Weekly Review - December 30, 2025

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Madison School Board Veep and Brandi Grayson Arrested

David Blaska, Blaska Policy Werkes - December 22, 2025

Two DEI police critics were arrested on multiple charges in downtown Madison Friday night 12-19-25.

One of them is Maia Pearson, vice president of the Madison Metropolitan Board of Education and president of the City of Madison Police Civilian Review Board. She was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest

The other is Brandi Grayson-Tuck, CEO of county human services contractor Urban Triage. She was arrested for three counts of disorderly conduct and one of drunk driving. All are misdemeanors.

Sen. Johnson Demands HHS Produce Records Linking Children’s Deaths to COVID-19 Vaccines

Senator Ron Johnson - December 17, 2025

On Monday [Dec. 15, 2025], U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, wrote to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. requesting records indicating that at least 10 children died “after and because of receiving COVID-19 vaccination.”

The requested records are connected to a Nov. 28, 2025 memo reportedly written by Dr. Vinay Prasad, the Chief Medical Officer and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Director at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the memo, Dr. Prasad stated, “[f]or the first time, the US FDA will acknowledge that COVID-19 vaccines have killed American children.”

“The memo outlined the Biden Administration’s failure to fully investigate the safety of the vaccines, including the risks of myocarditis,” Chairman Johnson wrote.

Meanwhile in Minnesota…

Tom Stiglich, Creators Syndicate - December 25, 2025