The Wisconsin Daily Star

September 16, 2021

Durham Indicts Democrat Lawyer for Making False Statement When He Fed Russia Dirt to FBI

Special Counsel John Durham on Thursday secured an indictment against a prominent Democrat lawyer alleging he developed and fed information to the FBI during the 2016 campaign suggesting Donald Trump was colluding with Russia without disclosing he was being paid...

September 16, 2021

Hudson School District in Wisconsin Incentivizing Teachers to Get COVID Vaccine

According to an internal email, the Hudson school district is incentivizing teachers to get vaccinated. The email, shared by local medical freedom activist Jessica Klatt, outlines how those who get vaccinated will automatically receive five sick days to use if...

September 16, 2021

Commentary: The ‘Foul Spirit’ of George W. Bush and America’s Ruling Class

As with so many other aspects of our time, we seem destined to suffer the most trite and underwhelming imitations of things that once were great or at least impressive. Exhibit A would be the great war advocate, George W....

September 16, 2021

Princeton Instructs Freshmen That Professor Who Criticized Black Student Group Is Part of ‘Systemic Racism’

Princeton University is allegedly teaching freshmen that a current faculty member is racist for criticizing a defunct black student organization. What's not clear is how many freshmen are paying attention to the lesson. The Ivy League school included classics professor...

September 16, 2021

The Department of Justice Bans No-Knock Entries, Chokeholds, and Other Practices

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a comprehensive ban on numerous practices in law enforcement, aimed at curbing tactics that some claim can lead to instances of so-called “police brutality,” according to Politico. In a statement issued by Deputy...

September 16, 2021

Newsom Sails Past Republican Recall, Will Remain California’s Governor

Gov. Gavin Newsom won California’s recall election Tuesday, capitalizing on late momentum and sailing past the field of Republicans looking to oust him in what was considered a neck-and-neck race just weeks ago. Newsom, first elected in 2018, survived the...

September 16, 2021

Report: 74 Percent of Professors Targeted for Unpopular Speech or Research End Up Punished by Administrators

Attempts to sanction scholars for their speech, research or teaching practices has skyrocketed since 2015, with about three in four campaigns leading to some form of professional sanction – including termination – according to a new report by the Foundation...

September 16, 2021

Larry Elder Tells Supporters to ‘Stay Tuned’ During Concession Speech

Republican candidate Larry Elder conceded to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California late Tuesday while telling his supporters to “stay tuned.” Elder said “we may have lost the battle, but we are going to win the war,” according to the...

September 16, 2021

The Department of Justice Asks Federal Judge to Block Texas Abortion Law

The Department of Justice asked a federal judge late Tuesday night to block Texas’ Heartbeat Act, which prohibits abortions after the baby’s heartbeat can be detected. The DOJ called for a temporary restraining order or injunction against the new law,...

September 16, 2021

Report: E-Commerce Prices Have Skyrocketed Because of Inflation

Online shopping prices have rapidly increased since the start of the pandemic as consumers rely more on e-commerce, according to an industry report. While e-commerce prices trended downward between 2015-2019 as online shopping grew in popularity, the sector has seen...

September 16, 2021

CDC Warns Afghan Refugees Pose Threat of ‘Larger Imminent Outbreaks’ of Measles in U.S.

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent a private warning to the chief of Afghan evacuation operations that measles is spreading among refugees and poses a "major public health threat" that includes the potential for...

September 16, 2021

Commentary: Conservatives Should Not Listen to the Eco-Right

If there’s one thing the Left knows cold, it’s deception. From Vladimir Lenin to Saul Alinsky, leftists are unparalleled masters of the art of victory through hoodwinking: Defeating opponents by fooling them into false agreement. Owning the battlefield in this...

September 16, 2021

At Pennsylvania Senate Meeting on Elections, Subpoenas Issued, Dem Calls GOPers McCarthyites, Another Has Remarks Curtailed for Breaking Senate Rules

At Wednesday’s meeting concerning the Pennsylvania’s Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee’s election investigation, which saw Republicans winning a vote to subpoena voter records, Democrats fumed. One angrily compared GOP colleagues to Joe McCarthy, the notoriously zealous anti-communist U.S. senator from Wisconsin who...

September 16, 2021

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Wants to Join Redistricting Suit, Bypass Lawmakers

Wisconsin’s governor is sending a clear signal that he can’t or doesn’t want to work with lawmakers in drawing the state’s new political map. Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul on Monday asked a federal judge to allow...

September 16, 2021

Sen. Paul: Gen. Milley’s Calls to China Could Have Sparked ‘Accidental Nuclear War,’ Wants Polygraph

Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley "could have started an accidental nuclear war" if he indeed made unauthorized phone calls to China in the final weeks of the Trump presidency to...

September 16, 2021

James Robert Webb Releases ‘Stealing Home’

Dr. James Robert Webb is a successful radiologist who just happens to be an accomplished country music singer/songwriter. When I interviewed him in April of 2020, he was getting ready to release a self-titled album as the nation was going...

September 16, 2021

U.S. Officials Confirm Six Measles Cases Among Afghan Refugees in Virginia, Wisconsin

Six Afghan refugees in Virginia and Wisconsin have tested positive for the measles, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. The cases were reported among Afghan refugees who were evacuated to the U.S. after the Taliban took over Kabul, according to the AP....

September 16, 2021

Wisconsin Representative Fitzgerald Signs Letter Opposing IRS Oversight of Withdrawals and Deposits over $600

Wisconsin Representative Scott Fitzgerald (R-05-WI) signed a letter opposing suggested Internal Revenue Service (IRS) oversight of withdrawals and deposits of over $600. The letter was written by Minnesota Representative Tom Emmer (R-06-MN).

September 15, 2021

Wisconsin Representative Tiffany Demands ‘Full Membership’ to United Nations for Taiwan

Wisconsin Representative Thomas Tiffany (R-07-WI) wrote a letter to the Biden Administration demanding full membership to the United Nations for Taiwan. In a tweet about the letter, Tiffany said, “America doesn't need a permission slip from Communist China to support...

September 14, 2021

Wisconsin Warns Against Fake COVID Vaccine Cards

The state of Wisconsin is warning against fake coronavirus vaccine cards. The state’s Department of Health Services enlisted the help of the U.S. Attorney in Madison last week to warn people about the consequences of buying or making a fake...

September 14, 2021

Commentary: Americans Can’t Afford Joe Biden’s America

Americans are tapped out. They are struggling to pay for higher prices at the pump, the grocery store, and just about everywhere else. Friday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics August Producer Price Indexes report showed on an unadjusted basis, the final demand...

September 14, 2021

FBI Fires Lead Investigator in Whitmer Kidnapping Plot

After an investigation into Special Agent Richard Trask, accused of beating his wife after the pair attended swingers' party in July, the FBI agent who once lead the investigation into the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has been...

September 14, 2021

The Taliban Controls a Vast Array of Weapons After America’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan

When the Taliban assumed control of Afghanistan last month, the group took possession of a U.S.-funded weapons stockpile worth tens of billions of dollars. The U.S. invested nearly $83 billion in bolstering the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF),...

September 14, 2021

College Student in Missouri Filmed Throwing Away 2,977 9/11 Memorial Flags

A student senator at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri was filmed tearing out and throwing away nearly 3,000 American flags featured in a 9/11 memorial on campus, as reported by the New York Post. The student, Fadel Alkilani, was...

September 14, 2021

New Poll Suggests Little Change among Californians in Recalling Governor, But Large Partisan Divide

Anew poll on the recall election for California Gov. Gavin Newsom shows voters appear essentially locked into their position on whether to remove the embattled Democrat lawmaker. The poll released Thursday by the nonpartisan The Public Policy Institute of California...

September 14, 2021

Democrats See Trump Supporters and Unvaccinated as Bigger Threat Than Taliban, China: New Poll

A majority of Democratic voters believe that supporters of former President Trump and unvaccinated Americans pose a bigger threat to the nation than the Taliban or China, according to a new Scott Rasmussen poll. Among Democrats, 57% believe that Trump...

September 14, 2021

Merit System Is Unjust Because It Rewards Productive Individuals, Professors Argue

Professors from the University of Arizona and the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs are arguing that "success and merit" are "barriers" to the equity agenda. “Admitting that the normative definitions of success and merit are in and of themselves barriers...

September 14, 2021

Rep. Andy Biggs: There is ‘Basically No Vetting’ of Afghan Refugees

There is no real vetting of Afghan refugees entering the U.S., according to Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.). "The backstories that I'm hearing is that there's really basically no vetting going on," Biggs told the John Solomon Reports podcast on Friday.

September 14, 2021

FDA Will Need More Time to Decide If Juul Can Sell E-Cigarettes

Health officials delayed a decision Thursday on whether e-cigarettes made by Juul and other top companies can stay on the U.S. market. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it needs longer than the Thursday deadline to determine if Juul...

September 14, 2021

Commentary: Cancel Culture is Both a Scarlet Letter and a Reign of Terror

In a recent Atlantic article, Anne Applebaum compares our college campuses to New England Puritanism. She did so by drawing on the storyline of the novel “The Scarlet Letter,” wherein Hester Prynne suffers eternal ignominy for having sex and getting...

September 14, 2021

Facebook Buys up the Outstanding Invoices of Minority-Owned Small Businesses

Facebook is spending $100 million to buy up the outstanding invoices of small businesses owned by women, racial minorities, veterans, disabled people and LGBTQ+ people, the company announced last week. The Invoice Fast Track Program allows certain “small, midsize and diverse-owned businesses”...

September 14, 2021

Alaska Airlines Fired Flight Attendants for Saying Democrat Transgender Bill Harms Women

Alaska Airlines fired flight attendants for questioning its support of a proposed federal law that would open women's spaces to biological males, according to complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Their union, the Association of Flight...

September 14, 2021

Faith-Based Nature Docuseries Bypassing Gatekeepers Thanks to Crowdfunding

N.D. Wilson loves nature documentaries, but one element of the genre always gets under his skin. The God-fearing producer calls it the "grinding, empty atheism" found in every sequence.

September 14, 2021

Wisconsin Congressional Delegates Respond to Biden Admin COVID Vaccine Mandates

Wisconsin congressional delegates responded to the Biden Administration's COVID vaccine mandates. Three Representatives, Gallagher (R-08-WI), Fitzgerald (R-05-WI), and Steil (R-01-WI), expressed disagreement with Biden's order, requiring businesses that employ over 100 people to mandate vaccinations or weekly COVID testing. Biden’s...

September 13, 2021

Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers Does Not Apply to USPS

President Joe Biden's executive order mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all executive branch employees does not apply to the U.S. Postal Service, according to a USPS spokesperson. "The COVID-19 vaccination requirements included in the White House executive order issued on September...

September 13, 2021

Commentary: Winning the Cold Civil War

We find ourselves in a cold civil war. But we have no real generals. A war without generals is no war at all. There is no liberty or death, only death, the death of our once cherished republic. Leading Republicans...

September 13, 2021

Texas Governor Signs Law Preventing Social Media Companies from Banning People for Their Views

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday preventing social media companies from banning users for their political views. The law, known as HB 20, prohibits social media platforms from banning or suspending users, and removing or suppressing their...

September 13, 2021

North Korea Restarting Nuclear Reactor Was Likely Inevitable, Expert Says

North Korea was likely always going to restart its nuclear reactor regardless of which presidential administration was in office, an expert on the region told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported in late August that North...

September 13, 2021

Justice Breyer to Those Pushing Court Packing: ‘What Goes Around Comes Around’

Justice Stephen Breyer issued a stark warning to those pushing to pack the Supreme Court: “what goes around comes around.” Breyer made the remark during an interview with NPR published Friday, ahead of the release of his new book, “The Authority of...

September 13, 2021

White House Advisor Says Biden is Prepared to ‘Run Over’ Republican Governors Who Fight His Vaccine Mandates

A White House senior advisor said Thursday that Joe Biden is prepared to “run over” Republican governors who “stand in his way” on vaccine mandates. Following Biden’s shocking, widely-panned authoritarian speech Thursday afternoon, multiple Republican-led states announced plans to sue the Regime...

September 13, 2021

Legal Challenges Await Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

President Joe Biden’s controversial vaccine mandate has sparked major pushback and talks of legal challenges, likely setting up a tense court battle that could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Biden announced the new mandates in a...

September 13, 2021

Last Missile Fired by U.S. Military in Afghanistan Killed Only Innocent Family, Not ISIS ‘Facilitator’ as Gen. Milley Claimed

The last missile fired by the United States Military in the 20-year war in Afghanistan struck only an innocent Afghan man and his family in Kabul— not ISIS militants, the New York Times reported on Friday. The blast killed ten...

September 13, 2021

Pfizer-BioNTech to Seek Approval to Vaccinate 5-Year-Olds

BioNTech, the vaccine maker collaborating with Pfizer, is set to seek worldwide approval for its COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 within the coming weeks, according to company executives. “Already over the next few weeks,...

September 13, 2021

They Took It: The University of Texas at San Antonio Abolishes ‘Come and Take It’ Football Chant

The University of Texas at San Antonio is no longer using “Come and Take It” as a football chant. In August, university President Taylor Eighmy expressed concern that “Come and Take It” is inseparably linked to political debates, including those over gun rights. The chant...

September 13, 2021

Amazon to Pay Employees’ Full College Tuition in Latest Attempt to Attract More Workers

Amazon will begin paying college tuition for hundreds of thousands of its employees in an effort to attract more workers, the company said Thursday. More than 750,000 hourly Amazon employees nationwide will be eligible to have their full college tuition paid for...

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