From the monthly archives: March 2011

The cruel and unusual candidacy of David Prosser

On March 28, 2011 By

I wanted to expand on Zach\'s post pointing out that Prosser’s home town paper reversed their endorsement of him.
For one because I wanted to use this title for a story on him and secondly, because the incompetence of Prosser can not be stressed enough! After the Continue Reading →

Free speech? Not in Scott Walker’s Wisconsin

On March 28, 2011 By

Apparently the first amendment right to free speech has limits in Gov. Scott Walker’s Wisconsin.

Watch as the parents of two children who brought signs to the Wisconsin Capitol are issued citations by a Wisconsin State Capitol police officer for holding up signs outside the Capitol’s designated “protest area.”

Scott Walker and [...]

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So where’s David Prosser’s “judicial temperament?”

On March 28, 2011 By

Here’s more of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser exhibiting his “judicial temperament,” courtesy of the folks at One Wisconsin Now:

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Valerie Cass gets a sweet state job, leapfrogs other candidates

On March 28, 2011 By

This is a few days old, but I think it’s worth mentioning here.

You’ll remember I noted how Valerie Cass, Republican State Senator Randy Hopper’s mistress has landed a temporary state job with a hefty pay increase over her predecessor, but Tony Galli of WKOW’s Inside Scoop blog noted last week that Cass got [...]

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Kloppenburg campaign GOTV effort in Milwaukee on April 3

On March 28, 2011 By

From my email inbox comes news of a get out the vote effort here in Milwaukee by the campaign of Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg on Sunday, April 3:
Show your support and join:

JoAnne Kloppenburg, candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court for a Get Out The Vote Rally

Sunday, April 3rd from 3pm to [...]

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Stone hires convicted felon to help his County Executive campaign

On March 27, 2011 By

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 helping [...]

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

On March 27, 2011 By

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 on March 18.

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Rest in Peace, Geraldine Ferraro

On March 27, 2011 By

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 Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential [...]

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Ben Masel tests the emergency free speech system

On March 27, 2011 By

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 Capitol police. After refusing the [...]

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Our first open thread in a good long time…

On March 27, 2011 By

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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