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Here's your local news for Tuesday, April 29, 2025:We outline the findings in an internal investigation of Madison's uncounted absentee ballots last fall,Hear what labor organizers had to say during yesterday's Workers Memorial Day celebration,Get the details on a petition urging the governor to appoint pro-labor representatives to the UW System's Board of Regents,Share the rundown on this year's Cheese Makers convention,Recount the rise and fall of Michael Gableman,Get a springtime status update from the Dane County Wildlife Rehabilitation Center,And much more.

Once again, recent events offer us a study in contrasts. On one side, public officials introducing a bill to give women back the reproductive rights that have been taken from them recently On the other side, we have legislators pretending to “investigate” the UW System for embracing diversity, a Wisconsin military commander disciplined because someone turned around a photo of President Trump, and a president who's destroyed so much of his own government that the FDA can no longer do regular safety inspections of milk.  Mornings with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-9 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Guest: Melissa Baldauff

On Friday's "Dan O'Donnell Show," Dan takes aim at a new Legislative Audit Bureau audit showing that the UW System had absolutely no idea what was going on in its schools' DEI programs. Plus, the latest on the trade war and the strangest stories of the week in "How Bizarre!"

UWM's announcement comes as the UW System says nearly 30 students statewide have had their visas revoked or terminated.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, February 26, 2025:We break partially with our format to deliver a special on the scale and scope of federal government,Discuss the declining enrollment of Native American students in the UW System,Broadcast the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,Travel back in time to 1967,And much more.

Here's your local news for Thursday, December 12, 2024:We learn how much the UW System spends on consulting contracts,Hear from the finalists in Middleton's search for a new police chief,Interview a prolific comics writer with Madison roots,Explain how and when to get plans for your next home improvement project,Share some advice on how to find a bona fide "space tree,"And much more.

In this episode of Gimme Some Truth, we explore essential retirement planning strategies specifically designed for employees of the University of Wisconsin (UW) System and the State of Wisconsin. Discover how to maximize your 403(b) and 457(b) plans, understand the benefits of the state pension system, and make the most of your investment options with providers like TIAA and Fidelity. Check out our blog for additional insights: Our Guide to the UW System Supplemental Retirement Program - https://walknercondon.com/blog/our-guidance-on-the-uw-system-supplemental-retirement-program/ We break down: * Key Differences Between 403(b) and 457(b) Plans: Learn which plan fits your retirement goals, including tax benefits and early withdrawal options. * Maximizing Contributions: Find out how UW and state employees can contribute to multiple retirement accounts, potentially doubling tax-advantaged savings for households. * Investment Choices with TIAA and Fidelity: Explore the advantages of these standardized plans, including low-cost options and diversified portfolios. * Catch-Up Provisions and Early Access: Understand how catch-up contributions and penalty-free withdrawals in 457(b) plans can benefit high-income earners and those nearing retirement. Whether you're early in your career, nearing retirement, or managing dual incomes in a household, this guide will help you understand your retirement planning options. Make the most of the powerful benefits available to UW System and State of Wisconsin employees to secure a financially stable future. Watch now to start planning for a better retirement! #RetirementPlanning #WisconsinEmployees #UWSystem #StateOfWisconsin #403b #457b #TIAA #Fidelity #FinancialPlanning #TaxBenefits

There is more talk about releasing the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the University of Wisconsin System. The Legislative Study Committee on the Future of the UW System submitted a plan that would transition the UW-Madison campus into a new agency within state government, give the university borrowing power and spin the state's main campus away from the other 12. Supporters of the plan point to Madison's enrollment, which at more than 50,000 students is twice as large as the second largest school – UW-Milwaukee.Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/wisconsin/article_cba6c1ce-6a29-11ef-9175-cba0a23895db.html

Instead of applying to the school, the school accepts you. A new strategy from the UW System to get college kids to stay in the state. Will it work? Also this hour we look at the continued fallout from the cyber glitch that affected basically the entire world. And NASA at the EAA - a cool piece by Vince Vitrano

In Mt. Horeb this week guns, death, and middle school kids in lockdown. We reflect. We recap Tuesday's 40th Anniversary event in Eau Claire. Thanks to everyone who attended one of the 5 celebrations of our proud history. As always, we are inspired by our members around Wisconsin and their commitment to building a just multiracial democracy. Please consider joining Citizen Action Today! You are needed. We update state legislative candidate announcements and remind you to reach out to people you think should run. We dissect the systemic implications of Marshfield Medical Center in Rice Lake, which paused its labor and delivery services this week. In other hospital monopoly news, Bellin and Gundersen Healthcare merge into the soulless profit seeking Emplify Health, further disconnecting it from its primary mission of meeting community healthcare needs. A Dane County court overturns the PSC decision that allowed people to lease their solar energy system. Will the big fossil fuel utilities be permitted to block the renewable energy revolution? We praise the organizing by voting rights advocates who continue their push for removing fraudulent fake elector Bob Spindell from Wisconsin's elections commission. We take a deeper dive into the Gaza Protests that hit the UW system and campuses across the country. What do they reveal about the power of organizing and the reality of who runs the modern UW System and other major American universities?

Republican legislators blocked millions for the UW System until they could blackmail diversity programs. Now they're blocking millions to clean up contaminated drinking water. They're blocking millions of dollars to address a healthcare crisis in the Chippewa Valley. And now they're blocking $36 million in opioid settlement money from being used for proven treatment and counseling programs. It leads to valid curiosity of whether some of our legislators are simply rooting for Wisconsin to fail. UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow airs on several stations across the Civic Media radio network, Monday through Friday from 6-8 am. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X, and Instagram to keep up with Pat & the show! Guest: Joe Zepecki

Enrollment has declined, but students say the Waukesha campus has helped many.

We talk to workers about the union victory at a Starbucks store in Milwaukee, share news of organizing at Planned Parenthood and contract talks at UnityPoint Meriter, get the latest on the UW Oshkosh budget cuts, learn about a Las Vegas union leader and activist and more.

We take a look at how Wisconsin unions are doing now after years of Act 10, discuss demands for a ceasefire from all over the world and from our unions here at home, discuss the impacts of budget cuts in the UW system, catch up on labor struggles near and far, look at teh National Farmers Union, and more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, January 2, 2024:We get the latest information on last night's deadly police chance in Monona,Hear the next steps for Wisconsin's voting maps - after the state Supreme Court ruled that the current ones are unconstitutional,Investigate the latest UW System controversy: a chancellor removed from office after regents discovered his explicit content online,Usher in another election year with a UW-Madison journalism professor,Shine the spotlight on the white-footed mouse,And much more.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, December 20, 2023:We hear why mask requirements are making a comeback at some area hospitals,Learn how advocates are working to support students in the UW System after last week's DEI decision,Get the details on a case in the state Supreme Court that could leave Amazon with a $200,000 bill,Interview a local artist bridging the gap between "fine" and "craft" art,Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,Travel back in time to 1960,And much more.

This week C.J. and Kent discuss the UW System's agreement to Vos' terms on DEI, a program to pay for higher education for Indigenous people, the human cost of the Dobbs decision, and the resignation of a police officer accused of being an Oathkeeper. For the main topic they continue their discussion of Warren Chase's The Gist of Spiritualism, this time focusing on his fundamental spiritual/religious ideas.

Here's your local news for Thursday, December 14, 2023:We get the details on the controversial deal the UW System's Board of Regents approved yesterday,Outline some scams to look out for when you're holiday shopping,Discuss reproductive justice - and what's ahead - with a state Democrat,Learn how Just Bakery helps folks find work,Talk electrical basics,Get advice on how to stop procrastinating creative projects,And much more.

We welcome Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski to discuss her call for Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu to remove Wisconsin Election Commissioner and disgraced Trump fake elector Robert Spindell from his position of authority over our election process. She encourages our listeners to call LeMahieu and their state legislators and urge them to replace Spindell. The Secretary also tells us why she opposes Robin Vos' scheme to replace the Wisconsin Election Commission with a process where the Secretary of State runs elections under the full control of the gerrymandered legislature. We also review the latest culture war battle initiatives by the Wisconsin GOP, the drive by Speaker Vos to eliminate the UW System's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusions Programs. At first the UW Board of Regents held firm against Vos's threats, but then caved. We discuss how this effort by Republicans and the Biden impeachment in the U.S. House reveals that our democracy remains in a grave state of peril heading into the pivotal 2024 elections. We also remind listeners to attend our 3rd Congressional District Candidate Forum this Sunday, December 17th, at 6pm. RSVP here. We close with Citizen Action Northeast Co-op organizer Natalie Hoffman to tell us about a climate victory in Green Bay last week and a holiday social the Coop is hosting next Tuesday evening in Green Bay.

Here's your local news for Wednesday, December 13, 2023:We share an update on the controversial deal between UW System regents and the state GOP - just minutes after the board's revote,Get the details on two marriage equality bills the LGBTQ+ Caucus reintroduced today,Learn how a ranked voting proposal could change Wisconsin's election process,Talk with a local barista,Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,Travel back in time to 1963,And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, December 12, 2023:We share an update on a new nightclub that could be coming to downtown Madison this summer,Learn how the Midwest's aging population is feeling the effects of climate change,Interview a reporter who's been covering a controversial deal between the UW System's regents and Republican lawmakers,Look back on the fall semester at UW-Madison,Get to know Madison's Nepali community,Celebrate the gray fox,And much more.

This week C.J. and Kent discuss the Lac du Flambeau Reservations dispute with a local town, the Ice Age Trail entering the National Park System, Foxconn, and the ongoing battle between the UW System and the GOP over Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. For the main topic, they discuss the first chapter of Warren Chase's The Gist of Spiritualism, which deals with the relationship between science and spiritualism, at least in the eyes of Mr. Chase.

Assemblywoman Dora Drake joins Sherwin to discuss the recent news of the UW System and Wisconsin Legislature deal that was rejected by Board of Regents.

The struggle between a powerful Republican lawmaker and the UW System over diversity, equity and inclusion – or DEI – efforts took some dramatic turns over the weekend.

Fellow Republicans are pushing back on Assembly Speaker Robin Vos for holding hostage the pay raises for thousands of UW System employees over his personal peeve that the university is working to bolster racial justice. Also: Two potential challengers to US Sen. Tammy Baldwin will have a tough time forging bonds with voters, since most […]

In an email to chancellors of UW campuses, which was attained via records request by The Daily Cardinal, UW System President Jay Rothman writes:  “Consider shifting away from liberal arts programs […] The post Austerity for Austerity's Sake in the UW System appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

We learn about the UW system's new direct admission program. We look at a new lawsuit challenging Act 10 on a new edition of Capitol Notes. We tell you about Milwaukee's Neighborhood Traffic Management Program. We explore a Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design event. Plus, we visit Redner's Rescued Cat Figurine Mewseum.

The City Cast team is here to round up the news of the week. Bianca Martin, Hayley Sperling and Molly Stentz discuss where the UW System might be headed, after the president mentioned cutting back liberal arts programs on some campuses in an email. Plus, state lawmakers are calling for libraries to contact parents about the books kids borrow, and an elk visits McFarland in search of… love? Mentioned on the show:

This week C.J. and Kent discuss the sentencing of the woman who murdered her friend with Visine, bipartisan support of a pilot program exploring the use of psilocybin-containing mushrooms to treat PTSD in veterans, and UW System budget cuts due to the Republican's fight over DEI. Additionally, they discuss the neonazi group “Blood Tribe,” who marched on State Street recently to attempt an intimidate people

Here's your local news for Tuesday, November 21, 2023:We investigate a recent, party-line vote to exclude two Wisconsin tribes from a grant program, Hear how narrower traffic lanes could ultimately benefit cities and the environment,Learn about a recent study that found a link between carbon pollution and wildfires,Get the inside scoop on what happened during today's oral arguments in the redistricting lawsuit,Discuss the potential for adding artificial intelligence-related majors at UW System schools,Explain the most common avian injuries,Dive into Wisconsin's shifting education standards,And much more.

The Green Bay Area Public School District Board of Education is seeking community feedback via a survey regarding a potential referendum for April 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The UW System's 12 branch campuses offer two-year associate degrees, and transfer pathways to four-year schools. But their future has been in jeopardy due to steep enrollment declines.

The City Cast team is here to round up the news of the week. Dylan Brogan, Molly Stentz and Hayley Sperling talk about Madison schools gaining more kids this year, the UW system's sudden rebrand, and how Madison residents are dealing with the war in the Middle East after a week of escalating conflict.  Mentioned on the show:

Here's your local news for Wednesday, October 11, 2023:We get the rundown on a legislative task force that's looking to prevent human trafficking and better support survivors in Wisconsin,Attend the MPD press conference on last night's fatal shooting,Investigate the UW System's nearly half-million dollar rebranding,Hear from an organizer of Madison's Naked Bike Ride - part of an internationally coordinated protest - after conservative outcry reaches the national stage,Give the most comprehensive weather report on the airwaves,Travel back in time to 1969,And much more.

The gerrymandered GOP Legislature continued to force its extreme and unpopular agenda down the throats of Wisconsinites. This week the groundless impeachment drive continued with a cynical embrace of a fake nonpartisan redistricting plan, yet another refusal to address the growing child care crisis, and an escalation of attacks on the UW System's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs. To top it all off, Speaker Vos announced the worst possible Brewer stadium public funding plan, which once again sticks it to Milwaukee. We close with a discussion of the UAW strike and the false tension between good union jobs and fighting runaway climate change, Chicago's breakthrough on the minimum wage, and President Biden's executive order creating the Climate Corps that was stripped from his legislative plans by wannabe third party presidential candidate Sen. Joe Manchin.

Dr. Jonathan Shailor, Professor of Communications at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about his 28 years teaching at Parkside .... as well as the groundbreaking work he has done with his Shakespeare in Prison Project. Professor Shailor was just given the UW System's highest teaching award.

Quinton Klabon, senior research director for Institute for Reforming Government, joins to have a conversation about what could replace DEI programs in the UW System. Then Wisconsin Watch investigative reporter, Jacob Resneck, joins to talk about his newest report documenting the influence Wisconsin billionaires and and organization called the Foundation for Government Accountability have had on Wisconsin's social safety net. Guests: Jacob Resneck, Quinton Klabon

Dr. Ken Harris joins the show and a great discussion on the DEI programs in the UW System. With the budget plan going around, there

Rothman says cuts could lead to more closures of small campuses. It could also disrupt the UW's new free tuition “promise” to students from low-income families.

Bianca Martin and Dylan Brogan roundup the news this week with an update on Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' pledge to cut funding to the University of Wisconsin system over diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The governor is threatening to the entire state budget over the move. The Legislature is also primed to overhaul how taverns, distributors, and breweries are regulated. We also take a teeny peak at a new art installation at Hilldale.  More info!  “Gov. Tony Evers says he would veto state budget if Republicans advance $32 million cut to UW System” from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Major overhaul for alcohol regulation in Wisconsin gets public hearing” from Wisconsin Public Radio.  “Midwest's first mouse-sized art installation squeaks into Hilldale” from Channel 3000.  Wanna talk to us about an episode? Leave us a voicemail at 608-318-3367 or email madison@citycast.fm. We're also on Twitter and Instagram!  Want more Madison news delivered right to your inbox? Sign up for the Madison Minutes morning newsletter.  Looking to advertise on City Cast Madison? Check out our options for podcast ads at citycast.fm/advertise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is your WORT local news for Wednesday, June 14.City officials say that the first half of 2023 has been the safest since the beginning of the pandemic,A Madison videographer is looking for volunteers to help create a tourism video for the city of Madison,The state's budget writing committee calls off a vote on the UW systems budget,And in the second half, how wildfires in Canada are having a major effect on the air quality in the Midwest, and a trip back to Madison in 1968.

In the midst of declining enrollment, Wisconsin’s higher education institutions are making the case for increasing their operating budgets and student aid, saying additional funding is crucial to building Wisconsin’s workforce and essential for the health of the economy. On May 15, 2023, WisconsinEye's Newsmakers host Lisa Pugh was joined by President of the Wisconsin […]

We discuss Speaker Vos and the gerrymandered Legislature's removal of 545 items from Governor Tony Evers' budget. Citizen Action is calling for Evers to use his powerful veto for leverage against Vos and the Republican leadership to force them to negotiate. We expose the outrageous Republican shared revenue ransom note from GOP leadership that attacks local democracy and forces a tough on crime budgeting stance in exchange for allowing Milwaukee to tax itself. During the recording of the show it was announced that Gov. Evers will veto the authoritarian plan. We welcome Leaders Igniting Transformation (LIT) co-executive director Cendi Tena to discuss how the Republican's shared revenue plan forces Milwaukee Public Schools to put police officers in MPS schools, in direct opposition to a local Board decision a few years ago to remove police officers from schools after a long and well organized community effort. We close with a series of racist incidents across the state that demand discussion: including; Dane County Board Supervisors threatened with racist verbal attacks; a racist video from a UW-Madison student the same week Vos calls for defunding Diversity offices in the UW System; and a Wausau band teacher uses racial slurs against a Hmong student. So much for the post-racial society claimed by Republicans.

Project: I'm Speaking, featuring HELEN KLEBESADELWhat drew me to Helen Klebesadel wasn't just her incredible career and activism, but her ART.  Helen has been using SPIRALS as a symbol in her work throughout her career and having our lives spiral together when they did left me a bit gobsmacked.Helen is an artist, educator and activist who maintains her studio in Madison, Wisconsin.  As an academic, Helen spent a decade teaching art at Lawrence University, and almost two decades teaching and administering arts and women's and gender studies programs for UW System and UW-Madison.  Over the course of her 35-year art career she has participated in more than 30 solo exhibitions and 100 group exhibitions internationally and throughout the United States.  She is a past national president of the Women's Caucus for Art and a recognized art teacher, coach and mentor to emerging artists.  And she's a hoot to boot!Support Full Spirals:http://patreon.com/StacyParishHelen Klebesadel's Art:https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/helen-r-klebesadel/collectionsTeaching and Coaching with Helen: https://www.creativitylessons.com/Finding Flow with Helen:https://youtu.be/EOLJZCMtF6sSupport the show

We look at the funding issues facing the Milwaukee County Transit System. We hear from the brother and father of Julian Assange. We look at what a tuition hike in the UW System will mean for students. Plus, a local man who was incarcerated as a teenager shares what challenges he's faced since his release.

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AGAIN, CALL JAMES HUNTER OF ALPS PRECIOUS METALS AT 251-377-2197, AND VISIT WWW.ALPSPMG.COM TO LEARN HOW TO OWN THE BEDROCK ASSET OF THE AGES.   https://www.foxnews.com/us/dna-half-eaten-burrito-ties-wisconsin-doctoral-student-pro-life-center-firebombing-attack DNA from half-eaten burrito ties ex-Wisconsin doctoral student to pro-life center firebombing attack DNA found in a half-eaten burrito helped exposed a former Wisconsin university research assistant now accused of firebombing a pro-life center last Mother's Day. The attack on the headquarters of Wisconsin Family Action in Madison, Wisconsin, came about a week after the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that would later overturn Roe v. Wade. About 10 months after a Molotov cocktail was tossed inside the office and the message, "If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either," was scrawled on the building's side, Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, of Madison, was arrested in Boston on Tuesday and charged with one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive. The Justice Department said he traveled from Madison to Portland, Maine, and he purchased a one-way ticket from Boston to Guatemala City, Guatemala, departing Tuesday morning. Law enforcement arrested Roychowdhury at Boston Logan International Airport. "According to the complaint, Mr. Roychowdhury used an incendiary device in violation of federal law in connection with his efforts to terrorize and intimidate a private organization," Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division said in a statement. "I commend the commitment and professionalism of law enforcement personnel who worked exhaustively to ensure that justice is served." "Violence is never an acceptable way for anyone to express their views or their disagreement," Assistant Director Robert R. Wells of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division said. "Today’s arrest demonstrates the FBI’s commitment to vigorously pursue those responsible for this dangerous attack and others across the country, and to hold them accountable for their criminal actions." According to the complaint, on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8, 2022, at approximately 6:06 a.m., law enforcement responded to an active fire at an office building located in Madison. Once inside the building, police observed a mason jar under a broken window. The jar was broken, and the lid and screw top were burned black, the Justice Department said. The police also saw a purple disposable lighter near the mason jar. On the opposite wall from the window, the police saw another mason jar with the lid on and a blue cloth tucked into the top, and the cloth was singed. The jar was about half full of a clear fluid that smelled like an accelerant, the complaint says. Outside the building, someone spray-painted on one wall, "If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either" and, on another wall, a large "A" with a circle around it and the number "1312," according to the Justice Department. During the investigation, law enforcement collected DNA from the scene of the attack. In March 2023, law enforcement identified Roychowdhury as a possible suspect. The affidavit said officers conducting surveillance on a protest at the Wisconsin State Capitol over the construction of an Atlanta public safety center dubbed "Cop City," observed an individual later identified as Roychowdhury. Local police officers later observed Roychowdhury dispose of food in a public trash can, and the officers recovered the leftover food and related items, and law enforcement collected DNA from the food. The affidavit says officers recovered a paper bag filled with "a quarter portion of a partially eaten burrito wrapped in waxed paper, a soiled napkin, a crumpled napkin, a stack of napkins, the wrapper of the burrito, a crumpled food wrapper, [and] four unopened hot sauce packets." "On March 17, 2023, law enforcement advised that a forensic biologist examined the DNA evidence recovered from the attack scene and compared it to the DNA collected from the food contents. The forensic biologist found the two samples matched and likely were the same individual," the Justice Department said. State Rep. Barbara Dittrich, a Republican, shared screenshots to Twitter Tuesday showing that the University of Wisconsin-Madison's website listed Roychowdhury as a trainee/research assistant for the Biophysics Interdisciplinary PhD in Structural and Computational Biology and Quantitative Biosciences. A LinkedIn profile for Roychowdhury also listed a UWMadison Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Biochemistry under education. "This man should be charged with domestic terrorism, and the good taxpayers of this state should not be paying his salary," Dittrich tweeted. In an update, the lawmaker said UWMadison campus "notified us after this post that Mr. Roychowdhurdy ended his affiliation with the UW System the year that this incident occurred. If convicted, Roychowdhury faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison, prosecutors said. Transition: In world news… https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/03/28/former-general-calls-for-eu-military-in-north-africa-to-defeat-russian-mercenaries/ Former General Calls for EU Military in North Africa to Defeat Russian Mercenaries A former Italian General has called on the European Union to act militarily in Northern Africa, blaming the Russian mercenary PMC Wagner Group for the current wave of illegal immigrants. General Carlo Jean, former commander of the Italian unit of the NATO Mobile Force and Alpine Brigade “Cadore”, is the latest Italian official to blame Private Military Company Wagner — Russian mercenaries, in other words — for the surge of illegals that have arrived in Italy so far this year. According to General Jean, local governments in African countries have become too weak in the face of ethnic and tribal groups making cash from illegal migration, preventing European nations from making effective deals with governments to halt illegal migration. General Jean added that the solution to the problem is military force saying, “something that is against the values of which we are very proud. That is, force would be needed, a massive intervention, to field a colonial-type army in Africa to stabilize regimes and regions.” “The big problem is that Europe is not a state, it has neither military nor political capacity to do something that can only be achieved with rather harsh methods, with occupation and strengthening of the governments of North Africa and the Sahel. We should operate like Wagner,” he said and added that if Europe does not act military then it should resign itself to becoming a “mestizo continent.” The statements from General Jean come just weeks after Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani blamed PMC Wagner for the rise in illegal migration, which has close to tripled since last year. “We have indications that they are very active and in contact with gangs of traffickers and militiamen interested in the smuggling of migrants,” Tajani said of the Russian private military group. Tajani was joined in his view by Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, who PMC Wagner allegedly has a $15 million bounty on, according to Italian media reports. https://nypost.com/2023/03/29/pope-francis-hospitalized-for-lung-infection-vatican/ Pope Francis hospitalized for lung infection: Vatican Pope Francis was hospitalized with a lung infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said. The 86-year-old pope doesn’t have COVID-19, spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement late Wednesday. The hospitalization was the first since Francis spent 10 days at the Gemelli hospital in July 2021 to have 33 centimeters (13 inches) of his colon removed. It immediately raised questions about Francis’ overall health, and his ability to celebrate the busy Holy Week events that are due to begin this weekend with Palm Sunday. Bruni said Francis had been suffering breathing troubles in recent days and went to the Gemelli for tests. “The tests showed a respiratory infection (COVID-19 infection excluded) that will require some days of medical therapy,” Bruni’s statement said. Francis appeared in relatively good form during his regularly scheduled general audience earlier Wednesday, though he grimaced strongly while getting in and out of the “popemobile.” Francis had part of one lung removed when he was a young man due to a respiratory infection, and he often speaks in a whisper. But he got through the worst phases of the COVID-19 pandemic without at least any public word of ever testing positive. Francis had been due to celebrate Palm Sunday this weekend, kicking off the Vatican’s Holy Week observances: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and finally Easter Sunday on April 9. He has canceled all audiences through Friday, but it wasn’t clear whether he could keep the Holy Week plans. Francis has used a wheelchair for over a year due to strained ligaments in his right knee and a small knee fracture. He has said the injury was healing and has been walking more with a cane of late. Francis also has said he resisted having surgery for the knee problems because he didn’t respond well to general anesthesia during the 2021 intestinal surgery. He said soon after the surgery that he had recovered fully and could eat normally. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-apple-co-founder-tech-experts-call-pause-giant-ai-experiments Elon Musk, Apple co-founder, other tech experts call for pause on 'giant AI experiments': 'Dangerous race' Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and a host of other tech leaders and artificial intelligence experts are urging AI labs to pause development of powerful new AI systems in an open letter citing potential risks to society. The letter asks AI developers to "immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4." It was issued by the Future of Life Institute and signed by more than 1,000 people, including Musk, who argued that safety protocols need to be developed by independent overseers to guide the future of AI systems. GPT-4 is the latest deep learning model from OpenAI, which "exhibits human-level performance on various professional and academic benchmarks," according to the lab. "Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable," the letter said. The letter warns that at this stage, no one "can understand, predict, or reliably control" the powerful new tools developed in AI labs. The undersigned tech experts cite the risks of propaganda and lies spread through AI-generated articles that look real, and even the possibility that Ai programs can outperform workers and make jobs obsolete. "AI labs and independent experts should use this pause to jointly develop and implement a set of shared safety protocols for advanced AI design and development that are rigorously audited and overseen by independent outside experts," the letter states. "In parallel, AI developers must work with policymakers to dramatically accelerate development of robust AI governance systems." The signatories, which include Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque, researchers at Alphabet-owned DeepMind, as well as AI heavyweights Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell, emphasize that AI development in general should be not paused, writing that their letter is calling for "merely a stepping back from the dangerous race to ever-larger unpredictable black-box models with emergent capabilities." According to the European Union's transparency register, the Future of Life Institute is primarily funded by the Musk Foundation, as well as London-based effective altruism group Founders Pledge, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Musk, whose electric car company Tesla uses AI for its autopilot system, has previously raised concerns about the rapid development of AI. Since its release last year, Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT has prompted rivals to accelerate developing similar large language models, and companies to integrate generative AI models into their products.

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AGAIN, CALL JAMES HUNTER OF ALPS PRECIOUS METALS AT 251-377-2197, AND VISIT WWW.ALPSPMG.COM TO LEARN HOW TO OWN THE BEDROCK ASSET OF THE AGES.   https://www.foxnews.com/us/dna-half-eaten-burrito-ties-wisconsin-doctoral-student-pro-life-center-firebombing-attack DNA from half-eaten burrito ties ex-Wisconsin doctoral student to pro-life center firebombing attack DNA found in a half-eaten burrito helped exposed a former Wisconsin university research assistant now accused of firebombing a pro-life center last Mother's Day. The attack on the headquarters of Wisconsin Family Action in Madison, Wisconsin, came about a week after the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that would later overturn Roe v. Wade. About 10 months after a Molotov cocktail was tossed inside the office and the message, "If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either," was scrawled on the building's side, Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, of Madison, was arrested in Boston on Tuesday and charged with one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive. The Justice Department said he traveled from Madison to Portland, Maine, and he purchased a one-way ticket from Boston to Guatemala City, Guatemala, departing Tuesday morning. Law enforcement arrested Roychowdhury at Boston Logan International Airport. "According to the complaint, Mr. Roychowdhury used an incendiary device in violation of federal law in connection with his efforts to terrorize and intimidate a private organization," Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division said in a statement. "I commend the commitment and professionalism of law enforcement personnel who worked exhaustively to ensure that justice is served." "Violence is never an acceptable way for anyone to express their views or their disagreement," Assistant Director Robert R. Wells of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division said. "Today’s arrest demonstrates the FBI’s commitment to vigorously pursue those responsible for this dangerous attack and others across the country, and to hold them accountable for their criminal actions." According to the complaint, on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8, 2022, at approximately 6:06 a.m., law enforcement responded to an active fire at an office building located in Madison. Once inside the building, police observed a mason jar under a broken window. The jar was broken, and the lid and screw top were burned black, the Justice Department said. The police also saw a purple disposable lighter near the mason jar. On the opposite wall from the window, the police saw another mason jar with the lid on and a blue cloth tucked into the top, and the cloth was singed. The jar was about half full of a clear fluid that smelled like an accelerant, the complaint says. Outside the building, someone spray-painted on one wall, "If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either" and, on another wall, a large "A" with a circle around it and the number "1312," according to the Justice Department. During the investigation, law enforcement collected DNA from the scene of the attack. In March 2023, law enforcement identified Roychowdhury as a possible suspect. The affidavit said officers conducting surveillance on a protest at the Wisconsin State Capitol over the construction of an Atlanta public safety center dubbed "Cop City," observed an individual later identified as Roychowdhury. Local police officers later observed Roychowdhury dispose of food in a public trash can, and the officers recovered the leftover food and related items, and law enforcement collected DNA from the food. The affidavit says officers recovered a paper bag filled with "a quarter portion of a partially eaten burrito wrapped in waxed paper, a soiled napkin, a crumpled napkin, a stack of napkins, the wrapper of the burrito, a crumpled food wrapper, [and] four unopened hot sauce packets." "On March 17, 2023, law enforcement advised that a forensic biologist examined the DNA evidence recovered from the attack scene and compared it to the DNA collected from the food contents. The forensic biologist found the two samples matched and likely were the same individual," the Justice Department said. State Rep. Barbara Dittrich, a Republican, shared screenshots to Twitter Tuesday showing that the University of Wisconsin-Madison's website listed Roychowdhury as a trainee/research assistant for the Biophysics Interdisciplinary PhD in Structural and Computational Biology and Quantitative Biosciences. A LinkedIn profile for Roychowdhury also listed a UWMadison Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Biochemistry under education. "This man should be charged with domestic terrorism, and the good taxpayers of this state should not be paying his salary," Dittrich tweeted. In an update, the lawmaker said UWMadison campus "notified us after this post that Mr. Roychowdhurdy ended his affiliation with the UW System the year that this incident occurred. If convicted, Roychowdhury faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison, prosecutors said. Transition: In world news… https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/03/28/former-general-calls-for-eu-military-in-north-africa-to-defeat-russian-mercenaries/ Former General Calls for EU Military in North Africa to Defeat Russian Mercenaries A former Italian General has called on the European Union to act militarily in Northern Africa, blaming the Russian mercenary PMC Wagner Group for the current wave of illegal immigrants. General Carlo Jean, former commander of the Italian unit of the NATO Mobile Force and Alpine Brigade “Cadore”, is the latest Italian official to blame Private Military Company Wagner — Russian mercenaries, in other words — for the surge of illegals that have arrived in Italy so far this year. According to General Jean, local governments in African countries have become too weak in the face of ethnic and tribal groups making cash from illegal migration, preventing European nations from making effective deals with governments to halt illegal migration. General Jean added that the solution to the problem is military force saying, “something that is against the values of which we are very proud. That is, force would be needed, a massive intervention, to field a colonial-type army in Africa to stabilize regimes and regions.” “The big problem is that Europe is not a state, it has neither military nor political capacity to do something that can only be achieved with rather harsh methods, with occupation and strengthening of the governments of North Africa and the Sahel. We should operate like Wagner,” he said and added that if Europe does not act military then it should resign itself to becoming a “mestizo continent.” The statements from General Jean come just weeks after Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani blamed PMC Wagner for the rise in illegal migration, which has close to tripled since last year. “We have indications that they are very active and in contact with gangs of traffickers and militiamen interested in the smuggling of migrants,” Tajani said of the Russian private military group. Tajani was joined in his view by Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, who PMC Wagner allegedly has a $15 million bounty on, according to Italian media reports. https://nypost.com/2023/03/29/pope-francis-hospitalized-for-lung-infection-vatican/ Pope Francis hospitalized for lung infection: Vatican Pope Francis was hospitalized with a lung infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said. The 86-year-old pope doesn’t have COVID-19, spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement late Wednesday. The hospitalization was the first since Francis spent 10 days at the Gemelli hospital in July 2021 to have 33 centimeters (13 inches) of his colon removed. It immediately raised questions about Francis’ overall health, and his ability to celebrate the busy Holy Week events that are due to begin this weekend with Palm Sunday. Bruni said Francis had been suffering breathing troubles in recent days and went to the Gemelli for tests. “The tests showed a respiratory infection (COVID-19 infection excluded) that will require some days of medical therapy,” Bruni’s statement said. Francis appeared in relatively good form during his regularly scheduled general audience earlier Wednesday, though he grimaced strongly while getting in and out of the “popemobile.” Francis had part of one lung removed when he was a young man due to a respiratory infection, and he often speaks in a whisper. But he got through the worst phases of the COVID-19 pandemic without at least any public word of ever testing positive. Francis had been due to celebrate Palm Sunday this weekend, kicking off the Vatican’s Holy Week observances: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and finally Easter Sunday on April 9. He has canceled all audiences through Friday, but it wasn’t clear whether he could keep the Holy Week plans. Francis has used a wheelchair for over a year due to strained ligaments in his right knee and a small knee fracture. He has said the injury was healing and has been walking more with a cane of late. Francis also has said he resisted having surgery for the knee problems because he didn’t respond well to general anesthesia during the 2021 intestinal surgery. He said soon after the surgery that he had recovered fully and could eat normally. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-apple-co-founder-tech-experts-call-pause-giant-ai-experiments Elon Musk, Apple co-founder, other tech experts call for pause on 'giant AI experiments': 'Dangerous race' Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and a host of other tech leaders and artificial intelligence experts are urging AI labs to pause development of powerful new AI systems in an open letter citing potential risks to society. The letter asks AI developers to "immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4." It was issued by the Future of Life Institute and signed by more than 1,000 people, including Musk, who argued that safety protocols need to be developed by independent overseers to guide the future of AI systems. GPT-4 is the latest deep learning model from OpenAI, which "exhibits human-level performance on various professional and academic benchmarks," according to the lab. "Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable," the letter said. The letter warns that at this stage, no one "can understand, predict, or reliably control" the powerful new tools developed in AI labs. The undersigned tech experts cite the risks of propaganda and lies spread through AI-generated articles that look real, and even the possibility that Ai programs can outperform workers and make jobs obsolete. "AI labs and independent experts should use this pause to jointly develop and implement a set of shared safety protocols for advanced AI design and development that are rigorously audited and overseen by independent outside experts," the letter states. "In parallel, AI developers must work with policymakers to dramatically accelerate development of robust AI governance systems." The signatories, which include Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque, researchers at Alphabet-owned DeepMind, as well as AI heavyweights Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Russell, emphasize that AI development in general should be not paused, writing that their letter is calling for "merely a stepping back from the dangerous race to ever-larger unpredictable black-box models with emergent capabilities." According to the European Union's transparency register, the Future of Life Institute is primarily funded by the Musk Foundation, as well as London-based effective altruism group Founders Pledge, and Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Musk, whose electric car company Tesla uses AI for its autopilot system, has previously raised concerns about the rapid development of AI. Since its release last year, Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT has prompted rivals to accelerate developing similar large language models, and companies to integrate generative AI models into their products.

In this week's Capitol Chats episode, Rep. Dave Murphy in a Zoom interview says he's happy the UW System issued its free speech survey to students. He also says he wants to look closer at the results and hold some hearings in the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee he chairs.    

Wisconsin Badgers football recruiting talk with John Garcia Jr. We discuss if Paul Chryst and the UW system impacts Wisconsin's recruiting classes in a negative way. We talk about the good and bad, how the system can help with running backs and offensive linemen, but how the coaching staff needs to work against negative recruiting from other schools for quarterbacks.We talk about blue-chip Texas 2024 linebacker Payton Pierce; what type of chance does Wisconsin have in that national recruitment and is it a situation like Tackett Curtiss where they will ultimately end up just short?Finally we talk about Evan Herrmann, a 2023 in-state late bloomer with unique athletic ability and why his recruitment is starting to blow up. What type of upside does he have after a couple of years of development?Today's show is brought to you by:BetOnline1) BetOnline.net is your #1 source for Football betting info this season.2) Find all of the latest player developments, team matchups, news, podcasts and in-depth articles and analysis on every game you can find.3) And as always, BetOnline remains your continued source for all your sport wagering information, with Live Betting and up-to-the-minute scores for every sport out there!4) The fastest and easiest way to check in on all your favorite games & events, including MLB, MMA, Boxing and Golf!5) Head to BetOnline.net or use your mobile device to learn more.6) BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wisconsin Badgers football recruiting talk with John Garcia Jr. We discuss if Paul Chryst and the UW system impacts Wisconsin's recruiting classes in a negative way. We talk about the good and bad, how the system can help with running backs and offensive linemen, but how the coaching staff needs to work against negative recruiting from other schools for quarterbacks. We talk about blue-chip Texas 2024 linebacker Payton Pierce; what type of chance does Wisconsin have in that national recruitment and is it a situation like Tackett Curtiss where they will ultimately end up just short? Finally we talk about Evan Herrmann, a 2023 in-state late bloomer with unique athletic ability and why his recruitment is starting to blow up. What type of upside does he have after a couple of years of development? Today's show is brought to you by: BetOnline 1) BetOnline.net is your #1 source for Football betting info this season. 2) Find all of the latest player developments, team matchups, news, podcasts and in-depth articles and analysis on every game you can find. 3) And as always, BetOnline remains your continued source for all your sport wagering information, with Live Betting and up-to-the-minute scores for every sport out there! 4) The fastest and easiest way to check in on all your favorite games & events, including MLB, MMA, Boxing and Golf! 5) Head to BetOnline.net or use your mobile device to learn more. 6) BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices