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Reince Priebus is an Idiot!

On January 31, 2012 By Phil Scarr

That is all. Carry on, citizens.

Upcoming health care listening sessions in Milwaukee County (ANNOUNCEMENT)

On January 30, 2012 By Zach W

From my email inbox comes news of a bunch of upcoming healthcare listening sessions hosted by Citizen Action of Wisconsin and their allies:

In addition to the listening sessions noted above, you can also register to be a part of a virtual listening session from the comfort of your own home.

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Prologue: EUCWIC!

On January 29, 2012 By Ed Heinzelman

Everything Ultimately Costs What It Costs :: EUCWIC.

I am not the consummate economist like our prolific Phil Scarr! Although I look forward to his posts on economics and despite my classwork in economics, I tend to feel my eyes glaze over and hear my head scream: ‘Just show me the damn graph!’ after a [...]

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Kathleen Falk

On January 19, 2012 By Jeff Simpson

Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk is “technically” the first to enter the race to replace Scott Walker as Governor of Wisconsin(Tim Cullen is supposedly also running). Here is her introduction to the race.

I really like Kathleen Falk and think she would do a great job. If you took a blind test [...]

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Hey look…over there! Are those some snazzy ads or what?

On January 9, 2012 By Zach W

In the 4+ years since Blogging Blue first started providing the top-notch political content that you’ve all grown accustomed to, I’ve been loathe to ask you, the readers of this blog, for anything beyond your comments to our entries. Last year I asked you all to help offset some of the cost of our redesign, [...]

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You can help recall Scott Fitzgerald

On January 6, 2012 By Zach W

If you’d like to help the effort to recall Republican State Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, one of Gov. Scott Walker’s most loyal lackeys, you can do so by clicking here to sign up for a shift collecting signatures to trigger a recall election.

Triggering a recall election against Scott Fitzgerald would be a huge step [...]

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John Peterson Withdraws Nomination from SWIB.

On January 6, 2012 By Ed Heinzelman

Governor Scott Walker had nominated John Peterson III to the State of Wisconsin Investment Board. The nomination was received with a fair amount of controversy including an objection from SWIB’s retired executive director, David Mills. Seems that he didn’t have the common sense to recuse himself during an earlier board stint and voted in [...]

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Penny Sikora Fails to Make the Ballot!

On January 6, 2012 By Ed Heinzelman

I just got off the phone with the Milwaukee County Election Commission. They verified a rumor I had received, that Mr. Sikora failed to file enough valid signatures to be included on the ballot for the spring elections for County Supervisor from the 18th District.

BTW: It only takes 200 valid signatures…

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Eric Cant(or) Tell The Truth

On January 3, 2012 By Jeff Simpson

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Hypocrisy), was on 60 Minutes this week and turned the simplest questions into an adventure(enough so to make Sarah Palin proud).

Cantor was speaking with interviewer Lesley Stahl, who asked if he was ready to start compromising with Democrats on taxes. Cantor said he was indeed “ready to [...]

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