Exactly why did Manny Perez resign as DWD Secretary?

Earlier this month Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Manny Perez resigned from his position abruptly, at the time citing his desire to “explor[e] business opportunities.” In a followup comment, fellow Blogging Blue contributor Jeff Simpson noted he was told Perez was escorted from the building by Capitol Police, and now comes a report from [...]

Kinda fitting, dontcha think?

From Cognitive Dissidence comes this gem:

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In case it wasn’t obvious, Pure Pleasure II is an adult store with a rather storied history of problematic patrons, so it seems only fitting to find a large Randy Hopper sign nearby, given Hopper’s rather storied history when it comes to all things [...]

BREAKING: Democrat Kathy Hochul wins House seat in heavily Republican district

It’s being reported by multiple news outlets that Democrat Kathy Hochul has won the special House election in New York’s 26th Congressional district, a district that’s so heavily conservative that only four Democrats have been elected to that seat in the past 150+ years.

The special election race in the New York 26th was dominated [...]

Lee Camp’s latest Moment of Clarity: “Climate Change Is NOT Real!”

Once again comedian Lee Camp hits the nail on the head, this time opining on the issue of global climate change.

Meet David VanderLeest, leader of Hansen recall effort, candidate for State Senate, and convicted criminal

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Meet David VanderLeest (pictured, right).

If you don’t know who David VanderLeest is, he’s the man behind the effort to recall Democratic State Senator Dave Hansen, one of the “Wisconsin 14,” the 14 Democratic State Senators who stood against Republican Gov. Scott Walker and left Wisconsin in an attempt to stop [...]

Zuma Bound’s morning links – 05/24/11

Until such time as Zuma Bound finally gives in and starts posting these for himself, here’s his links for the morning.

Huffington Post: Newt Gingrich: ‘I’m Not A Washington Figure’ (VIDEO) Huffington Post: Medicare Cuts Unpopular In Swing States, Polls Suggest Mother Jones: Rick Perry for President?

Have a great morning!

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Paul Ryan should run for….what?!?

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said yesterday he’d like to see Rep. Paul Ryan seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, citing Ryan’s “real leadership” as reason why Rep. Ryan could beat President Barack Obama in next year’s election.

No doubt Cantor is oblivious to the fact that Paul Ryan’s budget proposal to turn Medicare [...]

Have you heard? There’s a liberal majority on the U.S. Supreme Court!

From the files of, “How skewed is this guy’s world view?” comes this gem from Patrick Dorwin of Badger Blogger: The Liberal majority on the US Supreme Court has ruled that since California prisons are overcrowded, they must release up to 46,000 inmates.

U.S. Supreme Court expert Patrick Dorwin based his assertion that the Supreme [...]

Labor unions cut financial support to national Democrats

Saying they’re highly frustrated with the failure of national Democrats to put up stronger resistance to Republican proposals to weaken the organized labor movement, some of the country’s largest labor unions are scaling back their financial support to the Democratic Party.

Last month the 300,000-member International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) announced it would no [...]