After seven games, including four against high-quality opponents, the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team is 5-2. Now they enter perhaps their toughest stretch of the season, in which they play #2 Marquette at home on Saturday, at East Lansing to face Michigan State on Tuesday, and at #3 Arizona on Saturday, Dec. 9. Here are […]
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Wisconsin police chief joined Oath Keepers in 2017
By Peter Cameron, THE BADGER PROJECT The police chief of the Town of Dover Water Patrol signed up for membership with the Oath Keepers, the right-wing, anti-government group involved in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Chief Joshua Martinson, who has been employed by the Dover Water Patrol since 2015, according to […]
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UW really needed a healthy Essegian against Tennessee
A very good Tennessee team came to the Kohl Center last night, and despite taking some punches in the mouth from Wisconsin, left with a 10-point victory. The Badgers scored 70 against a very long and strong defensive team, but shot just 25% from three (6-24). Unlike last year, UW can score in a variety […]
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Budding star Connor Essegian to the bench is the right move – for now
When Wisconsin tipped off their first exhibition game last week against UW-Stevens Point, phenom Connor Essegian was in an unusual spot: the bench. It was an eyebrow-raising decision, especially for those of us expecting a big jump from the 6’4″ shooting guard in his sophomore season, when many players take a big jump. It’s the […]
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Santos expulsion attempt splits Wisconsin Dems; all state Repubs vote no
Democrat Pocan yea on Santos’ expulsion while Moore votes no, citing due process. Clockwise from top left, Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R), Rep. Bryan Steil (R), Rep. Glenn Grothman (R), Rep. Tom Tiffany (R), Rep. Mark Pocan (D), Rep. Mike Gallagher (R), Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R) and Rep. Gwen Moore (D). An attempt in the […]
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Every House Republican, except one from Wisconsin, voted Yes for new Speaker
Rep. Derrick Van Orden of western Wisconsin did not vote, as he is in Israel on a fact-finding trip. After more than three weeks, the United States of America has a Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Multiple GOP candidates failed to receive a majority of House votes in the past few weeks, but […]
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Ex-Wisconsin high school star rejoins West Virginia as a coach, but said he wanted to be a Badger
A college basketball player for the past five years, Jordan McCabe has a paying gig in the game now. The uptempo point guard from Kaukauna and 7th-leading scorer in Wisconsin high school basketball history was hired in July by new West Virginia head coach Josh Eilert as an assistant on his staff. He will now […]
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4 officers fired, forced out from law enforcement back on the job in NW Wisconsin
The state DOJ tracks police who leave employment with law enforcement agencies under negative circumstances. The Badger Project found these officers analyzing that database. Wandering officers, problem police who get fired or forced out from one department, then go work at another, are a problem across the country. To help prevent these officers from bouncing […]
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Rep. Jim Jordan is in the UW Hall of Fame
Now vying to be House Speaker, Jim Jordan, the hardline Republican and fierce Trump ally won two national titles wrestling for the Wisconsin Badgers. The next Speaker of the House may be a Wisconsin Badger. U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, is vying for the top job in the U.S. House of Representatives as […]
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Observations from the Wisconsin basketball 69-51 scrimmage: A.J. Storr is an offensive weapon of mass destruction
The undersized point guard Kamari McGee drove to the basketball, but appeared well-covered by two opposing players tracking back on defense. But McGee flipped the ball into the air behind him, and new Badger A.J. Storr seemed to appear from nowhere. He rose through the air to grab the ball and flush it. The alley […]
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Wisconsin basketball family easily exceeds $100k donation goal, fund cancer treatments for former teammate
Walt McGrory, a 6’3” guard from the Minneapolis area, walked on to the Badgers and played for the basketball team from 2017-2021. After graduating with his bachelor’s degree in economics, he intended to take his fifth Covid year at the University of South Dakota and play one last season of college basketball. Before he could, […]
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Greg Gard is a champion recruiter, in state and out
It’s a familiar story. The Badgers recruit an elite Wisconsin high school player hard, for months or even years, and then an out-of-state blue blood school swoops in at the last minute, offers a scholarship, and poof. The kid is off to Durham or Lexington. Seth Trimble. Jalen Johnson. Tyler Herro. Kevon Looney. J.P. Tokoto. […]
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Wisconsin may get fairer state legislative maps, but the congressional districts will likely remain GOP-friendly
Democrats gerrymander themselves by clustering in the state’s two largest cities, while Republicans have gotten stronger in wide swaths of rural areas. On the left, Wisconsin Republicans drew the congressional districts in 2011 without any interference. On the right, Democrats were able to tweak the congressional districts in 2021 to make them a little more […]
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Badgers offer another player from deep in-state class of 2025
After evaluating him for a while, Wisconsin Badgers Head Coach Greg Gard offered 2025 forward Xzavion Mitchell after an unofficial visit over the weekend, Mitchell posted on X (formerly Twitter). The 6’8” rising junior attends Oshkosh North High School, alma mater of NBA All-Star (and shuddabinabadger) Tyrese Halliburton. Mitchell has good vision, footwork and handles. […]
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley criticized a colleague for not recusing from a case involving a donor. Six years ago, she helped kill a measure requiring those recusals.
Earlier this month, right-wing Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley denounced the court’s left-wing majority in her dissent on a minor decision in a redistricting case. “Despite receiving nearly $10 million from the Democrat Party of Wisconsin and declaring the maps ‘rigged,’ (new Justice Janet) Protasiewicz has not recused herself from the case,” Bradley wrote […]