Category: Tea Party

Go back to Africa…a little bit if vitriol that should never have survived into the 21st Century. Go back to Africa…something I wouldn’t be writing about except it’s being re-voiced by supporters of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. Go back to Africa…being said to people whose ancestors have been Americans…

From the front page of the March 13, 2016 Sunday New York Times: Donald Trump’s Presidential Run Began in an Effort to Gain Stature Donald J. Trump arrived at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in April 2011, reveling in the moment as he mingled with the political luminaries who…

Since Scott Walker’s Wisconsin often resembles Sam Brownback’s Kansas…a win by Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg might upset the current conservative majority on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court…we might see the Wisconsin legislature take up a Kansas proposal one more time. Like relaxing the requirements to impeach judges: A bill declaring that Kansas Supreme…

In their first approval of a nominee of President Obama since retaking the majority in the Senate, the Senate Banking Committee led by Alabama Republican Richard Shelby confirmed Adam Szubin to a post in the Treasury Department. I am not sure what the total elapsed time from appointment to confirmation…

In what may be an indication of what Milwaukee may expect from Gannett Newspapers when they complete their acquisition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel…six of their New Jersey papers have called for the resignation of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Six New Jersey newspapers issued a joint editorial calling on…

This president…a pretty simple neutral sounding sentence fragment. Perfect for any number of uses in a newscast, newspaper article, political speech or a blog post like this one. But if you listen to Fox News for any length of time you’ll soon realize they use it as a pejorative…to denigrate…

Because she didn’t meet the criteria for tonight’s GOP Debate on ABC, Carly Fiorina is being excluded from the debate. This really doesn’t make a lot of sense because she’s about the only candidate still standing who’s not attending…and quite frankly her campaign isn’t any more dormant than Kasich, Christie…

Well here’s a good one…Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke is accusing Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of infringing on the good sheriff’s 1st Amendment rights of free speech by trying to cut millions of dollars out of the sheriff departments budget last year. Really…I mean…really? Well I guess if you…

Dear Governor Walker, I’ve read that you’re touring the state to hear from constituents as a way to get caught up after spending so much time out of state during your presidential campaign last year, and since I live over 250 miles north of Madison, I thought I’d address you…

Yesterday the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Crossroads section (editorial section) featured an opinion piece by State Representative Ron Sanfelippo…the former County Supervisor who was the point man in Madison for the neutering of the Milwaukee County Board…but I digress! But rather than local government, this time the representative is shooting at…