Month: June 2016

Earlier today, incumbent Democratic State Rep. Christine Sinicki announced on Facebook her campaign had received the endorsement of both the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association (MTEA) and the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC). While neither endorsement is surprising given Rep. Sinicki’s strong support for public educators and the public education system,…

This is my old friend, singer-songwriter Jon Svetkey, singing with his wife Heather Quay. In the latter part of the last millennium, Jon used to tour pretty often, but now he mostly just hangs around the Boston area playing duo shows with Heather or shows with his band The Loomers…

Just a quick note to Hillary Clinton: here’s my suggestion for your vice-presidential candidate: JOE BIDEN. Four more years…four more years…four more years!

When Myron Buchholz announced his run for congress last February some media outlets seized on the words ” peace activist ” in his announcement, and gave it a slightly suspicious ring as in: Buchholz, a self described ” peace activist. ” So his daughter Amanda, a West Point graduate and…

Just last week the New York Times published an article about Hope Hicks, Donald Trumps press secretary. What an American success story! An inspirational poster hangs above the Trump Tower desk of Hope Hicks, the 27-year-old press secretary for Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign, squeezed in among the framed Time…

This shouldn’t be any surprise to anyone living in Wisconsin and paying any kind of attention…but from San Francisco via the Associated Press: A tax credit passed to benefit manufacturers and agricultural producers in Wisconsin is primarily helping millionaires, according to a new report released Tuesday. Wisconsin Department of Revenue…

Yeah, I stole it from the internet…and yeah, it’ll piss some people off…and maybe it’s not PC:

Last Friday’s meeting of the DNC platform drafting committee in St. Louis yielded the best evidence yet that President Obama intends to ram the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) through a lame duck congress after the November election. The TPP is the most sweeping trade agreement in history, and is opposed…

Before I get into my rant, let me put this on the table. I have identified as a Democrat since the presidential election in 1960. I became a card carrying member of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin when I worked on the Todd Kolosso’s campaign to defeat Representative Jim Sensenbrenner…