Root River Siren says farewell to the Cheddarsphere

This is so true… “When a college drop-out with 6 friends and staff members found guilty of corruption wins against a Harvard graduate from a proud Wisconsin family with global name recognition – there is simply no amount of snark or cleverness to make sense of this reality. No photoshop…

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A great post-primary review of two SE Wisconsin races

With the partisan primary elections officially largely in the books (with a few races left to recounts), there’s no shortage of post-primary reviews. This post-primary review from the Root River Siren is definitely worth a read, as it breaks down the race between Democrats Rob Zerban and Amar Kaleka in…

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Republican Thuggery: Racine Edition (With Advice to the Racine GOP)

By now many Wisconsin citizens have heard about the trouble those trying to recall Scott Walker have faced here in Racine (our own Phil Scarr wrote about the issue here.).  An article in the Racine Journal Times catalogued the problems encountered by petition gatherers near a laundromat by River Run Family…

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Cornered Elephants [UPDATED: Now with GOP SPIN!]

Their world is coming apart and there’s nothing they can do about it.  Lashing out is all they have left.

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The Dance of the (GOP) Innocents

Here in Fitzwalkerstan, we know that all acts by Republicans mean lost jobs for the middle class and lost rights for workers.  We know that the GOP in this state is beholden to the rich and powerful.  And just maybe the GOP here is coming to the realization that they’ve…

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