Those 14 Democratic senators from Wisconsin are pushing back against a just-released article in the WSJ which says they’re preparing to return to Wisconsin
As the title suggests, this post has nothing to do with politics or news. But if you’re interested in social media and how people consume news online, join me after the jump (cool graph included). Read More
TPM Reader ES is represented by that state Rep. who got into a scuffle with a Capitol police officer last week. He shared with us an interesting to on his evolving impressions of Gov. Walker …
I didn’t vote for Walker, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt. He made a concrete promises on new jobs created during his term, and the governor-as-cheerleader can be effective in creating a positive business climate. I looked at his tax proposals with interest to see if they would benefit my business.
The AFL-CIO is organizing yet another big rally today in Madison, Wisconsin.
Gov. Walker sends out special early lay-offs notices. They’re not lay-off notices per se because no one’s actually laid off yet. They’re special ‘you’re gonna be laid off soon if the Dems don’t come back to Madison’ notices
I’m not sure what the “attraction of the demon” refers to. But one of the out-of-state Indiana Dem legislators, State Rep. Pat Bauer (D), tells TPM that Scott Walker has it. But the governor in his state, Mitch Daniels doesn’t.
Okay, as I said earlier, I thought the other Gov. Walker “Downfall” parody video was just like a B, at best. There’s so much color and clever detail with this story and Walker is such a ridiculous figure that i feel like this “Downfall” parodist just left a lot of parody on the table and sort of weakly tried to compensate for poor tradecraft with gratuitous f–ks and s–ts.
But Eric Kleefeld has just unearthed another “Downfall” parody tied specifically to the “Koch” crank call.
I’m still deciding my grade. But I think this one is a substantially better example of the genre. Check it out after the jump. Read More
Speaker Boehner moves to defend DOMA in court.
Federal prosecutors have come up with legal theories to charge Jared Loughner with federal crimes for each of the people he allegedly killed and wounded in Tucson on Jan. 8. The new indictment was just announced.