Tag Archives: Wisconsin

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

Posted on May 1, 2013 at 4:00 pm by JM Ashby

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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Till Death Do You Part

Posted on March 28, 2013 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Pat Bagley In other news, the state of Wisconsin reportedly sank to 44th in the nation for private-sector job growth in 2012. State Republicans recently announced that they will take up emergency job-creating legislation to rectify the problem … Continue reading →
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What Could Go Wrong?

Posted on March 1, 2013 at 3:45 pm by JM Ashby

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. has a message for his constituents — you can’t count on me! “Violent crime went up nearly 10 percent in Milwaukee,” Clarke said in the ad, posted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Are you … Continue reading →
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Don’t Spend it All in One Place

Posted on February 26, 2013 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

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

Posted on February 20, 2013 at 3:30 pm by JM Ashby

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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Republican Outreach

Posted on February 15, 2013 at 1:30 pm by JM Ashby

Wisconsin Republicans are apparently operating under the mistaken belief that their real problem with women is that the electoral gender gap isn’t wide enough. That’s the only explanation for why you would describe trans-vaginal ultrasounds as “long overdue.” At the … Continue reading →
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Republican Outreach: Another Round of Abortion Legislation

Posted on November 26, 2012 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

It appears that the next wave in the War on Women is about to come ashore in Wisconsin. The state’s largest anti-abortion group sees opportunities to place further regulations on abortion, including requiring women seeking the procedure to view an … Continue reading →

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Shunned

Posted on November 23, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

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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Scott Walker Doesn’t Like It When More People Vote

Posted on November 20, 2012 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

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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Batshit in Wisconsin

Posted on November 14, 2012 at 4:40 pm by JM Ashby

As President Obama said “it’s the law of the land,” but Republicans in Wisconsin aren’t convinced, and they’re considering backing legislation to arrest federal health officials for implementing Obamacare. Rep. Chris Kapenga (R-Delafield) is one of the nine from Wisconsin … Continue reading →

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