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Dan O'Donnell: “This April's Wisconsin Supreme Court election will almost…”

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Published February 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 2:07:05

I don't do this often, but this is just a perfect opportunity to read this column because frankly, this story just broke and now it is more relevant than ever before. This April's Wisconsin Supreme Court election will almost certainly be the most expensive judicial race in American history. in more ways than one. The candidates and their allies will spend a fortune, sure, but the election's outcome may end up costing tax taxpayers more than anyone. (2:07:05–2:07:13)

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Dan O'Donnell

“The [current electoral] maps have been repeatedly upheld and have been in place for now five years.”
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“A Milwaukee police officer is, as I understand it, still in surgery or possibly just out of surgery after he was shot and badly injured by a…”
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“A total of three officers. I am told the injured officer as well as two other officers who responded to the scene returned fire, striking…”
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“As far as I know, the suspect did not have photo ID or any sort of ID on him.”
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“The officer was conscious as he was loaded into the ambulance.”
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“This was a 34 year old police officer with 8 years with the Milwaukee Police Department.”
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“Pretty much every business that gives employees the option of working remotely gave their employees the option of working remotely.”
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“Dave from West Bend was listening to me. His entry was random picked and he won $1,000.”
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“He is the ninth winner for our flagship station WISN since the cold hard cash contest started.”
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“The third winner here on the Dan O'Donnell show.”
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“There is nothing cringier than a boomer lib.”
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“Chuck Schumer, who I think is so old he's technically older than the boomers.”
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“Your super bowl guacamole is going to be ruined because of President Trump's tariffs on Mexico.”
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“The tariffs were already rescinded.”
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“The President made a couple of executive actions, one of which is you can't lob the genitals off of small children.”
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“MCW is providing resources for those whose family members may be facing deportation.”
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“They will provide information and articles related to same sex marriages being overturned.”
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“Social Security payments, Medicare payments, Medicaid payments will not be impacted.”
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“Coverage under Medicare and Medicaid will not be impacted.”
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“Flu is spreading nationwide, driving up egg prices.”
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“She [Janet Protest Saywitz] was installed on the court specifically to overturn Act 10.”
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“She [Susan Crawford] was actually conspiring with the Democrats to rig the 2026 midterms.”
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“Last night the Milwaukee Board of School Directors announced its new superintendent. Brenda Kaselius will fill the role vacated by former…”
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“Good thing Milwaukee taxpayers will have to foot the bill for a new $250 million referendum that was approved by voters last spring.”
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“Dr. Jewish Jill Underly did not tell the public that MPS was not reporting what it was doing with the federal Covid money it was getting…”
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“She's from Minnesota and was passed over for the superintendent job in her home school district in St.Paul.”
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“She's [Susan Crawford] been conspiring with the Wisconsin Democratic Party as per an event they both attended.”
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“She was hired as the school superintendent in Boston, Massachusetts. She failed miserably.”
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“She was fired. She did not come to a mutual decision with the equally left wing mayor Michelle Wu. She was fired. She got a massive buyout…”
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“Kiselius lacked strong executive leadership and strategic planning skills.”
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“She had been turned down for the same job in Minneapolis.”
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“Her hometown school board...passed her over, citing the scarce progress on closing achievement gaps during her eight years as the top…”
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“She's offered multiple BPS employees significant promotions, seemingly on a whim with little knowledge of their track records.”
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“In meetings, she often broke down in tears and said she felt overwhelmed.”
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“That's who Milwaukee just hired to be its new superintendent, the woman who was run out of Boston because she was so horribly unprepared for…”
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“Milwaukee just hired [Brenda Kasilius] last night as district superintendent.”
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“The city council of Worcester, Massachusetts voted to become a sanctuary city for transgender people.”
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“The good libs on the Worcester council caved to these crazies demands, all of them.”
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“Built Right has the best selection and In Wisconsin their 45,000 square foot showroom has thousands of items in stock plus 500 mattresses…”
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“Special and custom orders are faster now.”
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“State superintendent candidate Brittany Kinzer raised $500,000 since she entered the superintendent's race.”
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“The Incumbent Liberal Superintendent, Dr. Jill Underley, only raised about $186,000 for a race that generally doesn't get a whole lot of…”
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“Wisconsin is actually the worst state in the entire country at educating black fourth graders.”
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“95% of black fourth graders in Dr. Jill Underlees, Wisconsin are not at grade level in reading.”
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“Underly was caught basically fudging the numbers.”
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“MPS had to fire its last superintendent because of what I can only assume is gross misallocation of COVID Fund resources.”
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“I'm going to get out there and early vote.”
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“I really do believe that you are doing incredible work, and I really do support you a great deal.”
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“We need someone like you. In fact, we need you as state superintendent.”
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“A Milwaukee police officer remains in Freighter Hospital. I can report he is expected to survive.”
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“He was shot multiple times this afternoon near 27th and Wisconsin by a suspect who is brandishing some sort of long gun believed to be an…”
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“The other officers who responded with the injured officer returned fire and killed the suspect.”
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“The suspect is still not identified because, at least as of a press conference about two hours ago, he wasn't carrying any sort of id.”
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“We just had a couple of weeks ago the mayor puffing his chest and crowing about how the murder rate was, was so dramatically down on his…”
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“We're still up exponentially from where we were in 2019.”
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“2020 through 2023, all four years, all time records, every single year deadlier than the last.”
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“How much you want to wager that when this guy is finally identified, the deceased perp, the tragic victim here, according to the mayor of…”
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“There is a dead police officer right now in the city of Milwaukee.”
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“The official @Mayor MKE X account just posted the exact same message he deleted, save for the reference to the death of the guy who very…”
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“The original tweet that the mayor posted at exactly 3:19 this afternoon.”
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“The original one said, my thoughts are with the Milwaukee police officer shot in the line of duty today. The entire incident, including the…”
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“He changed the tweet to my thoughts and prayers are with the Milwaukee police officer shot in the line of duty today.”
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“The Mayor is clearly content to not say a word about it. He tried to cover his tracks by putting out an amended tweet only after I called…”
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“I have obtained exclusively the first picture of the suspect who shot and badly injured a Milwaukee police officer this afternoon.”
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“He was armed with what appears to be a very high powered rifle just wandering the streets near 27th and Wisconsin.”
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“As far as I know he is still unidentified. He was not carrying any sort of id.”
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“Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protesiewicz has announced that she will not recuse herself from the Act 10 case despite repeatedly…”
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“Janet Protosiewicz, the left wing justice who repeatedly blasted Act 10 on the campaign trail when she was running for justice in 2023, has…”
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“Alleged conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn did the right thing and did so. He helped write parts of Act 10.”
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“The court did hear oral arguments today in a separate Act 10 related case that is not the one that a Dane County Circuit Court judge struck…”
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“If Brad Schimmel wins a seat on the state Supreme Court, if the conservative minority, and if Chief Justice Zigler can keep the Court's…”
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“If it's a 33 tie, does it go back to the trial judge? Does the trial judge's order stand?”
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“Act 10 has saved Wisconsin a total of $31 billion.”
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“A Dane County Circuit Court judge struck down Act 10 Governor Scott Walker's landmark 2011 law.”
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“Public employees were only required to pay 12.6% of their health insurance premium costs and 50% of their pension contributions [after Act…”
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“Private sector employees pay an average of 28% of their family premiums and don't have pensions at all.”
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“Act 10 has saved the average family $1500 per year.”
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“If the law is repealed, the average family will pay an additional fifteen hundred dollars a year in perpetuity.”
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“Last year alone, school districts put 241 funding increases on the ballot and voters passed 169 of them for a staggering $4.4 billion in new…”
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“We have now found exclusively the first photograph of the suspect carrying what looks to be an AK47 and a 30 round magazine inside it.”
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“This guy was very obviously out near 27th in Wisconsin today to do damage of some sort.”
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“The suspect opened fire on the three of them, striking the officer, who's 34 years old, has eight years of experience with the Milwaukee…”
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“Multiple times the other two officers shot and killed the suspect while returning fire.”
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“The officer was rushed to Froedtert Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery.”
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“Multiple sources are telling me that not only will the officer survive, he is going to make a complete and full recovery.”
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“Every other school district Milwaukee was Madison closed today.”
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“The biggest snow totals were always going to be around Lake Michigan because of the lake effect snow band that developed this afternoon.”
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“Janet Protest Saywitz [is] not going to recuse herself from the Act 10 decision.”
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“Susan Crawford, the current hack lefty candidate, has been installed to steal two Wisconsin congressional seats by rigging the state's…”
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“The express purpose [of the event] was to, quote, put two congressional seats in play.”
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“We gerrymandered the state legislative maps and Democrats very nearly won a majority.”
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“Susan Crawford knows. She didn't just introduce herself. She talked specifically about how she was going to vote to overturn the…”
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“Chickenpea might not actually be doing this again because he might be otherwise occupied. Occupied in prison.”
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“He has had his issues with law enforcement. No real surprise there. He's got a very lengthy criminal record.”
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“He also has multiple open cases, one of which as recently as August 9, for second degree, recklessly endangering safety battery…”
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“He is currently out on $2,500 cash bond.”
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“There is also an open case against Mr. P. Possession with intent to deliver more than 40 grams of cocaine.”
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“He also faces three counts of bail jumping.”
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“He was charged In April of 22, two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. But both cases, both charges were dismissed.”
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“In June of 2021, Mr. P was charged with almost the exact same crime as his most recent domestic abuse case.”
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“All charges against him were dismissed in 2023, almost as soon as the case was set to begin a trial.”
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“The complaining witness, the victim just doesn't show up for trial. They have no choice, they have no witness, they have no testimony, they…”
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“Fox 6 had no idea about this. And it is, it's just a little feel good story.”
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