Chris Abele proposes wheel tax for Milwaukee County

This is sure to be popular. A $60 vehicle registration fee, or wheel tax, is needed beginning in 2017 to help pay for Milwaukee County’s bus transit system and costs of repairing county highways and parkways, County Executive Chris Abele said Thursday. The new fee would be a dedicated source…

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Imagine if Donald Trump were a woman…

Here’s something for you all to ponder, especially those conservatives out there who are supporting Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump

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And When Congress Finally Does Something…they prove Incompetent!

Congress was all full speed ahead damn the torpedoes in passing their Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, known as JASTA, that would allow Americans who suffered a loss on 9/11 to sue Saudi Arabia. Despite the stern warnings from the White House and President Obama’s veto…they went ahead and…

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Thursday Music: your humble folkbum

I ain’t been round these parts in a while, but I hope you don’t mind my swinging by to invite y’all out to my last free concert of the year. If you’re near Milwaukee on Saturday, find your way to 6th and Howard, in the shadow of the water tower…

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Thursday Music: Philip Glass: Knee Play 3 from Einstein on the Beach

This isn’t for the faint of heart:

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Interesting Debate Take Away

I watched the debate on C-Span, so I don’t know what the commercial networks showed after the debate had completed. But Hillary Clinton was joined by her family on stage as was Donald Trump. Mr. Trump and family stood on the high platform and stared at the audience and the…

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Trump campaign says media should not be ‘fact-checkers’

From the campaign: On the eve of the first presidential debate, a Trump spokesperson says Trump should not be challenged by the media or moderators. Hours after the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times published separate stories outlining the lies Donald Trump has told during his presidential campaign,…

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Report: Donald Trump Jr. stole the photo in that infamous “Skittles tweet”

By now you’ve no doubt seen the infamous “Skittles tweet” sent out by Donald Trump Jr., who used the tweet to compare refugees of the violence in Syria to Skittles. As reprehensible as Trump Jr.’s tweet was, it appears the image used in the tweet to make his point was…

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Thursday Music: Scarring Party: No More Room

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Watch: Donald Trump laughs as Don King uses n-word while introducing Trump

Watch as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump laughs and smiles as his surrogate Don King uses the n-word while introducing Trump at a campaign event. Disgusting and indefensible….that’s Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee.

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