What’s up with Assembly candidate Julie Meyer’s husband? (VIDEO)

Yesterday Randy Bryce of the excellent Iron Stache blog posted a piece questioning why Julie Meyer decided to challenge incumbent Democratic State Rep. Christine Sinicki in the 20th Assembly district. In his piece Bryce pointed out the many positive things Rep. Sinicki has done during her time in office, but…

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VIDEO: Bernie Sanders gets booed for urging his supporters to support Hillary Clinton

Watch as Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders gets booed by his own supporters after he called on them today to support presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her running mate Tim Kaine. As many of you know I was a strong and proud supporter of Sen. Sanders’ presidential campaign, but…

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VIDEO: Ted Cruz gives speech at RNC Convention, declines to endorse Donald Trump

Earlier today Republican U.S. Senator and failed presidential candidate Ted Cruz refused to endorse Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, confirming that the 2016 RNC Convention is an absolute clusterf–k. The official theme of the penultimate night of the Republican National Convention was supposed to be “Make America First Again.” And…

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Watch Donald Trump’s bizarre speech announcing VP choice (VIDEO)

Yesterday presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate, and Trump made the announcement in the most bizarre way possible. As Ezra Klein of Vox noted, Trump spent most of his speech announcing Mike Pence as his running mate talking about his favorite…

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VIDEO: “Grace”

This is a really good ad. The fact that Donald Trump has a chance – however remote – of being our next president is both galling and disturbing.

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The Considerable Power of a Primary Challenge

A few weeks ago I wrote about how 3rd congressional district Rep Ron Kind had abruptly decided to co-sponsor America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act after ten plus years of refusing to do so. . The Act would protect 9.5 million acres of Utah wilderness from mining, and oil and gas…

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Third CD challenger to Ron Kind arrested protesting for campaign finance reform (VIDEO)

According to a report in The Daily Call, Myron Buchholz, who’s challenging incumbent Democrat Ron Kind in the Third Congressional District, was arrested on April 16 as part of the Democracy Spring protests. Those protests were held to bring attention to the legalized corruption of big money in politics. “Before…

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VIDEO: Superdelegate David Bowen explains his support for Bernie Sanders

Watch as Democratic State Rep. David Bowen explains why he’s chosen to give his superdelegate vote to Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. I appreciate David Bowen’s stated intention to support the will of the Democratic voters of the state of Wisconsin, who gave Sen. Sanders a convincing…

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VIDEO: Donald Trump explains how close to his heart “7/11” is

Watch as Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump explains how close to his heart “7/11” is. Obviously Trump misspoke in referring to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, but the fact that this moron is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination speaks volumes about…

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VIDEO: Republican Rep. Glenn Grothman admits voter ID law meant to disenfranchise Democratic voters

Watch as Republican Congressman Glenn Grothman admits that the voter ID scheme passed into law by Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature will help Republicans win Wisconsin in November’s presidential election. While anyone with half a brain knew Republican efforts to implement voter ID laws were intended with one purpose – to disenfranchise…

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