Author: Ed Heinzelman

There are a number of Democrats that I can get behind in 2022 for US Senate. But now that he’s officially in, I am officially committed to Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes to replace Sen. Ron Johnson (R) in the Senate in 2022.

Yes, I realize that on the face of it the basic filibuster isn’t unconstitutional…but I am using it in its generic sense just as the media and politicians do. It should be changed a bit…if the pompous buffoons like Sen. Lindsay Graham or Sen. Ted Cruz want to bloviate on…

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Sorry, I couldn’t keep quiet on this one. Senator Ron Johnson is complicit in urging the violence currently occurring in our nation’s Capitol. This is sedition and treason. He needs to resign NOW! NOW! And then he needs to be arrested and charged with treason and domestic terrorism and shipped…

I would like to thank Zach for the opportunity to express myself and opine about politics here over the past 10+ years. And particular thanks to all of the readers who kept me on track and commented and provided the many conversations that make BB what it is. And also…

Here’s a toast to all of you…

A place where the media and pundits and Blogging Blue can stop writing things like: The first woman to….the first Black to….the first Asian-American to…the first Indigenous person to…the first gay person to…where it’s just common that every position of wealth or power or honor can be inhabited by any…

From Daniel Bice’s year end winners and losers article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: And does anybody know who the police chief is right now? Certainly not the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, which we can all agree doesn’t have a clue. Too bad there’s not an experienced hand at City…

A few days ago, I finally put down my thoughts about redoing Milwaukee’s very badly broken Fire and Police Commission. But the mayor and the common council really shouldn’t wait too long because it looks like the GOP in Madison have the FPC in their sights. And the last thing…