Articles In This Issue

• Surrender Dorothy! The UniParty Won - David Blaska

• Wisconsin Governor Sides with Porn Industry Over Kids, Vetoing Age Verification Bill Backed By Both Parties - TrueNorthNews

• We must believe all women… - Tom Stiglich

Surrender Dorothy! The UniParty Won

David Blaska, Blaska Policy Werkes - April 8, 2026

We’re holed up in a crevasse awaiting rescue after Tuesday’s non-partisan (Yeah! RIGHT!) election results. The few of us who vote conservative are lying low, tapping out Morse code with a spoon, looking to the skies for salvation, whether in the form of US Air Force HH-60W combat rescue helicopters or divine intercession. We’re in no position to choose.

Custer at Little Bighorn; the Arizona basketball team at the hands of the Michigan Wolverines; Biden at that presidential debate — April 7, 2026 was a debacle for our side. All we ask at this point, Madison progressives, is the occasional visit from Red Cross.

Wisconsin Governor Sides with Porn Industry Over Kids, Vetoing Age Verification Bill Backed By Both Parties

TrueNorthNews - April 9, 2026

On Good Friday, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers quietly vetoed a bill that would have required pornography websites to verify the ages of their users — siding with the adult film industry and the ACLU over a bipartisan legislative majority and the parents of Wisconsin children.

The legislation, mirroring laws already on the books in 25 states, would have banned pornography distributors from operating in Wisconsin unless they deployed what the bill described as “a reasonable age verification method” to confirm users are not minors. Operators would have been explicitly prohibited from retaining user data after verification — a provision sponsors said went further than similar laws in other states in protecting user privacy.

The bill cleared the Wisconsin State Assembly 69-22 in March 2025, with nearly two dozen Democrats crossing the aisle to support it. It passed the State Senate on a voice vote with only a single Democrat on record in opposition — a level of bipartisan support rare in today’s political climate.

We must believe all women…

Tom Stiglich, Creators Syndicate - April 13, 2026