Update: Mount Horeb student shot by police after reports of someone with a weapon; the weapon, a pellet rifle Wednesday, May 1 the Mount Horeb school district was under lockdown due to an active shooter situation. The DOJ says the weapon recovered was a Ruger .177 caliber pellet rifle. 05/4/2024 - 12:48 pm | View Link
Dispatches from Douglas County: Come visit us at our new office For the past few weeks, we have opened our doors Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to conduct business with you. 05/4/2024 - 10:30 am | View Link
Runners race through Kenosha in 2024 Wisconsin Marathon For Ranjeet Singh, the Wisconsin Marathon was number 22. Singh, of New Hampshire, ran in Saturday's Wisconsin Marathon in Kenosha as part of his mission to run a marathon in all 50 states in two years ... 05/4/2024 - 8:30 am | View Link
Investigators say student killed by police outside Wisconsin school had pointed pellet rifle A student who was killed by police outside a Wisconsin school pointed a pellet rifle at officers and had refused to drop the weapon, authorities said Saturday. The state Department of Justice released ... 05/4/2024 - 7:06 am | View Link
Day four: Protesters remain on Library Mall for fourth day, no police action taken Pro-Palestine protesters, led by Students for Justice in Palestine UW–Madison, have been calling for the University of Wisconsin’s divestment from the state of Israel and denouncing the ongoing war in ... 05/3/2024 - 9:08 pm | View Link
“Fresh from his criminal trial in New York, Donald Trump delivered a frustrated and often profane roughly 75-minute speech at a Republican National Committee donor retreat in Florida on Saturday, attacking one of the prosecutors pursuing him and comparing President Biden’s administration to the Nazis,” the New York Times reports.
Said Trump: “These people are running a Gestapo administration.”
“In his speech, he complained repeatedly about the criminal trial in Manhattan, to which he will return on Monday, insisted that Democrats use ‘welfare’ to cheat in elections and said he would need an attorney general with ‘courage’ as he mocked his former attorney general, William P.
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
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April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 5:25 p.m.: A proposed excise tax on guns and ammunition to pay for victim services cleared a key Senate committee Saturday afternoon after Democrats turned on their own over its movement through the chamber.
The measure would create a 6.5% tax on gun and ammo dealers and raise an expected $39 million a year, according to sponsor Sen.
Since Mark Hamill's White House visit tells us how woke Star Wars has gotten, and we all know about wokester Star Trek, Starship Troopers and Helldivers are better choices.