VIDEO: A Deeply Moving Message from Bernie Sanders

While this is not an official Bernie Sanders campaign video, having been produced by two strong supporters of Sanders, I wanted to post it here for you all to watch.

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Sensenbrenner and the Voting Rights Act

This is maybe only the second time that I have found common cause with Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R – WI). These excerpts are from an op-ed piece that he published in today’s New York Times: Suppress Votes? I’d Rather Lose My Job: DURING my 10 years in the Wisconsin State…

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Hillary Clinton will be questioned by the FBI within days/weeks.

Al Jazeera America’s David Schuster had an exclusive story yesterday, reporting that Hillary Clinton will be questioned by the FBI sometime in the next few days or weeks. Keep this in mind when thinking about the November election: Bernie Sanders is the only democrat in the race who is/was not…

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Campaign 16: Filling Supreme Court Vacancies.

Since the sudden and unexpected passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, there has been a tizzy around filling the vacancy. I won’t go into all of that since I am sure all of you are familiar with the circumstances. But since there is no clear solution in the Constitution…

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Donald Trump: “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who obtain abortions illegally

Apparently Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump thinks women should be punished criminally for having abortions if they were made illegal. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Wednesday said he supports criminal action against women who obtain abortions, staking out his hardest line yet against reproductive freedom. Trump later backtracked…

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Thursday Music: Foo Fighters: Everlong (acoustic)

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Does Kasich Have an Anti-Trump Strategy.

Twice over the past two weeks I have gotten a robo-call from the Kasich campaign. Both of them featured a recording of Governor John Kasich telling me that we couldn’t take back the White House if we didn’t win Ohio. And of course he was just the guy to do…

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Another day, another act of violence against those opposed to Donald Trump

Yesterday Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump appeared at a rally in Janesville, and right on cue his supporters got violent with counter-protesters, with a 15-year-old young woman being sprayed with pepper spray by a Trump supporter after she confronted a man who allegedly groped her sexually. Police in Janesville,…

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But remember….concealed carry was supposed to make us all safer!

Remember when Wisconsin’s Republicans said passing concealed carry laws allowing Wisconsinites to act as vigilantes would make our state safer? Yeah, not so much… We are waiting to learn whether a person who shot and killed a Milwaukee man with a concealed carry permit will be cleared or charged with…

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Did Trump Break One of the Few Remaining Campaign Laws?

There’s a grand article or two running all around the internet and social media about Stephanie Cegielski who supposedly was a key advisor to Donald Trump who finally wised up and jumped from the campaign. In an open letter to Trump supporters, Ms. Cegielski opens with this: Even Trump’s most…

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