Stone hires convicted felon to help his County Executive campaign

I can’t wait to see how the usual suspects on the right justify this… For years, LaMonte Harris was the right-hand man to Milwaukee Ald. Michael McGee Jr., rallying support and proclaiming the innocence of the now-incarcerated politician. Harris, who has also spent time behind bars, says he lent a…

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Justice Prosser’s hometown paper endorses JoAnne Kloppenburg for WI Supreme Court

This is gonna leave a mark… But here’s something else that might have been missed amid Wisconsin’s recent political ugliness. In 2006, Prosser said that while he was a legislative leader, staffers who worked under his direction did campaign work. He also acknowledged that in his interview with The P-C…

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Rest in Peace, Geraldine Ferraro

Geraldine Ferraro, a Democratic United States Congresswoman who was chosen as Walter Mondale’s running mate in the 1984 presidential election, died on Saturday due to complications from blood cancer. Ferraro’s vice presidential bid was the first by a woman from a major political party, and it paved the way for…

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Ben Masel tests the emergency free speech system

On Tuesday, Jeremy Ryan from Defending Wisconsin PAC and Valerie Walasek, a disabled veteran, were exercising their Constitutionally-protected right to free speech by holding a sign on the first floor of the Wisconsin State Capitol when they were asked to take down their sign by an officer from the State…

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Our first open thread in a good long time…

It’s been a long time since we’ve had an open thread, so here goes! Here’s your chance to share some links and tell us what’s on your mind…

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