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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who has presided over skyrocketing violent crime, a lead crisis that imperiled children, and a city with some of the nation's worst racial disparities in poverty and other areas, will be nominated as the ambassador to Luxembourg. That's according to sources, who say President Joe Biden will make the announcement on Aug. 25, 2021. Is Tom Barrett Resigning? If so, that would leave Common Council President Cavalier Johnson as the city's interim mayor, shaking up a city that hasn't been led by anyone else in the mayor's position since 2004. Barrett , a Democrat, is 67 years old. Barrett would need to be confirmed to the ambassador's post. According to his mayoral bio , "After earning his undergraduate and law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he entered public service starting in the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate and continuing his legislative career representing Milwaukee in the U.S. Congress. On April...

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who has presided over skyrocketing violent crime, a lead crisis that imperiled children, and a city with some of the nation's worst racial disparities in poverty and other areas, will be nominated as the ambassador to Luxembourg. That's according to sources, who say President Joe Biden will make the announcement on Aug. 25, 2021. Is Tom Barrett Resigning? If so, that would leave Common Council President Cavalier Johnson as the city's interim mayor, shaking up a city that hasn't been led by anyone else in the mayor's position since 2004. Barrett , a Democrat, is 67 years old. Barrett would need to be confirmed to the ambassador's post. According to his mayoral bio , "After earning his undergraduate and law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he entered public service starting in the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate and continuing his legislative career representing Milwaukee in the U.S. Congress. On April...

By Kevin Nicholson With 5 ‘Backing the Badge and Building Bridges’ Town Halls under our belt, our No Better Friend Corp . team has heard one consistent message across the state of Wisconsin: law enforcement officers take their duty to serve and protect seriously, and they appreciate the support of their communities. “Law enforcement is the guardian to our community. There is a nobility in serving,” said former Madison Police Chief Mike Koval at the first event in New Berlin on April 24th. “We are, in many cases, the only advocate for those who are voiceless and for those who are most vulnerable.” Given the many challenges law enforcement professionals are facing across our state and nation, our No Better Friend Corp. team decided to host these Town Halls throughout Wisconsin to allow local law enforcement leaders to directly address their communities about their challenges and the solutions to our problems. At our first stop in New Berlin, our speakers made it clear that rea...

By Kevin Nicholson With 5 ‘Backing the Badge and Building Bridges’ Town Halls under our belt, our No Better Friend Corp . team has heard one consistent message across the state of Wisconsin: law enforcement officers take their duty to serve and protect seriously, and they appreciate the support of their communities. “Law enforcement is the guardian to our community. There is a nobility in serving,” said former Madison Police Chief Mike Koval at the first event in New Berlin on April 24th. “We are, in many cases, the only advocate for those who are voiceless and for those who are most vulnerable.” Given the many challenges law enforcement professionals are facing across our state and nation, our No Better Friend Corp. team decided to host these Town Halls throughout Wisconsin to allow local law enforcement leaders to directly address their communities about their challenges and the solutions to our problems. At our first stop in New Berlin, our speakers made it clear that rea...

Gov. Tony Evers released an appalling statement on Aug. 23, 2021, one year after a police officer shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in self-defense. Apparently, Evers has learned nothing from the inciting, outrageous statement he released right after the shooting first occurred, which arguably incited riots and arson fires, part of which was: “While we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first Black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country.” Evers never took responsibility for releasing the outrageous statement. Instead, he doubled down on the one-year anniversary, issuing a despicable press release that is arguably even worse because the District Attorney has now exonerated the police officer. Let's take his most recent statement line by line. Evers wrote: “One year ago today, Jacob Blake’s life was forever changed." ...

Gov. Tony Evers released an appalling statement on Aug. 23, 2021, one year after a police officer shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in self-defense. Apparently, Evers has learned nothing from the inciting, outrageous statement he released right after the shooting first occurred, which arguably incited riots and arson fires, part of which was: “While we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first Black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country.” Evers never took responsibility for releasing the outrageous statement. Instead, he doubled down on the one-year anniversary, issuing a despicable press release that is arguably even worse because the District Attorney has now exonerated the police officer. Let's take his most recent statement line by line. Evers wrote: “One year ago today, Jacob Blake’s life was forever changed." ...

Aug. 23 is the Jacob Blake shooting anniversary. It has been one year since the justified shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha police officer, who used self-defense to protect himself and children in Blake's car. The media are using the anniversary to continue the drumbeat of the false narrative of police brutality with another round of misleading stories about the Blake shooting. Jacob Blake Shooting Anniversary Media Coverage The liberal Milwaukee Journal Sentinel even started its anniversary story with an inflaming factual error, writing, "It's been a year since Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back." So did the liberal Wisconsin Examiner, which wrote , falsely, "Neighbors took a cell phone video as Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey fired eight shots into Jacob Blake’s back. " False. What's the truth? "Officer Sheskey shot Jacob Blake seven times in total. There were four entrance wounds to Jac...