UPDATE: Why are so many of Scott Walker’s aides fond of racist “jokes?”

In December 2013, Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s reelection campaign announced it had fired deputy finance director Taylor Palmisano after it was revealed Palmisano had made a number of racist comments on Twitter prior to being employed with Walker’s campaign. In case you’ve been stuck under a rock today, over 27,000…

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Who hired Kelly Rindfleisch to work in Scott Walker’s County Executive office?

Among the revelations that came out of the multiple felony charges filed against former Scott Walker aide Kelly Rindfleisch was the assertion by Tom Nardelli, then-Milwaukee County Executive Walker’s chief of staff, that he didn’t even know Rindfleisch was hired to work in Walker’s office or for what reason she…

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FBI executes search warrant at home of top Walker administration official

Earlier today roughly a dozen federal agents executed a search at a home owned by Cynthia Archer, a top official within the administration of Rpeublican Gov. Scott Walker. It’s been speculated the search of Archer’s home is related to an ongoing “John Doe” investigation in Milwaukee County related to possible…

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Nardelli abuptly resigns cushy state job, cites “other little things” related to operations of his state agency

Something tells me this isn’t the last we’re going to hear from Tom Nardelli: Shortly after accepting his last appointment July 18, “I began to have misgivings about my decision,” Nardelli wrote in a July 21 resignation letter to Dave Ross, who heads the state Department of Safety and Professional…

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Tom Nardelli lands yet another cushy state job thanks to Scott Walker

Curiously, I haven’t read much from the conservative blogs about this nugget: Nardelli currently receives about $3,000 a month in a city pension, $337 a month in a county pension and an undisclosed sum from an Army pension. He could get about $5,700 a year in a state pension, if…

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