Patrick McIlheran
@paddymacmke.bsky.social
Happily advancing freedom and opportunity at The Badger Institute. Three cheers for Wisconsin.
AMDG. Reposts do not mean endorsement. My views are my own; blame no one else for them.
AMDG. Reposts do not mean endorsement. My views are my own; blame no one else for them.
Because America's largest teachers' union plans to use the school violence crisis to demand more money. A lot more.
America’s largest teachers’ union acknowledges a school violence crisis but refuses to try to improve it. | Kendall Tietz
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/01/the-nea-doubles-down-on-failing-restorative-discipline/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/01/the-nea-doubles-down-on-failing-restorative-discipline/
The NEA Doubles Down on Failing ‘Restorative Discipline’ | National Review
America’s largest teachers’ union acknowledges a school violence crisis but refuses to try to improve it.
www.nationalreview.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Because America's largest teachers' union plans to use the school violence crisis to demand more money. A lot more.
Aside from federal law protecting places of worship from harassment, remember this:
Your freedom of speech does not include a right to prevent others from hearing a speaker they choose to listen to. You don't have a right to block speech.
www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/22/b...
Your freedom of speech does not include a right to prevent others from hearing a speaker they choose to listen to. You don't have a right to block speech.
www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/22/b...
BREAKING: Ringleader of Anti-ICE Church Invasion Arrested
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday that law enforcement arrested the leader of the anti-ICE church invasion.
www.dailysignal.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Aside from federal law protecting places of worship from harassment, remember this:
Your freedom of speech does not include a right to prevent others from hearing a speaker they choose to listen to. You don't have a right to block speech.
www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/22/b...
Your freedom of speech does not include a right to prevent others from hearing a speaker they choose to listen to. You don't have a right to block speech.
www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/22/b...
See? It's global warming! You must immediately give up meat, single-family homes, capitalism, driving, and having children.
A winter storm brought snow to the Florida Panhandle this weekend.
Light snow coated palm trees in the northern part of the sunshine state for the second year in a row. https://wapo.st/4qvBwi9
Light snow coated palm trees in the northern part of the sunshine state for the second year in a row. https://wapo.st/4qvBwi9
January 20, 2026 at 7:39 PM
See? It's global warming! You must immediately give up meat, single-family homes, capitalism, driving, and having children.
"The vast majority of normal people see this kind of behavior and abhor it. They often wonder: What the hell do these people do for a living that they can be out in the middle of the day chasing federal officers, harassing them, blockading them?"
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State of Monday: BUILD MORE PRISONS. THEN FILL THEM
You’d be doing us a huge favor
stateoftheday.us
January 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
"The vast majority of normal people see this kind of behavior and abhor it. They often wonder: What the hell do these people do for a living that they can be out in the middle of the day chasing federal officers, harassing them, blockading them?"
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Whose league is it? Those who own the teams, of course.
As is obvious to any fan in a small market, you're grateful the owner hasn't cashed in by selling the team to someone in someplace bigger.
It's on just such gratitude that Herb Kohl got 4 terms in the Senate.
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As is obvious to any fan in a small market, you're grateful the owner hasn't cashed in by selling the team to someone in someplace bigger.
It's on just such gratitude that Herb Kohl got 4 terms in the Senate.
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Whose League Is It Anyway? | Defector
In late July, before a game against the Boston Red Sox, Bryce Harper sat slumped in a chair in the Philadelphia Phillies clubhouse, a baseball bat in hand. Philadelphia was the latest stop on Rob Manf...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Whose league is it? Those who own the teams, of course.
As is obvious to any fan in a small market, you're grateful the owner hasn't cashed in by selling the team to someone in someplace bigger.
It's on just such gratitude that Herb Kohl got 4 terms in the Senate.
defector.com/whose-league...
As is obvious to any fan in a small market, you're grateful the owner hasn't cashed in by selling the team to someone in someplace bigger.
It's on just such gratitude that Herb Kohl got 4 terms in the Senate.
defector.com/whose-league...
Fanlund praises a woman for claiming that Charlie Kirk was "perpetuating" violence -- days after he was slain while engaging in civil Q&A.
Better take: A Wisconsin professor notes Kirk was killed for doing what every university should do:
www.badgerinstitute.org/post-kirk-as...
Better take: A Wisconsin professor notes Kirk was killed for doing what every university should do:
www.badgerinstitute.org/post-kirk-as...
October 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Fanlund praises a woman for claiming that Charlie Kirk was "perpetuating" violence -- days after he was slain while engaging in civil Q&A.
Better take: A Wisconsin professor notes Kirk was killed for doing what every university should do:
www.badgerinstitute.org/post-kirk-as...
Better take: A Wisconsin professor notes Kirk was killed for doing what every university should do:
www.badgerinstitute.org/post-kirk-as...
Reposted by Patrick McIlheran
And wholly unnecessary: The House already passed its continuing resolution to keep agencies open, and the Senate voted 55-45, on a bipartisan basis, to do so on Wednesday.
All it takes to keep agencies funded at the same level as before is a few more Democrat senators with a spirit of compromise.
All it takes to keep agencies funded at the same level as before is a few more Democrat senators with a spirit of compromise.
October 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
And wholly unnecessary: The House already passed its continuing resolution to keep agencies open, and the Senate voted 55-45, on a bipartisan basis, to do so on Wednesday.
All it takes to keep agencies funded at the same level as before is a few more Democrat senators with a spirit of compromise.
All it takes to keep agencies funded at the same level as before is a few more Democrat senators with a spirit of compromise.
Why are greencultists suddenly so down on technology that lets you work or shop remotely instead of driving?
Because surging power demand makes plain to all that solar and wind, already desperately inadequate to supply Wisconsin, have no hope of keeping up.
www.badgerinstitute.org/numbers/how-...
Because surging power demand makes plain to all that solar and wind, already desperately inadequate to supply Wisconsin, have no hope of keeping up.
www.badgerinstitute.org/numbers/how-...
September 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Why are greencultists suddenly so down on technology that lets you work or shop remotely instead of driving?
Because surging power demand makes plain to all that solar and wind, already desperately inadequate to supply Wisconsin, have no hope of keeping up.
www.badgerinstitute.org/numbers/how-...
Because surging power demand makes plain to all that solar and wind, already desperately inadequate to supply Wisconsin, have no hope of keeping up.
www.badgerinstitute.org/numbers/how-...
James Dobson, fierce defender of the family against a cultural revolution seeking to erase it, dies at 89.
www.deseret.com/u-s-world/20...
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James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, dies at 89
The Christian family psychologist, founder of the Focus on the Family Christian ministry and former adviser to multiple U.S. presidents died on Thursday at 89 years old.
www.deseret.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
James Dobson, fierce defender of the family against a cultural revolution seeking to erase it, dies at 89.
www.deseret.com/u-s-world/20...
www.deseret.com/u-s-world/20...
More and more, the Biden regime’s tyrannical reflex is laid bare:
“The Biden Administration labeled Americans who opposed the COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates as ‘Domestic Violent Extremists,’ or DVEs, according to newly declassified intelligence records.”
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“The Biden Administration labeled Americans who opposed the COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates as ‘Domestic Violent Extremists,’ or DVEs, according to newly declassified intelligence records.”
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May 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
More and more, the Biden regime’s tyrannical reflex is laid bare:
“The Biden Administration labeled Americans who opposed the COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates as ‘Domestic Violent Extremists,’ or DVEs, according to newly declassified intelligence records.”
x.com/c__herridge/...
“The Biden Administration labeled Americans who opposed the COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates as ‘Domestic Violent Extremists,’ or DVEs, according to newly declassified intelligence records.”
x.com/c__herridge/...
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SANDOVAL: Mainstream Media Accidentally Proves They've Never Met A Christian Before
SANDOVAL: Mainstream Media Accidentally Proves They've Never Met A Christian Before
The New York Times covers non-metropole American culture like an anthropologist venturing into the deepest recesses of the Amazon
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April 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
SANDOVAL: Mainstream Media Accidentally Proves They've Never Met A Christian Before
The dwindling of Wisconsin’s fiscal cushion in the General Fund under Evers’ budget proposals results from the governor’s oversized spending plans.
www.badgerinstitute.org/gov-evers-ir...
www.badgerinstitute.org/gov-evers-ir...
Gov. Evers’ irresponsible budget - Badger Institute
Badger Institute : Gov. Evers’ 2025 budget proposal would reduce the General Fund balance to an amount equal to only 2 percent of annual General Fund state spending — well below the 16 percent that ex...
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April 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The dwindling of Wisconsin’s fiscal cushion in the General Fund under Evers’ budget proposals results from the governor’s oversized spending plans.
www.badgerinstitute.org/gov-evers-ir...
www.badgerinstitute.org/gov-evers-ir...
This week, Canada's government-run broadcaster began quietly admitting the "mass graves" story that's led to the burning of more than 100 churches was, in fact, a hoax.
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Jewish Businesses Vandalized, a Mass Grave Hoax, and More
Welcome back to Rupa Subramanya’s Canadian newsletter, where we’re discussing Monday’s election and lots more.
www.thefp.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This week, Canada's government-run broadcaster began quietly admitting the "mass graves" story that's led to the burning of more than 100 churches was, in fact, a hoax.
www.thefp.com/p/jewish-bus...
www.thefp.com/p/jewish-bus...
You need to realize how unbelievably dishonest the prestige media is, and is going to go on being, with you.
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www.wnd.com/2025/01/this...
'This is insane': Magazine crops blacks from Trump inauguration party photo, then complains event is almost only white * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Host, a black, charges he was 'intentionally' left out 'because it would have undermined their narrative that MAGA is some racist cult'
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January 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
You need to realize how unbelievably dishonest the prestige media is, and is going to go on being, with you.
www.wnd.com/2025/01/this...
www.wnd.com/2025/01/this...
It's still -1F in Milwaukee at midafternoon: Remember that forcing Wisconsinites to give up natural gas means that heating their homes would cost $20,000 more.
And that's if intermittent wind and solar didn't send our electricity rates skyward.
Details:
www.badgerinstitute.org/the-cost-of-...
And that's if intermittent wind and solar didn't send our electricity rates skyward.
Details:
www.badgerinstitute.org/the-cost-of-...
January 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's still -1F in Milwaukee at midafternoon: Remember that forcing Wisconsinites to give up natural gas means that heating their homes would cost $20,000 more.
And that's if intermittent wind and solar didn't send our electricity rates skyward.
Details:
www.badgerinstitute.org/the-cost-of-...
And that's if intermittent wind and solar didn't send our electricity rates skyward.
Details:
www.badgerinstitute.org/the-cost-of-...
Washington Post-published Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Darrin "Bell is hardly the first Antifa affiliate or progressive identitarian to be accused of child pornography or pedophilia."
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January 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Washington Post-published Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Darrin "Bell is hardly the first Antifa affiliate or progressive identitarian to be accused of child pornography or pedophilia."
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So pissing away your credibility was, in retrospect, a poor idea then. Ah, well.
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Washington Post lays off 4% of workforce as turmoil engulfs Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper
The layoffs will impact the newspaper’s business division, including its sales and marketing teams.
nypost.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
So pissing away your credibility was, in retrospect, a poor idea then. Ah, well.
nypost.com/2025/01/07/m...
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“I used to believe in our judicial system,” he said, “but now I see what generations upon generations of minorities and people of lower income have been complaining about.”
In the past four years, nearly 1,600 people have been prosecuted in connection with the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. While some have come to regret their actions on that day, others do not. Here’s what some of their lives look like now.
The Jan. 6 Rioters, 4 Years Later
Hundreds of rioters accused of nonviolent crimes during the attack on the Capitol have wrapped up their cases. Here’s what some of their lives look like now.
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“I used to believe in our judicial system,” he said, “but now I see what generations upon generations of minorities and people of lower income have been complaining about.”
“As we are hiring, we often hear people say that it would be great to work here, but there’s no place to live affordably.”
So these Wisconsin businesses acted, and houses are being built.
It can be done.
www.badgerinstitute.org/four-compani...
So these Wisconsin businesses acted, and houses are being built.
It can be done.
www.badgerinstitute.org/four-compani...
Four companies step up to make homes affordable for Sheboygan County workers - Badger Institute
Badger Institute : Wisconsin will need to build 200,000 housing units by 2030 to accommodate all the people who want to live and work here. Sheboygan County is a microcosm of the problem — but on the ...
www.badgerinstitute.org
January 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“As we are hiring, we often hear people say that it would be great to work here, but there’s no place to live affordably.”
So these Wisconsin businesses acted, and houses are being built.
It can be done.
www.badgerinstitute.org/four-compani...
So these Wisconsin businesses acted, and houses are being built.
It can be done.
www.badgerinstitute.org/four-compani...
“The DEI apparatus is the antithesis of the original Scouting ethic. Scouts are supposed to focus outward, not on themselves, and especially not on au courant diversity characteristics. ... They are supposed to be honest.”
www.city-journal.org/article/girl...
www.city-journal.org/article/girl...
Girling the Boy Scouts
Progressives notch another victory in their war on American institutions.
www.city-journal.org
December 30, 2024 at 4:40 PM
“The DEI apparatus is the antithesis of the original Scouting ethic. Scouts are supposed to focus outward, not on themselves, and especially not on au courant diversity characteristics. ... They are supposed to be honest.”
www.city-journal.org/article/girl...
www.city-journal.org/article/girl...
"How did we lose the culture?" wonders a party that has spent the past two decades telling Americans their country is illegitimate and every man is a toxin.
December 24, 2024 at 7:50 PM
"How did we lose the culture?" wonders a party that has spent the past two decades telling Americans their country is illegitimate and every man is a toxin.
Dude claims that Americans wanting a secure border simply want to "deport people who look like me."
Except, as became clear, people who look like him want to deport illegal aliens, too.
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Except, as became clear, people who look like him want to deport illegal aliens, too.
nypost.com/2024/06/17/u...
December 21, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Dude claims that Americans wanting a secure border simply want to "deport people who look like me."
Except, as became clear, people who look like him want to deport illegal aliens, too.
nypost.com/2024/06/17/u...
Except, as became clear, people who look like him want to deport illegal aliens, too.
nypost.com/2024/06/17/u...
Another illustration of why there can be no peace between the parties: Because, quite explicitly, leftists do not want peace.
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Inside the Demise of DC’s Most Hated Political Watering Hole
What the civility-promotion industry can learn from the death of a “bipartisan” Washington bar.
www.politico.com
December 20, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Another illustration of why there can be no peace between the parties: Because, quite explicitly, leftists do not want peace.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...