Brian Sikma 🦬 🇺🇸
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Believer in the American Dream. Visiting Fellow @theFGA . Cavalryman. Former policy staffer. #OFS '19-'20. Foreign policy realist. Ex-journo.
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Glad I could join Senator
@RonJohnsonWI
Ambassador
@RichardGrenell
@JasonChurchWI
@marioherrera017
@RiponZman
& other vets to talk about veteran & nat’l security issues. We need to keep Sen. Johnson in the U.S. Senate.
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Democrats asked former
@GovEvers
’ staffer to extend voting hours in Madison, WI in today’s presidential primary. He granted their wish. The Left is lawless.
Voters in Madison Ward 60 and Ward 134 have until 9:30 p.m. to cast a ballot at the UW-Memorial Union polling location!
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Let's be clear: The UW system was offered a compromise that gave them a majority of what they wanted. They said no because they want 100%. That's on them - not the legislature.
"ZERO CHENCE" The Republican leader said there was no chance he would soften his position on the deal that is holding up raises for Universities of Wisconsin employees.
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Testified in Madison today with
@RealSamRogers
in opposition to ranked choice voting. Every Wisconsin ballot should count. 🗳️✅ No Wisconsin ballot should be thrown in the 🗑️ simply to create a 50%+1 majority.
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Took this flag to Afghanistan and back. Always good to fly it on the Fourth of July wherever I am. 🇺🇸
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"Milwaukee is not the problem. Milwaukee has a problem. And we’re going to fix it." -
@michelsforgov
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Your side literally wants to invalidate the outcome of every Wisconsin senate election in 2022 and toss out every ballot cast by every voter in those elections. Stop lecturing about "democracy."
Wisconsin Republicans would rather sacrifice our democracy than face votes without rigged maps.
That’s why they’re threatening to impeach Justices – because they’re scared to death. We’ve got them running and come next November we’re going to compete for the majority!
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This is about a petty vendetta, not fair maps. He is complaining about maps that are over 99% the ones he drew. Talk about partisanship over principles, man this guy takes the cake.
BREAKING: my promise to the people of Wisconsin is that I’d fight for fair maps, so I’ll be vetoing the maps passed by Republicans today.
Moving legislative district lines so GOP-gerrymandered incumbents get to keep their seats is just more gerrymandering.
Basic stuff, folks.
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150 late absentee ballots in Milwaukee will delay election results until 10pm? How incompetent can Claire Woodall-Vogg and her team be? This is absurd.
.
@MKE_VOTE
Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg tells me Central Count received a last minute USPS delivery of 150 ballots at 7:45, so they will be delayed until at least 10pm. She says of USPS "we are thankful for their commitment to ensuring every vote counts."
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Soda is the
#1
item purchased with food stamps, and other junk foods rank pretty high. The federal government should grant states the ability to limit food stamp purchases to healthy, nutritious food.
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Me not being Tim Walz.
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We need to maintain legislative majorities in Wisconsin, replace Sen. Tammy Baldwin, re-elect our Republican House members, and send a Republican to the White House, and some people are wasting time, effort & money trying to recall
@repvos
. Absurd. Let’s focus our energy on
Robin Vos is a conservative and not a Democrat, despite what detractors say.
The grifters and liars from out of state will saying anything for a signature.
Don’t be misled by people just looking for their next paycheck.
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Western Wisconsin looking good tonight from the highest point at Ft. McCoy.
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Staff take note (I've been staff, too). You weren't elected. Your name isn't on the ballot. Your name isn't on the office door or plaque. Do your job. Give your boss good, honest advice. Don't leak it. Don't backstab. If you can't do your job for whatever reason, quietly leave.
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These camp-in events are hardly organic. I've never been to a campsite where everyone had the same color tent - let alone campsites in multiple states where the predominant color was a light green.
On the
@UWMadison
campus this morning,
@SJPuwMadison
organized a protest calling for the university's divestment from Israel.
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No, reckless deficit spending is driving inflation. Own your mistake. Your policies are hurting working class Wisconsinites.
Corporate greed is raising costs, and middle-class families are paying the price. Already rich CEOs are taking home millions in bonuses while families are struggling to keep up with the cost of living, and it’s wrong.
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"Republican lawmakers recently passed a package of bills that would have made Wisconsin a national leader in workforce reform" but
@GovEvers
vetoed every bill. Check out my piece for
@realclearpolicy
#wiright
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This is huge. Walz opposed giving veterans access to the highest and best quality healthcare possible. What a partisan tool.
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So much for Alaska loving ranked-choice voting. ❌
Word is in from Alaska - referendum to repeal Ranked Choice Voting will be in the ballot in November.
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Undermining your own credibility in order to be taken seriously is not a smart strategy. Public deserves to know the truth, loses confidence when elites treat them like they can't handle facts.
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been slowly but deliberately moving the goal posts on when herd immunity is possible. He is doing so, he said, partly based on new science, and partly on his gut feeling that the U.S. is finally ready to hear what he really thinks.
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The greater Yellowstone ecosystem is a pretty amazing gem in North America.
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It’s pretty clear they wanted to buy a justice so they could get the maps they wanted.
NEW from
@gekaminsky
: Left-wing Wisconsin Justice Janet Protasiewicz was backed by the same groups paying Marc Elias, who is behind the congressional map lawsuit.
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After months of lying and having cover from some “journalists”
@GovEvers
finally admits responsibility for putting child rapists and murderers back on the streets and in our neighborhoods.
Wisconsin Democrat Gov. Tony Evers says the parole commission, which has released hundreds of violent inmates from prison early, is "not something I have any control over" — but says he'd "intervene" if necessary.
Q: "So you do have a little control?"
EVERS: "Well...yeah"
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Nuclear energy is the cleanest form of energy available. Time to use more of it.
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1,200 year old canoe lifted from Lake Mendota today. Pretty cool.
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Must be nice to decide not to run for state office again, quit a statewide race, and subsequently end up in yet another statewide office...
After being appointed on Friday, I’m wasting no time to roll-up my sleeves and get to work. Looking forward to sharing more!
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Today
@SenRonJohnson
called out the massive waste in the Medicaid system, where 1 out of every 5 dollars is spent on an improper payment. Time for accountability.
#wiright
#wisen
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Minocqua Brewing owner takes yet another Big L.
The complaint has, indeed, been dismissed, per Wisconsin Elections Commission policy and state law.
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Taking advantage of all this snow in Wisconsin to get some cold weather operations training in. Winter weather doesn’t stop missions.
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.
@tammybaldwin
if “buy American” is more than a slogan for you, tell
@JoeBiden
to approve pipelines and let’s reverse this self-inflicted dependence on foreign oil.
#wiright
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Rank choice voting is such a disaster it delayed election results by weeks in New York City. Wisconsin doesn’t need to import a NYC boondoggle to solve a problem that doesn’t exist here.
#wipolitics
#wiright
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When your delusional land grab backfires. Oops.
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Wasn't a good day for the kids who attend North Division HS in MKE and have been failed by
@Tony4WI
. Zero % of kids at North Division can do math or science at grade level according to
@WisconsinDPI
testing.
#LetsGetToWork
Today was a good day.
@BarackObama
@Tony4WI
@sara4WI
@TheOtherMandela
@JoshKaulWI
@tammybaldwin
@Gwen4Congress
@WisDems
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Getting the deer stand ready. Peak colors here in Wisconsin this week.
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His leadership on the China threat will be missed.
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It is the belief of the
@JoeBiden
administration that America is *not* a universal force for good in the world. Our example, our economy, and our military might are unrivaled. We can lead without becoming entangled in strategic distractions. The Biden team promised that the
The Biden Admin's foreign policy is designed to weaken the United States. Right now, they're trying to get China to play a larger role in the Middle East and also blocking US LNG exports, which makes Russia and Qatar wealthier. This is policy designed by those who see the US as
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Was great meeting Rick Atkinson
@MountVernon
yesterday and picking up a copy of his soon-to-be-released book. Rick is a must read for those who wish to be historically literate.
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.
@GovEvers
’ war on transparency is remarkable. If this was a Republican tactic it would be breathlessly reported on the front page of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has sent & received 17,000 emails using the state email address warren.spahn
@wisconsin
.gov but thinks the public has no right to know.
#breaking
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The maps Evers recommended two years ago were rejected by federal courts.
BREAKING: Today, I’m filing a motion to intervene in the redistricting case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court challenging Wisconsin’s gerrymandered legislative maps.
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This obviously explains how
@ScottWalker
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@RonJohnsonWI
got elected... the great gerrymander of 1848.
Republicans have artificially held power in Wisconsin through extreme partisan gerrymandering.
They may soon have to run under fair maps and can’t handle it.
They can fry all they want but voters are about to hold their party accountable for a decade of mismanagement.
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Oklahoma man tops Florida man this week: Uranium, rattlesnake and bottle of whiskey found in stolen car driven by Oklahoma man.
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I'm sure both
@JusticeDanKelly
and
@JudgeDorowWI
agree that despite differences with Justice Hagedorn, he is still better than Judge Neubauer. Look forward to unifying to win after tomorrow night.
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One of those pictures you take and you love, but it's really impossible to take a bad picture of the Tetons.
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Chili powder is not the same as cinnamon on your toast. Happy Monday.
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Some of us who reported on Gow years ago knew he was a bad apple.
JUST IN: UW Board of Regents voted tonight to fire UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow.
A quote from System President Jay Rothman says, "We learned of specific conduct by Dr. Gow that has subjected the university to significant reputational harm. His actions were abhorrent."
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Happy birthday, Devil Dogs. Glad each and every one of you is on our side. Your screaming may be unintelligible but your ferocity is unmistakable.
#usmcbirthday
#SemperFi
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American icon, and one of conservation’s greatest North American success stories. Never get tired of watching them roam the open spaces.
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@MollyBeck
@patrickdmarley
@BillGlauber
your FRI story never mentioned Wis. Stat. 6.86(1)(a) requires "written application" for absentee ballot. That's the crux of the debate. Regardless of who is right that fact is critical context.
#wiright
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🇺🇸🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day from four great Americans and the great outdoors. This land is our land - go hike and revel in it. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Ranked choice voting, also called final five voting, is such a complicated disaster that even Gov. Newsom in CA vetoed it.
#wiright
#wisconsin
#wipolitics
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The best universal basic income program is a job.
Wait, they are designing these UBI programs for specific groups of people and excluding certain races? Is that legal?
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Just cut taxes.
Wisconsin's surplus is more than $3 billion. One senator wants to send everyone a nearly $1,000 check.
But Sen. Robert Wirch (D-Somers) says his idea hasn't gotten a warm reception.
"Candidly, they've kind of looked at me like I'm from another planet."
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Orange szn is over for this year. My freezer is 100# the better for it. A great tradition continues in the woods and fields of Wisconsin. 🟧🦌
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Hunters and anglers are the front line of conservation and stewardship. Anti-hunter is anti-conservation. Need more folks to get out and enjoy the outdoors. 🦌
.
@WDNR
' fish and wildlife programs face red ink going into FY 26 as hunting license sales dwindle:
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Medicaid expansion didn't stop 50 hospitals from closing down in states that expanded Medicaid.
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Chinese owned and aligned tech companies are no friend of the United States. States should stop doing business with these firms.
JUST IN:
The Biden administration accused China’s Ministry of State Security of conducting cyber espionage while “using a Chinese tech company as a front.”
7 hackers were criminally charged & sanctioned.
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I remember when
@GovEvers
declared there was no crisis at the southern border. "There is simply not ample evidence to support the president’s contention that there exists a national security crisis at our Southwestern border." 👀
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"RCV [Ranked Choice Voting] produced significantly lower levels of voter confidence, voter satisfaction, and ease of use." -
@MIT
study.
#wipolitics
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Under Bidenomics we're all poorer.
The big story w/ retail sales is once again inflation: while retail spending has increased 13.2% over the last 3 years, it's down 3.6% adjusted for inflation - people are spending more but they're buying less physical stuff; this is a sign of impoverishment, not wealth...
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"Inflation slowed to 8.5%"....that's still absurdly high.
U.S. inflation slowed to 8.5% in July as falling gas prices gave Americans a slight break from a 4-decade peak earlier in the summer.
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Some broad generalizations here but
@InezFeltscher
is on point noting that 1) higher ed has failed to prove it is indespensible & merits gov’t support & 2) student debt is mostly an upper and upper middle class problem.
#wiright
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Fair winds, following seas, and thank you, for being a part of the Greatest Generation.
Louis Anthony Conter. Retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander.
September 13, 1921 - April 1, 2024. The last survivor of the USS Arizona. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸⚓️
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Threw the pack on and did some work while enjoying the view.
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Crime spike in Seattle forced USPS to halt mail delivery for a little while.
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I was promised the adults were in charge now. That seems to consistently not be the case.
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.
@GovEvers
has governed in a pretty partisan fashion. “Evers has typically vetoed a higher number of bills than most governors, even ones who had a different party in the Legislature.”
How productive were state lawmakers in the last two years? Here's a look at the data. via
@hopekarnopp
@PolitiFactWisc
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Almost like securing the high ground and identifying and controlling key terrain are fundamental to a good defense.
How is it possible for the Secret Service fail to secure all the rooftops around venue? Seems like pretty basic security protocol.
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Years of local governments abandoning the rule of law in the pursuit of a leftwing cause célèbre has left communities in danger. Great commentary by
@EWErickson
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Great work by
@WillFlandersWI
testifying in front of
@RepBryanSteil
's committee on Wisconsin's experience with Zuckerbucks.
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Tried out a few great BBQ places this year. Hands down
@TerryBlacks_BBQ
was the best I tried. Exceeded the hype at both Austin and Dallas locations.
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A brief comeuppance for angry rural white guy
@bangstad
who is asking an all-white WI Supreme Court to block education options for kids of color in Wisconsin.
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The good folks
@WILawLiberty
are thoughtfully challenging the new Biden vax mandate imposed through OSHA.
#wiright
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