Day: November 18, 2011

Despite Republican “job creation” efforts that included a special jobs session of the Legislature, Wisconsin lost an estimated 9,300 private sector jobs in October, marking the fourth consecutive month of private sector job losses here in Wisconsin. In response to these latest job losses, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin has…

Kevin Drum makes me laugh… again…

Here is the text of the statement.

According to his campaign website, later tonight Republican State Sen. Van Wangaard of Racine will be joined by Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson at a fundraiser to help “protect” Wangaard. According to Wangaard’s website, the fundraiser will be held at the Caledonia home of Akil and Rehana Ajmeri. I can’t…

Activists from Occupy Milwaukee shut down a bridge over I-43 yesterday for two hours in a symbolic gesture to bring attention to income inequality and the fragile state of our national infrastructure.

Scott Walker, talking about recall elections in 2010, when he was just a gubernatorial candidate: “You… know the folks that were angry about this started a recall and they were told they needed to collect 73,000 signatures in sixty days,” said Walker. “Well, not hundreds, not thousands, but tens of…