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Get ready for a spectacular light show tonight as geomagnetic storms bring the northern lights closer to unexpected locations. The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are expected to put on a stunning display across several U.S. states tonight, thanks to geomagnetic storms that are disrupting Earth’s magnetic field. These solar-driven storms, forecasted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will bring the auroras closer to areas typically outside their usual range. This rare opportunity offers a chance for skywatchers in unexpected locations to witness one of nature’s most mesmerizing phenomena. Where Will the Northern Lights Be Visible? According to...

The latest 4-3 doozy from the Wisconsin Supreme Court is hard to believe. The Legislature passed a budget to annually increase the limit on how much tax revenue school districts may raise, by $325 per pupil, “for the 2023-24 school year and the 2024-25 school year.” Gov. Tony Evers abused his “partial veto” power, deleting words and an individual hyphen, making that text say “for 2023-2425.” Meaning . . . an annual tax increase authorized for the next 402 years? Sure, why not, Justice Jill Karofsky writes for the liberal majority. The state constitution says the Governor may approve appropriation...

Concluding a case that rocked the nation, a Milwaukee jury convicted former election official Kimberly Zapata of misconduct for obtaining fake absentee ballots. She was initially charged in 2022 with a count of felony misconduct and three counts of election fraud, and was found guilty of all charges. Zapata used her position at the Milwaukee Election Commission to request ballots under fake names and Social Security numbers, and then cast them for a candidate of her choice. As background, Republicans have been sounding the alarm about voter fraud since the 2020 election, and despite the mounting evidence, the Democrats and...

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said on Sunday said he’s questioning President Trump’s “endgame” in his approach to tariffs, saying the ongoing “volatility” isn’t good for businesses. “One thing I learned in the private sector is unpredictability can work pretty well in the negotiation, but the private sector — businesses want certainty. They want stability. They don’t like to see volatility,” Johnson said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.” “And, so, I’ve just been questioning exactly what’s the endgame here? What’s the strategy?” he continued. Johnson called himself an “unabashed free trader” and touted what he sees as the...

A child murdered his mother and stepfather at the family's stunning $900,000 home because he thought it would help give him 'clout' to kill Donald Trump. Nikita Casap, 17, was arrested in March after he allegedly killed his parents at their home in Waukesha, Wisconsin, then fled the state in their car. Prosecutors said the teenager shot and killed mom Tatiana Casap, 35, and stepdad Donald Mayer, 51, on February 11 before fleeing the scene and leaving their bodies to decompose inside their home. However, they were not discovered until police performed a welfare check at the family's sprawling home...

DEI: Fort McCoy’s Colonel Sheyla Baez Ramirez refuses to display SecDef and POTUS photographs. When will she be relieved from command?

A Wisconsin teenager allegedly killed his parents in order to "obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary" so that he could assassinate President Donald Trump and overthrow the government of the United States, according to court documents from the Department of Justice. Nikita Casap, 17, was taken into custody last month and charged with two counts of first-degree murder as well as two counts of hiding a corpse, according to ABC News. He allegedly shot and killed his step-father Donald Meyer, 51, as well as his mother Tatiana Casap, 35, in February before he fled the state. The killing of...

Today, Congressman Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s, R-Colo., legislation to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List and ensure that action is not subject to judicial review passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee. The Pet and Livestock Protection Act will restore authority back to state lawmakers and state wildlife officials to control the gray wolf population. H.R. 845 will now head to the full House of Representatives for a vote. “The damage to pets, livestock and wildlife from an unmanaged wolf population can no longer be ignored. The gray wolf has exceeded federal and...

In the Wisconsin state election held on April 1, 2025, hard-left Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford, who was adamantly opposed to Voter IDs, faced off against conservative Brad Schimel. Crawford won (55% to 45%), garnering 237,884 more votes than Schimel out of a total of 2,364,372 votes cast. In the same election, 63% of voters supported an amendment to the Wisconsin state constitution requiring a voter ID. The voter ID amendment carried every one of Wisconsin’s 72 counties except Dane County (where Madison is) and Milwaukee County. The disconnect between the two outcomes is stunning until you look under...

While votes streamed in during last week’s Wisconsin Supreme Court race, workers in Milwaukee handled ballots in secret back rooms forbidden to observers, according to multiple sources. One of these rooms also allegedly stored vast numbers of blank ballots. Wisconsin state Rep. Dave Maxey, a Republican, told The Federalist that Milwaukee elections director Paulina Gutierrez blocked observers from seeing multiple rooms in the city’s Central Count, where workers were processing ballots on Election Day. According to Maxey, one of these was the “secure ballot room,” which housed pre-printed blank ballots. “The reason I wanted to get into those rooms is,...

Good neighbors help each other. They check in during tough times, shovel snow, and lend tools. However, parents can go to jail if families team up for homeschooling in Wisconsin. The state flatly prohibits homeschool collaboration. Joining an after-school soccer team or Girl Scout troop is fine. However, parents cross the line if they teach reading, writing, or arithmetic to someone else’s child. The law is clear: “An instructional program provided to more than one family unit does not constitute a home-based private education program.” Similar laws exist elsewhere. North Carolina homeschool groups cannot include children from more than two...

Democrats hold only a 37% approval rating in Wisconsin, and voters passed a constitutional Voter ID amendment. How, then, did a Democrat secure a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court?

A day after a bruising defeat in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election, Badger State conservatives were mired in the usual questions, second-guessing, what ifs and — in some corners — recriminations that come with big losses. And make no mistake, Tuesday’s loss was a big one for so many reasons. Far-left Dane County Judge Susan Crawford defeated conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel by 10 percentage points (55% to 45%). In historically high turnout for a spring election in which 2.3 million people voted, Crawford drew nearly 230,000 more votes than Schimel. And for conservatives across the country, the price of...

Wisconsin independent journalist and election fraud investigator Peter Bernegger expounded on his Telegram channel evidence of election fraud in last night's Wisconsin election results. Liberal Susan Crawford did not win the election last night. See how she committed election fraud at the end of this post. 2023 WI state supreme court race Brown County (Green Bay) results on the right. ~77,000 voted. Note the percentages. 2024 WI state supreme court race Brown County results on the left. ~100,000 voted. Virtually the same percentages. ...almost like an algorithm is running.

Failed Vice Presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) framed Democrat-aligned Susan Crawford’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election win on Tuesday as the state overcoming billionaire Elon Musk, who tried to boost her conservative opponent Brad Schimel. “Wisconsin beat the billionaire,” said Walz in a post to X. Walz notably campaigned for Dane County Circuit Court Judge Crawford, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and drag queens.

Susan Crawford, a Dane County judge and outspoken abortion advocate, won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, defeating conservative Brad Schimel in a fiercely contested election that shattered spending records. Crawford’s victory preserves the court’s 4-3 liberal majority, ensuring progressive influence over pivotal cases on abortion, voting rights, and redistricting. With nearly 95% of votes counted by late Tuesday, Crawford led Schimel by approximately 9 points. A former prosecutor and private attorney, Crawford has long been a lightning rod for controversy due to her ties to Planned Parenthood, where she represented the abortion business in legal battles...

From Grok: “Yes, based on available data from the 2025 Wisconsin spring election, it appears to be true that over 100,000 more people voted in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race than on the Voter ID constitutional amendment question.”

I checked, and it’s true… 2025: Susan Crawford – 1,181,000 votes. Every other Dem SCOTUS candidate in history: • 2023: Janet Protasiewicz – 1,021,822 votes. • 2016: JoAnne Kloppenburg – 878,000 votes. • 2020: Jill Karofsky – 855,000 votes. •’2011: JoAnne Kloppenburg – 745,690 votes. So… despite the democrat party having historical nationwide low approval ratings (around 24%), they got more popular? 🤣

President Donald Trump lauded the passage of an amendment in Wisconsin on Tuesday that will enshrine voter ID into the state constitution. “VOTER I.D. JUST APPROVED IN WISCONSIN ELECTION. Democrats fought hard against this, presumably so they can CHEAT,” the 45th and 47th president said in a post to Truth Social. “This is a BIG WIN FOR REPUBLICANS, MAYBE THE BIGGEST WIN OF THE NIGHT. IT SHOULD ALLOW US TO WIN WISCONSIN, LIKE I JUST DID IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, FOR MANY YEARS TO COME!” he added.

Liberal candidate Susan Crawford defeated Elon Musk-backed conservative judge Brad Schimel to preserve a 4-3 liberal majority in the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a contest that became the most expensive state Supreme Court race in the country’s history, with nearly $100 million spent on campaigning. Key Facts -The Associated Press called the Wisconsin Supreme Court race for Crawford at 10:16 p.m. ET. . -With 71% of the votes tallied, Crawford was leading with 55.7% of the vote, compared to Schimel’s 44.3%