Author: Zach W

I’m many things: husband, father, public servant, engaged citizen, sports fan, proud union member, blogger – take your pick. I’m a die-hard fan of the Milwaukee Brewers and the Green Bay Packers, I’m a proud progressive and labor union member, and most importantly I’m a husband and a father to two amazing young people. In 2007 I founded Blogging Blue, one of Wisconsin’s oldest and most well-known political blogs. In 2011 and 2013 Blogging Blue was named as one of Wisconsin’s best state-based political blogs by the Washington Post‘s “The Fix” blog, making Blogging Blue one of only two Wisconsin blogs to be twice honored.

Milwaukee-area COVID-19 vaccine appointments available through Walgreens

If you live in the Milwaukee area and you have not yet received your COVID-19 vaccination, there are COVID-19 vaccination appointments available as soon as tomorrow through Walgreens. If you haven’t yet gotten your vaccine, please consider doing your part to help put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sign…

Donald Trump asserts Capitol insurrectionists were “hugging and kissing the police”

Disgraced former President Donald Trump is absolutely insane… During a phone interview with The Ingraham Angle Thursday night, former President Donald Trump defended the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6 in an attempt to stop certification of the presidential election. Despite Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick dying as a result of the attack, and hundreds more…

Steve Kerr gets it right on gun control

Golden State Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr is absolutely on point: “I think it’s, first of all, important to reference their names,” Kerr said. “These are human beings. These are people who have been lost. The thought of the mothers and fathers and sisters, brothers, daughters and sons who are…

Thursday Music: ZZ Top – La Grange

For my money there are few guitarists better than Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top…here’s one of my favorites from Gibbons and his ZZ Top bandmates – it’s La Grange.

Yet another example of REPUBLICAN election fraud

From Florida comes yet another example of Republicans committing election fraud in order to win an election. The recruitment of the sham candidate began with a Facebook message at around 4 a.m. on May 15, 2020. “Call me,” a Florida legislator turned lobbyist wrote to an old friend. “I have…

Thursday Music: Once in a Lifetime by the Talking Heads

Happy Thursday! Here’s “Once in a Lifetime” by the Talking Heads.

Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge charged with possession of child pornography

Wow……just wow. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Brett Blomme was arrested Tuesday on tentative charges of possession of child pornography, the state Department of Justice announced. Blomme, 38, was taken into custody by special agents with the state Division of Criminal Investigation “following an investigation into multiple uploads of child pornography through a…

VIDEO: One father explains how transgender bigotry will affect his daughter

This is a must watch. According to the Human Rights Campaign 2021 is already a record year in regards to the number of anti-transgender bills that have been submitted in legislatures all across the country. In their haste to sow division and hate Republican elected officials across the country are…

Sarah Silverman on the problem with progressives

This really sums up how I feel about a lot of folks who call themselves progressives. I think Sarah Silverman really sums up how a lot of folks feel about many progressives – their “all or nothing” approach to governing. While I appreciate the fact that implementing change on an…

Listen as #OurDumbSenator Ron Johnson goes full racist

At least #OurDumbSenator Ron Johnson isn’t even trying to hide his racism anymore…