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Eileen Bruskewitz

Eileen Bruskewitz is a white haired, conservative white woman from a white district, a spunky politician whose yard signs are emblazoned with her first name. She’s running for County Executive. Let’s...

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The Kloppenburg Referendum

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court is an embarrassment. But the clouds began to clear away this morning. The sun is peeking through. Today JoAnne Kloppenburg won the seat of the court’s angry conservative,...

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The Dignity of Work

Last night in Chicago we saw a moving performance of “Working,” the musical based on Studs Terkel’s 1974 book. One of the themes that emerges centers on the hope we all share that our children will do...

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Prosser’s victory

I’ve experienced JoAnne Kloppenburg’s defeat three times. On Tuesday night I was following the AP county by county reporting, watching vote totals see-saw as each county closed and an AP reporter added...

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Driving that train

A day doesn’t go by without a misstep by Governor Scott Walker. Today’s revelations by the Government Accountability Board and the Milwaukee District Attorney that William Gardner, a huge Walker donor...

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Walker’s testimony before Issa’s committee embarrasses Wisconsin

Wisconsin recently saw the passage of a controversial funding bill that addresses the state’s $3.6 billion budget deficit. [On April 14, 2011], a House Committee called Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R)...

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Asparagus

Today is the opening day of the farmers market on the square and the day that ill-informed whiners have called “tax day.” Supposedly, if you had to pay all your taxes before you could keep any of your...

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Jumbotron envy

Giant screens used for political speeches generally have an Orwellian quality. Not always, of course. Newt Gingrich? Orwellian. Steven Colbert? Not so much. Saturday in Madison the best seat for the...

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Urge JoAnne Kloppenburg to request a manual recount

JoAnne Kloppenburg lost the election for Supreme Court Justice by over 7,000 votes, less than half a percent of the total votes cast. This entitles her to a machine recount on the State’s dime. A...

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Olbermann on Osama and Obama

Here’s Keith Olbermann pounding out a piece on the death of Osama Bin Laden. Keith… good job man. Your hectoring tone and stentorian delivery were made for this.

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If Aaron got hit by a truck

Here are Aaron Swartz’s instructions in case he was hit by a truck (dated 2002… hat tip to Sheila Lennon, Providence Journal) —–BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE—– Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (Darwin) Comment: key at...

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Prosecutorial excess

If  Aaron Swartz’ intended to become a martyr with his suicide, he may have been successful. I suspect he chose to die simply because he couldn’t face living, and that his martyrdom was unintentional....

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Susan Lindauer

Susan Lindauer, former CIA asset Whistleblower who revealed publicly that she was directed by CIA to tell Iraq in April 2001 the US was expecting Arab hijacked airliners to smash into the World Trade...

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