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Offline SVPete

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Minocqua Brewing Learned That the Rules Apply to Left-Wing Loudmouths Too

https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/06/15/minocqua-brewing-learned-the-rules-apply-to-left-wing-loudmouths-too-n4953990

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Normally, nobody should cheer when a Wisconsin business loses its stock. Jobs, rent, suppliers, and familiar faces that sit behind every taproom door.

But Minoqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad has spent years turning beer into a vessel for political contempt, and now the state says the rules caught up with him.

Officials seized canned beer from his business, alleging Illinois-brewed beer had been brought into Wisconsin without the required permits or licenses. Bangstad said the state took about $25,000 worth after he failed to pay Wisconsin taxes on beer sold and stored at his Minocqua and Madison, Wisc. locations, as the Wausau Pilot and Review reported.

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A spokeswoman for the Department of Revenue confirmed to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Bangstad is under investigation. Without providing many details, the spokeswoman pointed out that state laws bars beer brewed in Illinois to be sold in Wisconsin without a permit or license.
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“These state laws ensure that no permit or license holder gains an unfair advantage by bypassing tax obligations or by evading safety protocols.”

Bangstad declined to comment to the Journal Sentinel, but in a newsletter to supporters on June 12 said state officials seized $25,000 worth of beer after he failed to pay taxes in Wisconsin on the Illinois-brewed beer he sold and stored in Madison and Minocqua.
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His public record makes the whining harder to swallow, even with a worthy brew. Federal agents with the U.S. Secret Service and FBI interviewed Bangstad after a company Facebook post following an assassination attempt on President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner said, “We almost got #freebeerday,” and suggested someone in the “Resistance” needs better marksmanship.

Bangstad's company had already drawn attention for promising free beer when Trump dies. When death talk becomes a sales gimmick, pleas for gentle treatment land with a thud.

Ummmmm, how hard is it to figure out that someone who wants to sell beer/wine/spirits across state lines should first learn all applicable laws?
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Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 6/15
« Reply #1 on: Today at 02:21:21 PM »
If you're bootlegging your suds across state lines, you probably don't want to be publicly attention whoring simultaneously.

Just sayin'...  :thatsright:
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Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 6/15
« Reply #2 on: Today at 03:28:31 PM »
Hillary Clinton's Tantrum Over the UFC Fight Gets the Proper Backlash It Deserves

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/14/hillary-remarks-on-ufc-fight-n2203345

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at the White House is one of the big events on the schedule of America 250.

My colleague Jennifer Oliver O'Connell gave a little bit of a preview earlier with a great ad put out by the UFC about Teddy Roosevelt and some of the history of fights at the White House.

Of course, as with everything President Donald Trump does, no matter how good or beneficial it might be, Democrats are flipping out over the event.

Then, of all the people to talk, the person who probably should have been the last to do so, weighed in.
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Remember, during today's literal cage match on the White House grounds: No matter what, it's not his house.

It's our house.

Get a hat, coaster, or sticker to support groups and candidates who will respect the form AND the function of the people's house.

She's still furious, even ten years later, that it will never be "her" house to live in again.

Yes, it is "our" house — and we remember exactly the things that she and Bill did to it. Shall we make a list? Can we talk about the intern and the cigar? How about major donors getting to sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom? Then there was the vandalism that the Clinton folks did when they were leaving, including the removal of the "Ws" from keyboards, with George W. Bush taking over, and putting them in weird places, like taped to the top of door frames. It cost thousands of dollars to repair the damage they left. Then there was walking off with some of the furnishings, which they eventually had to return or for which they had to pay.

HilLIARy really should have kept her, ummm, pie hole shut.
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Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 6/15
« Reply #3 on: Today at 05:03:34 PM »
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Yes, it is "our" house — and we remember exactly the things that she and Bill did to it. Shall we make a list? Can we talk about the intern and the cigar? How about major donors getting to sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom? Then there was the vandalism that the Clinton folks did when they were leaving, including the removal of the "Ws" from keyboards, with George W. Bush taking over, and putting them in weird places, like taped to the top of door frames. It cost thousands of dollars to repair the damage they left. Then there was walking off with some of the furnishings, which they eventually had to return or for which they had to pay.

I had forgotten about the furniture, and hadn't heard of the other things.

I'll remember this the next time Democrats want to bitch and moan about Trump's demolition.