Gwen Moore & her two opponents to appear at candidate forum

So says the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The Milwaukee County League of Women Voters says the three candidates for the Fourth District congressional seat will appear at a forum at 1 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Cudahy Senior Center, 6100 S. Lake Drive. Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore is being challenged…

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Breaking! Shock! Ron Johnson’s company had zero net state income taxes over 11 years

From One Wisconsin Now comes news that PACUR LLC, the plastics company owned by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson, had zero net state income taxes from 1997 to 2008: One Wisconsin Now obtained tax records for both Johnson and PACUR LLC, which show Johnson had net personal state income…

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Rebecca’s Reality…

The current batch of “tea partiers”, republicans, free marketers, conservatives, (or whatever you want to call them), had their ideal world vision put to action recently. Rebecca \"health care for me and not for thee\" Kleefisch and Ron \"the greatest assault on our freedom in my lifetime\" Johnson and the…

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2nd Congressional Debate

I admire that Chad Lee, who by all accounts, seems to be a very nice guy, has taken to the campaign trail and is running for Congress. It is not easy to run for any office, much less a national office against a well ingrained incumbent in a gerry-mandered district….

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Come meet Mike Tate at the next Drinking Liberally!

From Jason Haas, the esteemed host of Drinking Liberally, comes news of this month’s meeting: Hello! We are excited to report that Mike Tate, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, will be our guest host at next Wednesday’s Drinking Liberally! That’s on October 20, just under two weeks before…

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Ron Johnson not interested in legislating, instead wants to “re-educate” America

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson has made it clear he’s not interested in actually legislating if he’s elected to the United States Senate (emphasis mine): Indeed, Johnson and Anderson are already talking about what kind of senator he would be. Anderson presented the two options: legislator or messenger. “I…

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It gets better….

Watch as Fort Worth Texas City Council Member Joel Burns shares his own personal history as he explains to kids being bullied that things do get better…

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David King’s got a proven record of solving problems? That’s news!

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Democrat-turned-Republican David King says he has a “proven” record of solving problems: King says he has a proven record of solving problems and serving people as the chief executive officer of a nonprofit organization he founded. However, as I’ve pointed out before, I’m not…

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Stopping Ryans Privatization…

Due to the perceived lack of a serious challenge, and the high profile of some other state and national races, Paul Ryan(R-Wall ST) bid for re-election seems to be flying under the radar. While the odds(ie press coverage( and money) are definitely in his favorThe Janesville Gazette, and if CSI…

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