Abele Actions Scream Out For Campaign Finance Reform.

I have been a very vocal advocate for campaign finance reform. You can find several posts here on BB…but the basic tenets are: only eligible voters can contribute to campaigns…and only to campaigns that they are eligible to vote in. A few corollaries, but that’s about it. But then there’s…

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Senator Kapenga Adopts GOP Victimhood Cosplay

Oh for crying out loud… In order to pass the GOP Wisconsin biennial budget in the state senate, they added a bit about allowing Tesla to sell cars in Wisconsin directly to consumers. Currently new cars can only be sold through dealers. This provision was aimed directly at Sen. Chris…

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Time For A Bipartisan Bill To Define What IS An Extraordinary Session

As we’ve discussed…the Wisconsin State Supreme Court upheld the GOP laws limiting the powers and authority of both the governor and attorney general…who happen to be Democrats…who were elected in the fall 2018 general election. Now these limits were passed during an extraordinary session held after the election but before…

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Robin Vos’ Hypocrisy On State Lawsuits

The Wisconsin State Supreme Court upheld most of the laws passed by the GOP majority during their now infamous lame duck session that followed the November 2018 state wide elections. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has this to say following the announcement: “This lawsuit, pursued by special interests and Governor Evers,…

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The Lame Duck Sessions Start To Reach The WI Supreme Court

The loss by the liberal candidate in the last election cycle will start to come into play here as the Wisconsin State Supreme Court starts to hear a case related to the power grabs executed by the Wisconsin GOP during their now infamous Lame Duck Sessions. Conservatives who control the…

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Nonfiscal Items In The WI State Budget?

A quick little takeaway buried in one of the Medicaid articles that I used yesterday. He (Assembly Speaker Robin Vos) said Republicans announced their plan as soon as they got a memo from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau about nonfiscal items contained in Evers’ budget.  I think I’ve written about…

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New Foxconn Contract: Who’s Lying This Time

Recently Governor Tony Evers announced that he wanted to renegotiate the Foxconn contract because they weren’t going to be able to meet their promise to employ the 13,000 people as originally promised. And of course the GOP Leaders in Madison got all apoplectic (i.e Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate…

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International Women’s Day in Madison Left A Sour Taste!

The world celebrated International Women’s Day 2019 on March 8th. In honor of the occasion Governor Evers posted this photo of the women on his staff: What was intended as a feel good moment quickly soured. Take another look at the photo. Following publication of the photo, a number of…

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Vos, Evers and Fitzgerald Need To Do Their Jobs

My goodness…what a whiny bunch of brats we have representing us in Madison. This all started of course when Tony Evers made the big mistake of getting elected governor over the incumbent Scott Walker. As today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel states…then Governor Walker called to congratulate Mr. Evers…but Assembly Speaker Robin…

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The Leader of the Party of Healthcare Has NO Idea

President Donald Trump has taken every side possible on healthcare that a Republican can hold…all in like a week! First he urged the courts to negate the entire Affordable Care Act…pissing off the Democrats and blindsiding the Republicans in Congress…and totally opposite to many of the things he’s been saying…

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