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I really really really want to like Dave Westlake…
I just wish he wouldn’t make it so hard. I have never met Mr. Westlake, and he seems by all accounts to be a very nice person. I also fully respect the campaign he has run(although I dont understand...
View ArticleUnderstanding Brian Sikma
Before the Wisconsin State Journal could get the story out about the DNR report warning of the health and water quality hazards of an open pit iron mine in the Penokee Hills of northern Wisconsin,...
View ArticleIn unprecedented move, Justice Michael Gableman asks for reconsideration of...
In an unprecedented move, conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman has asked his colleagues to reconsider their 6-0 decision not to hear an appeal in the conviction of Kelly...
View ArticleHelp review 1,200 pages of WEDC documents!
Over at DailyKos, regular Blogging Blue reader/commenter lufthase has posted an excellent piece about the 1,200 pages of documents obtained from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC)...
View ArticleScott Walker’s WEDC backed firm after learning firm wanted state money to pay...
This is just obscene… Officials at Wisconsin’s top jobs agency sought federal tax incentives for a failing Milwaukee business for a year after being told that the owner was seeking the money to pay off...
View ArticleIowa grants permits for the blind to acquire & carry firearms in public
According to a report by WTSP, officials in Iowa have started granting permits to allow individuals who are legally or completely blind to acquire and/or carry guns in public. Here’s some news that has...
View ArticleWhat is Donald Trump hiding by not releasing his long-form birth certificate?
According to this report in Raw Story, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a “birther” who has long claimed President Barack Obama may not have been born in this country, has refused to...
View ArticleDon’t know what to make of this
A friend of mine just got this email yesterday from, presumably, Jake Hajdu, Executive Director of the DPW. I’ll post it here for you folks to decipher because I couldn’t make any sense of it. I’m...
View ArticleSupreme Court (finally) rules in favor of marriage equality for all
It’s about time! In a landmark opinion, a divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that same-sex couples can marry nationwide, establishing a new civil right and handing gay rights advocates a historic...
View ArticleHere’s your “marriage equality for all” open thread
It goes without saying that yesterday’s Supreme Court decision allowing same sex marriage in all 50 states was historic, so feel free to discuss that – or whatever else happens to be on your mind.
View ArticleVIDEO: President Barack Obama’s eulogy for Clementa Pinckney
Yesterday President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy for his late friend, state senator Clementa Pinckney, who was killed last week in the Charleston domestic terror attack. President Obama’s eulogy is...
View ArticleMr. Walker, your self-absorption is showing
The past week offered Scott Walker some great opportunities to demonstrate that he could be something other than the divisive and self-centered person we’ve come to know and loathe. But boy, did he...
View ArticleEggs Benedict, the Milwaukee Art Museum : “Je suis Charlie”
Milwaukee area artist Niki Johnson created a portrait of retired Pope Benedict out of colored condoms in response to a less than correct statement he made while in Africa concerning the use of condoms...
View ArticleQuick Question to Wisconsin Dems on Bernie Sanders
Why was it such a big issue that recently elected DPW Chair Martha Laning had only recently been a dues paying member of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin…but nobody bats an eye when Senator Bernie...
View ArticleChris Christie announces candidacy for president (VIDEO)
Earlier today Republican Gov. Chris Christie announced he’s going to join the circus that is the Republican presidential primary. In light of Christie’s announcement, here’s him acting all...
View ArticleYet another WI business closes its doors as state has more planned layoffs...
Apparently Strategic Fundraising of Oshkosh didn’t get the memo that Wisconsin is “Open for Business,” as Gov. Scott Walker is so fond of saying. An Oshkosh firm closed its doors Monday, June 29, and...
View ArticleVIDEO: In 180 seconds you will be voting for Bernie Sanders
I’ll admit it – Bernie’s my guy. While pundits and prognosticators may say Bernie Sanders has no chance of defeating Hillary Clinton in the 2015 Democratic presidential primary, I think his message of...
View ArticleIt’s been eight years
It’s been eight years since the first post here on Blogging Blue. Back then, the blog was just me and a few readers (most of whom were my immediate family), but since then it’s become much more than...
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One photo sums up how Democrats feel about Bernie Sanders for president
So this happened today in Madison. Image courtesy Doug Cvetkovich The fact that 10,000 people showed up at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders tells me that his populist...
View ArticleLongtime Scott Walker aide Cindy Archer to sue John Chisholm
According to this op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal’s online edition Cindy Archer, a longtime close aide to Scott Walker, is planning on suing Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm for...
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