meglosaur

What a load of nonsense. The Wisconsin Idea is a progressive concept that the experts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison should apply their expertise to benefit the people of Wisconsin (good idea) but also to help dictate and manage society (bad idea). It stems from progressivism’s greatest weakness, its religious faith in expertise rather than principles. From this zealous adherence to expertise, early progressives allowed the founder of the Wisconsin Idea, Charles Van Hise, to lead them down the tragic and evil road of eugenics. In 1910, the progressive icon Van Hise wrote, “Human defectives should no longer be allowed to propagate the race.” The Wisconsin Idea’s influence contributed to Wisconsin’s 1913 Eugenics laws, signed by Progressive Governor Francis McGovern. These laws: • Authorized involuntary sterilization of inmates in mental institutions and penal facilities deemed “defective.” • Required medical certificates for marriage licenses, barring or restricting unions involving those labeled “epileptic, insane, or idiotic,” or carrying venereal disease (often framed in eugenic terms as degeneracy linked to poverty, immigrants, or marginalized groups). Sterilizations began around 1915. Philosophies based on the founding principles of America - Free Speech, equality, dignity, property rights, individual liberty, etc… don’t allow for crackpot evils like Eugenics. Progressivism’s faith in expertise over principle does. This has always been the flaw of progressivism. This is why it remains dangerous today. And the Wisconsin Idea has never been about empowering the people. It’s always been about empowering the experts.

These colors don’t run.

This is Trump donor and Mar-a-Lago neighbor John Cafaro who got the no-bid contract to install a water purification system for the reflecting pool. He has 2 prior convictions, one for bribing a member of Congress and another for an illegal loan that violated campaign finance laws.