Ron Johnson’s shameless copy-catting of Russ Feingold – Part 2
As I’ve noted here before incumbent Republican Senator Ron Johnson is among the most vulnerable incumbents facing reelection in 2016. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Johnson is facing a tough reelection...
View ArticleScott Walker’s WEDC acted politically instead of prudently? Say it ain’t so!
According to a recent report in the Wisconsin State Journal by Matthew DeFour, WEDC, the public-private hybrid job creation agency created by Gov. Scott Walker in 2011, in many cases acted...
View ArticleVIDEO: Ron Johnson still isn’t listening to Wisconsin
From the Democratic Party of Wisconsin comes this video noting just how little time Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has spent in Wisconsin actually listening to the people he’s supposed to be representing....
View ArticleLet’s examine Gov. Scott Walker’s record of “government reform”
One of the “accomplishments” Gov. Scott Walker has been touting as he’s traveled the country promoting himself for president is that he is a government reformer. In the case of the Wisconsin Economic...
View ArticleSen. Kathleen Vinehout: Should Tax Dollars Go to Companies Just to “Create...
From my email inbox comes the latest newsletter from Democratic State Senator Kathleen Vinehout. Imagine how private firms do business with the State of Wisconsin. The companies provide something of...
View ArticleDissent and Cookies: The 2015 Official UW System Faculty Exodus Update Part...
From the fabulous Dissent and Cookies blog comes this blog (reprinted with permission) shedding light on the exodus of faculty from the UW System in the wake of funding cuts to the UW-System by...
View ArticleNew polling shows Scott Walker in third in Iowa
I’ll admit it…this makes me smile. After leading the GOP presidential field in Iowa for months, Gov. Scott Walker is no longer on top in the latest polling. In a survey released Wednesday by CNN/ORC,...
View ArticleState officials to award-winning chef/burgeoning brewer: “You can take this...
This is why we can’t have nice things in Scott Walker’s Wisconsin. Justin Aprahamian, chef-owner of Sanford Restaurant and winner of Best Chef Midwest from the James Beard Foundation in 2014, plans to...
View ArticleSen. Ron Johnson raises money in Wyoming with Dick Cheney
Apparently Wisconsin’s not a great place for Republican Sen. Ron Johnson to raise money, as he spent last night raising money at a big-bucks fundraiser with “special guest” Dick Cheney. Jackson Hole, a...
View ArticleThe Irony In The Feds Worrying About Clinton’s Email Security
I am not going to go into Hillary Clinton’s ‘rogue’ email server issues at this point. I just find the recent concern over the security of her server and emails to be incredibly hypocritical given...
View ArticleWhat We Can Look Forward To As Wisconsin Is Open For Mining Business.
Yes I know that the Gogebic Taconite mine never materialized. But the end goal of neutering environmental regulations remains intact and at some point when taconite prices are again on the rise,...
View ArticleRIP Heavy D
RIP Dwight \"Heavy D\" Myers! Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, broke into the music industry with Living Large, his first record with the Boyz, in 1987. He went on to even greater success with the...
View ArticleNew Video – You’re Fired about Scott Walker by rapper Jasiri X
hat tip to Crooks and Liar
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