Where’s the CRG’s outrage over the criminal charges filed against former Walker staffers?

Back in 2010, the right-wing conservative group Citizens for “Responsible” Government (CRG) filed a complaint with the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office accusing lefty blogger Chris “capper” Liebenthal of “operating three political internet blogs during work hours,” which the folks from CRG alleged to be felony Misconduct in Public Office.

As a result of the [...]

There’s no depths some people won’t sink to…

On Sunday, customers who receive the Janesville Gazette found this in the newspaper tubes, along with their Sunday papers:

What you’re looking at is a flier (purporting to be an advertisement in the Janesville Gazette) that lists the names and salaries of public school teachers who signed the recall petition and includes a form [...]

Republican Rep. Gary Miller: “I’m ready to keep fighting for Washington” if reelected

Watch as Republican Congressman Gary Miller makes it clear that he’ll keep fighting for Washington if the voters of his district send him back to Congress.

Romney-nomics on display

Throughout his presidential campaign, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney has made the case that he’s better suited than President Obama to turn around our nation’s economy, and he’s cited his private sector business experience with Bain & Company and Bain Capital to back up his claims.

However, what Mitt Romney is conveniently neglecting to mention [...]

Did Scott Walker lie under oath to Congress?

Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sure think so…. Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Committee Members Gerald Connolly and Chris Murphy, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that he obtain from Wisconsin Governor Scott [...]

“This could very well be the stupidest person on the face of the Earth…”

Congressman Daniel Webster (R-FL).

But last week, the Republican-led House voted to eliminate the survey altogether, on the grounds that the government should not be butting its nose into Americans’ homes.

“This is a program that intrudes on people’s lives, just like the Environmental Protection Agency or the bank regulators,” said Daniel Webster, a first-term Republican [...]

What’s Wrong With America’s Economy in 2:15

Robert Reich on what’s wrong with our economy.

Point 5 has long been one of my biggest issues.  I characterize it as the Jay Gould phenomenon.

I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.

The Deeply Unserious R’Money

Mittens has a problem with reality, of course that puts him right in the mainstream of the modern GOP.

ZAKARIA: What is the single biggest piece of nonsense that Mitt Romney…

KRUGMAN: Mitt Romney is saying basically that spending cuts are how we’re going to get to prosperity. Mitt Romney is saying, see what’s happening [...]

Der Angriff Endorses Scott Walker

Milwaukee’s own Der Angriff endorses Scott Walker.

No governor in recent memory has been so controversial. No governor in America is so polarizing. Everyone has an opinion about Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin.

Here’s ours: We see no reason to remove Walker from office. We recommend him in the June 5 recall election.

Walker’s rematch with Milwaukee [...]

Political Ass-ymmetry

Oh look, more evidence that it’s isn’t both sides after all!

From the VoteView blog piece Polarization is Real (and Asymmetric):

[W]e should be careful not to equate the two parties’ roles in contemporary political polarization: the data are clear that this is a Republican-led phenomenon where very conservative Republicans have replaced moderate Republicans and Southern [...]