Guest Blog: Fox News & Glenn Beck part ways

This is a guest blog by none other than contributor Steve Carlson: Paul Ryan’s good buddy Glenn Beck has fallen on hard times. It looks as though Beck’s lunatic run on Fox News is coming to an end. Beck entertained Congressman Paul Ryan on his radio show last April and…

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Yet another reason why I’m glad Jeff Stone lost

Because he and his campaign staff were blindly oblivious to what was happening in Milwaukee County: The votes were still being cast Tuesday afternoon, when the campaign manager for county executive candidate Jeff Stone placed a call to Interim County Executive Mayor Pratt, asking if she could come to his…

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A quick question for conservatives screaming about “vote fraud” & “voting irregularities”

So here’s a question for the usual suspects on the right who are screaming about “vote fraud” and “voting irregularities” that they believe tilted the results of the April 5 Supreme Court race in favor of JoAnne Kloppenburg: Why weren’t you all screaming about “vote fraud” and “voting irregularities” when…

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Regarding comments

I’ve been thinking a lot about the tone some comments have taken on this blog lately, and I’d just like to remind folks that I’d greatly appreciate it if you all could try really hard to avoid personal attacks, name calling, etc., as I want this blog to be about…

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THANK YOU

Today I sent a “Thank You” letter to Governor Walker. I would advise you to do the same. Here is what I sent: Dear Governor Walker, Thank you! Thank you for over reaching so far that you started a new progressive movement. Thank you for spending the time trying to…

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20 Minutes and Counting

As we detailed here, Scott Walker appointed a lobbyists dropout son, to a government job making $81,500 a year. As someone wrote into the Wisconsin State Journal, Brian Deschane’s experience to land this job appears to be “having the right connections and the ability to do a keg stand”. Then…

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AFL-CIO sends Scott Walker cease and desist order

As first reported by The Atlantic last week, earlier this month Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s staff posted the photo below to his Facebook page, with the caption, “The Governor received this sticker from a union shop in Sheboygan.” Shortly after the photo was posted to Facebook, the AFL-CIO alleged copyright…

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Post-election open thread

So let’s talk about the results of yesterday’s elections. What do you think?

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