Jim Malewitz
@jmalewitz.bsky.social
Managing editor of @wisconsinwatch.org and amateur old man baseball player. Alum: Bridge Michigan, Texas Tribune, Stateline, Iowa Watch.
Following Vanilla Ice's call to collaborate and listen.
Following Vanilla Ice's call to collaborate and listen.
Why do so many local officials run for reelection unopposed?
How a Madison woman’s question sparked the Wisconsin Civics Games — a growing contest to get young people interested in government. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/how-... (@wisconsinwatch.org)
How a Madison woman’s question sparked the Wisconsin Civics Games — a growing contest to get young people interested in government. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/how-... (@wisconsinwatch.org)
How a Madison woman’s question sparked a growing statewide civics contest
The annual quiz game about government and democracy has doubled in size since the Wisconsin Newspaper Association started it. The brainchild of a retired teacher-turned-reporter, it encourages youn…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Why do so many local officials run for reelection unopposed?
How a Madison woman’s question sparked the Wisconsin Civics Games — a growing contest to get young people interested in government. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/how-... (@wisconsinwatch.org)
How a Madison woman’s question sparked the Wisconsin Civics Games — a growing contest to get young people interested in government. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/how-... (@wisconsinwatch.org)
Another deeply reported and beautifully told story from Eli Saslow.
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Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Another deeply reported and beautifully told story from Eli Saslow.
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"The subpoena seeks contact information for employees who have filed complaints about discrimination based on Jewish faith, those who belong to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
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November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"The subpoena seeks contact information for employees who have filed complaints about discrimination based on Jewish faith, those who belong to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
"Vos did not respond to multiple requests for comment." isthmus.com/news/news/ad... (via @liamberan.bsky.social)
Vos is blocking breast cancer screening bill, advocates say
The bill would require insurance companies in Wisconsin to cover supplemental diagnostic examinations for women with dense breast tissue.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Vos did not respond to multiple requests for comment." isthmus.com/news/news/ad... (via @liamberan.bsky.social)
As ICE ramps up enforcement nationwide, Wisconsin courts are increasingly left with loose ends: defendants without their day in court, victims without a chance to testify and thousands of dollars in forfeited bail paid by family, friends and employers.
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Courts left with loose ends when ICE detains criminal defendants
When defendants sit in ICE custody, their criminal cases generally continue without them — sometimes with no explanation of their absence to the court.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
As ICE ramps up enforcement nationwide, Wisconsin courts are increasingly left with loose ends: defendants without their day in court, victims without a chance to testify and thousands of dollars in forfeited bail paid by family, friends and employers.
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“Wisconsin taxpayers bear the highest financial burden of any state for supervision violations and revocation, at $72 per resident.”
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Wisconsin pays more than any state for recidivism. Could addiction treatment change that?
The bill would provide case management, medication for behavioral health therapy and, upon prison release, a 30-day supply of prescription medication.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“Wisconsin taxpayers bear the highest financial burden of any state for supervision violations and revocation, at $72 per resident.”
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A Midwest Standoff and Midwest Paradox: A politeness forcefield surrounds the last uneaten snack.
But if everyone leaves it for someone else, it’s essentially left to no one. 🤔
But if everyone leaves it for someone else, it’s essentially left to no one. 🤔
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A Midwest Standoff and Midwest Paradox: A politeness forcefield surrounds the last uneaten snack.
But if everyone leaves it for someone else, it’s essentially left to no one. 🤔
But if everyone leaves it for someone else, it’s essentially left to no one. 🤔
[email protected] spent months visiting manufactured homes across Wisconsin — a vital yet overlooked source of affordable housing. Here’s what she learned.
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Wisconsin’s forgotten homes: Takeaways from investigating manufactured housing
Addie Costello spent months visiting manufactured homes — a vital yet overlooked source of affordable housing. Here’s what she learned.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
[email protected] spent months visiting manufactured homes across Wisconsin — a vital yet overlooked source of affordable housing. Here’s what she learned.
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News that makes Madison folks (like me) exclaim: "Let's goooooooo!!!!" madison.com/news/local/s...
Six more canoes found this year in Lake Mendota, one is 5,200 years old
The canoe is now the oldest dugout canoe recorded from the Great Lakes region and the third-oldest in eastern North America.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
News that makes Madison folks (like me) exclaim: "Let's goooooooo!!!!" madison.com/news/local/s...
“Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, announced that the reporters from The Atlantic and The Washington Post in the room ‘represent forces who are working toward the enslavement of humanity’ — though he allowed that he had ‘nothing against them.’” www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr.’s Cheer Squad Is Getting Restless
My weekend with America’s biggest anti-vaxxers
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November 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, announced that the reporters from The Atlantic and The Washington Post in the room ‘represent forces who are working toward the enslavement of humanity’ — though he allowed that he had ‘nothing against them.’” www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
A Board of Immigration Appeals ruling has made it easier for the Trump administration to send asylum seekers to a "third country" where they have never lived.
“This is so sudden, so jarring, and it has such an immense impact," an MKE immigration attorney said. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...
“This is so sudden, so jarring, and it has such an immense impact," an MKE immigration attorney said. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...
‘So sudden, so jarring’: Immigration ruling streamlines deportations to countries asylum seekers barely know
A Board of Immigration Appeals decision makes it easier for federal officials to toss thousands of asylum cases and send applicants to a “third country” where they have never lived. But the mechani…
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November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A Board of Immigration Appeals ruling has made it easier for the Trump administration to send asylum seekers to a "third country" where they have never lived.
“This is so sudden, so jarring, and it has such an immense impact," an MKE immigration attorney said. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...
“This is so sudden, so jarring, and it has such an immense impact," an MKE immigration attorney said. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...
"The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232.
The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
The Penny Dies at 232
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November 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
"The American penny died on Wednesday in Philadelphia. It was 232.
The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
The cause was irrelevance and expensiveness, the Treasury Department said." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
Feeling lonely? Appleton’s Community Living Room offers an antidote to isolation.
Community leaders across the state want to replicate their approach, @mirandadunlap.bsky.social reports.
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Community leaders across the state want to replicate their approach, @mirandadunlap.bsky.social reports.
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Feeling lonely? Appleton’s Community Living Room offers an antidote to isolation
Karen Iverson Riggers and Lynn McLaughlin created a “place to just be” staffed with people trained in emotional CPR. Community leaders across the state want to replicate their approach.…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Feeling lonely? Appleton’s Community Living Room offers an antidote to isolation.
Community leaders across the state want to replicate their approach, @mirandadunlap.bsky.social reports.
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Community leaders across the state want to replicate their approach, @mirandadunlap.bsky.social reports.
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On the eve of Veterans Day, Wisconsin lawmakers are considering these 12 bills impacting veterans. A hot debate has been funding for the Veterans Housing and Recovery Program, which supports vets at risk of homelessness @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...
As Wisconsin celebrates Veterans Day, lawmakers are considering these 12 veteran-related bills
Proposals this session on veterans issues range from housing and education to property taxes and Milwaukee War Memorial Center renovations.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
On the eve of Veterans Day, Wisconsin lawmakers are considering these 12 bills impacting veterans. A hot debate has been funding for the Veterans Housing and Recovery Program, which supports vets at risk of homelessness @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc...
50 years later, the mystery of the Edmund Fitzgerald still haunts the children of its lost crew. www.startribune.com/50-years-lat... (via @startribune.com)
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
50 years later, the mystery of the Edmund Fitzgerald still haunts the children of its lost crew. www.startribune.com/50-years-lat... (via @startribune.com)
“Luis Chacón…was one of several men who said the constant abuse at the prison led him to contemplate suicide. A father of three, he said he had been working as a driver for Uber Eats in Milwaukee before being detained and expelled to the prison.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“Luis Chacón…was one of several men who said the constant abuse at the prison led him to contemplate suicide. A father of three, he said he had been working as a driver for Uber Eats in Milwaukee before being detained and expelled to the prison.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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"The increases depend on where you live. For example, the new benchmark plan in Milwaukee County will be 44% more expensive than the 2025 benchmark."
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November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"The increases depend on where you live. For example, the new benchmark plan in Milwaukee County will be 44% more expensive than the 2025 benchmark."
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“I came from nothing and built a community.”
After years of healing, a Green Bay woman takes her next step in sobriety — carrying new perspectives and a support network with her.
Beautiful storytelling by @josephmtimmerman.bsky.social wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/laur...
After years of healing, a Green Bay woman takes her next step in sobriety — carrying new perspectives and a support network with her.
Beautiful storytelling by @josephmtimmerman.bsky.social wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/laur...
‘I came from nothing and built a community’: After years of healing, woman takes next step in sobriety
Laurie Doxtator moves out of Green Bay-based Amanda’s House, a sober living home for women. She’s taking new perspectives and a support network with her.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“I came from nothing and built a community.”
After years of healing, a Green Bay woman takes her next step in sobriety — carrying new perspectives and a support network with her.
Beautiful storytelling by @josephmtimmerman.bsky.social wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/laur...
After years of healing, a Green Bay woman takes her next step in sobriety — carrying new perspectives and a support network with her.
Beautiful storytelling by @josephmtimmerman.bsky.social wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/laur...
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NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
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Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
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Factory-built homes help families realize ownership dreams.
A more affordable model helps Habitat for Humanity build more homes. But some Wisconsin municipalities exclude manufactured homes from neighborhoods. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc... (via @addiecostello.bsky.social)
A more affordable model helps Habitat for Humanity build more homes. But some Wisconsin municipalities exclude manufactured homes from neighborhoods. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc... (via @addiecostello.bsky.social)
‘Finally ours’: Factory-built homes help families realize ownership dreams. But stigma and barriers persist.
A more efficient, affordable development model helps Habitat for Humanity build more homes during a housing crisis. But some Wisconsin municipalities exclude manufactured homes from neighborhoods.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Factory-built homes help families realize ownership dreams.
A more affordable model helps Habitat for Humanity build more homes. But some Wisconsin municipalities exclude manufactured homes from neighborhoods. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc... (via @addiecostello.bsky.social)
A more affordable model helps Habitat for Humanity build more homes. But some Wisconsin municipalities exclude manufactured homes from neighborhoods. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/11/wisc... (via @addiecostello.bsky.social)
Now I miss baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Now I miss baseball.
The Blue Jays should have stolen second base.
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The Blue Jays should have stolen second base.
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If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE
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ICE arrests of asylum seekers in Milwaukee show shifting tactics
A Venezuelan couple arrested during a routine immigration check will try to continue their asylum cases while detained hundreds of miles away from each other.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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