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Cleaning off my desktop…this probably should have been written while the governor was still vying for the GOP presidential nomination…but it still outlines his inability to see the bigger picture to what he is saying/doing. Of course safely back in Wisconsin where the media regularly give him a free pass…where…

Earlier today Gov. Scott Walker announced he is suspending his bid to become the Republican presidential nominee in 2016. As he exited the race, Walker talked about God, the Bible, and Ronald Reagan before blaming big bad Donald Trump for Walker’s failure of a presidential campaign. Watch for yourselves. What…

I am bald faced admitting that I stole this from the internet: Why did Scott Walker speak at President Reagan’s alma mater? Because he doesn’t have one of his own!

It’s out there now, the Republican plan (pdf) to start peeling off Milwaukee Public Schools and handing them over to private operators. And it’s awful. Sponsored by suburban Republicans Rep. Dale Kooyega and Sen. Alberta Darling, it is full of bad ideas and presents a possible future for MPS that is…

What follows is a guest blog from Stephanie Findley, candidate for First Vice Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, in response to criticisms that have been leveled against her. I have been a loyal Democrat since I came out of the womb in 1973. The first campaign I’ve ever…

While it’s assumed by many that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2016, I’m not convinced her path to the Democratic nomination will be as smooth as everyone thinks. However, one thing I am certain of is that former Democratic U.S. Senator Jim Webb will absolutely NOT…

Republicans may be good at winning elections, but they’re awful at actually governing. Case in point? Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner recently invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress, despite the fact that Congress isn’t empowered to conduct foreign policy; that responsibility actually falls to…

This could be a big deal. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is home to some of the most conservative federal appeals judges in the country. Five of the court’s judges once wrote that a man could be executed despite the fact that his lawyer slept…

When I was blogging back in the day, I used to joke that I had brevity issues. I put the word “rambles” in the name of my blog as fair warning. I would never be able to tweet, I used to say, because I couldn’t say “good morning” in 140…

This is a must-readfrom William Greider of The Nation. The blowout election of 2014 demonstrates that the Democratic Party is utterly out of touch with ordinary people and their adverse circumstances. Working people have known this for some time now, but this year, the president made the disconnection more obvious….