All Pretense gone: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel solidly red!
If it wasn’t apparent that The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has sold out their editorial and newsroom integrity to the right wing narrative, today’s paper ices the cake. Over the past month or so, MJS...
View ArticleRacine County District Attorney Finds NO VOTER FRAUD in Recall
Despite the shouting and accusations from the Republican legislators about alleged voter fraud in Racine during the June 5th Senatorial recall…where Senator-elect John Lehman defeated Senator Van...
View ArticleChris Larson named Senate Minority Leader
Congratulations to Democratic State Senator Chris Larson, the new Senate Minority Leader! Democrats in the state Senate elected 32-year-old freshman Sen. Chris Larson of Milwaukee as minority leader on...
View ArticleRepublican legislators want to line their pockets with increased per diem...
Why does it not surprise me that greedy Republicans are looking to line their pockets while asking public employees to make financial sacrifices because of “budget difficulties?” As they head into the...
View ArticleGetting Mad About the Wrong Thing on Madison’s Per Diem Debate
Earlier this week Zach posted an article about the State Assembly possibly raising the per diem expense rate paid to Assembly members during their stays in Madison. Surprisingly the article resulted in...
View ArticleJohn Doe Didn’t Exonerate Scott Walker
Since the announcement by retired Appeals Court Judge Neal Nettesheim that the John Doe investigation around members of Governor Scott Walker’s former County Executive staff was closed, we saw...
View ArticleProblem With Walker Budget Means Borrowing $1 Billion
On Friday the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured an article quoting the Wisconsin State Legislature’s budget office had reported that under Governor Walker’s budget proposal, the state would be...
View ArticleRepublican Rep. Steve Nass to vote against Republican biennial budget
Yesterday Republican State Rep. Steve Nass issued a press release announcing Nass would be voting against the 2013-2015 biennial budget approved by the Republican-led Joint Finance Committee. Rep. Nass...
View ArticleAssembly Democrats Have No Spine: What Budget?
Although it doesn’t always pay to tilt at windmills, the decision by Wisconsin Assembly Democrats and Assembly Minority Leader Representative Peter Barca to refrain from offering a single amendment to...
View ArticleJ.B. Van Hollen calls on Scott Walker to veto bounty hunters from state budget
Remind me again why Republicans in the legislature think re-instituting bail bondsmen in Wisconsin is a good idea? Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen joined other law enforcement officials Monday in...
View ArticleRobin Vos must have stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night
Apparently Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who has absolutely no law enforcement experience whatsoever, seems to think he’s suddenly an expert on how to fight crime in Milwaukee. “The city of...
View ArticleAssembly Speaker Vos supports Kenosha casino, but where does Gov. Walker stand?
I wonder what Gov. Scott Walker will do. “While the decision is ultimately the governor’s, I hope he will listen to us as we continue to communicate that new jobs in Racine and Kenosha are just as...
View ArticleAssembly Speaker Robin Vos on redistricting reform: “no one cares”
Apparently Republican Speaker of the Assembly Robin Vos doesn’t think redistricting reform is worth considering. “Nobody cares,” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Burlington, finally concluded earlier this...
View ArticleScott Walker opens door to shifting tax burden to poor, middle class in WI
According to a report by Jason Stein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Republican Gov. Scott Walker has indicated he wants to use the next biennial budget in February 2015 to a potential tax overhaul....
View ArticleJustin Moralez can’t have it both ways
Let me set the stage for you all. According to a reliable source, Republican State Assembly candidate Justin Moralez recently walked into Rollie’s Tap in Cudahy to collect signatures to get his name on...
View ArticleCould Robin Vos be Wisconsin’s Eric Cantor?
Last month, former House Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost the Republican primary for the seat he held to Dave Brat, a relatively unknown tea party candidate who Cantor outspent by a wide...
View ArticleRobin Vos is a petty, spiteful little man
If there is a smaller, more petty, more spiteful human being in Wisconsin than Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, I haven’t met him or her. President Obama’s visit to the University of Wisconsin last month...
View ArticleThursday Music: Jefferson Airplane: Volunteers Of America
For those of you in Madison…I think you know who you are:
View ArticleSaul Newton: The cost of doing business with Boss Vos
What follows is a guest blog by Saul Newton. This was originally posted on JSOnline.com but has been reposted here at the request of the author. If Democratic politicians told Assembly Speaker Robin...
View ArticleAnother Desperate And Irresponsible Attempt To Smear The GOP
Apparently I am not the only desperate liberal blogger who wants to smear the GOP in their own words…about that grant to UW-Madison to study the sleep habits of fruit flies and mice. Just today Bruce...
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