously summarized 14 things all Americans need to know about the ridiculous indictment against Trump. We could add many more now that the trial has concluded, from the judge's Biden donation to the indictment's failure to articulate the "other crime." Americans see through this sham verdict. Trump's donation website briefly crashed after the verdict. "The American people see through Crooked Joe Biden's rigged show trial," Trump's campaign wrote on X. "So many Americans were moved to donate to President Trump's campaign that the WinRed pages went down. We are working on getting the website back online as quickly as possible. Stay strong." It was later reported that the website was back working. Donate to Trump: Man...

It’s difficult to keep up on all the machinations going on in politics these days. Normal people don’t want to hear about it; we’re just frustrated and pissed off quite honestly, which is why the Dems' strategy may backfire on them. While we all know a few people who love drama and can’t live without it, most humans don’t like drama. They’ll vote to get rid of Biden just to reduce the drama. I like to call the Dems’ strategy “all chaos, all the time,” but that’s a recipe for disaster for them, because sooner or later, people will have had enough. They’re worn out from it. And this phony show trial in NY is part of it. I mean, really, this case comes down to this; a single line on an invoice: “Legal Services…..$130,000” while the prosecution says the line item should have said this: “Campaign Expenditure….$130,000." Of course, had Trump’s accountant booked the expenditure that way, it would have been illegal, which is the irony in all this. And can someone explain to me h...

An armed Milwaukee felon attacked a City of Brookfield police officer during a traffic stop at Brookfield Square Mall, dragging him with a vehicle after giving a false name, according  to a press release from Brookfield police. The City of Brookfield police officer "was injured this evening while attempting to take custody of a subject who resisted arrest and physically assaulted the officer. The officer was treated and released from an area hospital," the release says. "The suspect was apprehended by responding officers and will be held at the Waukesha County Jail pending criminal charges being filed by the Waukesha County District Attorney’s Office," it says. The release gave the following details. According to Brookfield police: "This incident began when the officer made a traffic stop in the lot of Brookfield Square Mall at approximately 6:44 PM on May 28, 2024. The suspect (driver) provided the officer with a false name and date of birth. When ...

Judge Brad Schimel and Waukesha DA Sue Opper have endorsed prosecutor Zach Wittchow. Waukesha County Assistant District Attorney Zach Wittchow, who was one of the prosecutors in the Waukesha Christmas parade case, announced his candidacy for Waukesha County Circuit Court, Branch 6, which is the seat being vacated by Judge Brad Schimel, who is running for state Supreme Court and who has endorsed Wittchow as his successor on the bench. Waukesha County DA Sue Opper, Wittchow's current boss, also endorsed him. "Having worked side-by-side with law enforcement officials throughout his career, Zach has a proven track record in public safety and a reputation for getting justice for crime victims," a press release from Wittchow's campaign says. "With over a decade of experience as a prosecutor, Zach has litigated complex constitutional issues and has tried more than 50 cases to juries. He has worked tirelessly to secure convictions against hundreds of drug dealer...

The Fond du Lac County arrest of a man who entered the country illegally in a child sexual assault case shows that child sex trafficking doesn't just occur in big cities and highlights the "ongoing dangers of Biden and the Democrat Party's open border policies," a Republican state representative says. Representative Jerry O’Connor (R-Fond du Lac) released the following statement after the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest and revealed that the suspect, whose real name is not clear, had crossed into the country illegally over the U.S.-Mexico border. “On Sunday afternoon, a member of the FDL community called the FDL County Sheriff’s Department to report that a 12-year-old girl had come to their door asking for help after she escaped a man who had purchased her from her mother, bound and blindfolded her before attempting to sexually assault her," O'Connor wrote in a news release. "Miraculously, the girl was able to fight back an...

Welcome Comrade, to East Germany Madison, where we insist that not only you turn over your private data on your private property to us, the energy police, but we also, for your convenience comrade, tell you to what say and think about our demands. We wouldn’t want the proletariat to think negative thoughts, so we, the Bourgeoisie (note we capitalized the term for you) have conveniently provided you with the thoughts and words that you will say to others about our demands. Failure to comply will mean cancellation and banishment to Siberia. You will post these words on your social media accounts and web site to demonstrate your faithful compliance and your support of the collective: “Benchmarking and tune-ups save energy and money. Buildings that consistently benchmark improve their energy efficiency by an average of 8%, and tune-ups cut energy use by an average of 12%. That means big savings on your energy bills. Saving energy also cuts carbon and air pollution. Currently, commerc...

Town of Erin, WI – Former law enforcement officer Jim Piwowarczyk filed over 300 signatures to secure access to the 98th Assembly District ballot on Thursday, as momentum grows behind the conservative news publisher in the Washington and Waukesha County race. “I am really thankful for the positive and enthusiastic reception that my candidacy has received,” Piwowarczyk said. “I have knocked on more than 2,000 doors in the district, and I have enjoyed meeting voters and hearing their concerns. Voters are deeply concerned about the state of the economy and the border crisis, especially, and I would enjoy fighting hard to tackle those concerns and more in the state Legislature.” Piwowarczyk, 53, a Republican who supports President Donald Trump, has been endorsed by top leaders in Washington and Waukesha Counties, where the district lies. He is the only candidate in the race to submit enough signatures to get on the ballot in the newly drawn 98th so far, which includes the City and To...

Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne has exonerated a DCI special agent, Nathan Peskie, in the shooting that already led to a not-guilty jury verdict against another agent, Mark Wagner. Ozanne wrote that Peskie was legally justified to fire his weapon at violent felon drug dealer Quadren Wilson because he reasonably believed that a fellow law enforcement officer, Wagner, had been shot. The May 6 press release is headlined, "NO CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR DCI SPECIAL AGENT NATHAN PESKIE IN THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING INCIDENT IN THE CITY OF MADISON ON 2-3-2022." However, if you Google Peskie's name, you get no news stories about Ozanne fully exonerating him on May 6; mostly, you get stories about him testifying during Wagner's trial. That's not fair. At Wisconsin Right Now, we believe the public deserves to know that Nathan Peskie, like Wagner, a respected law enforcement officer, was also completely cleared. “Under these circumstances, SA Peskie’s acti...

President Joe Biden's Department of Justice authorized the FBI to use "lethal force" against his top political rival, President Donald Trump, in the Mar-a-lago documents raid. Trump's attorneys Todd Blanche and Christopher M. Kise filed the motion on Feb. 22, 2024, but it was just released. The court document says "the Mar-a-Lago raid was executed in an egregious fashion and in bad faith." Their motion contains the revelation, which derived from an “Operations Order” produced in discovery. The Order contained a “Policy Statement” regarding “Use Of Deadly Force,” the motion says. That policy statement stated, for example, "'Law enforcement officers of the Department of Justice may use deadly force when necessary . . . .” Id. at USA-01285183. The agents planned to bring 'Standard Issue Weapon[s],' 'Ammo,' 'Handcuffs,' and 'medium and large sized bolt cutters,' but they were instructed to wear 'unmarked polo or...

UW-Milwaukee's chancellor is apologizing for weighing in on geopolitical issues but isn't withdrawing the controversial agreement that weighed in on geopolitical issues. UW-Milwaukee's Chancellor Mark Mone has apologized for the university's decision to weigh in on "deeply complex geopolitical and historical issues." "It is clear to me that UWM should not have weighed in on deeply complex geopolitical and historical issues. And for that, I apologize," Mone wrote in a public statement on May 21. However, Mone's statement does not say anything about withdrawing or negating the university's controversial agreement with pro-Palestinian activists, which calls for a ceasefire, uses Hamas propaganda to accuse Israel of plausible genocide, and labels Israeli detainees (who include militants and terrorists) "hostages," while demanding their release. In other words, by not withdrawing the agreement, Mone is apologizing that the un...

Actually, Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin is the Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate who has taken anti-Israel positions, including flip-flopping on a ceasefire. An error-riddled article that falsely trashes Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde contradicts its own central claim... in the same story. How irresponsible is the article by Haaretz journalist Ben Samuels ? This is the "shock" headline that is certain to end up in a Democratic campaign ad: "Trump-Backed GOP Front-Runner For Wisconsin Senate Seat Has History Of Invoking Antisemitic Slurs." The evidence for this extremely irresponsible accusation is that the pro-Israel Hovde allegedly used the term "shyster." However, in the same article, Haaretz admits, "The term 'shyster' is not by definition an explicitly antisemitic slur." Despite this glaring concession, which destroys the story's own headline, the Wisconsin Democratic Party immediately leaped on the claim, ...

  State prosecutors rested their case against former President Donald Trump on Monday, capping off four weeks of testimony from 20 witnesses. The first-ever trial of a former President was one step closer to a conclusion after prosecutors concluded their case Monday. Next up: Trump's attorneys will get a chance to present their defense. The case centered around Trump's alleged sexual encounter with an adult film actress in 2006 and a $130,000 payment to her in 2016 to keep her quiet ahead of the 2016 election. Trump has pleaded not guilty and denied the encounter happened. Prosecutors allege that Trump covered up the payment to Stormy Daniels and another hush money payment to former Playboy model Karen McDougal ahead of the election and covered them up as legal payments. Trump, 77, is the first former U.S. president to be charged with a felony. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records related to money paid t...

  Lawmakers have threatened to revoke the appropriations for a federally-funded scholarship program that an audit found favors liberally leaning students over conservatives by a ratio of 10 to 1. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation was established in the 1970s to award scholarships to students who “demonstrate outstanding potential for and who plan to pursue a career in public service.” An audit of those scholarships performed by the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, though, reported strong liberal bias at the taxpayer-funded foundation. “While this role suggests these programs should include scholars who reflect a breadth of views, values, and interests, their participants instead display a stark ideological tilt,” AEI said in its report . The foundation does have members of both parties on its board, including U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, and U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kans. Notably, President Joe Biden's Education Secretary Miguel Cardona also si...

A 12-year-old girl made a dramatic escape in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, from the vehicle of a suspect who entered the United States illegally from Mexico three years ago and was trying to sexually assault her, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff says. The girl "had just fled from a vehicle in the area where an adult male had bound and blindfolded her and was attempting to assault her," Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan F. Waldschmidt said in a news release. "Bravely, she was able to fight back, break free from the suspect and vehicle, and ran to the house for help." "It is alleged that the suspect paid the victim’s mother, who he knew, in exchange for spending time alone with the victim," he wrote. "Sheriff’s detectives have determined the suspect of the assault is a 30 or 31 year old Nicaraguan man (legal identity yet to be determined based on multiple aliases) who entered the United States illegally from Mexico into Texas in October of 2021," he ...

By Kyle Schroeder Things are not good for young people in America right now. Inflation is rising, opportunities to buy houses and start families are decreasing, and the media seems more focused on campus radicals and political trials than on real issues that impact millions of Americans. As chaos seems to be the focus of so many in American and Wisconsin politics right now, the Wisconsin Young Republicans stand ready to fight for freedom and take back control in 2024. The WIYRs are the only organization with the infrastructure, the manpower and the sheer will to deliver results come election day. We have proven this time and time again across this state. The best recent example of this is one of our victories in the elections this past spring. In a race for the Waukesha School Board, three conservative candidates were facing two leftist challengers. Over the past few years, the conservative majority on the Waukesha School Board has achieved some fantastic victories - ensuri...

I have never been more disappointed with leaders at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where I have been a full-time instructor for almost 20 years. I join the courageous call of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Professor Shale Horowitz, who wrote, "The leadership must go." Minimally, the agreement must go. More university instructors and staff should speak out against UW-Milwaukee leadership's poorly conceived "agreement" (capitulation) with the group of pro-Palestinian activists who commandeered a section of campus for two weeks. We have an obligation to our Jewish students and faculty to provide them a "space space" on campus, to borrow past liberal terminology. Jewish leaders have decried this agreement as offensive and dangerous and say the chancellor, Mark Mone, has failed to "adequately respond to anti-Semitic incidents on campus since October 7." They want the Board of Regents to negate it. They must. During two ...

The Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections and the Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection held a hearing Thursday with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, some local election clerks and Fond du Lac County’s district attorney. “We're not trying to get anybody into a bad spot here, or in a corner, or make accusations on that level,” Sen. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, said. “We want our clerks, who are already stressed enough, to know that we are here to be there as an assist to them.” Rep. Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, said he wants to make sure voters have faith in Wisconsin’s electoral process. “This is one of the topics that hit our inboxes quite a bit the last three months or so,” Krug added. “We thought it’s pretty important just to vet it out, to get all the information out to the public.” The Wisconsin Elections Commission was invited to Thursday’s meeting but didn’t attend because commissioners were having a meeting of their own. Bu...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers pulled a shady move the other day, with questionable legality, using an executive order to schedule a special election for the 8th Congressional seat being vacated by (sometime) Republican Mike Gallagher. Yet you wouldn't know that from most news reports, which mostly simply reported on his executive order, taking it at face value. Evers scheduled the special election for the SAME election (August primary; November general) as the regular election for that seat. That means voters will have to vote twice for the same seat both in the primary and the general on the same ballot. The person who wins the special election would serve two months. The person who wins the regular would then serve. It might be the same person. It might not be the same person. All of it's incredibly confusing to voters and simply bizarre, although some people think Evers is trying to give Democrats a second shot at possibly seizing control of the U.S. House, even if it...