Former Scott Walker aide turned convicted felons seeks to have sentence, restitution reduced

According to this report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Tim Russell, a close confidant and aide to then-Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker who was revealed to have been engaging in illegal campaign activity on taxpayer time before being convicted of stealing from a veterans’ fund he controlled is seeking a…

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Tim Russell back in court today

According to the daily calendar for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge David Hansher, disgraced (not to mention convicted felon) former Scott Walker aide Tim Russell will be back in court today. Russell is scheduled to appear in Judge Hansher’s court at 1:30 p.m. for a restitution hearing. No doubt Russell…

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Scott Walker named as potential witness in second criminal trial

Fresh off the heels of the revelation two weeks ago that Gov. Scott Walker (pictured, left) was listed as a potential witness in the upcoming criminal trial of former aide Kelly Rindfleisch comes news Gov. Walker has been named as a potential witness in the criminal trial of Tim Russell,…

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Yes, Scott Walker Stonewalled, According to Indicted Walker Crony Tim Russell

The news today is from the courtroom, where the judge in the John Doe squeezed the information out of Tim Russell’s lawyer.  I’m going to get in trouble for copying this, but I’ll do it almost in its entirety nonetheless.  From Esquire:  Lon Robinson sat down at the defendant’s table…

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Yeah, there’s nothing to see here….move along!

From Facebook… Walker Finance Report Update: $100,000 more to criminal defense fund (70K 5/3; 30K 5/17). $50,000 from Christy “Wal-Mart” Walton & $25,000 from Houston Texans owner Bob McNair… Just remember folks….the hundreds of thousands of dollars Scott Walker’s campaign has poured into its legal defense fund (which according to…

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Nick Milroy: “There’s a very strange bedfellow in our state who has a real sick personality”

Democratic State Rep. Nick Milroy is right….politics do make for strange bedfellows! I’ve long believed you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep, and in Gov. Scott Walker’s case, the company he has kept includes alleged pedophiles, thieves, and criminals.

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“Ignore the Public Comments”

If you take away anything from this next story, as egregious as it is, remember that line. That should be the mantel that the democrats use to prop up their republican counterparts in the upcoming election. Now on to the story: JSonline delved into more detail regarding the republicans redistricting…

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Tim Russell hired to work for Scott Walker despite termination from state job for “gross misconduct”

It appears the sordid saga that is Tim Russell’s tenure as one of then-Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s closest aides and confidants isn’t over. As reported by Dan Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Russell was hired to work in Scott Walker’s County Executive administration despite having been fired from…

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My prediction on the next two John Doe indictments

To say the ongoing John Doe investigation in Milwaukee County is getting awfully close to Republican Gov. Scott Walker would be an understatement. Last year staunch Walker ally (and prodigous fundraiser) William Gardner was charged and ultimately convicted of two felonies relating to excessive and improper donations to Walker’s gubernatorial…

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Why I Love The Republican Party!

Because you just can not make these stories up! 1. As many of you know, BloggingBlue went dark yesterday to protest SOPA. Well it turns out that one of the authors of this insane bill, Rep. Lamar Smith (R- Texas), was caught violating his own bill. Isn’t it funny when…

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