and Neil Heinen is a fool! I know I have called Robin Vos a Hingst before, but he perpetually becomes more and more of an ass everyday! It has nothing to do with the fact that he is also an unethical slumlord either. This does not even relate to the fa... »
Today Tom Barrett, flanked by Senator Jon Erpenbach and Senator Taylor gave a press conference at the Capitol. H/T @wtdynews WTDY News @wtdynews Barrett cuts press conference short after he’s grilled on MKE city employee concessions & Rahm Emanuel fu... »
Despite a very persistent movement across the state encouraging Rep. Peter Barca to run in the recall election for governor of Wisconsin, Rep. Barca has announced that he is not a candidate: Let me thank you personally for all of your kind support and ... »
I am not going to comment at this point (except to say I am surprised he didn’t wait until Tuesday night), just reprint Mayor Barrett’s email in it’s entirety: Today, the Government Accountability Board certified a recall election against Scott Walker,... »
From my email inbox comes this excellent guest post by Dick Pas. THEY ARE LINING UP It used to be the place of Louis Brandeis. And Benjamin Cardoza. John Marshall. And Earl Warren. Warren Burger. It’s in trouble now. So are we, big time. Anybody who is... »
A definite hatred of satirical cartoonists: Anwar al-Awlaki A Seattle cartoonist who drew a satirical cartoon suggesting an “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!” — an idea she later disavowed — reportedly has been placed on a hit list by a terror leader linke... »
I’ve read and heard several analyses of the looming challenge to the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) and none of these analysts believe that the challenge represents anything other than a clever rhetorical flourish. The challenge lacks any legal f... »
Madison Cartoonist Mike Konopacki is at it again: Local cartoonist Mike Konopacki isn’t intimidated by the criminal complaint Assemblyman Steve Nass (R-La Grange) filed against him Friday. Under investigation for using Nass’s letterhead in a gag press ... »
Or from the desk of Joseph McCarthy i can not keep them straight these days! We have written recently of the ill advised attack on the UW School for Workers, by Representative Steve Nass (and/or) his spokesperson Mike Mikalsen. They censored a little a... »
One year ago I didn’t know any of the people I was warmly embracing and high-fiving as I walked around the Capitol Square today. In the course of just one short year, strangers have become almost like family members. Whereas a year ago a dude carrying ... »
This morning Milwaukee Public Radio featured two news items back to back that exemplified the hypocrisy in the Republican legislature. The announcer played it straight but I am sure someone in the newsroom understood the irony in what they were doing! ... »
I know Zach asks us to try to keep our embedded videos short and to the point…and this one runs 12 minutes. But I think it’s worth viewing…at least pay attention to the last few minutes of it. Here we have a protest at the Capitol in Virginia over thei... »
EVeryone who engages the public probably has dozens of these by now. The Capitol Times Dave Zweifel recently shared one of his: My recent column suggesting that it’s time we stop demonizing public workers in Wisconsin generated a huge response from aro... »
One of the amazing stories from the 2008 Presidential campaign was the awakening of young people into our political environment and their willingness to get involved. And then the events in Madison just over a year ago again brought out young people in... »
They were inadvertently punked by Madison labor cartoonist Mike Konopacki. The fake story was about Paul Ryan threatening the Smithsonian for putting up a display of Wisconsin protest signs from last year. The story was an elaboration of the true sto... »
