billcalkins.bsky.social
@billcalkins.bsky.social
For my fellow Dane County property owners, please be aware that there is an unelected board (Dane County Drainage Board) that can levy a bill on your property with no justification.

NBC News 15 is investigating, and we are going to court.
July 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Trumponics killing it and my retirement. #resist
April 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
March 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wisconsin is NOT for sale.
March 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trumponomics at work: "Officials projected weaker growth, higher unemployment and higher inflation than they had anticipated in December."

www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
Fed Projections See an Economy Dramatically Reset by Trump’s Election
Not long ago, Fed officials presumed that 2025 would simply be about getting to the soft landing.
www.wsj.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
DOGE is mistaking ceiling grant amounts for actual payouts. There is a significant difference between $700k and $83.6 million. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find (Gift Article)
Elon Musk’s group obscured the details of some new claims on its website, despite promises of transparency. But The Times was still able to detect another batch of mistakes.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
DHS Begins National Registry Of Duolingo Users — theonion.com/dhs-begins-n.... I better stop my Italian lessons. ;)
DHS Begins National Registry Of Duolingo Users
WASHINGTON—Warning that the highly suspicious individuals constituted a threat to the country’s safety and cultural unity, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced plans Monday to create a n...
theonion.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I wish our President would read a book on economic history.
#NoOneWinsATradeWar
March 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
JD Vance is an embarrassment to the US. #StandWithUkraine
February 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Trumponomic at work.
February 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Sorry Europe, our president is a dumbass. 85 years of partnership deserves more respect. #StandWithUkraine
February 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Three years of resilience, courage, and loss. Three years of Ukrainians standing strong against unimaginable hardship.

Today, we remember the lives lost, the families displaced, and the fight for freedom. We stand with Ukraine—now and always.

#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 #UkraineStrong
February 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I think Doge has forgotten that 75,017,613 Americans did NOT vote for this. doge.gov
doge.gov
February 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
President Trump has no more or less power than any other president. If you want a King, go to England.
February 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
In 1837 (Panic of 1837), one of the worst speculative bubbles in American history burst, throwing the economy into a deep depression. There was no centralized federal bank to stabilize the currency flow or economy because Andrew Jackson destroyed it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/o...
Opinion | How Trump Will Fail (Gift Article)
The problem with populism is that it doesn’t work.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM