Glitch puts some Wisconsin voters in Africa

Some how I don’t think voter ID is going to fix this! LOL! Clerks scrambling to get voters in right districts before primary

Madison – Clerks in the state are scrambling to assign voters to the right districts after last summer’s redrawing of legislative maps, with changes to the process putting voters in incorrect locations [...]

CODA: Julio Guerrero resigned!

Last night, an unimpeachable source told me that Julio Guerrero had resigned his chairmanship of the Latino Caucus of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

Direct & unlimited corporate funding of political campaigns? GOP says YES!

In a brief filed on Tuesday in the Fourth Circuit, the Republican National Committee argues that the federal ban on corporate donations is unconstitutional in large part because it applies across the board to all corporations.

As noted by Ian Millhiser of Think Progress, if a court did accept the RNC’s argument, it would have [...]

Why was Cullen Werwie given immunity in Milwaukee County John Doe investigation?

It’s widely known Cullen Werwie (pictured, left), Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s spokesperson, has been granted prosecutorial immunity in the ongoing John Doe investigation currently underway in Milwaukee County, an investigation that has thus far resulted in multiple felony charges having been filed against longtime Walker aide Tim Russell, his domestic partner Brian Pierick, and Kevin [...]

Public Sector Job Loss and Why it Should Matter to Republicans

I get it.  I understand.  You want a smaller public sector.  There’s no real logic to it, you just want it.  Like a child wants the latest toy or video game.  You can’t articulate the “why” other than some deep-seated desire that it’s what you want.  As the old saying goes, be careful what you [...]

#massive fail

Not sure who had the unmitigated gall to place this billboard at this specific location, but I would say that Governor Walker owes the city of Janesville an apology!

Photo courtesy Robert Naatz

Here is an “its working” billboard on the grounds of the shuttered GM plant in Janesville. How classy. By the [...]

More Jobs Flee Wisconsin

Walker scares off a whole mess of good-paying manufacturing jobs from Wisconsin.  Again.

The move by Joerns Healthcare in Stevens Point will likely leave at least 200 people unemployed. Joerns says it plans to spread operations between facilities in Arlington, Texas; Matamoros, Mexico and Duman, Ark., over the next six to 12 months.

Would someone [...]

On the Madness of Neoclassical Economics

Pre-science-ism run wild!  The irrationality of the Rational Hypothesis…

Today’s Must Read

Comes from Jud @ Uppity Wisconsin: Detailing how Scott Walker met with the Koch brothers secretly last year in Colorado.

The swashbuckling 61-year-old was the main attraction in an hour-and-a-half conversation with Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson along with four other governors: New Mexico’s Susana Martinez, South Carolina’s Nikki Haley, Virginia’s [...]

Really John? Really?

H/T HuffPO: Last night Senator and failed presidential candidate John McCain told Sean Hannity that picking Sarah Palin, was the best decision he ever made:

John McCain has no regrets about the biggest and most controversial decision of his unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign. Speaking to Sean Hannity on Tuesday evening in New Hampshire, McCain said [...]