Martin O’Malley back $15 minimum wage

Yesterday former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, one of the Democratic presidential candidates, said he supports a $15 an hour national minimum wage. “I strongly support the national movement to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, because it will lift millions of families out of poverty and create better…

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VIDEO: Jimmy Fallon points out Scott Walker’s weird Kohl’s fetish

Fast-forward to about 40 seconds into this clip to hear Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon talk about Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker’s weird fetish for talking about Kohl’s department store.

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Dave Cieslewicz: What happens after Scott Walker loses his presidential bid?

Last week former Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz wrote an editorial in the Isthmus that bears mentioning. Here’s a snippet. What the Democrats need to be thinking about right now is how to navigate the post-Walker era. He’ll either resign before his term ends in order to cash out at Fox…

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Scott Walker: minimum wage a “lame idea”

During an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News after he announced his presidential candidacy, Gov. Scott Walker called the minimum wage a “lame idea”, because apparently he wants workers to toil for pennies. “The left claims that they’re for American workers and they’ve just got just really lame ideas…

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Scott Walker’s presidential campaign wants you to buy some OFFICAL merchandise

Words just can’t describe how amateur this is for a man who thinks he’s qualified to be president. Seriously…is it too much to ask for the folks at Walker for president HQ to invest in some spellcheck?

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Travis Bille: I’m running as a Democrat to unseat Rob Cowles for Wisconsin Senate District 2

My name is Travis Bille from Kaukauna, and I’m running as a Democrat to unseat Rob Cowles for Wisconsin Senate District 2. I’ve always had a deep interest in serving the public, but my politics have shifted over the years, and I was never able to find a place in…

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Because nothing says, “I’m presidential!” like stealing your campaign’s logo

As has been noted by Capper (among others), Gov. Scott Walker’s 2016 presidential campaign is already off to a rocky start, as many have noted how eerily similar the Walker for President campaign logo looks to the logo for America’s Best, a contacts and eyeglasses store. Look for yourselves: Now…

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999: The True Number of the Beast

I haven’t had time to review all of this…and some of it was changed by the Senate…but most of this is hateful or spiteful…and none of it is budgetary. A number of posts here and around the blogosphere plus the major media has covered a point or two. But if…

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Blue Collar Jobs Lost To Legal Immigrants?

A number of GOP presidential hopefuls including Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker want to halt or decrease LEGAL immigration because it is taking solid blue collar jobs away from Americans! No really…how could I make this stuff up! Republican 2016 presidential hopefuls Scott Walker and Rick Santorum are suggesting a potentially…

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This Should Be The First Bill After The Budget.

Immediately after the state budget is passed…and even before the governor completes his vetoes…the next bill to get fasted tracked through the legislature…should ban all non-budgetary items from the biennial budget…flat out period…and every Republican legislator who sits on the Joint Finance Committee should be a co-sponsor. If they really…

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