Tag Archives: Scott Walker

Scott Walker’s Job Creation Agency Bought Football Tickets, Broke The Law

It’s common knowledge that Wisconsin has been at the bottom or near the bottom in the nation for job creation since 2011, but according to this report from the Associated Press, the job-creating agency Scott Walker oversaw the creation of … Continue reading
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Don’t Spend it All in One Place

According to Citizens for Tax Justice, the tax cut unveiled by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker this week would afford the bottom 20% of the state a whopping 2 dollars. In his budget address this week, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker followed … Continue reading
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And Then They Came For Me

When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker declared war on unions, he made the calculation that if he exempted private employee unions and emergency services from his initial assault, he could get away with it. He was right. And now he’s coming … Continue reading
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Shunned

Artist – Jimmy Margulies In other news, the former president of the clerks association of Wisconsin and current head of the association’s election communication committee is signaling that the state’s organization of clerks would be staunchly opposed to Governor Scott … Continue reading

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The Conservative Whiny Diaper Tantrum Continues

My Wednesday column digs into the roundelay of GOP screeching in reaction to the election, including something called “Barack O’Fraudo”: We’ve all known a kid who upon losing a board game would freak out, hurl the game across the room … Continue reading

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Scott Walker Doesn’t Like It When More People Vote

Scott Walker is not impressed with Wisconsin citizens’ efforts to participate in the democratic process and over the weekend he implied that he’d like to shut that whole thing down. Gov. Scott Walker signaled in a weekend speech that he … Continue reading

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Romney Fever is Spreading

It’s spreading to Governor Scott Walker. “I thought (picking Ryan) was a signal that this guy (Romney) was getting serious, he’s getting bold, it’s not necessarily even a frustration over the way Paul Ryan’s been used but rather in the … Continue reading

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Scott Walker Cried During Paul Ryan Speech

The governor of Wisconsin during Paul Ryan’s cavalcade of lies: Oh please. Really? Crying? Who are these people?

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The View From Europe

The Altantic Wire has a collection of reactions to the unsuccessful recall of Scott Walker from overseas. Here are a few of my favorites which American newspapers would never print. “Wisconsin is not France,” reads the headline of Pierre-Yves Dugua’s … Continue reading

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You Can’t Blame Apathy

Voter turnout in Wisconsin was extremely high yesterday. Some precincts saw turnout as high as 80 percent while others saw turnout above 110 percent. The surge in same-day registrations lead to some precincts actually running out of voter registration materials. … Continue reading

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