Day: July 11, 2015

This is a big fricking deal… Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) are reintroducing legislation to revive the Glass-Steagall Act, which would force big banks to split their investment and commercial banking practices. Glass-Steagall was first passed in 1933 but repealed during the Clinton administration, leading many progressives…

As has been noted by Capper (among others), Gov. Scott Walker’s 2016 presidential campaign is already off to a rocky start, as many have noted how eerily similar the Walker for President campaign logo looks to the logo for America’s Best, a contacts and eyeglasses store. Look for yourselves: Now…

Having learned nothing about Wisconsin’s concern with clean and open government from their open records debacle this past week, the Republicans in Madison decide to renew their efforts to disable the GAB: “Now that the state budget is complete, it’s time to double down on finalizing the necessary reforms for…