Day: February 3, 2015

This arrived in my email inbox yesterday and I didn’t have time to post it until now: On Wednesday, February 4, College Democrats of UW-Milwaukee will be holding a rally to raise awareness of Gov. Walker’s proposal to cut $300 million from the UW System. State Rep. Jonathan Brostoff and…

From my email this evening: College Democrats of Wisconsin Chair Zach Madden released the following statement regarding Gov. Scott Walker’s 2015 Budget Address. “Gov. Walker’s 2015 state budget is the worst budget for students in recent memory. After campaigning on a tuition freeze, Gov. Walker has betrayed students by proposing…

A couple of weeks ago DPW Chair candidate Joe Wineke sent out a letter of intent to run for the position. The letter went out to county party chairs and other party notables, I assume, and at the very bottom of the letter, in tiny print, was a disclaimer that read:…

Last night Gov. Scott Walker spoke about his 2015-17 Executive Budget, and I wanted to hear what you have to think about the ideas Gov. Walker outlined in his speech. What I heard was a lot of demonizing of the poor when I heard Gov. Walker’s comments that the social…

Jeff Smith is the only candidate for DPW Chair who has actually won an election against a long serving republican in a republican leaning district. Here’s his formal letter of intent to run. Dear Democrats, I’m writing to let all of you know that I’m running to be the next…

Sean Duffy is not known for his stellar intellect, which is a charitable characterization of him. But just when you thought he couldn’t get much dimmer he digs deep and goes the extra mile. Appearing on MSNBC this morning Duffy spoke to host Jose Diaz-Balart and delivered this gem:  “I think a lot…

As Gov. Scott Walker continues to make the rounds nationally to bolster his viability as a Republican presidential candidate, he’s finally being exposed on a broader level for what he really is: a liar and an idiot. During a January 21st appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Gov. Walker was asked…

Republicans may be good at winning elections, but they’re awful at actually governing. Case in point? Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner recently invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress, despite the fact that Congress isn’t empowered to conduct foreign policy; that responsibility actually falls to…

A couple of weeks ago, I asked the readers of Blogging Blue to give me some questions they’d like answered by the candidates who are vying to succeed Mike Tate as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. As an update to that post, I just wanted to let you…

This is awful. OSHA launched an investigation at Ashley after a worker lost three fingers last July while operating a woodworking machine without required safety mechanisms in place, OSHA said. The agency said more than 100 other injuries at Ashley were caused by similar machinery. OSHA said its investigators identified…