Spine Free Robin Vos Flip Flops On Trump

Just days after calling the right wing extremists who are trying to recall the Assembly Speaker because he hasn’t supported Donald Trump enough and didn’t overturn Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential election results, “whack jobs,” “morons” and “fraudsters”, Robin Vos turned around and endorsed Donald Trump for president. You do know Robin,…

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Tony Evers Signs Republican Passed Redistricting Plan.

[Update: I was out of the country when this finally went down so I was behind the curve. I wasn’t even able to watch the Super Bowl so I missed Taylor Swift’s big win there. So thank you to dekerivers (see comments below) for getting me up to speed. As…

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Why Is Robin Vos So Afraid Of Legislative Redistricting In Wisconsin?

I only ask this question, because just last fall Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R – 63) said that he lead a Republican majority in the state legislature, not because of gerrymandering, but because of the high quality of candidates that the party has presented across the state. Now if…

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First Confirmed Sighting Of Wild Flamingos In Wisconsin Draws Legislative Attention:

{Editor’s Note: Satire Alert} After hearing about a sighting of wild flamingos at a beach in Port Washington (a first for Wisconsin), Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and state GOP senators currently interviewing appointees to the DNR board, are now urging the Department of Natural Resources to structure and approve a…

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Irony: A State With A Bong Recreation Park Hasn’t Legalized Recreational Use Of Marijuana.

Yes, I realize that the Bong Recreation Park is named after Wisconsin resident Richard Bong, who was a fighter pilot ace and hero in World War II. And no I am not belittling him in any way…but sometimes the humor suggests itself. But over the past year or so there…

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Pro-Life Party Won’t Make Accommodations For Injured Gov. Burgum At Debate?

For those of you who haven’t been following the extreme back benchers in the Republican 2024 Presidential nomination race, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum suffered a leg injury playing pickup basketball Tuesday night. He’s concerned that the injury will prevent him from participating in tonight’s GOP debate in Milwaukee because…

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Wisconsin US Rep. Bryan Steil Is An Enemy Of Safe And Fair Elections On Top Of Being A Tone Deaf Hypocrite.

First off, I apologize but this article is behind a pay wall at JSOnline, the website of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil’s committee tasked with election oversight hires an ex-Trump campaign aide tied to the fake elector scheme. I will try to make sure I have…

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WI GOP Won’t Keep Your 14 Year Old From Getting Shot In School, But Will Defend Their “Right” To Serve Alcohol.

Considering the number of issues and shortfalls in governance coming out of Madison…is it any wonder than rather than safety, clean air, clean water, education, the economy, help to family farms, state aid to any number of important growth engines in the state much less revenue sharing with cities and…

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WTF? Wisconsin Secretary of State La Follette Resigns

I am not going to re-write this article but I will admit that this comes as something more than just a surprise: Wisconsin’s longtime Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette abruptly resigned on Friday, saying he was leaving three months into his 11th consecutive term “to focus on my…

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Democrats Behaving Badly: WI Dems Meddled In GOP State Senate Primary

Wisconsin State Representative Janel Brandtjen is a cancer on state politics and has become a pariah on both sides of the aisle. But given her greed and ambition and the support of a former president it wasn’t surprising that she ran for state senate to replace a retiring GOP stalwart….

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