Weekly Review - August 12, 2026

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There Will Be No Democrat Kumbaya In Wisconsin

David Blaska, Blaska Policy Werkes - August 12, 2026

WOW! Just WOW! No one saw Hong/Crowley turning out this close! Looks like the Democrat(ic) party’s establishment stepped in like adults at the high school kegger to assure that Democrats fielded a candidate capable of beating Tom Tiffany. With David Crowley’s comeback for the ages, they just might. The guy is an inspiration for drop outs everywhere!

Bad news for Tiffany. He wanted Hong; Republicans wanted Hong. Hong was a national punch line. A Halloween haunted house of spooky Tweets.

Blaska predicted Francesca Hong would get 39.5 percent of the primary election vote; the little firebrand took 39.3% — and that’s with an unknown number of Republican crossovers (like Blaska). We thought that would be enough to win. We under-estimated David Crowley, predicting him at 30.5% — not his winning 39.8 percent. A mere 3,760 votes separated them. Recount!

Just two weeks ago, the Marquette Law School poll showed Hong at 38% to 16% for — not Crowley, who limped back into the race with just 7 percent — but for Mandela Barnes! Then Barnes dropped out of the race just two days after the poll. Hmmm, said Blaska, stroking his chinnie chin chin. If Barnes is rewarded with a plum job by Governor Crowley, we’ll know what fix was in.

Senators Johnson, Paul Release Initial Texts from Dr. Fauci’s Government iPhone

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson - August 10, 2026

Dr. Fauci in Jan. 2021: second dose of covid vaccine “theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today [Aug. 10, 2026], U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released one of the text chain messages obtained from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s government-issued cellphone which was produced by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on August 5, 2026, in response to Chairman Johnson’s request.

The phone contains more than 34,000 text messages and 522 voicemails. Oddly, only three contacts are listed; all other text messages are identified only with phone numbers rather than contact names. It is too early to determine whether any data has been deleted.

To protect the privacy of individuals with whom Dr. Fauci communicated, as well as personal messages unrelated to the public health issues he was involved in, it will take time to carefully review the large volume of information the senators received. Chairman Johnson, Chairman Paul, and their staffs will work diligently and cooperatively to release relevant information to the public as soon as possible.

The text chain released today could have an immediate impact of public health and the principle of informed consent. The text chain below is between Anthony Fauci, Rochelle Walensky, and Vivek Murthy dated from January 25-26, 2021; in the chain they discuss pregnant women and the COVID-19 injection.

Far Left Democrats

Michael Ramirez, Creators Syndicate - August 12, 2026