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Ryan Wesley Routh is the suspect in the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, according to The New York Post. There was a second attempt to murder President Donald Trump by an assassin wearing a Go Pro and toting an AK-47-style rifle today at the Trump International Golf Club in Florida. Trump is safe and unharmed, a Secret Service official said in a news conference Sunday evening. However, serious questions remain after the second assassination attempt: How did the suspect make it on the golf course while Trump was playing? How did the gunman get so close to Trump? How did the gunman get off the golf course without being initially apprehended by law enforcement? Trump was "playing golf at the time, moving between holes five and six," CNN reported. The gunman "was 300 to 500 yards away from Trump," according to CNN. Ryan Wesley Routh: What Is Known About the Assassination Attempt Authorities said a Secret Service agent wh

Reps. Tom Tiffany (WI-07) and Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) sent a letter to Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett demanding answers to questions about Alejandro Jose Coronel Zarate, a Venezuelan migrant who is not a U.S. Citizen, according to the Prairie du Chien Police Department. "Mr. Coronel Zarate was recently charged and arrested with domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and strangulation by the Prairie du Chien Police Department. However, he reportedly already had active warrants in Dane County for similar offenses, including false imprisonment and battery," Derrick Van Orden and Tom Tiffany wrote. Read more about the accusations against Zarate here. "Given that Dane County was classified as 'non-cooperative' with federal immigration authorities as recently as June of this year by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Reps. Tiffany and Van Orden wrote to ask for additional information regarding Dane County law enforcement’s interacti

Democratic candidates and campaign ads often cite “Project 2025” as the outline for a future Trump presidency. Project 2025 was developed by a conservative think tank organization, the Heritage Foundation, to outline a set of policy proposals for any future Republican administration or president. The Heritage Foundation develops and publishes such policy suggestions every four years. The left seems intent on using Project 2025 to instill fear into voters, saying that this IS President Trump’s guideline if elected in November.  Just like Russia collusion, Hunter’s laptop, and Biden’s dementia, the left is lying about such. The Heritage Foundation, Politifact and even CNN websites provide just a few examples of lies that have been debunked. In the debate, Trump said he had not even read Project 2025 and had nothing to do with it. The facts are as follows: Project 2025 does not propose any cuts to Social Security or changes to the retirement age. Project 2025 does not call to end

Flunking Yet Another Leadership Test This is an opinion piece by Shale Horowitz Another semester, another leadership failure. UWM Chancellor Mark Mone continues to speak with a forked tongue, carefully parsing statements to please all sides, while in practice aiding and abetting anti-Israel activists in breaking university rules. On September 5, UWM lifted the temporary suspension of anti-Israel student groups just in time for the start of the new semester. The groups’ July 19 Instagram post, which led to the suspension, stated that, “ANY organization or entity that supports Israel is not welcome at UWM.... Any organization that has not separated themselves from Israel will be treated accordingly as extremist criminals.” UWM justified the decision by stating that the post’s “intimidating language” falls within free speech protections. UWM claimed to “strongly denounce” the post, while promising to “ensure that individuals and organizations comply with the law and our conduc

A state lawmaker wants a full accounting of how the University of Wisconsin System has thousands of more administrators now than it did 30 years ago, despite having fewer teachers. State Rep. David Steffen told The Center Square on Wednesday the UW system has hired 6,000 administrators over the past 30 years. “What are the students and the taxpayers getting as a result of that investment?” Steffen asked. “That becomes very difficult, especially when you dig deeper to realize that it really isn't an increase in the faculty, the in-classroom personnel. These are all ancillary, secondary, non-essential type of additions to the head count.” Steffen pointed to a memo from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau that showed in the 1992-93 school year, the UW had 26,360 full time employees. In the 2022-23 school year, the UW’s headcount grew to 33,538. The additions are all out of the classroom. The LFB’s memo shows the faculty headcount in 1992-93 was 7,181. That number fell to 5,729 in

Following nearly a year of investigations into political donation platform ActBlue, Republican Rep. Bryan Steil has introduced legislation he says will increase transparency and prevent illegal straw donations in online political donations. The Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations Act, or SHIELD Act , would prohibit political campaigns from accepting contributions from gift cards or other prepaid credit cards, and require them to obtain and verify the CVV of all online credit and debit donations. It would also require political campaigns to get the affirmative consent of donors before they make a recurring contribution. “American elections should always be free from foreign interference,” Steil said Monday. “The SHIELD Act will take a crucial next step in blocking foreign funding in our elections and certifying that every political contribution received is actually coming from the individual whose name is on the contribution. By passing the SHIELD Act, we will increa

During the presidential debate on Tuesday night, Vice President Kamala Harris deflected when answering questions on the ongoing border crisis. When asked “why did the administration wait until six months before the election to act” on the border crisis, and if she would have done anything differently from President Joe Biden, Harris didn’t answer the question. She deflected by repeating the claim she’s previously made that she prosecuted transnational criminal organizations when she was the attorney general of California from 2011 to 2017. “I'm the only person on this stage who has prosecuted transnational criminal organizations for the trafficking of guns drugs and human beings,” she said. She also repeated a claim that she would sign a U.S. Senate border bill that went nowhere in the Democratic controlled Senate. “Some of the most conservative members of the United States Senate came up with the border security bill which I supported,” she said. “That bill would have pu

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are squaring off in their first, and perhaps only, debate. The stakes are high for Harris as Trump has been surging in recent polls. The 90-minute debate will be held at 8 p.m. central time on Sept. 10 on ABC, FOX, C-Span, and other networks. Here, for your viewing pleasure, we present... DEBATE BINGO! https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/trump-vs-harris-play-debate-bingo/?feed_id=19508&_unique_id=66e03406ac53e

By Madeline Mazur, Hartford Union High School student On Sunday, Sept. 8, high schoolers at Hartford Union High School spent several hours planting 2,977 flags on the lawn in front of their high school, an event organized by Young America’s Foundation. It was a tedious task that blistered their hands and may have seemed overwhelming and unimportant to bystanders. Yet, this event connected students with history in a way no history class can. Each flag was planted to honor a life lost on 9/11 and is a part of the 9/11 Never Forget Project, the largest campus activism project of its kind which Young America’s Foundation has organized for the past 21 years. [caption id="attachment_211112" align="alignnone" width="1200"] The Hartford Union High School students.[/caption] The youngest people who were alive on September 11, 2001, are now 23 years old, which means no current high school student lived through perhaps the most significant moment in recen

"Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" This is an opinion piece by Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany. As Kamala Harris steps onto the debate stage for the first time to face Donald Trump, we should ask ourselves: Are you better off now than you were four years ago? As Wisconsinites grapple with rising prices, inflation has become the number one issue for voters across our state. The Biden-Harris administration's economic policies have led to historic inflation, making it nearly impossible for many American families to make ends meet. We feel the reality of these failed policies every day as we go to the grocery store and pay for gas and electric bills. Skyrocketing prices affect everything, ranging from everyone's favorite appetizer, cheese curds, to an ice-cold beer at Lambeau Field. Consider this: in 2020, a pound of cheese curds cost $4.99. Today? You'll pay an increase of nearly 50%. The price of a beer at a Packer game has jumped b

Was Reagan perfect? No. But he was the perfect man for the time. Was the Reagan movie perfect? No. But it's the perfect movie for this time. What's happened to film criticism in this country? Movie critics have turned into elite snobs who seem increasingly incapable of separating their liberal politics from analysis. Unfortunately for them, half of the country doesn't agree with their personal politics. It makes reading movie reviews these days predictable and, frankly, an obnoxious bore. I don't remember Roger Ebert clouding his movie reviews with ideological snobbery. We ran into the same thing when we reviewed Matt Walsh's documentary "What Is a Woman?" Largely ignored by critics but loved by massive audiences, we won a Milwaukee Press Club award for that review. Yes, Reagan is a political movie. However, when the values that deeply move so many audience members are the very things that almost every published critic mocks, Houston, you've g

First, I have to say a word to President Trump. Dude, the next time you’re in Wisconsin, I’d like to interview you for Wisconsin Right Now. Have your people call my people. I have to disclose that the last time I met Trump, at a hotel in Milwaukee, and I went through the security check point inside the garage with my pickup. The secret service dog alerted on the bed of my pickup, and I found myself with a few guns pointed at me. Fortunately, the German shepherd alerted on the dog food in the back, to which the secret service found themselves laughing and I found myself wetting myself. (Well, not that last part.) In order to enjoy Labor Day weekend, you probably had to pay twice as much for a lot of goods and services. I literally saw one sign this past weekend that said “buy 5, get 1 free”. Now that’s inflation! No more buy 1 get 1 free deals. Komrade Harris is now touting a $50,000 deduction for startups - as a distraction from her inflationary policies… ahh, hello, dummy, sta

A suspected Venezualan gang member who is not a U.S. citizen now has an ICE detainer hold on him after he was accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile female in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, according to Prairie du Chien Police Chief Kyle Teynor. The suspect, Alejandro Jose Coronel Zarate, 26 of Venezuela, is believed to be a member of “Tren de Aragua," a violent Venezuelan gang, Teynor wrote in the Sept. 6 press release. That's the same gang that has sparked massive outrage and headlines after a video emerged showing gang members at an Aurora, Colorado, apartment building. According to online court records , since 2023, Zarate has been wanted on warrants out of Dane County, where he was charged, but never showed up for court, on a slew of violent-crime charges. On Thursday, September 5, 2024, at approximately 12:30 p.m., the Prairie du Chien Police Department in Wisconsin "responded to the 300 block of East Wells Street for a physical disturbance," the chie

This is an opinion column. I do feel kind of bad for Gen Z. They’ve had a hard time of it. First, September 11th hits, then the Great Recession, then the phony COVID scare and government shut-downs. They’ve had to deal with social media when growing up and lies and bullying online, which the older generations never had to deal with. And then they get swindled by liberal society that convinced them to borrow huge sums of money to pay for questionable courses and degrees. On the other hand, at some point when you’re an adult you have to take responsibility for your own life and its direction. The Wall Street Journal had a recent article on how start-up companies are trying to understand and cater to Gen Z workers who apparently need a lot of hand holding and then therapists to talk to - at work. Well, I thought maybe I could help with that problem a little - or at least help their employers in communicating more clearly to their Gen Z workers. Here are a few communication phra

Milwaukee police responded en masse after a caller stated that rioting students "have taken over" a school on September 6, multiple law enforcement sources told Wisconsin Right Now. When officers got to the scene, they discovered "multiple groups fighting" and made arrests, another source told WRN. The exact number of arrests is not clear. The original caller stated that between 100 and 200 people were fighting, sources say. Details are still developing. The incident occurred at Green Tree Preparatory Academy, 6850 N. 53rd Milwaukee. We are told that as many as 30 squads responded to the scene, and an all-city assist call was put out. One source we spoke to described the incident as a "riot." The call came in around 2:30 p.m. According to our sources, MPD was told that parents had joined in the fighting. "So glad MPS got the school resource officers they were told they needed," one source sarcastically told WRN. The same day as the ri

Milwaukee Police are looking for a suspect wanted for recklessly endangering safety and hit & run of two pedestrians, causing great bodily harm. The suspect vehicle is a black Infiniti 2-door car, likely a G37x. The vehicle has no license plates and should have damage to the hood and windshield. The vehicle was last observed in the area of N Green Bay Ave and W Hampton Ave. If located please contact the Milwaukee Police Department at 414-935-7360. https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/breaking-milwaukee-police-search-for-suspect-in-serious-hit-run-of-2-pedestrians/?feed_id=19308&_unique_id=66db65d4a4e6e

Thank goodness for the Wayback Machine. It's captured the political website that leftist Wisconsin Congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke tried to delete. It's the website for her political campaign company, Cooke Strategy. Why would she delete this? Only she can say. However, Cooke has tried to dishonestly paint herself as a humble working-class waitress and small business owner who is an outsider to the political process. Her deleted website demonstrates that she is anything but. Both Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden and Cooke's Democrat primary opponent Katrina Shankland have tried to alert voters to what they believe are Cooke's false representations of her biography. Rather than being a political outsider, she was in fact a political fundraiser for candidates all around the country. Cooke faces Van Orden - a former Navy SEAL chief with five combat deployments - in November. There's been some decent news coverage exposing Cooke's past already.

Wisconsin state Rep. John Macco is calling on the Green Bay Packers to move Friday's game in Brazil to the United States out of safety and free speech concerns. "In light of the current political and social climate in Brazil, I urge the National Football League (NFL) and Green Bay Packers to reconsider the upcoming game scheduled to be held in Brazil on Friday," Macco wrote in a statement. Macco's statement came as players for both the Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles have raised safety concerns of their own. The Packers and Eagles are scheduled to play at Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo. Justices on Brazil's Supreme Court have engaged in extreme censorship by banning X nationwide in that country, in part because Elon Musk and X won't block users. People would be fined $8,900 a day for using virtual private networks to access X. "He violated the constitution of Brazil repeatedly and egregiously, after swearing an oath to protect it,” Musk wr

Unions see a clear path through the legislature to boost membership after several legal challenges saw workers leave in droves. This, according to a new report released Wednesday that grades public sector labor laws across the nation. The data was compiled by the Commonwealth Foundation, a policy group that focuses on fiscal conservancy. David Osborne, senior fellow for labor policy at the foundation, said during a media briefing that government privatization, changing demographics and a 2018 Supreme Court decision, Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, have caused membership rates across the nation’s four largest public sector unions to fall more than 320,000 over the last five years. The decline represents $106.8 million in annual dues and fees, according to the report. “The overarching theme is that the unions have really responded to the membership losses since JANUS to drive up union membership,” Osborne said. In the JANUS decision, courts held that unions could no longer collec

Former Independent party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed a lawsuit  against the Wisconsin Election Commission to remove his name from the state’s ballot this November, part of his ongoing battle to exit from races in swing states. The case argues that, absent a compelling reason, different treatment for third party candidates violates the Equal Protection Clause and Kennedy’s First Amendment rights. It claims the different deadlines for ballot withdrawal for Democrat and Republican candidates versus third-party candidates–September 3 for the former and August 6 for the latter–are unlawfully discriminatory. “Third parties can’t be treated differently and they can’t be discriminated against. Yet that’s what happened here. The Republicans and the Democrats have until today at 5 p.m. to withdraw their nominees and replace them with someone else,” the lawsuit argues. “But those rules don’t apply to independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr…He has not been treated