Wisconsin’s awful, no good, very very bad biennial state budget

This Facebook post by Emily Mills sums up how I feel about the absolutely awful biennial state budget Republicans are working to pass. Far as I can tell, the entire proposed Wisconsin budget is a steaming pile of garbage. But the tactic by the Republicans… Posted by Emily Mills on Wednesday,…

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Emily Mills: Just who is this Mary Burke?

This is a great summation of my thoughts on the campaign being waged by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke. Even still, running a lackluster, personality-free campaign won’t fire up the base, and you need your base to run get-out-the-vote drives, talk you up to their less politically engaged friends and…

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The knives are still coming out…

This weekend, progressive blogger/social media types gathered in Providence, Rhode Island for Netroots Nation 2012 (NN12). Here in Wisconsin, Democrats gathered in Appleton for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s 2012 convention. Throughout NN12, folks like Emily Mills from Dane 101 were tweeting updates on the goings-on at NN12, prompting a…

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Those fighting turkeys

Here’s Madison blogger extraordinaire Emily Mills’ take on a recent video posted to YouTube by conservative talking head (and Lt. Governor candidate) Rebecca Kleefisch: In my opinion, Emily’s version is a big improvement over the original.

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