Supreme Court (finally) rules in favor of marriage equality for all

It’s about time! In a landmark opinion, a divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that same-sex couples can marry nationwide, establishing a new civil right and handing gay rights advocates a historic victory. In the 5-4 ruling, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority with the four liberal justices. Each…

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Don’t know what to make of this

A friend of mine just got this email yesterday from, presumably, Jake Hajdu, Executive Director of the DPW. I’ll post it here for you folks to decipher because I couldn’t make any sense of it. I’m writing to you today because our most important FEC filing deadline of 2015 so…

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What is Donald Trump hiding by not releasing his long-form birth certificate?

According to this report in Raw Story, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a “birther” who has long claimed President Barack Obama may not have been born in this country, has refused to release his long-form birth certificate when asked to do so by The Guardian. You may remember Trump has…

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Iowa grants permits for the blind to acquire & carry firearms in public

According to a report by WTSP, officials in Iowa have started granting permits to allow individuals who are legally or completely blind to acquire and/or carry guns in public. Here’s some news that has law enforcement officials and lawmakers scratching their heads: Iowa is granting permits to acquire or carry…

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Scott Walker’s WEDC backed firm after learning firm wanted state money to pay for luxury cars

This is just obscene… Officials at Wisconsin’s top jobs agency sought federal tax incentives for a failing Milwaukee business for a year after being told that the owner was seeking the money to pay off business debts such as the leases on luxury cars. Officials at the Wisconsin Economic Development…

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Help review 1,200 pages of WEDC documents!

Over at DailyKos, regular Blogging Blue reader/commenter lufthase has posted an excellent piece about the 1,200 pages of documents obtained from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) related to the unsecured $500k loan from WEDC to Building Committee Inc (BCI), as well as the contracts for the 27 awards that…

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