Bigots gather in Racine to support Chick-fil-A

Nou doubt those gift cards being given out by a conservative anti-equality group helped… The conservative Madison-based Wisconsin Family Council marketed the event through social media over the last week and drove six of its staff Wednesday to the Racine franchise in the Regency Mall – the only Chick-fil-A in…

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Irony is….

…Republican Gov. Scott Walker giving a speech on education reform at Harvard University. Gov. Scott Walker is scheduled to make a speech Thursday about education reform at a Harvard University conference, according to a news release. The conference, Learning from improving school systems at home and abroad: International and U.S….

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How a few shady bankers cost the world trillions (VIDEO)

You absolutely have to watch Matt Taibbi explains how the ongoing LIBOR rate-fixing scandal is tantamount to the biggest insider trading scheme we could ever imagine. As Taibbi noted, average folks like you and I are affected by the LIBOR rate-fixing scandal because local governments tend to lose money when…

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Highest Percent of Medical Coverage In the US: Thank You Mitt Romney!

This morning’s New York Times included a short article on the City of Washington D.C.’s struggle with controlling HIV. From one of the worst infection rates in the world, through innovative steps and out in the street HIV testing, they are making great strides in controlling the transmission of the…

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Ann Romney thinks “you people” aren’t entitled to see more than two years of his tax returns

All Ann Romney forgot was the word “little” between “you” and “people.”

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Mitt Romney’s “America the Beautiful”

I thought this was a particularly effective ad.

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Boater safety? Eric Hovde don’t need no stinkin’ boater safety!

Why does this not surprise me (emphasis added)? Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde was cited by a Dane County sheriff’s deputy for allowing his daughter and a dog to be pulled behind his boat, without taking necessary safety precautions. According to the citation, Hovde was pulling his daughter and…

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The father was definitely a better man than the son

George Romney, father of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, explaining why he released 12 years of tax returns when he ran for president: “One year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show.” Mitt Romney, on his refusal to release more than his tax returns from 2010 and 2011 (once…

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Another day, another set of job loss announcements in Wisconsin

First Hologic Inc. announced it is likely closing its Madison faciity, resulting in 150 employees being laid off. Then comes news that IPacesetters LLC, a New Jersey-based call center has told state officials it may close its call center in Eau Claire, a move that would throw 154 people out…

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Two facts….or “What’s wrong with our country in a few sentences”

Interesting Fact #1: 400 American citizens hold more combined wealth (cash, stock and property) than the assets of 155 million Americans combined. Interesting Fact #2: Thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United, those 400 wealthiest Americans now have an unprecedented amount of influence over our nation’s electoral politics….

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