Thursday Music – Fred Eaglesmith: I Shot Your Dog

Last week I posted a Thursday Music tribute to our family dog Barnie from Fred Eaglesmith titled : ” He’s A Good Dog “. I want to make it clear that I don’t think this was Barnie’s fate, but I thought the flip side of Fred Eaglesmith deserved a hearing….

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Two things on the results of the Chief Justice constitutional amendment

Two things on the results of Tuesday’s statewide constitutional amendment referendum. First is this excellent opinion piece from James Rowen at The Political Environment. Unable to defeat her at the polls, conservatives managed to arrange the certain removal of Wisconsin Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson from the court’s top post awarded…

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AFSCME PEOPLE Committee endorses Martha Laning for DPW Chair

On Monday Martha Laning announced her candidacy for Chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin had received the endorsement of the PEOPLE Conference of AFSCME, the union representing many of Wisconsin’s public employees. Martha Laning is proud to announce her endorsement by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal…

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