Ad: Rebecca “yogi” Kleefisch on collective bargaining

Keep more of your own money claims Rebecca Kleefisch in this new ad where she inexplicably sits cross legged in a yoga position while explaining the collective bargaining elimination pushed by Walker/Kleefisch/Koch/the Fitzgeralds & ALEC.

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Tracey Corder gains endorsement of County Board campaign from JoCasta Zamarripa

I’m a little slow to post this, but Tracey Corder, a candidate for County Board in the 18th district, has garnered the endorsement of Democratic State Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa, a first-term State Representative from the south side of Milwaukee. Here’s Rep. Zamarripa’s statement accompanying her endorsement of Corder in the…

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The Obama payroll tax calculator

As the 2012 election heats up, the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama has released their payroll tax calculator, which allows individuals and families to enter some basic information about themselves into the payroll tax cut calculator to find out what they’d save if Congress extends the Obama payroll tax…

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Rally for Manitowoc Cranes Workers this Saturday

From my email inbox comes news of a rally this weekend to show solidarity with the striking workers at Manitowoc Cranes. Brothers and Sisters, This Saturday, December 10 at the Municipal Baseball Field at 2200 Grand Ave, Manitowoc, WI 54220 there will be a solidarity rally to support the striking…

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Apparently They Forgot their Bags of Cash

A contingent of Representative Paul Ryan’s (R-1%) constituents travelled to DC to meet with him but failed to bring the necessary entrance fee to see their Representative… or something…

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Governor Walker, Would you like Syrup with your Waffles?

This stuff just writes itself sometimes.

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Will Ron Paul be able to Walk This Back?

I don’t see how.  This kind of explicit race-baiting is hard to recant.  This is who Ron Paul is.

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THIS is what Democracy Looks Like

This chant has been used a few times in the last year in WI, sometimes legit and sometimes a stretch. It probably has never fit more than in this case. Our friends at Dane 101 have the story: Lori Compas never planned to become a one-woman political committee. A freelance…

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WI Dept. of Justice to cut sexual assault victim grants by 42% thanks to Walker budget cuts

Welcome to Republican Wisconsin, where thanks to budget cuts imposed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget, the Wisconsin Department of Justice plans to cut Sexual Assault Victim Services grants by 42.5%. Officials from the Department of Justice said the cuts are necessary because the state budget has imposed a…

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