Baggage carrier Tom Tiffany is trying to put some distance between himself and Trump. He is failing miserably.

 

Top headline:  Wisconsin Public Radio, 9/8/2026

Baggage headlines:  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,Wisconsin Examiner, 

Wisconsin Public Radio, Up North News, WKFX, The Hill, Wisdems

Anya van Wagtendonk reports:

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican candidate for governor, will not be in attendance. His campaign says Tiffany has conflicting campaign events in Wisconsin. A close ally to Trump, Tiffany has attempted to put some air between himself and the president in recent weeks, breaking with him over plans to import foreign beef in the face of steep tariffs, and to rename Lake Ontario. 

Tiffany has also repeatedly declined to say whether he wants Trump to visit Wisconsin and campaign with him directly, although at a dinner at the White House Wednesday, Trump shouted out Tiffany by name and promised to support him, Van Orden, and U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil “100 percent all the way to November.” [emphasis added]

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Hot enough for ya? It was a record hot August

 

Map, headline, and graph:  Gizmodo, 982026

Ellyn LaPointe reports:

The summer of 2026 has made history yet again with the warmest, most humid August on record. Fueled by human-driven warming and an unprecedented El Niño, last month’s global average temperatures and moisture levels offer a glimpse of Earth’s future climate. 

That’s according to analyses by climatologist Zeke Hausfather and meteorologist Ben Noll, shared on their respective X accounts. Hausfather found that August 2026 was the warmest August on record in the ERA5 dataset, a global climate and weather dataset going back to 1940. Last month’s average global temperature was 2.97 degrees Fahrenheit (1.65 degrees Celsius) above pre-industrial levels, beating the record set in August 2024 by about 0.25 degrees F (0.14 degrees C).

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Back to journalism school: Apparently, New York Times reporter John Yoon doesn't known that Bombardier's U.S. headquarters is located in Wichita, Kansas

 

How the hell do you miss this key element of the story??!!

Top headline:  The Wichita Eagle, 9/8/2026 

Photo credit:  KSAT

Bottom headline:  New York Times, 9/82026/

Matthew Kelly reports for the Eagle:

President Donald Trump sent a Labor Day threat to Canada’s largest aircraft manufacturer, which employs more than 1,200 workers at its U.S. headquarters in Wichita. [emphasis added]

“NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES! Their products aren’t good enough!” Trump posted to social media Monday afternoon. 

Bombardier’s workforce in south-central Kansas is focused primarily on defense work, including preparing Canadian-manufactured planes for special mission purposes. Bombardier holds a multi-year contract with the U.S. Air Force valued at close to $465 million. 

Trump’s post went on to say that the company lives “off American Buyers, American Companies, American Airports and American Service” but that if Bombardier wants “our Market, they must build here and stop treating America like a ‘piggybank.’” 

John Yoon reports:

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He also neglects to mention statements made to Trump by Kansas's two U.S. Senators:  Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran.

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