{"id":2661446,"date":"2026-09-15T08:03:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignin-corrupt-milwaukee-election-integrity-dies-in-darkness\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T08:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:12:45","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignin-corrupt-milwaukee-election-integrity-dies-in-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignin-corrupt-milwaukee-election-integrity-dies-in-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"In Corrupt Milwaukee, Election Integrity Dies In Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignin-corrupt-milwaukee-election-integrity-dies-in-darkness%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2661446&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article criticizes the mainstream media, particularly The Washington Post, for allegedly undermining election integrity and transparency in Wisconsin. It highlights recent election management issues in Milwaukee, including delays, mishandling of ballots, and restricted observer access, suggesting these problems are part of a recurring pattern of misconduct.The article accuses media outlets of ignoring or dismissing evidence of election irregularities, implying they are complicit in facilitating a skewed electoral process. it discusses a formal complaint filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission alleging law violations and transparency failures, and criticizes the commission&#8217;s inaction and alleged suppression of observer rights. The piece emphasizes concerns about the potential for election manipulation, especially in crucial swing states like wisconsin, and warns that lack of transparency and accountability threaten the legitimacy of future elections. The overarching message is that true journalistic integrity and democratic fairness are being sacrificed in darkness, with election processes increasingly concealed from public scrutiny.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Washington Post likes to say that \u201cDemocracy Dies in Darkness.\u201d The self-righteous hypocrites behind the accomplice media outlet are part of the dark cloud killing representative democracy. (WaPo is keeping the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/18\/fake-news-board-commonly-known-as-pulitzer-prize-defends-award-to-2018-russia-hoaxers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pulitzer Prize<\/a> it won for helping to manufacture the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/2025-03-25_testimony_hemingway.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russia collusion hoax<\/a>, thank you very much). <\/p>\n<p>We do know that election integrity dies in darkness, and \u201cprogressive\u201d organs like The Post have been bludgeoning it for years.  <\/p>\n<p>Take <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/31\/wisconsin-commission-takes-up-screwy-milwaukee-elections-debacle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin\u2019s primary election<\/a> last month, for instance. The leftist-run Milwaukee Election Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/17\/milwaukees-latest-election-mess-is-all-just-a-little-bit-of-history-repeating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">botched<\/a> another election, smothered transparency, and came back after a counting delay to announce the Democratic Party\u2019s preferred candidate won a race his opponent had been <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/12\/crowley-stuns-in-wisconsin-beating-favored-socialist-in-dem-governor-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">heavily favored<\/a> in. <\/p>\n<p>The Democrat in question is <a href=\"https:\/\/newstalk1130.iheart.com\/featured\/common-sense-central\/content\/2025-09-09-477-the-dan-odonnell-show-david-crowley-would-be-a-disaster-for-wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley,<\/a> who was politically dead just weeks before the Aug. 11 Democratic gubernatorial primary. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/david-crowley-milwaukee-county-executive-governors-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">temporarily left the race<\/a> in the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/5997331-hong-wisconsin-democratic-governor-primary-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overwhelming polling numbers<\/a> for Madison socialist Francesca Hong. <\/p>\n<p>Despite understandable suspicion about another rigged election in Milwaukee, WaPo and its corporate media ilk did cursory examinations of the suspect activity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisn.com\/article\/wisconsin-elections-commission-milwaukee-primary-results-delay\/73571166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taking the word<\/a> of the incompetent and corrupt Milwaukee Election Commission as gospel. Nothing to see here. They did make sure to cover the Democratic Party-aligned activist groups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/videos\/news\/2026\/09\/14\/joyous-elections-rally-encourages-trust-in-local-elections\/91764005007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rallying<\/a> behind Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Paula Gutierrez, who has compiled a record of \u201cerrors\u201d that would land most private sector administrators on the unemployment line. <\/p>\n<p>Quickly, the accomplice media turned the page to do what they do best: write glowing pieces about the Democrat in the race. In The Post\u2019s case, absurd stories that murder the truth, painting Socialist Light Crowley as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2026\/08\/12\/wisconsin-primary-results-show-democratic-civil-war-just-beginning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moderate<\/a> \u2014 pushing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/09\/13\/this-democrats-comeback-saga-began-long-before-his-primary-upset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gritty black kid<\/a> from Milwaukee\u2019s crime-riddled 53206 zip code narrative and disappearing the stunning record of failure in leading Wisconsin\u2019s most-populous county. <\/p>\n<p>Why, David Crowley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/09\/13\/this-democrats-comeback-saga-began-long-before-his-primary-upset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">could make history<\/a> by becoming Wisconsin\u2019s first black governor, WaPo reporter Karen Tumulty gushed. Of course, she left out some very inconvenient information the Crowley campaign isn\u2019t all that interested in discussing. Like his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/wisconsin-democrat-david-crowley-dirt-mcgirk-twitter-rcna588646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cDirt McGirk\u201d<\/a> days, or that time Milwaukee County employees nearly lost their health care coverage thanks to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs58.com\/news\/milwaukee-county-healthcare-mess-board-approves-new-contract-crowley-defends-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">benefits lapse on Crowley\u2019s watch<\/a>. In the words of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tucsonsentinel.com\/nationworld\/report\/032310_biden_f_word\/biden-says-f-word-national-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another bungling lib,<\/a> that\u2019s a big (expletive deleted) deal. Certainly something a news publication devoted to lighting the darkness might want to include in a hefty profile piece of Wisconsin Democrat candidate for governor. No problem, Crowley\u2019s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2026\/crowley-campaign-icymi-washington-post-profiles-david-crowleys-improbable-comeback-journey-from-childhood-instability-to-wisconsins-democratic-nominee-for-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">loved it.<\/a> So did the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2026\/democratic-governors-association-washington-post-profile-highlights-david-crowleys-against-the-odds-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Democratic Governor\u2019s Association.<\/a> And isn\u2019t that what it\u2019s all about. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a reporter from The USA Today-owned Milwaukee Journal Sentinel jumped on X to <a href=\"https:\/\/heartlandpost.com\/journal-sentinel-reporter-widely-criticized-for-tweets-minimizing-tiffany-plane-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">snidely downplay<\/a> an emergency nighttime plane landing in water that injured Crowley\u2019s Republican opponent, Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany,<a href=\"https:\/\/heartlandpost.com\/journal-sentinel-reporter-widely-criticized-for-tweets-minimizing-tiffany-plane-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> according to<\/a> The Heartland Post. Tiffany, endorsed by President Donald Trump, and the plane\u2019s pilot were treated for minor injuries suffered in the crash. <\/p>\n<p>Journalistic integrity dies in darkness. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Crowley, many Wisconsin Republicans suspect, can count on The Post and the rest of the corporate media club again on election night when Milwaukee election administrators keep Wisconsin waiting for final results. If <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/17\/milwaukees-latest-election-mess-is-all-just-a-little-bit-of-history-repeating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">history is any indicator,<\/a> there will be some massive \u201cirregularity\u201d in Milwaukee\u2019s ballot handling that the accomplice media will dutifully explain away, mainly by accusing the suspicious of being \u201celection deniers.\u201d Maybe even \u201cracists\u201d this time around.  <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Wisconsin Government Depends on This Process\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>If WaPo really cares about democracy and darkness and all that crap, they\u2019ll take a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/electionconfidence.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WEC-Complaint-Gavery-v.-Harris-09.10.2026_Redacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complaint<\/a> filed this week with the Wisconsin Elections Commission alleging multiple state election-law violations in Milwaukee. The accusations further lay out, and records show, a Democrat-controlled city with a long history of suspect election administration practices and transparency failures.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint was filed by Milwaukee resident and election observer Justin Gavery with the assistance of the Center for Election Confidence, an election integrity watchdog. Among several allegations, the complaint claims that the two highest-ranking officers of the Milwaukee Election Commission barred election observers from watching ballot-handling and other activities during last month\u2019s primary election day. Observers could not see what election workers were doing in a \u201cblocked-off area\u201d of\u00a0 Milwaukee\u2019s Central Count location.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach failure is independently unlawful, an abdication of basic diligence and competence, or an abuse of discretion,\u201d the complaint states. \u201cTaken together, these failures show that MEC could not reliably administer a partisan primary \u2014 an election with a fraction of the turnout and operational demand of a General Election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gavery further notes, as The Federalist has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FDRLST\/status\/2089328892385321404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extensively reported<\/a>, that Milwaukee\u2019s primary election day debacle wasn\u2019t anything new. The Milwaukee Election Commission has been a train wreck in administering elections dating back to at least 2018, demonstrating a \u201cpersistent pattern that demands the Wisconsin Elections Commission\u2019s \u2026 sustained oversight before November 3, 2026,\u201d the complaint alleges. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The feckless Wisconsin Elections Commission \u2014 a \u201cbipartisan\u201d panel comprised of three Democrat and three Republican members \u2014\u00a0 has done little to hold Milwaukee election administrators accountable beyond sending a <a href=\"https:\/\/wtmj.com\/news\/2026\/08\/31\/wisconsin-elections-commission-to-revise-letter-to-milwaukee-after-primary-night-reporting-error\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cpolite\u201d letter.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2026\/elections-commission-elects-millis-as-chair-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Don Millis,<\/a> the chummy Republican-appointed chair of the state Elections Commission, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/milwaukees-top-election-official-says-steps-taken-to-ensure-human-error-during-primary-will-not-happen-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> last week he was satisfied with Milwaukee\u2019s explanations that it was all just \u201chuman error.\u201d Best to just \u201clet it lay,\u201d he said, adding that there isn\u2019t \u201cany need for further action.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez, Milwaukee elections director, told the Milwaukee Common Council on Monday that she\u2019s taking corrective steps to prevent similar problems in November. She said central count workers in charge of downloading election results will receive more detailed instructions, including individual steps to confirm points in the process. <\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee Alderman Bob Bauman scolded Gutierrez about the latest \u201chuman error\u201d involving absentee ballots. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not hyperbole to say the future of Wisconsin government depends on this process,\u201d Bauman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/news\/wisconsin-election-milwaukee-officials-outline-fixes-next-vote?link_source=ta_first_comment&#038;taid=6aa893ea3baae40001c6f1f9&#038;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&#038;utm_medium=trueanthem&#038;utm_source=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cBecause Milwaukee\u2019s absentee ballot count could very well be decisive, could very well swing the balance, very easily, like it has in the past, given the close nature of elections in the state of Wisconsin.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Not a One-Off Mistake\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Gutierrez has said Milwaukee Election Commission Deputy Director <a href=\"https:\/\/datayoucanuse.org\/about-old\/maricha-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maricha Harris <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/09\/03\/doj-set-to-send-army-of-monitors-to-keep-an-eye-on-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mistakenly selected, downloaded<\/a>, and transmitted audit log files instead of results on five of nine data sticks. She did so despite having a written copy of the commission\u2019s election procedures manual on hand, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/elections.wi.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Milwaukee%20Election%20Commission%20Response%20to%20WEC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent letter to the WEC<\/a>, The glitch stalled the release of Wisconsin\u2019s primary election results, including the final tally in the nationally-watched race for the Democrat\u2019s nominee for governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDownloading audit logs instead of vote totals five times in a single night \u2014 when the written procedures manual is right there \u2014 points to a concerning gap in training and quality control, not a one-off mistake,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/chalmersadams.com\/nicholas-j-nick-boerke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nicholas J. Boerke<\/a>, the attorney who represents Gavery, said in a press release.  <\/p>\n<p>Boerke, an attorney with Atlanta-based election law specialty firm <a href=\"https:\/\/chalmersadams.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chalmers, Adams, Backer &#038; Wallen, LLC.<\/a>, is also involved in the complaint against the city of Green Bay involving former City Clerk Celestine Jeffreys. The disgraced election official <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/10\/notorious-wisconsin-election-official-at-center-of-zuckbucks-scandal-resigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resigned<\/a> after sending out two separate batches of duplicate absentee ballots in Wisconsin\u2019s spring and primary elections. The Wisconsin Elections Commission has found Jeffreys likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/former-green-bay-clerk-likely-violated-state-law-by-issuing-duplicate-ballots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">broke state election law<\/a> \u2014 again. In that case, WEC commissioners voted to end their investigation into the matter and send the city a sternly-worded letter. <\/p>\n<p>Gavery, who served as an observer at the central count location on the day of the primary election, claims Harris took the actions without an election official of another party present, a serious violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Processing,_counting,_and_challenging_absentee\/mail-in_ballots_in_Wisconsin,_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">state election law<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s nothing to see here, at least according to some leftist organizations severely allergic to election integrity. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/votebeat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Votebeat,<\/a> a left-leaning activist organization masquerading as a news outlet, insisted on Monday that \u201caudit logs from those five tabulators show no evidence of tampering between the time officials initially left the facility and returned again to correctly extract results.\u201d How does Votebeat know? \u201cExperts\u201d said so. Who are the experts? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/person\/ryan-macias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ryan Macias,<\/a> a left-wing election technology consultant who previously worked for Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a far-left Democrat, as her official recount observer alongside other leftist groups, according to nonprofit tracker InfluenceWatch. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018This Isn\u2019t How We Run Elections in America\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>As an election observer since 2022, Gavery said Milwaukee officials have increasingly restricted rooms within central count, blocking them or concealing them from the public. That includes a large room containing thousands of absentee ballots in certificate envelopes near a loading dock. The Milwaukee Election Commission refers to the area as the \u201cSecure Ballot Room.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut MEC has done more than restrict access. Over several election cycles, it has worked to conceal that the rooms exist at all,\u201d the complaint states.<\/p>\n<p>As The Federalist has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/17\/milwaukees-latest-election-mess-is-all-just-a-little-bit-of-history-repeating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported,<\/a> administrators have covered the interior windows, once visible to observers, where ballot handling occurs. Elections officials have stacked crates in front of the windows to block views. By this year\u2019s spring and primary elections, Gavery said he personally observed that the MEC \u201cremoved the windows outright and windows once covered or obscured were walled off entirely.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The complaint also alleges that on at least two separate occasions, the Milwaukee Election Commission failed to notice \u201cvitally important\u201d public meetings, including the public test of election tabulating machines for Wisconsin\u2019s primary election. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat MEC has engaged in efforts to affirmatively block observers from viewing these ballot-handling rooms is unconscionable,\u201d Boerke said in a statement. \u201cBut replacing interior windows with bricks or drywall to conceal even the very existence of these rooms, let alone the activity inside, is unbelievable. This isn\u2019t how we run elections in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s how they run elections in Democrat bastion that is Milwaukee. And the Dems and RINOs on the Wisconsin Elections Commission have allowed them to get away with it. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018A Troubling Message\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>As The MacIver Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maciverinstitute.com\/perspectives\/wec-rejects-staff-call-for-greater-transparency-at-milwaukee-central-count\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> earlier this year, the commission voted 5-1 to dismiss a previous complaint on the central count issue. The two highly partisan Democrat members pushed the full commission to remove the WEC staff\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/elections.wi.gov\/event\/quarterly-commission-meeting-may-7-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommendation <\/a>\u201cthat observers receive some level of visual access to key ballot-processing areas.\u201d It is the law, after all. \u201cThe observation areas shall be so positioned to permit any election observer to readily observe all public aspects of the voting process,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/statutes\/statutes\/7\/i\/41?view=section\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statute <\/a>states. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis outcome sends a troubling message,\u201d The MacIver Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maciverinstitute.com\/perspectives\/wec-rejects-staff-call-for-greater-transparency-at-milwaukee-central-count\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">asserts<\/a>. \u201cThe Wisconsin Elections Commission\u2019s own professional staff recommended modest steps to improve election-day observability into ballot processing to include the intake, scanning of envelopes, sorting into wards, and handling of thousands of absentee ballots. Yet, [former Chairwoman] Ann Jacobs personally led the charge to delete that guidance. Observers are not asking to interfere; they are simply asking to see what the law already requires.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>None of it is good news for open government, and it\u2019s worse for flagging voter confidence. The stakes couldn\u2019t be higher in this midterm election. Higher still in 2028, as Wisconsin most likely takes its entrenched position as an all-important swing state. <\/p>\n<p>Republicans will need more poll workers and observers than ever in Milwaukee, Madison and other deep blue Wisconsin cities if they have any hope of ensuring free and fair elections. But will it ultimately matter if elections officials are free to block out the ballot count? Will it matter if high-sounding news outlets that talk a big game about shining light on darkness fail to cover or twist their coverage of election integrity violations? <\/p>\n<p>Transparency dies in darkness. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-knew-100-percent-he-was-fighting-for-the-little-guy-former-top-trump-economic-adviser\/\" title=\"Trump Knew \u2018100 Percent\u2019 He Was \u2018Fighting for the Little Guy\u2019: Former Top Trump Economic Adviser\">award-winning investigative reporter<\/a> and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WaPo&#8217;s darkness harms election integrity and democracy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2661447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-14-at-11.32.12-PM-1024x573.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8773,32644,7674,5894,32570],"class_list":["post-2661446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-corruption","tag-election-integrity","tag-milwaukee","tag-politics","tag-voting-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-14-at-11.32.12-PM-1024x573.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2661446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2661446"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2661446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2661455,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2661446\/revisions\/2661455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2661447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2661446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2661446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2661446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}