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Earlier this week the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia held a hearing on domestic partnership benefits legislation. The hearing consisted of three panels of experts including Wisconsin's own Rep. Tammy Baldwin. Her presence was certainly no surprise since she was the one to introduce the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009 (

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Yesterday a brief was filed in the case William C. McConkey v. J.B. Van Hollen. The case is a challenge to the discrimination amendment that was passed in Wisconsin in 2006. Michael Leon gives us the details in the following blog posting at MAL Contends today.Brief Looks to Doom Wisconsin Gay Marriage BanThe Attorney General's reply is due on August 13. It will be interesting to watch him try

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A new business group has been formed by a diverse set of Wisconsin business leaders. It is called the Wisconsin Business Council, and according to the initial reports, it will broaden advocacy for business and lessen the poisonous politics of groups like Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC). WMC had become little more than the sugar daddy arm of the Republican Party and its increasingly

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Great news for the Scott Walker campaign! Recently popular UWM journalism instructor, Jessica McBride, has offered her endorsement of him. She did so in her most recent column in the Waukesha Freeman. She also takes the opportunity to lecture Republican big-wig and former Tommy! official Jim Klauser. It has been no secret that Klauser has been courting any Republican but Scott Walker to run for

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We have already been tracking the many ways that perpetual candidate Scott Walker has delivered an "in your face" to his Republican Primary challenger Mark Neumann. Now that the former congressman has made his run against Walker official, he has delivered a few "in your face" moments back to Walker this week.First, Neumann has received a ton of press for making his run official this week. The

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Yesterday Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Daniel Bice reported on a very racist comment made by the blogger for the MacIver Institute. Apparently the MacIver blogger felt it was appropriate to make the following comment on his Twitter account:"Got my stimulus package in the mail today. It contained watermelon seeds, cornbread mix, and ten coupons to KFC."These words are obviously very

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I have been trying to track the several ways that Scott Walker has been delivering an "in your face" to his Republican primary opponent for governor, former Congressman Mark Neumann. First it was Walker making his official announcement in what could be seen as Neumann's own backyard. Then he hired a guy that ran Neumann's failed run for U.S. Senate in 1998. In another "in your face" moment,

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LaCrosse Tribune reports: "Walker said the promotional ride will do no more to boost his gubernatorial campaign than doing a good job back home."Surprise! This small story is less about promoting Milwaukee and more about Walker's campaign and whether this trip was on the level.It is worth noting that while Walker was on his self promotion tour, he had to "call it in" to get into a Milwaukee

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I found a new convservative group that appears to be passing all of their talking points directly to Republican officials, Healthy Americans Against Reforming Medicine or HAARM for short. Take a look at their message strategy sessions in the videos below:By the way, I have been meaning to ask conservatives why they want to take away my free choice of having a public health care option? I

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Last week I blogged about getting an "urgent!!!" email from RNC Chairman Michael Steele. He was faking all sorts of outrage that ABC News was going to cover the issue of health care reform including a town hall on the subject at the White House. Steele and the media arm of the Republican Party at Fox News kept calling it "unprecedented" coverage even though Fox specialized in much worse coverage

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There has been much discussion about the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's report regarding the affair between UW-Milwaukee Journalism instructor, Jessica McBride and Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn. The day that the story appeared on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's front page I even heard a sports program talking at length about the subject. Thus far I have not addressed it at all on my blog.

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We just got the first edition up and already a reader in Superior sends us a link to this story in the Superior Telegram: "Milwaukee County exec hits Twin Ports"And about half way through the story comes the Walker Wink and Nod moment, when they report that "Walker, a Republican, is a declared candidate for governor." I'm sure that Walker never expected that plug! He must have been shocked and

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Scott Walker's latest self promotion tour has started but this time with a bit of a twist. He is infamous for trying to privatize everything in Milwaukee County, even though in many cases it actually costs more. So how appropriate that he has now decided to partially privatize/corporatize this year's self promotion tour? Walker forcing Milwaukee County taxpayers to finance his self promotion

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So Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker was forced to reverse himself again after closing local pools in the summer? Hasn't this happened before? If he follows his pattern from last time, maybe we can look forward to him blaming senior staff and firing them. As I thought about the similarities between this swimming scandal and the last one I started to also think about all of the other Walker

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Today walking train wreck and RNC Chairman Michael Steele sent me an urgent message of the greatest importance. It was a fundraising email that repeatedly told me that it was so very "urgent" and he even added a healthy supply of exclamation points to drive that point home. What was the "urgent" issue? Apparently the Republicans are all bent out of shape because ABC News is going to air a

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Budget-Time always seems to drag the real motivations out of some people. Republican's in the legislature for example are so protective and territorial about the current tax break for capital gains on investments. Even though Wisconsin's 60 percent tax exemption is one of the most generous in the nation, Republicans in Madison turn into chicken littles at the very thought of peeling it back even

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Time to jump on a timely soap box.*The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported today that the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics is considering a bill to raise the pay for private lawyers that provide criminal defense for the indigent. I say that it is about time! It should go without saying but everyone accused of a crime has the right to a vigorous defense and that includes the poor. I

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Not content with misleading people in this country, Wisconsin Congressman F. Jim Sensenbrenner took his show to China last month. He was part of a climate change-based congressional delegation. Just before he left China he had a press conference where he essentially said that China was not serious about climate related reforms. The suggestion from his comments seemed clear, that the U.S. should

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This weekend from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin convention in Green Bay, Wispolitics reported the results of their straw poll. One of the questions asked was which Republican candidate for governor would be most beatable: Scott Walker or Mark Neumann? A majority said that Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker would be more beatable than former Congressman Mark Neumann. Walker received 124

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HeadlinersFriday: Cyndi LauperSaturday: BrandySunday: Etta James

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Daily Kos released a Research 2000 Wisconsin Poll yesterday and right now the numbers for each potential matchup for governor look a lot like they did the last time.Governor Doyle 48%, Scott Walker 36%, Undecided 16%Governor Doyle 49%, Mark Neumann 35%, Undecided 16%The poll also has numbers on Lt. Governor Lawton, Senator Russ Feingold, Congressman Paul Ryan and Tommy Thompson. For more visit

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Pardon me for a moment as I think out loud and speculate. Does everyone remember the latest right wing (GOP front) group the MacIver Institute? Remember? They are the folks that got off to such an odd start, even lying about the real role that Scott Jensen played in the starting of their organization. Well, they have finally begun to hire people to replace their initially invisible staff and

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A new Gallup poll shows who Republicans have claimed as their leader. One of the most obvious things to note about the poll is that "no one" came in first with 17 percent. Mr. No One (pictured on the right) was followed by Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich both tied at 10 percent. Never fear, the dark lord Dick Cheney was close behind the other two GOP fossils with 9 percent. Here are some of the

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On Monday Governor Doyle signed the Equal Pay Enforcement Act into law. The law will more effectively guard against pay discrimination by employers. A primary goal of the law is to help close the still glaring wage gap between women and men, but it will also cover other areas of pay discrimination. In the battle for equal pay it will serve as one of the toughest laws in the nation. The

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You can't throw a rock these days without hitting a Republican that parrots that the country is headed toward socialism. Like with many of their mantras, this one has very little basis in fact. This week The Atlantic reported the percentage of corporate and business assets held by the U.S. Government; which is 0.21%. They also produced the following chart which makes for a striking visual defying

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