Weekly Review - June 16, 2026

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Democrats Sort Through Their Seven Dwarfs

David Blaska, Blaska Policy Werkes - June 15, 2026

No trillionaires need apply!

Political junkies are trying to extract meaning from the results of the WisPolitics straw poll taken this past weekend at the Democrat(ic) state convention here in Madison WI.

Among the seven dwarfs vying to oppose Tom Tiffany for governor, Sara Rodriquez — rumored to be the state’s current lieutenant governor — finished a convincing (and surprising) first. Surprising because the young lady barely moved the needle in the Marquette Law School poll back in March. Maybe she just had the best hospitality room.

Convincing, because delegates at any political party convention are the activists — i.e., people who don’t have a life. Democrat(ic) delegates are more socialist than voters in general just as Republican delegates are more MAGA. All are worker bees — the door knockers and influencers.

The other big takeaway is delegates’ repudiation of Mandela Barnes, who was once lieutenant governor himself and their nominee for U.S. Senate. He got only 7 percent of delegate votes. It is widely bruited about that the party blames Barnes for blowing a winnable race against Ron Johnson four years ago — the same year Tony Evers won re-election. These straw poll results seem to confirm that.

Biggest Government Scandal of My Lifetime

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson - June 12, 2026

Government Cover-Up Exposed

The legacy media is ignoring the biggest government scandal of my lifetime.

The FDA knew that its system failed to flag safety signals from the COVID injection. Rather than disclose that information, agency officials chose to hide it and lie to the public.

This is a massive scandal, and it’s time the media starts covering it.

As chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, I held a hearing on June 3 titled “Plausible Mechanisms of COVID-19 Injections Causing Cancer and Attacks on Scientific Publications and Research.”

The hearing exposed the corruption facing the field of scientific research and why the public remains unaware of the medical dangers, like cancer, connected to the COVID injection.

Democrat Party - Old / New

A.F. Branco, Creators Syndicate - June 15, 2026