BREAKING: Footage of GOP candidates arriving at GOP presidential primary debate
In a bit of breaking news, I’ve gotten my hands on footage of the coterie of Republican presidential candidates arriving for tomorrow night’s Republican presidential primary debate.
View ArticleThe GOP Presidential Debate, Part One
Tonight like millions (I can’t hardly type that with a straight face) of others, I will be watching the GOP debate, at home, with my bottle of Jagermeister close by and Matt Taibbi’s column, “The...
View ArticleHere’s your #GOPDebate open thread
Share your thoughts on tonight’s Republican presidential primary debate. I’ll start us out with this. So there seem to be two strategies on display. A) I'm super good at the economy. B) I'm super good...
View ArticleSen. Ron Johnson accused of ethics violations by watchdog group
On Wednesday the American Democracy Legal Fund filed a formal complaint against U.S. Senator Ron Johnson over Johnson’s use of his U.S. Senate website – specifically the blog on that site – to attack...
View ArticleIt’s Scott Walker bobblehead night!
This is too funny not to share… @UniteBlueWI @BloggingBlue @Bluegirl_3 Walker Bobblehead night! pic.twitter.com/8dNRmQhkQI — Badgerdeutsch (@badgerdeutsch) August 7, 2015
View ArticleGOP Debate, Part Deux: The Republicans got Trumped
The clear winner (besides Fox who got 24 million viewers) in Thursday’s debate was whoever is going to run as the 2016 Democratic nominee for President of the United States. From the opening moments,...
View ArticleReport: Michigan Republican elected officials used their taxpayer-funded...
But remember…..Republicans are the party of “responsible government” and “family values!” A Michigan state representative distributed a fake e-mail that suggested he had sex with a male prostitute so...
View ArticleRepublicans taking us back a century or two
Wow, where do these guys come from? Today I’m talking about Tom Tiffany and Andre Jacque, two of the most misguided legislators to hold office in Wisconsin in many years. Let’s start with Sen. Tom...
View Article#BlackLivesMatter activists interrupt Bernie Sanders event in Seattle
On Saturday Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders was speaking at a campaign event in Seattle, Washington when protesters from a local Black Lives Matter chapter took over the stage and...
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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...
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