Children’s Wisconsin hospital, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has engendered anger after hiring as a chaplain an activist who has shared a poem titled “Jesus at the Gay Bar” and started a GoFund me page for her partner to have her breasts removed.
Fliers were posted reading “Meet Your New Chaplain: Kate Newendorp” with her pronouns listed as “she/her/hers” and her partner’s listed as “they/he.”
“Working in a pediatric hospital is a dream come true!!” Newendorp states on the flier, as <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2022/11/28/wisconsin-childrens-hospital-is-stacking-its-bench-of-chaplains-with-trans-activists/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Federalist</a> reported. “I am so excited to be working alongside everyone and am pumped to be part of the team. Think of me as your friendly next-door neighbor!”
“We have already seen that Children’s holds little value for respecting deeply held religious beliefs, given their recent COVID Religious Waiver Committee. But this feels like a step too far. This feels like they have actively recruited activists into this field to further their progressive agenda,” a former Children’s Wisconsin employee told The Federalist. “I think this situation really calls into question who do we want guiding the spiritual development of our children — especially children who are stuck in a hospital, isolated, sometimes alone, and extremely vulnerable and easily impressionable.”
The reference to Children’s past history vis-à-vis religious beliefs revolves around fellow chaplain Ian Butts, who interviewed Children’s staff members who had submitted religious exemption requests to avoid getting the COVID vaccine.
“The questions included the specifics of the employees’ personal religious convictions and their vaccination record, with Butts pressing on what he considered to be contradictions,” Kylee Griswold of The Federalist <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2022/02/24/premier-childrens-hospital-fires-unvaxxed-nurses-after-questioning-and-rejecting-their-religious-beliefs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> in February 2022. “Two particularly leading questions regarded the specifics of how the employees would keep their patients safe without being vaccinated, implying a moral implication of refusing a vaccine, as well as how they could square working for a hospital that mandated something so contrary to their personal convictions as a condition of employment.”
Last June, Newendorp enthused on Facebook, “Love Jesus. Be gay. Get ordained. What better way to celebrate Pride than being ordained?! Many thanks to my church and classes for being willing to stand for queer folks being included in ministry and for allowing me to follow God’s call.”
In October, she wrote, “Also your casual reminder that my validity as an ordained minister is currently under review by my denomination because of the love I feel for my fiancé. Do better Church, because I’m not going anywhere. I was called.”
Children’s also issued a flier presenting a “Spiritual Care Intern” named Meg Trimm. The Federalist noted:
<blockquote>
Trimm has shared numerous TikToks of herself “<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thefragglewhithin/video/7135561514152365358?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deconstructing my white supremacy</a>,” explaining that “<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thefragglewhithin/video/7033105745835019566?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gender is infinite</a>,” proclaiming, “<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thefragglewhithin/video/7160142761801338158?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">God is TRANSGENDER!!!</a>” and saying, “God has a purpose for your life, and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thefragglewhithin/video/7106539836307246382?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1">it might be fricken queer</a>!”
</blockquote>
The former Children’s employee told The Federalist:
<blockquote>
I am deeply concerned with this new infiltration of trans activists into our chaplain and faith-based services. We have already witnessed the erosion and lost of public trust in fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work and general mental health counselors due to the rise of activists in these areas. Now parents have to worry about this as well?
We have many parents and families at Children’s who are deeply religious and hold traditional Judeo-Christian values. Will these new chaplains be able to serve the need of these families objectively? How will they properly support a grieving parent who is dealing with a child’s traumatic injury? How will they properly counsel a child who may be alone in the hospital due to a single parent working to make ends meet and maintain insurance?
</blockquote>

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Children’s Hospital Slammed For Hiring Transgender Activist As A Chaplain

Children's Hospital Slammed For Hiring Transgender Activist As A Chaplain

Children's Health

Health

hospital

Transgender

U.S.

Wisconsin

A judge sentenced the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/waukesha" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Waukesha</a> Christmas killer to life in prison without parole Wednesday for killing six people and injuring dozens more after he drove his SUV into a crowd at the Waukesha Christmas parade in the Wisconsin suburb last year.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Jennifer Dorow sentenced the 40-year-old man, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, on 76 charges, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide and 61 counts of reckless endangerment, with each homicide count carrying a mandatory life sentence.
The six victims were identified as Jackson Sparks, 8; Tamara Durand, 52; Jane Kulich, 52; LeAnna Owen, 71; Virginia Sorenson, 79; and Wilhelm Hospel, 81.
&#8220;You have absolutely no remorse for anything that you do,&#8221; Dorrow said, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-milwaukee-homicide-sentencing-treatment-of-prisoners-4b7164afac40dda0acad30a19e3b9ea6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Associated Press</a>. &#8220;You have no empathy for anyone … no one is safe from you.&#8221;
The defendant drove his red Ford Escape into the crowd gathered to watch Waukesha&#8217;s annual Christmas parade on November 21, 2021. According to the police, the alleged attacker used a &#8220;zigzagging motion&#8221; as he drove through the crowd, seemingly indicating an intentional targeting of people.
In a criminal complaint, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/us/darrell-brooks-waukesha-sentencing/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that an officer said the defendant looked &#8220;directly at him, and it appeared he had no emotion on his face&#8221; when he stepped in front of the vehicle, ordering him to stop.
The defendant apologized to the victims and the Waukesha community when he spoke for more than two hours in court.
&#8220;I want you to know that not only am I sorry for what happened — I&#8217;m sorry that you could not see what&#8217;s truly in my heart,&#8221; he said, according to The Associated Press. &#8220;That you cannot see the remorse that I have.&#8221;
The defendant told the judge he grew up poor, hungry, and without a father in rat and bug-infested apartment buildings while struggling with mental health issues since he was young, and experienced physical abuse. His mother and grandmother asked the judge to place him in a mental institution rather than prison, claiming he has been bipolar since he was 12 years old.
Dorrow cited passages and opinions from four mental health evaluations from the defendant&#8217;s doctors and concluded &#8220;that mental health issues did not cause him to do what he did&#8221; during the parade, &#8220;and frankly did not play a role.&#8221;
Waukesha County District Attorney Susan Opper told the judge that the defendant deserves the &#8220;absolute maximum sentence on all counts, consecutive.&#8221;
&#8220;You saw the videos,&#8221; Opper said, according to CNN. &#8220;This wasn&#8217;t him plowing into one large group of fifty people at one time and hitting them — it was linear. He hit one, kept going. Hit two, kept going. Hit three, kept going. All the way down the street. That&#8217;s consecutive sentences, your honor.&#8221;
Opper added the defendant&#8217;s actions were &#8220;intentional, willful, volitional conduct that warrants consecutive sentences stacked one on top of the other just as he stacked victims up as he drove down the road in complete disregard for any other person whatsoever.&#8221;
The Associated Press reports Chris Owen, whose mother was among those killed in the attack, told the defendant, &#8220;All I ask is you rot, and you rot slow.&#8221;
According to CNN, Alisha Kulich, the daughter of 52-year-old Jane Kulich, who was killed attending the parade, said her mother &#8220;won&#8217;t get to see me say my vows or get married to the love of my life.&#8221;
&#8220;And she won&#8217;t ever get to see my future kids, and they won&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like to have a grandma who spoils them,&#8221; Kulich said.
Ashe Schow contributed to this report.

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Waukesha Christmas Parade Killer Sentenced To Life In Prison Without Parole

Crime

Homicide

Waukesha

A former student at Viterbo University in La Crosse, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>, who set a fire in a residence hall and claimed it was a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hate-crime">hate crime</a> against her, has had her single misdemeanor charge dismissed.
Victoria Unanka, who is black, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/student-who-set-fire-in-residence-hall-as-part-of-hate-crime-hoax-charged-with-misdemeanor">initially arrested and charged</a> with arson as well as a misdemeanor count of negligent handling of burning materials, but La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke dropped the arson charge in June 2021, saying he didn’t think it applied. On October 28, 2022, the misdemeanor charge was dismissed following the prosecution’s motion regarding a diversion agreement, WXOW <a href="https://www.wxow.com/news/crime/former-viterbo-student-charged-with-starting-fire-in-residence-hall/article_c4c4f554-a869-5e4e-bc09-08d6c993a615.html">reported</a>.
Unanka, in November 2021, pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor, which carried a maximum penalty of nine months in prison or a $10,000 fine, or both.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/student-claims-she-is-victim-of-hate-crimes-including-a-fire-video-shows-she-set-the-fire">reported</a>, Unanka reportedly texted a friend on the night of April 18, 2021, to say that a small fire that began in her residence hall must have been targeted at her because it started next to her room. Unanka had previously claimed to be the victim of a hate crime as well, and even after she was arrested for the fire, Viterbo president Glena Temple said that the university was still investigating Unanka’s earlier claims of victimhood.
“This is a complex situation that involves a series of concerning incidents,” Temple said, <a href="https://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/viterbo-student-faces-charge-for-residence-hall-fire/article_91b72191-d5fc-55a0-aa2d-08d8ebacc9db.html">according to the La Crosse Tribune</a>. “We continue to investigate the incidents earlier in the semester and any potential link between them and this fire.”
The La Crosse Fire Department arrived on campus around 2:30 a.m. on April 18, where a fire had been reported at Marian Hall in the second-floor lounge. The fire was easily put out with a fire extinguisher, though the fire department said there was a “fair amount” of smoke damage and that ventilation was required. The department also reported minor damage to a wall and a bit of carpet. The fire was small enough not to trigger the sprinkler system.
Unanka allegedly told police she had been with her friends the night of the fire and returned home around midnight, at which time she made some food and went to the lounge to wash her hands. She said she didn’t go anywhere else in the residence hall before returning to her room. She also told police she didn’t see anything suspicious prior to the fire. Once the alarm went off, she said she and a friend knocked on doors to get other students out of the building.
When police reviewed security footage of the residence hall, however, they noticed inconsistencies in Unanka’s claims. Surveillance footage showed Unanka left her room at about 2:09 a.m. and began checking to see if other people were present. In the next five minutes, Unanaka goes into the lounge area and a bathroom before returning to her room. At 2:14 a.m., smoke could be seen on the camera footage. Unanka then began knocking on residents’ doors and pulled the fire alarm herself.
It was a resident adviser who told police that Unanka texted a friend to say the fire was yet another hate crime against her.
When police noted the inconsistencies between Unanka’s version of events and the security footage, she changed her story and admitted she intended to set the fire. She claimed she quickly decided against the fire and went back to the lounge after she went to the bathroom and attempted to clean up the smoking remnants of old food on the stove. She said the paper towels she used caught fire, and she shook them out to try to extinguish the flames. She then tossed them in the garbage can.
She told police she was frustrated that “no one was listening to me anymore,” purportedly about her other claims of being the victim of racist incidents.
Unanka left campus shortly after the fire incident.

Fire in a wastepaper basket

Misdemeanor Charge Dropped Against Student Who Set Fire In Residence Hall As Part Of Hate Crime Hoax

Misdemeanor Charge Dropped Against Viterbo University Student Who Set Fire In Residence Hall As Part Of Hate Crime Hoax

Hate Crime

Hoax

Republican Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron Johnson</a> has defeated Democratic candidate Mandela Barnes in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> Senate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2022-election">election</a>, according to a projection from DecisionDeskHQ.
Decision Desk made the <a href="https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1590243871685910528">projection</a> at 2:23 a.m. EST on Wednesday. Hours later, other outlets projected Johnson as the winner as the Republican was ahead by just over 27,000 votes out of over 2.5 million ballots cast.
Prior to most outlets calling the race, Johnson declared victory saying that it was not mathematically possible for Barnes to make up the difference.
&#8220;The corporate media is refusing to call a race that is over,&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;Truth has prevailed over lies and the politics of personal destruction.&#8221;
Barnes conceded the race Wednesday saying that he was &#8220;disappointed,&#8221; but that he had &#8220;fought the good fight.&#8221;
Polls for the race, which was one of the most closely watched midterm races, <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2022/senate/wi/wisconsin_senate_johnson_vs_barnes-7758.html">flipped</a> in the months leading up to the election with Barnes leading in many polls early in the summer, but Johnson jumping into the lead during the fall. 
The Wisconsin race was seen as critical for both parties, with it being a must-hold seat for Republicans to have a chance to gain control of the chamber, which is deadlocked at 50-50. Democrats saw the seat as a possibility to build on the technical majority they held with Vice President Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking votes. 
During the campaign, Johnson focused on inflation and crime, accusing Barnes of being soft on law and order and pointing to his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-candidate-critical-of-over-bloated-police-budgets-has-expensive-police-security-bill">links</a> to groups that support defunding the police. Republicans in the state also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-senate-candidate-who-posed-with-abolish-ice-t-shirt-under-scrutiny-for-immigration-positions">pointed</a> to a photo of Barnes holding an “Abolish ICE” T-shirt, though Barnes’ campaign claimed he did not support ending the immigration enforcement agency. 
Johnson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-political-exercise-ron-johnson-say-democrats-are-using-jan-6-hearings-to-distract-from-policy-failures">told</a> The Daily Wire in July that he expected the race to come down to the wire and said Republicans would focus on stopping the “Biden agenda that is destroying our country” if they should take power.
The Wisconsin Republican has been a favorite target of many on the Left, as he has been a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/troubling-track-record-ron-johnson-questions-youtube-over-covid-censorship">frequent</a> critic of tech censorship, gone after Hunter Biden, and promoted alternative treatments for COVID. 
Throughout the campaign, Barnes, Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor, portrayed himself as a progressive who touted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-makes-endorsement-in-senate-race-crucial-for-majority">endorsements</a> from far-Left figures like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). 
He made abortion a centerpiece of his campaign, pledging to fight for “reproductive justice” and cited his mother as an example of a woman who needed to have an abortion. 
“I’m an only child, but I’m not my mother’s only pregnancy. Before I was born, my mother had a complicated pregnancy, and she had an abortion. She shared her story because she wanted others to know that they aren’t alone and then it was her decision to make,” Barnes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/only-child-senate-candidate-defends-abortion-says-mother-had-one-before-he-was-born">said</a> during a debate with Johnson. 
Barnes has criticized Johnson, 67, a former plastics company executive, for his wealth and took aim at the Republican over the January 6 Capitol riot. 
During the campaign, the lieutenant governor came under scrutiny for his stance toward ICE and the police, his expensive security detail, and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-senate-candidate-mandela-barnes-repeatedly-criticized-police-russian-propaganda-outlet">appearances</a> on Russian television where he criticized the police. 
His path to the Democratic nomination was ensured after his major opponents, including Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry and State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski dropped out before the primary. Both Democrats endorsed Barnes following the suspension of their campaigns.

Senator Ron Johnson Holds Election Night Event In Neenah, Wisconsin

Republican Ron Johnson Narrowly Fends Off Democrat Challenger, Holds Senate Seat

Elections

Politics

Ron Johnson

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has defeated Republican candidate Tim Michels in the Wisconsin governor’s race. 
Michels conceded the race to Evers early Wednesday morning, <a href="https://twitter.com/CyreiaSandlin/status/1590227733304725505">according</a> to multiple reports. 
“I just called Gov Evers and conceded. I wish the Evers family well,&#8221; Michels said, according to WISN anchor Cyreia Sandlin.
Decision Desk HQ <a href="https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1590233473549467651">projected</a> Evers&#8217; victory at 1:42 a.m. EST on Wednesday.
The race between incumbent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tony-evers">Evers</a>, a former public school administrator, and Michels, a construction company executive, was closely watched as recent polling between the two showed a tight race, with most pre-election surveys showing only about a one-point margin between the two. 
The strategies of the two gubernatorial candidates closely mirrored Wisconsin’s high-profile Senate race, with Evers focusing on abortion rights and painting his Republican challenger as radical, while Michels hammered Evers on rising crime and inflation. 
Evers, 71, who narrowly defeated former Republican Governor Scott Walker in 2018, was the state superintendent of public instruction from 2009 until 2019. Since his election, he has faced criticism over COVID lockdowns, the Kenosha riots, and criminal justice policies deemed soft by his opponents. 
His administration has been hamstrung by Wisconsin’s Republicans, who control the state’s Assembly and Senate. Ahead of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Evers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wisconsin-governor-calls-special-session-to-repeal-states-abortion-ban-ahead-of-scotus-decision">called</a> a special session of the legislature to codify abortion into Wisconsin law, but the bid failed when Republicans in both chambers quickly gaveled in and out, refusing to seriously consider Evers’ motion. 
As governor, Evers has also vetoed Republican legislation regarding election integrity, abortion, and guns. 
Michels, 60, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-backed-construction-executive-tim-michels-wins-wisconsin-governor-primary">won</a> the Republican primary in August after positioning himself as an outsider. He defeated former Wisconsin Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and State Assemblyman Tim Ramthun. 
Michels <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/these-4-republicans-are-hoping-to-oust-wisconsin-democrat-governor-tony-evers-in-november">served</a> in the U.S. Army for 12 years before leaving as a major and the company he runs, Michels Corporation, currently employs about 8,000 people
The businessman earned the support of former President Trump and has adopted some of Trump’s messaging to take aim at the political establishment in Madison. 
“People are tired with politics as usual, tired of career politicians, they want an outsider, they want a businessman,” Michels told The Daily Wire in July. “That’s what I bring to this race.”
Throughout the campaign, Michels has said that he will turn the capital, Madison, “upside down,” decrease the influence of lobbying on state politics, uphold Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban, end “unmanned ballot boxes,” and scrap the Wisconsin Election Commission. 
During a Republican primary debate, he also indicated that he would support paid family leave, a unique policy for a Republican politician.
The two candidates have also clashed over education, with Michels promising to support universal school choice and the Evers pushing for increased funding for public schools. The two have also clashed over the issue of Critical Race Theory, and whether it is being taught in public schools. 
Marquette University School of Law’s <a href="https://www.nbc15.com/2022/11/02/mu-poll-evers-michels-all-tied-up-heading-into-election-day/">final poll</a> for the season showed the two tied, with each taking 48% among likely voters.

Tony Evers/Tim Michels

Democrat Tony Evers Will Remain Wisconsin Governor: Projection

2022 Election

2022 Midterms

A former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> hospice nurse has been charged after amputating a dying patient’s foot without a doctor’s order or the patient’s consent, police said.
Mary K. Brown, 38, has been charged with physical abuse of an elderly person, intentionally causing great bodily harm, and mayhem, according to a criminal complaint <a href="https://www.wqow.com/news/crime/nurse-charged-with-abuse-for-allegedly-cutting-dying-mans-foot-off-without-permission/article_49b9243e-5c7c-11ed-b768-ff8faacb6785.html">obtained by WQOW</a>. Brown was working as a hospice nurse at the Spring Valley Health and Rehab Center in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, when she was tending to the victim in March 2022.
The victim, a man who has not been identified, was admitted to the nursing home with severe frostbite on both of his feet and was believed to be near death at the end of May. With his right foot necrotic and holding on by skin and a few tendons, Brown allegedly cut it off without permission. Multiple witnesses told police that Brown cut off the victim&#8217;s foot without a doctor’s order and without the victim asking her to cut off his foot. Brown allegedly admitted she did not have a doctor’s order to perform the amputation.
Another nurse reportedly told police that she was in the room when Brown removed the foot and held the victim’s hand tightly as he moaned throughout the procedure. A different nurse told police that the victim told her later that he had felt everything during the amputation and had been in pain.
One nurse told police the amputation wasn’t done well and that Brown had mentioned her family has a taxidermy shop and she would get the foot preserved and display it with a sign that read, &#8220;wear your boots, kids.&#8221;
Brown reportedly told police she amputated the victim’s foot to make him more comfortable and hoped someone would do that for her if she were in the same position.
Kevin Larson, administrator and CEO of Spring Valley Senior Living and Health Care, told WQOW that Brown was not an employee of their organization.
“We have and will continue to fully cooperate with the investigation into this matter. The person identified is not employed with our community,” Larson told the outlet.
It is not clear if the victim is still alive, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/05/wisconsin-nurse-mary-brown-allegedly-cut-off-dying-mans-foot-for-taxidermy-display/">reported</a>.
Brown’s initial court appearance is scheduled for December 6. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison for each count, a sentence that could be as high as 46 years per count since the victim is elderly.

Low Section Of Patient Lying On Hospital Bed

Hospice Nurse Allegedly Amputated Patient’s Foot Without Doctor’s Order, Patient’s Consent, Police Say

Hospice Nurse Allegedly Amputated Patient's Foot Without Doctor's Order, Patient's Consent, Police Say

Nursing Homes

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin</a>’s largest newspaper added a major correction to an article it published about the state’s Republican gubernatorial candidate just days before voters in the Badger State head to the polls. 
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel <a href="https://archive.ph/wf546#selection-417.0-417.98" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> a story Thursday that claimed Michels Corporation, co-owned by Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels, employed no black “employees in management positions.” 
By Friday, the outlet had <a href="https://archive.ph/cSB6D">added</a> a major top line correction to the story to note that the diversity “concerns” in question were not for the whole company, which employs about 8,000 people, but one subsidiary in Illinois. 
“An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that public documents showed Michels Corp. does not have Black employees in management positions. Company officials said after the initial publication of the story that the documents pertained only to one subsidiary of Michels Corp,” the outlet added to the top of the story. 
The headline was changed from “Michels Corp. does not have Black employees in management positions, according to public documents,” to “Lack of diversity at a Michels Corp. subsidiary raised Equal Employment Opportunity concerns for Illinois contract.”
According to the company, minorities or women actually make up about 17.3% of middle or upper management positions throughout the company. As conservative outlet Wisconsin Right Now <a href="https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/2022/11/04/black-managers-at-michels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed</a> out, black people in various management positions can be found by searching LinkedIn. 
The diversity “concerns” were publicized by the Left-leaning SEIU Wisconsin State Council, a state lobbying group. 
A source close to the Michels campaign told The Daily Wire that the Journal Sentinel had “egg all over their face” thanks to the story and subsequent correction. 
“The Journal Sentinel took a hit from the SEIU and the Democrats and ran with it without a shred of scrutiny in spite of being given evidence that it wasn’t true. They rightfully have egg all over their face as a result. It&#8217;s no wonder trust in legacy media is reaching new lows every day,” the source said. 
It’s not the first time that the Journal Sentinel has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/midterm-exam-all-the-latest-on-the-2022-elections-part-one-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced criticism</a> over its coverage of Michels. In a story <a href="https://archive.ph/rjcWb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> at the end of August, a headline declared that Michels, a Christian, donated to “anti-gay” and “anti-abortion” groups through his foundation. 
The story centered on Michel’s donations to crisis pregnancy centers as well as Christian churches that adhered to a biblical view of marriage and gender. 
“For four years, they turned a blind eye to the consequences of Evers’ many failures and are now all in as accomplices in his desperate campaign to demonize me, my company, my family, and now even our personal charitable giving,” Michels said at the time. 
Recent polling has shown Michels and incumbent Democrat Gov. Tony Evers tied, just ahead of Tuesday’s election.

Sen. Ron Johnson Campaigns With Gubernatorial Candidate Tim Michels In Wisconsin

‘Egg All Over Their Face’: Major Wisconsin Newspaper Adds Correction To Hit Piece On Republican Governor Candidate

Wisconsin's Largest Newspaper Adds Major Correction To Hit Piece On Republican Governor Candidate

Journalism

Tony Evers

A jury has found a Wisconsin man guilty of ramming his vehicle into the crowd at the Waukesha Christmas parade in Wisconsin on November 21, 2021.
The defendant, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, was found guilty on all 76 charges related to the attack that killed six and injured 62 more. The defendant originally faced 83 charges, but Waukesha County Judge Jennifer Dorow dropped six of those counts before the trial began, Fox 6 <a href="https://www.fox6now.com/news/darrell-brooks-verdict-waukesha-christmas-parade-trial">reported</a>. An additional count was later dismissed as well, leaving 76 charges against the defendant, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide.
The trial has been marked by numerous outbursts from the defendant, including constantly interrupting the judge, removing his shirt during the trial livestream, taking off his shoe and threatening to throw it when officers were escorting him, and refusing to wear a suit as he had done so during previous hearings. Earlier this month, the defendant, who is defending himself, argued with a witness by claiming he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/waukesha-christmas-parade-crash-suspect-says-he-no-longer-identifies-by-his-name">no longer identified by his name</a>.
The defendant was questioning Waukesha Police Detective Thomas Casey, who was at the parade and tried to stop the vehicle that crashed into the crowd. During his questioning, the defendant asked Casey to describe a “disturbance” he heard just before the attack, which resulted in the following exchange:
<blockquote>Casey: I heard a horn beeping, and then a Ford Escape came through the parade route, and you drove past me and wouldn’t stop and you continued driving through the parade route.
Defendant: Who is you?
Casey: [Suspect’s name], the defendant seated at the table.
Defendant: Uh, let the record reflect that I do not identify by that name nor do I know anybody by that name.
Judge Dorow: The objection is noted.</blockquote>
Just days later, the defendant demanded his case be dismissed because there were no victims present to face him, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alleged-waukesha-christmas-parade-killer-mocks-victims-in-court-while-demanding-that-case-be-dismissed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“Where’s the injured party? Is the injured party present in court right now?” the defendant asked in court. “Can anyone, can anyone make a claim against me? Can you make a claim against me, your honor?”
“Do you know if anyone that can make a claim against me, your honor? Can anyone right now in court, anyone, make a claim against me?” he continued. “And because of that, your honor, the motion to dismiss should be granted based on that alone. There is no injured party in this matter. So, who makes the claim? Who?”
The defendant is accused of driving his red Ford Escape into the crowd gathered to watch Waukesha’s annual Christmas parade on November 21, 2021, ramming into dozens of parade watchers and killing six, including an 8-year-old boy.

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A Michigan family that has been missing for a week following a strange 911 call has been found safe in Wisconsin.
The Cirigliano family of four was found at around 11 a.m. on Sunday in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, WOOD-TV <a href="https://www.woodtv.com/news/newaygo-county/missing-fremont-family-found-in-wisconsin/">reported</a>. All four family members have been interviewed, the outlet reported, and according to police, the family is “still of the opinion that people are after them, but the elements of the investigation do not meet the criteria for protective custody.”
The family disappeared on October 16 after Anthony Cirigliano, 51, called 911 to say he needed immediate police protection because he had information relating to September 11.
&#8220;It is of vital national interest,&#8221; Cirigliano calmly told a dispatcher, <a href="https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/police-release-911-call-from-anthony-cirigliano-before-his-familys-disappearance/69-1cad4676-7cd8-4b96-92a1-30fc086015d4">according to WZZM 13</a>. &#8220;It is related to September 11th. And people want to erase me from the face of the earth. I&#8217;m not crazy. Mr. Geeting knows me. I&#8217;m a Christian. I just need some help. And then the US government will take it from here. I know this sounds crazy. You don&#8217;t have instructions for this. Please send someone that knows Geeting and can talk to US authorities, please.&#8221;
The dispatcher made sure that Cirigliano was not in possession of any weapons when he placed the call before sending police to the residence.
Fremont Police Chief Tim Rodwell said last week that the family probably left their home on October 17 between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., the day after they were last heard from.
&#8220;We have no signs of foul play, no signs of struggle, no signs of violence inside the home. No property damage or anything like that. That would lead us to see if this was a suspicious issue,&#8221; Rodwell said, according to WZZM 13.
While Anthony and his wife Suzette, 51, along with their children Brandon, 19, and Noah, 15, all disappeared, they left behind their pets and Suzette’s mother, who requires full-time care. The mother, who suffers from dementia, was found walking around the neighborhood Monday night, WOOD-TV reported. She has since been in the care of other family members.
Family members told the outlet that police said last Tuesday and Wednesday the family was last known to have been in Iron Mountain, a town that sits on the Michigan/Wisconsin border and is about 400 miles from their home in Fremont. On Monday, however, the family was seen at a gas station in Upper Peninsula, about 300 miles from their home.
Police were able to make contact with the family and now say the investigation is closed.
“…we wish to thank all of those individuals who assisted in the investigation by calling in tips and sharing the information to help locate this family,” police said in a press release, according to WOOD-TV.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/legacy-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Legacy media</a> outlets were slammed online for their fawning coverage of the alleged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/waukesha" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Waukesha</a> parade killer&#8217;s opening statement.
The outlets were blasted online, accused of attempting to garner sympathy for a mass murderer, after several posted headlines highlighting the defendant&#8217;s &#8220;tearful opening statement.&#8221; The suspect, who is defending himself in court, reportedly broke down in tears during his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-sides-to-every-story-alleged-waukesha-christmas-parade-killer-complains-people-dont-see-him-clearly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opening statement</a>, another example of erratic and delusional behavior he has exhibited throughout his court proceedings.
A Twitter account called &#8220;End Wokeness&#8221; posted screenshots of headlines from national news outlets, all of which used the same phrase to describe the defendant&#8217;s opening statement: &#8220;Wisconsin Christmas parade defendant gives tearful opening statement: &#8216;2 sides to every story,’” a USA Today headline reads.&#8221;Wisconsin parade suspect gives tearful opening statement,&#8221; headlines from the Associated Press, CBS News, and ABC News all read.
&#8220;Wtf? Is this how you cover a mass murdering psychopath who mowed down 70 innocent people?&#8221; the user commented.
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Wtf? Is this how you cover a mass murdering psychopath who mowed down 70 innocent people? <a href="https://t.co/4tvz5ZF1hp">pic.twitter.com/4tvz5ZF1hp</a>
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href="https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1583557867197456384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
Twitter users slammed the outlets, accusing them of trying to garner sympathy for the alleged killer.
&#8220;Apparently, &#8216;tearful opening statement&#8217; is today’s Universal Mainstream Media tagline for mass murderer sympathy,&#8221; one user wrote on Twitter.
“‘Tearful opening&#8217; He ran over children with a car,&#8221; wrote another.
&#8220;@AP @MSNBC @abcnews @CBSNews this is how we punish a person who killed unarmed elderly, children, and other citizens?! #shame,&#8221; another user replied.
&#8220;How do you sleep at night?&#8221; a user questioned. &#8220;We’re supposed to feel sorry for this mass murderer?? You all are sick in the head. @AP @abcnews @CBSNews.&#8221;
&#8220;This headline is gross and he’s a cold blooded murder,&#8221; said another user. &#8220;He knew what he was doing and the harm he was inflicting.&#8221;
The popular Twitter account Defiant L&#8217;s posted a photo comparing the Waukesha headline with another USA Today headline attacking Kyle Rittenhouse for crying on the witness stand at his trial.
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<a href="https://t.co/ewFM5hanDd">pic.twitter.com/ewFM5hanDd</a>
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefiantLs/status/1583599025453817856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
The social media backlash comes even as the legacy media has previously downplayed the Waukesha attack. In the immediate aftermath of the attack in 2021, an Associated Press headline read: “Child is 6th death in Waukesha parade crash; suspect charged&#8221;; a tweet from CBS News labeled the attack “deadly Christmas parade crash.” Other outlets referred to the attack as a &#8220;tragedy&#8221; or a &#8220;crash.&#8221; But, as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/media-calls-waukesha-fatal-car-ramming-a-crash-they-called-2017-charlottesville-car-ramming-an-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time, those outlets referred to the 2017 car ramming in Charlottesville, Virginia, as a &#8220;car attack.&#8221;
The suspect&#8217;s outburst is just the latest in a series of erratic behaviors and antics he has engaged in during his trial proceedings.
He has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alleged-waukesha-christmas-parade-killer-mocks-victims-in-court-while-demanding-that-case-be-dismissed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mocked the victims</a> of the attack and demanded that the charges against him be dropped because the victims were not present to accuse him; he has repeatedly yelled at and argued with the trial judge; and he has claimed that he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/waukesha-christmas-parade-crash-suspect-says-he-no-longer-identifies-by-his-name" target="_blank" rel="noopener">does not identify</a> by his given name, nor does he know anybody by that name. On Friday, the judge was forced to call a recess after he <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/10/21/darrell-brooks-parade-trial-judge-says-she-scared-after-outburst/10565977002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stared her down</a> in court. &#8220;This man right now is having a stare-down with me,&#8221; the judge said. &#8220;It&#8217;s very disrespectful. He pounded his fist. Frankly, it makes me scared.&#8221;
The defendant, who is not being named in accordance with longstanding <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-daily-wire-will-no-longer-publish-names-or-ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Wire policy</a> not to share the names or pictures of perpetrators of mass casualty events, is accused of killing six people, including an eight-year-old girl, and wounding dozens of others by plowing his car through a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/at-least-5-dead-40-injured-after-driver-plows-into-christmas-parade-possible-suspected-identified" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christmas parade</a> in Waukesha in 2021.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court</a> has rejected an emergency lawsuit to block the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration&#8217;s</a> student loan forgiveness plan.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected an emergency appeal from the Brown County, Wisconsin, Taxpayers Association, which sued to stop the plan from being enacted, arguing that the administration overstepped its authority in enacting the plan. Barrett, who oversees emergency appeals from Wisconsin, dismissed the appeal without comment, which is the standard procedure for emergency appeals.
While Barrett did not issue a statement, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/us/politics/supreme-court-student-loan-forgiveness.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a> reported that &#8220;Justice Barrett most likely rejected the application because the plaintiff, the Brown County Taxpayers Association, did not appear to have shown that it had suffered a direct injury that gave it standing to sue.&#8221; The fact that Barrett acted on her own, without referring the case to the full court or asking the administration to respond to the petition, indicated that it was not on solid ground legally, the NYT reported.
The BCTA argued in its filing that Biden overstepped his authority under the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-is-using-a-law-intended-for-9-11-heroes-to-legally-cancel-student-debt-its-pretty-convoluted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (‘HEROES’) Act of 2003</a>, which allows the Secretary of Education to modify federal aid programs for students during a war or a period of national emergency. The association also claimed that the sheer amount of money being handed out warranted an injunction. “We are witnessing a gargantuan increase in the national debt accomplished by a complete disregard for limitations on the constitutional spending authority,” they wrote.
The lawsuit was dismissed by a federal judge earlier this month. Judge William C. Griesbach of the Eastern District of Wisconsin ruled that the BCTA lacked standing to sue. &#8220;The Supreme Court has repeatedly held, however, that the payment of taxes is generally not enough to establish standing to challenge an action taken by the Federal Government,&#8221; Griesbach wrote in his opinion, via the <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2022/10/06/wisconsin-institute-for-law-liberty-lawsuit-targeting-bidens-student-debt-relief-plan-tossed/8200256001/">Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel</a>. He wrote further that an injunction against the plan may not even be necessary. “A future administration may not be bound” by the plan, he wrote via NYT, “and may seek to collect the purportedly forgiven debts.”
Before the group appealed to SCOTUS, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals refused to hear an appeal in an unsigned order with no opinion, the NYT reported.
The Wisconsin lawsuit failed, but it is far from the only <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unfair-unconstitutional-and-unwise-two-more-lawsuits-hit-biden-over-student-debt-cancellation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suit that was filed</a> to stop the Biden administration&#8217;s student loan forgiveness plan. The Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit against the plan on September 27; then on September 29, six state attorneys general filed a complaint. <a href="https://www.azag.gov/press-release/attorney-general-mark-brnovich-sues-over-biden-administrations-student-loan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona Attorney General</a> Mark Brnovich filed his own lawsuit the same day. Then on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shifting-the-burden-to-taxpayers-biden-slammed-with-lawsuit-against-student-loan-power-grab" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 10</a>, the Job Creators Network Foundation’s Legal Action Fund filed another lawsuit seeking to stop the plan.
In the meantime, student loan borrowers are already rushing to take advantage of the debt forgiveness plan, which forgives up to $10,000 for borrowers who make less than $125,000 a year, and up to $20,000 for students who applied for Pell grants. A beta site for the application launched last week, and more than <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-8-million-people-apply-for-student-debt-cancellation-as-biden-drops-application-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eight million borrowers</a> successfully applied to have their loans forgiven between Friday and Monday.

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A Catholic college in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin</a> is defending an administrator who boasted about restricting a pro-life club on campus and supporting a pro-abortion one.
Sister Laura Nettles, a nun in the order of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, and the executive director for Mission and Social Justice at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin, boasted about &#8220;significantly curtailing&#8221; the school&#8217;s on-campus pro-life student group, and said she would &#8220;love to say yes&#8221; to a pro-abortion group at the school. But the president of the college stood by the administrator in a statement to The College Fix.
“Sister Laura Nettles is an accomplished Catholic theologian who embraces Catholic teachings, including the Church’s call to respect all life,” Viterbo University President Rick Trietley told <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/nun-who-talked-about-curtailing-pro-life-group-has-full-support-of-catholic-university/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The College Fix</a>. &#8220;[She] has the administration’s full support.”
“She has given voice to the university’s Catholic identity and values, and she continues to strengthen connections among all members of the Viterbo family,” he added.
The controversy began in August, when Sr. Nettles held a Mission convocation for all employees as part of a faculty in-service. According to audio from the event obtained by <a href="https://www.prolifewi.org/blog/2022/8/25/viterbo-university-to-significantly-curtail-pro-life-activities-on-campus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pro-Life Wisconsin</a>, a faculty member asked Nettles why pro-choice students were not allowed to form a club on campus. Nettles said she had been approached about the issue, but could not endorse an explicitly pro-choice club because &#8220;calling [the club] pro-choice is a trigger against the Catholic church.”
“I would love to say yes to the club, but I asked [the student who wanted to start the club] if he would be willing to consider a different name like a ‘Health Club’ or ‘Reproductive Rights’ club,&#8221; Nettles said. &#8220;What this student described he wanted to do in the club was to really advocate for &#8230; women’s rights in health care, to which I said, ‘amen’ to. So the question was whether he would be willing to think of a different title for it, but do much of the same work.”
At the same time, Nettles said that the school is restricting the on-campus pro-life group, &#8220;V-Hawks for Life,&#8221; after the club hosted a <a href="https://studentsforlife.org/2022/09/13/a-catholic-university-penalizes-pro-life-students-while-pro-abortion-classmates-send-violent-messages/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tabling event</a> in May describing pregnancy resources in the event that Roe v. Wade was overturned. The event was held just weeks before the Supreme Court overturned Roe in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization. Nettles called the pro-life event &#8220;poorly timed&#8221; and said the college is imposing restrictions on the club&#8217;s activities. “We are significantly curtailing their activities, what they can do, what they can’t do,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They actually have to jump through a lot of hoops to be able to do what they do.”
Speaking to The College Fix, Trietly said he would not allow a pro-choice club to form on-campus because it would contradict the teachings of the Catholic Church. Trietly also blasted media outlets for posting the audio, claiming that it has been &#8220;misrepresented in the public domain,&#8221; but said he would not release the full audio from the event.
Viterbo University was founded by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in 1890. On its <a href="https://www.viterbo.edu/mission-and-ministry/catholic-franciscan-identity">website</a>, the college touts that a key piece of its Catholic identity is its &#8220;commitment to upholding the gospel understanding of the sacredness of all human life.&#8221;
At the same time Sr. Nettles is endorsing pro-abortion clubs on campus at Viterbo, a professor at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/professor-at-catholic-notre-dame-university-helps-students-access-abortions-despite-indiana-abortion-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Notre Dame University</a> is helping to facilitate abortions in violation of an Indiana State Law and the teachings of the Catholic Church.

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