VIDEO: Republicans are people too!

I’m not sure if this is real or not, but either way it’s hilarious.

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Thursday Music: Little Feat: Dixie Chicken

With Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris:

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Tavern League of Wisconsin endorses Chris Sinicki over her tavern-owning opponent

On Wednesday Democratic State Rep. Chris Sinicki announced her reelection campaign has been endorsed by the Tavern League of Wisconsin. Rep. Sinicki’s endorsement by the Tavern League of Wisconsin is notable because her Republican opponent, Molly McGartland, is the owner of a tavern (The Country Club in Cudahy), and the…

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Is Wisconsin “Open for Business?” Not according to “Ten Worst States for Business” list

As noted by James Rowen of The Political Environment, the American Economic Development Institute (http://aedi.us/about-us/) and Pollina Corporate Real Estate, Inc. (http://pollina.com/), have expanded the release of their research findings to include the Ten Worst States for Business. Among the Ten Worst States for Business is Scott Walker’s Wisconsin, which…

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Top aides to Gov. Walker listed as attendees at high-dollar donor retreat

Absolutely no one should be surprised by this. Senior members of Gov. Scott Walker’s administration and his top campaign and political advisers are listed as attendees at a Republican Governors conference along with corporate titans and lobbyists who donated tens of thousands of dollars to the Republican Governors Association, according…

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Illinois Republican state rep candidate alternated voting in WI & IL in recent years

According to this report by Natasha Korecki of the Chicago Sun Times, Republican Kathy Myalls, who’s running this year for a seat in the Illinois State Legislature, has voted in both Illinois and Wisconsin in recent years. In one case, she cast a vote in a primary election in Illinois….

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Paul Ryan vs. the poor

I found this on Facebook and it seemed worth sharing…

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Recordings and Open Meeting Laws

There was a little article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that went pretty much unnoticed and as far as I know, uncommented on. But apparently a gentleman from a more rural area of Southeastern Wisconsin had a fixation on how we all vote here in the big city of Milwaukee….

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Progressives United endorses Democrat Kelly Westlund

From my email inbox comes this bit of news that Democrat Kelly Westlund, who’s challenging Republican Rep. Sean Duffy in the 7th Congressional district, has been endorsed by Progressives United. Progressives United officially announced their endorsement of Democratic Congressional candidate Kelly Westlund. Westlund is challenging Rep. Sean Duffy in the…

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FAQs About WI Voter ID and November 4th

I already give the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel enough linkage here that they should be giving me a free subscription about now…but never mind about that…now I am adding one that goes to their page with FAQs about Voter ID and the November 4th general election in Wisconsin: FAQs About Wisconsin…

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