Tag: Russ Feingold

At a “State of the Nation” presentation in Reedsburg back in August, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson told a constituent he does “orders of magnitude” more constituent outreach than his predecessor, Russ Feingold. You may remember Russ Feingold famously held a face-to-face town hall meeting with constituents in each of Wisconsin’s…

By now you’ve no doubt heard about the Ice Bucket Challenge to benefit the ALS Association that’s gone viral, helping raise over $41 million to help fund ALS research. On Wednesday, I found out I was challenged to do the Ice Bucket Challenge by Cudahy Mayor John Hohenfeldt, and in…

Over at The Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf wrote an excellent piece contrasting presumptive 2016 Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton and former U.S. Senator (and staunch progressive) Russ Feingold. Hillary Clinton vs. Russ Feingold Hillary Clinton Russ Feingold Issue

It’s so great to see former Sen. Russ Feingold is continuing to serve our nation years after leaving office. Feingold found his new diplomatic role immensely satisfying, in part because the obscurity of eastern Congo prevented the issue from turning partisan and in part because the stakes seemed so high….

The Isthmus: Former Sen. Russ Feingold set to marry for third time Indian Country Today Media Network: Presence of asbestos could hinder proposed northwoods open-pit iron mine HuffPo: More Republican districts saw increase in suburban poverty Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Gov. Scott Walker contemplating repealing state income tax

So in case you haven’t heard already (which if you’re reading this blog you have), the Democratic Party of Wisconsin held its annual convention last weekend at the Olympia Resort in Oconomowoc. Among those in attendance was former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, in his capacity as the founder of Progressives…

In light of this week’s news that the U.S. government has been engaging in a massive domestic spying program of U.S. citizens’ phone and internet activities, I felt it was a good idea to take a trip in the Blogging Blue “wayback machine” to 2001. See, back in 2001 then-U.S….

Last week Lisa wrote about the nasty, gutter-style attacks being used against Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin by the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson. While Ben Nemoir, who serves as Thompson’s political director, disavowed any connection between his attacks on Baldwin and the Thompson campaign, it’s…

Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold wrote a letter to the New York Times Magazine in response to what he calls an “absurd” piece on the Citizens United decision that Feingold says misses the biggest problem stemming from that disastrous decision: a new form of corruption in our democracy. Here’s Feingold’s…