Wisconsin Right Now

This is a column by Amy Hemmer. Maybe 2020 was a blessing in disguise… The strong gust of wind blowing across the United States on the morning of Nov. 6, 2024, originated from most voters breathing a huge sigh of relief.  Trump had won the presidential election decisively in a true landslide, with both the electoral college and the popular votes going for Trump! This win could be described (in Trump-speak) as BIGLY! Trump received 312 electoral votes to Harris’s 226.  The Republicans won the Senate 53 to 47 and the House 219 to 213.  The popular vote currently shows Trump at 76,733,140 with Harris millions of votes behind. The American people knew the country was in deep trouble from within and voted accordingly. If Harris had beaten Trump, she would have continued the same disastrous policies of the Biden/Harris Administration and then some. Instead, voters spoke to put an end to bullying Marxist policies. To put an end to the insanity the left has imposed upon the nation as ...

This is a column by Nicholas Kelly. He is the president of School Choice Wisconsin Wisconsin pioneered what has become a national movement to expand parent education options. From an initial program serving 341 students at seven schools, this year more than 181,000 Wisconsin students use choices that did not exist before the 1990’s. Across the political spectrum, and in all media markets, Wisconsin voters approve and favor expansion. Opponents are undeterred, especially when it comes to programs that let parents choose private schools. More than 58,000 students are enrolled this year in those Wisconsin programs. For more than three decades, opponents have advanced falsehoods and half-truths to describe these programs. This is illustrated in an error-filled attack in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by the president of the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association. Her false claims include a canard that the paper’s education reporter debunked more than 20 years ago. Here’s a pa...

Just over a week after “the biggest comeback in political history,” many of us are still riding high on feelings of elation and hope after Republicans took back the White House, the Senate, and have officially held on to the majority in the House of Representatives. President Trump has been given a clear mandate after overwhelmingly winning both the Electoral College and the popular vote. And after seeing Trump’s cabinet picks so far, it looks like real change within our government will happen. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy as the heads of the Department of Government Efficiency? Tom Homan as the border czar? RFK Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services? This is NOT business as usual. I’m under no illusions that this will be easy, especially with a narrow majority in the House. Democrats won’t just sit back without trying to obstruct President Trump and his agenda. But if the goal is to “drain the swamp” and bring serious reform to our government agencies, we’re...

As liberal women shave their heads on TikTok and pledge to stop having sex with men who voted for Trump (not that they care), and hosts on "The View" screech ridiculously about supposedly sexist Latinos, it's worth reminding everyone why Kamala Harris actually lost. And why Democrats did. The best part of the Trump victory is that it was a broad coalition. More blacks, Hispanics, younger generation folks, Native Americans, and women joined the Trump movement. They feel part of it now. This is healthy for America. Trump's victory in 2016 was a lot narrower. No, all Latinos aren't sexist, Americans didn't just elect Hitler, Trump's victory wasn't due to conservative "misinformation," and your Democratic mom doesn't have to move to Costa Rica, women's rights aren't being stripped away by a "felon rapist," or any number of insane comments liberals have thrown around in the aftermath of their embarrassing rout. Here a...

On Tuesday morning, before the polls closed, we wrote a story called "15 Reasons Trump Will Win Wisconsin." We talked to literally hundreds of Wisconsin voters this election season, all over the state. As Wisconsin's leading conservative news site and Wisconsinites ourselves, we have a close sense of the pulse of this state. And win, Trump did. Wisconsin ended up putting him over the electoral map victory threshold, sending an ecstatic U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Wisconsin GOP Chair Brian Schimming to the podium at the Ingleside Hotel in Waukesha, where Johnson noted that the immigration chart he gave Trump saved his life, so it was fitting that Wisconsin put Trump over. Our columnist, Terrence Wall, also wrote a column about why Trump would win. Read it here. Johnson and Schimming deserve a lot of credit for Trump's Wisconsin victory. And the crowd in Waukesha loved them for it, as they mixed with regular folks in the crowd until well past midnight. Wiscons...

Subject: Why Vote for Trump? I’ve got a service provider/ consultant friend of mine that we use for our larger buildings who’s a liberal. (Choke, cough, gag. Sorry, I had to clear my throat.) I’ve tried to explain to him that his livelihood depends on Harris not getting elected; not that I would stop hiring him, because unlike the left, I don’t believe in trying to cancel people or businesses, but rather because he works for developers. Of course, he also works for governments too, and his firm has benefited greatly from the massive government spending at all levels of government, from the federal government down to the state to local to schools. So, on the other hand, I can see where he personally benefits from the spending. But if Harries gets elected, he will lose a lot of business from developers, because like me, many developers plan on curtailing development of new housing (MF or SF) because she has promised to raise taxes and even implement a wealth tax. A wealth tax i...

We were both raised in Wisconsin, one of us in northwestern Wisconsin and the other in the southeast. We went to high school and college here, and we live here, in different counties. We've talked to literally hundreds of Wisconsin voters this election season, all over the state. And we think Donald Trump will win Wisconsin. But it's always a tough fight in Wisconsin, where many elections are decided by 10-30,000 votes. A lot has changed in Wisconsin since 2020, from improvements in the Republican ground game to the growth of conservative media and a strong push for early voting. Here's why we think Trump will win the state: 1. The Issues Favor Trump The top reasons Trump will win here are the same reasons we think he'll win the presidency: The economy and the border. At the end of the day, Kamala Harris has not been able to deliver a coherent message on those topics nor explain how she would be different from Joe Biden. Instead, in what may have been the key...

We were both raised in Wisconsin, one of us in northwestern Wisconsin and the other in the southeast. We went to high school and college here, and we live here, in different counties. We've talked to literally hundreds of Wisconsin voters this election season, all over the state. And we think Donald Trump will win Wisconsin. But it's always a tough fight in Wisconsin, where many elections are decided by 10-30,000 votes. A lot has changed in Wisconsin since 2020, from improvements in the Republican ground game to the growth of conservative media and a strong push for early voting. Here's why we think Trump will win the state: 1. The Issues Favor Trump The top reasons Trump will win here are the same reasons we think he'll win the presidency: The economy and the border. At the end of the day, Kamala Harris has not been able to deliver a coherent message on those topics nor explain how she would be different from Joe Biden. Instead, in what may have been the key...

This is an opinion piece. Let’s first start with the UW’s desire to build more dorms using hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars while they scream about a lack of funding from the legislature. With the UW-Madison adding 10,000 new students last year and another 1,400 more a month ago, it’s no wonder that they are short on dorm rooms. Surprise! (It never fails to amaze me at their arrogance, but wait, maybe it wasn’t arrogance, rather, I think they deliberately wanted to add thousands of more students so they can sign them up to vote in our elections.) They forget, however, that the private sector has been adding thousands of new dorm beds in Madison over the last ten years, but hey, why let the private sector build dorms when the UW wants to use your money to build taxpayer funded dorms instead? I certainly hope the state legislature does not fall for the UW’s phony arguments for more dorm rooms. There’s no reason for the UW to spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer dolla...

This is an opinion column. So Komrade Harris takes off a couple days to recover - and tells her media co-conspirators to repeat the phrase that her opponent is low energy. Excuse me? That really takes some nerve. The problem with her is the serial lying. Americans are just tired of it. But I have to admit, that on Wednesday night after seeing Trump in the garbage truck in Green Bay is the first time in four years that I have felt good. I actually feel upbeat, hopeful, and excited for real change - as in we move away from the Biden/Harris Marxist regime. The real problem that I think Harris has, well, besides her remarkable stupidity, is that she has no core principles and no team. Reagan had a great team backing him; Trump has a team, but Biden and Harris do not. Everyone is running amok behind the scenes doing their own thing, promoting their own individual agenda, (just like what is happening with the Evers administration in Wisconsin). Teams win, whereas leaders without g...

This is an opinion piece. These city of Madison and Madison School Districts referendums are going to add a massive tax burden on homeowners and renters. I calculate that taxes will increase by over $1,600 for a typical home and over $600 per year per apartment (which is $50 per month) once fully implemented. Now comes along Dane County and their allegedly whoas…crying about limits on their ability to tax you and me. (Now I know why Parisi retired as county executive; he saw this coming.) The county budget is up to almost $1 Billion, yes, that’s billion with a “b”. It’s stunning how a county, which isn’t growing in size - villages and cities grow, but the county remains the same size, needs so much more money every year, in spite of the fact that as villages and cities grow, those expenses move from the county to the village/city. Worse the local rag claims the county is a ‘victim’ in this matter. The headline says that “costs keep rising” as revenue slows. Well, first the cou...

By: WI State Senator Dan Knodl I wanted to remind everyone who is eligible to vote, to engage in their civic duty to do so. Thursday, October 31st is the last day to request an absentee ballot for regular and overseas voters and Sunday, November 3rd is the last day to vote in-person absentee. Otherwise, Election Day is Tuesday, November 5th with polls open from 7AM until 8PM. I cannot stress enough the importance of voting. It is the bedrock of our democracy to keep our constitutional republic thriving. We must not take this right for granted; make your voice heard. To prepare for the upcoming election, in the past year and a half the State Legislature did take several steps to increase security measures for this election. In addition, our poll watchers and election officials are more informed and they have gained valuable experience since our last presidential election. Unfortunately, our governor vetoed a very important measure to assist our election officials when deal...

This is an opinion piece by Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann Something special is happening in Washington County. We’re seeing record breaking in-person absentee numbers, meaning more of our county residents are taking advantage of opportunities to vote early. Washington County is the 10th largest county in terms of population, and we’re currently hanging around 6th highest early vote returns, representing a 165.9% increase. These numbers aren’t a coincidence, this represents a commitment from our county to expand access to early voting hours, giving our citizens more opportunities to vote. By working with our County Clerk, Ashley Reichert, and the County Board, we were able to pass a comprehensive election integrity package that would help our municipalities expand opportunities for in-person absentee hours. Understanding that the county can’t mandate additional hours, we wanted to give our clerks the flexibility to offer these hours through municipal grants that fu...

By: J. Christian Adams Are you registered to vote for next week’s election? If not, don’t panic. Wisconsin is one of many states offering Election Day Registration. This means voters can show up at the polls on Election Day to register to vote. This system unfortunately trades election integrity for convenience. Election Day Registration is a vote now, verify later system. Later -- meaning after the election -- when you cannot claw back votes from apparently bogus registration addresses. For instance, in states without Election Day Registration, people register to vote well before voting. Election officials have time to verify eligibility to ensure the applicant lives where they say they do and meet the other requirements. In Wisconsin, the verification of eligibility happens after all the votes have been counted and the election is certified. This is one of the worst ways to run a clean election. It is a system with ample opportunity for abuse. For example, someone could easily ...