Blogging Against the Politics of Fear, Racism, and Republican, Right-Wing Authoritarian Personalities. "You can't not know. You can't not care."
Once upon a time, there was a Presidential candidate that ran on “Change”, and promised that if workers rights to collectively bargain were ever threatened, he would grab some comfortable shoes and join the workers on the picket line as the President of the United States.
A fairy tale, right? We have a huge crisis in Wisconsin with a right-wing, Koch Industries tool in Governor Walker trying... 
Are you ever struck by the notion that perhaps the unemployment insurance debate is really just a responsible approach to addressing the huge federal deficit? Do you believe that continuing the tax cuts for the wealthy is the key to job creation in this country?
Despite the tons of disinformation about this debate, our government is not being reasonable or responsible with the taxpayer’s money. ... 
I honestly thought that Barack Obama was going to say that he worried so much about civility and making sure that Republicans were included on everything, that he forgot about getting the things done that matter, specifically, jobs, jobs, and more jobs. Instead, Obama doubled-down on his politeness and civility agenda. He actually said that people were concerned with “how” things were done, more than... 
I am proud that we have received endorsements of our campaign from the Oshkosh Northwestern, Appleton Post-Crescent, Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, Sheboygan Press, Fond du Lac Reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Courier, Kenosha News, Wisconsin State Journal, Monroe Times, The Capital Times, The Daily Cardinal, Wausau Daily Herald, Abbotsford Tribune-Phonograph, Stevens Point Journal, La... 
Remember the 2008 election? We progressives had the political equivalent of World War II on our hands. The humble, but passionate, middle class backed their 5–star general, Barack Obama, and prevailed over the fascist tyranny of the GOP, their tax breaks for the wealthy, the theory of the “Unitary Executive”, and torture. We knew that the troops would finally come home from the misadventures... 