Paul Ryan to host wine shop luncheon for Van Wanggaard

Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, who last year demonstrated his elitist tastes for $350 bottles of wine, is hosting a luncheon fundraiser in a wine store for Republican State Sen. Van Wanggaard, who’ll find himself on a recall election ballot in short order. The minimum ticket price for the event is…

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Tommy Thompson: The Mad Hatter of Hart Park’s “Celebrate Walker” Rally

by Lisa Mux & Phil Scarr If the Americans for Prosperity event we attended in Waukesha a few weeks back was a motivational rally, the pro-Walker gathering in Wauwatosa Saturday afternoon was feeding time in the hyena paddock. It was less Tony Robbins and more Tony Soprano. The modest crowd…

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Wi GOP Seeks Jobs by Keeping Schoolchildren Ignorant

More job creation by the Republicans in the Wisconsin State Legislature today from State Senator Mary Lazich of Burlington, who wishes to do away with providing comprehensive sex education to students in the state.  It seems clear from the article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that she’s proposed the measure…

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