Retiring Guy's Digest: 2018-05-06

Saturday, May 12, 2018

Meet Wisconsin's own flibbertigibbet, Attorney General Brad Schimel

Sources:

Other Brad the Bad posts:
2018
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, a man withoiut a shred of integrity, sez 'hooray' for voter ID and intimidation. (4/13/20187)
UPDATE. Mexico border wall support and opposition by generation. (Marquette Law School poll). (3/20/2018)
ID and intimidation. Brad Schimel gets top billing in the Attorneys General Hall of Shame. (2/28/2018)
Fight fire with fire: Be careful what you wish for, Brad Schimel. (2/21/2018)

2017
Still marching in the parade of GOP incompetents, Attorney General Brad Schimel. (12/8/2017)
Wisconsin AG Brad Schimel places himself above the law. (2/16/2017)
When WI Attorney General Brad Schimel sez "kick ass every day", what does he mean exactly? (1/7/2017)

2016
UPDATE. So sez Scott Walker/Brad Schimel mouthpiece. (11/3/2016)
UPDATE. Once again, it's 'mission accomplished' for proponents of voter ID. (10/13/2016)
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel serves up a partisan mush of GOP talking points. (9/21/2016)
Despite recent appeals panel ruling, Brad Schimel continues to waste taxpayer money. (8/24/2016)
Get me rewrite: Schimel 'misspeaks' again. (8/16/2016)
Get me rewrite: Wisconsin is open for polluters. (7/12/2016)
The best and the brightest: DOJ mouthpiece sez, "Fuck it, we're not doin' our jobs!". (6/21/2016)
How corrupt is the Walker administration? Read up on 2011 Wisconsin Act 21 for the answer. (5/11/2016)

2013
Who's Running for Wisconsin Attorney General in 2014: Waukesha County DA Brad Schimel. (10/10/2013)

Greetings from Trump's America: Itasca County, Minnesota, which last voted for the Republican candidate for President in 1928

Loyalty, unease in Trump's Midwest. (Washington Post, 5/11/2018)

Two dozen of these Midwest counties had backed Democrats for seven straight presidential elections. In half a dozen others, it was 10 in a row. In Mower County, where Schminke lives, it was 13 straight, and in Dubuque County, Iowa, it was 14. Itasca County, in north central Minnesota, last voted for a Republican presidential nominee in 1928. In 2016, they all shifted to Trump, with margins swinging 15, 20, 30 or even 40 points between 2012 and 2016.

Source: Wikipedia

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Source: Wikipedia

Other Trump's America posts:
Alabama
Autauga County. (6/29/2017)
Bibb County. (11/10/2017)
Covington County. (11/11/2017)
Dale County. (12/12/2017)
Geneva County. (11/11/2017)
Marion County. (11/11/2017)

Arizona
8th congressional district. (4/25/2018)

Arkansas
Faulkner County. (3/20/2018)
Mississippi County. (3/19/2018)
Woodruff County. (3/26/2018)

California
Mesa County. (7/20/2017)
Shasta County. (7/4/2017

Colorado
Morgan County. (4/25/2017)

Florida
Citrus County. (3/5/2017)
DeSoto County,. (9/9/2017)

Idaho
Kootenai County. (9/25/2017)

Illinois
Effingham County. (2/15/2018)
Franklin County. (2/27/2017)
McHenry County. (2/5/2017)
Perry County.  (5/8/2017)
16th Congressional District. (3/26/2017)

Indiana
Granger.  (3/26/2017)
Hendricks County. (10/1/2017)
Huntington County. (4/27/2017)
Jefferson County. (3/10/2018)
Posey County. (10/21/2017)
Scott County,. (10/21/2017)

Iowa
Boone County.  (1/15/2017)
Cass County. (4/3/2018)
Clinton County. (10/15/2017)
Franklin County, (8/14/2017)
Hamilton County. (4/2/2018)
Hardin County. (4/2/2018)
Lyon County. (4/2/2018)
Marion County. (5/23/2017)
Monticello. (1/13/2017)
Poweshiek and Webster counties. (2/7/2017)
Sioux County. (2/22/2018)
Union County.  (9/10/2017)
Washington County. (4/2/2018)
Winnebago County. (12/17/2017)
Wright County. (8/8/2017)

Kansas
Clark County. (3/21/2017)
Mitchell County.  (1/29/2017)
Sumner County. (10/1/2017)

Kentucky
Hancock County,. (10/21/2017)
Jackson County. (12/9/2017)
Knox and Whitley counties. (2/17/2017)
Lee County. (12/9/2017)
Letcher County.  (6/29/2017)
Martin County. (3/22/2018)
Perry County. (10/10/2017)

Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish,. (5/22/2017)
St. Martin Parish. (4/26/2017)

Maine
Piscataquis County. (7/3/2017)

Michigan
Macomb County. (11/29/2017)
St. Joseph County. (6/5/2017)

Minnesota
Lac qui Parle County.  (7/2/2017)
Mower County. (5/12/2018)
Nobles County. (1/26/2018)

Mississippi
Pontotoc County.  (7/19/2017)

New Jersey
7th Congressional District. (4/14/2017)

New York
UPDATE: Essex County. (11/29/2017)
Putnam County. (2/27/2018)
19th Congressional District. (3/26/2017)

North Carolina
Robeson County. (12/1/2017)
Union County. (3/9/2017)

North Dakota
Sargent County. (10/22/2017)

Ohio
Adams County. (12/9/2017)
Columbiana County, (12/11/2017)
Defiance County. (3/21/2017)
Highland County. (3/19/2017)
Huron County. (6/19/2017)
Jackson County. (6/6/2017)
Lawrence County. (2/25/2018)
Morgan County. (10/10/2017)
Shelby County. (3/2/2018)
Trumbull County. (4/3/2017)
Van Wert County.  (4/12/2017)
Wayne County. (5/6/2018)

Williams County. (3/21/2017)
Wyandot County. (5/4/2018)

Oklahoma

Bryan County. (5/5/2017)
Nowata County. (5/5/2018)

Oregon

Douglas County. (5/17/2017)

Pennsylvania

Cambria County (Johnstown). (6/3/2017)

Dauphin County. (4/22/2017)

Erie County. (9/2/2017)

Greene County. (5/3/2017)

UPDATE. Luzerne County. (1/14/2017)

Northampton County. (7/20/2017)
Wayne County. (3/1/2018)

Williamsport. (1/24/2017)

8th Congressional District. (4/18/2017)

South Carolina

Spartanburg County. (6/5/2017)

South Dakota

Lawrence County,. (4/27/2017)

Tennessee
Campbell County. (12/10/2017)
Marion County. (4/1/2017)
Maury County. (10/31/2017)
Roane County. (5/1/2018)
Union County.  (5/30/2017)

Texas
Gaines County. (4/26/2017)
Shackelford County. (2/26/2018)

Washington
Grays Harbor County. (8/20/2017)

West Virginia
Berkeley County. (3/25/2018)
Boone County. (3/23/2018)
Cabell County.  (8/4/2017)
Fayette County.  (1/24/2017)
Jackson County. (6/18/2017)
Marshall County. (2/7/2018)
Mason County. (12/16/2017)
McDowell County. (7/10/2017)
Mingo County. (3/25/2018)
Summers County. (3/25/2018)
Wayne County. (3/24/2018)

Wisconsin
6th congressional district. (1/27/2018)
Adams County. (2/6/2017)
Buffalo County. (3/19/2017)
Burnett County. (2/24/2018)
Clark County,. (3/19/2017)
Fond du Lac County. (3/7/2018)
Green Lake County. (1/26/2018)
Jackson County. (3/8/2018)
Johnson Creek. (1/21/2017)
Juneau County. (2/23/2017)
Manitowoc County. (8/10/2017)
Monroe County. (3/8/2018)
Oneida County. (4/24/2017)
Pepin County. (12/21/2017)
Price County. (10/21/2017)
Richland County. (11/10/2017)
Sawyer County. (3/20/2017)
Taylor County.  (3/19/2017)
Waushara County. (2/6/2017)
Winnebago County. (11/27/2017)
Wood County. (3/8/2018)

Greetings from Trump's America: Mower County, Minnesota

Loyalty, unease in Trump's Midwest. (Washington Post, 5/11/2018)

Schminke lives in a section of the Upper Midwest that responded enthusiastically to Trump, as a candidate and an incoming president. In this region, the Trump presidency is viewed as both reassuring and exhausting, a welcome poke in the eye at elites and the Washington power structure coupled with endless and often self-inflicted distractions. What is also apparent is that, 16 months into Trump’s presidency, many voters here have recalibrated their feelings and intensity of support for the man they backed in 2016.

Population peaked in 1960

Source: Wikipedia

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

A Hormel Foods processing plant is located in Austin, the seat of Mower County.

Source: Wikipedia

(Third-party candidates received 8.2% of vote in 2016.)

The last time Mower County voted Republican in a presidential election was in 1960.

Other Trump's America posts:
Alabama
Autauga County. (6/29/2017)
Bibb County. (11/10/2017)
Covington County. (11/11/2017)
Dale County. (12/12/2017)
Geneva County. (11/11/2017)
Marion County. (11/11/2017)

Arizona
8th congressional district. (4/25/2018)

Arkansas
Faulkner County. (3/20/2018)
Mississippi County. (3/19/2018)
Woodruff County. (3/26/2018)

California
Mesa County. (7/20/2017)
Shasta County. (7/4/2017

Colorado
Morgan County. (4/25/2017)

Florida
Citrus County. (3/5/2017)
DeSoto County,. (9/9/2017)

Idaho
Kootenai County. (9/25/2017)

Illinois
Effingham County. (2/15/2018)
Franklin County. (2/27/2017)
McHenry County. (2/5/2017)
Perry County.  (5/8/2017)
16th Congressional District. (3/26/2017)

Indiana
Granger.  (3/26/2017)
Hendricks County. (10/1/2017)
Huntington County. (4/27/2017)
Jefferson County. (3/10/2018)
Posey County. (10/21/2017)
Scott County,. (10/21/2017)

Iowa
Boone County.  (1/15/2017)
Cass County. (4/3/2018)
Clinton County. (10/15/2017)
Franklin County, (8/14/2017)
Hamilton County. (4/2/2018)
Hardin County. (4/2/2018)
Lyon County. (4/2/2018)
Marion County. (5/23/2017)
Monticello. (1/13/2017)
Poweshiek and Webster counties. (2/7/2017)
Sioux County. (2/22/2018)
Union County.  (9/10/2017)
Washington County. (4/2/2018)
Winnebago County. (12/17/2017)
Wright County. (8/8/2017)

Kansas
Clark County. (3/21/2017)
Mitchell County.  (1/29/2017)
Sumner County. (10/1/2017)

Kentucky
Hancock County,. (10/21/2017)
Jackson County. (12/9/2017)
Knox and Whitley counties. (2/17/2017)
Lee County. (12/9/2017)
Letcher County.  (6/29/2017)
Martin County. (3/22/2018)
Perry County. (10/10/2017)

Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish,. (5/22/2017)
St. Martin Parish. (4/26/2017)

Maine
Piscataquis County. (7/3/2017)

Michigan
Macomb County. (11/29/2017)
St. Joseph County. (6/5/2017)

Minnesota
Lac qui Parle County.  (7/2/2017)
Nobles County. (1/26/2018)

Mississippi
Pontotoc County.  (7/19/2017)

New Jersey
7th Congressional District. (4/14/2017)

New York
UPDATE: Essex County. (11/29/2017)
Putnam County. (2/27/2018)
19th Congressional District. (3/26/2017)

North Carolina
Robeson County. (12/1/2017)
Union County. (3/9/2017)

North Dakota
Sargent County. (10/22/2017)

Ohio
Adams County. (12/9/2017)
Columbiana County, (12/11/2017)
Defiance County. (3/21/2017)
Highland County. (3/19/2017)
Huron County. (6/19/2017)
Jackson County. (6/6/2017)
Lawrence County. (2/25/2018)
Morgan County. (10/10/2017)
Shelby County. (3/2/2018)
Trumbull County. (4/3/2017)
Van Wert County.  (4/12/2017)
Wayne County. (5/6/2018)

Williams County. (3/21/2017)
Wyandot County. (5/4/2018)

Oklahoma

Bryan County. (5/5/2017)
Nowata County. (5/5/2018)

Oregon

Douglas County. (5/17/2017)

Pennsylvania

Cambria County (Johnstown). (6/3/2017)

Dauphin County. (4/22/2017)

Erie County. (9/2/2017)

Greene County. (5/3/2017)

UPDATE. Luzerne County. (1/14/2017)

Northampton County. (7/20/2017)
Wayne County. (3/1/2018)

Williamsport. (1/24/2017)

8th Congressional District. (4/18/2017)

South Carolina

Spartanburg County. (6/5/2017)

South Dakota

Lawrence County,. (4/27/2017)

Greetings from Trump's America: Clayton County, Iowa, where one of the largest workplace raids in U.S. history took place 10 years ago

A massive immigration raid hit this Iowa town like a natural disaster. Postville is still trying to reclaim its identity 10 years later. (Des Moines Register, 5/11/2018)

A decade removed from one of the largest workplace raids in U.S. history, many in Postville are eager to shift the focus forward.

Since the raid, the town's school population has rebounded, the housing market has recovered and the community has healed and grown, becoming more active in immigration rights, residents said.

Population peaked in 1880