Update: The Milwaukee Fox affiliate reports that Governor Walker considers the soon-to-be-displaced GE workers “pawns” and says he plans to get involved in trying to keep those jobs in Waukesha: Gov. Scott Walker pledged Tuesday that state and local officials … Continue reading
Do you know who Tom Hardy is? I knew he’s an actor, but that was about it. English dude. He was the bad guy “Bane” in the movie The Dark Knight Rises, but he wore a contraption that covered most … Continue reading
It’s as if Obama is saying, “Ha! I’d like to see how CO2 could possibly tear apart this week’s address.” Somehow, I managed. According to the president, Saturday the 26th was “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.” “It’s a day where … Continue reading
Over the last few days, several polls have been released that are pretty consistent with one another, at least with regard to the race for the Republican presidential nomination. CNN, Fox News, Quinnipiac, and Bloomberg have polled Americans on this … Continue reading
The health care-centric Kaiser Family Foundation–the non-partisan (except for the 98% of donations its employees give to Democrats), non-profit organization–released its 2015 Employer Health Benefits Survey on Tuesday. Tierney Sneed at Talking Points Memo thought she had a “gotcha!” on … Continue reading
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry was the first to fold. Now current Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker has decided to give up his political aspirations of becoming President of the United States, at least for the 2016 race. Just yesterday, … Continue reading
On this date in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convention president and deputy from Virginia George Washington and 38 other delegates from 12 states signed the official copy of the United States Constitution. This is the opening … Continue reading
Tonight’s the night for another GOP fight, this time on CNN. This is your open thread to debate (or agree) with what the Republican candidates are debating. Jake Tapper is tapped to be the moderator for both debates. CNN’s Dana … Continue reading
Kim Davis, the clerk of a dinky county in Kentucky, violates federal law–sort of but not really, since there isn’t a federal marriage law–by refusing to issue marriage licenses after the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, resulting in some … Continue reading
These celebrity broads need to lighten up. First, there’s Academy Award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren. That’s right, I called her an actress. Clutch your pearls all you want. I don’t care. Many actresses now think that if they’re called actors, … Continue reading
