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Athenae, On Wisconsin, Scott Walker's Horcruxes, So Called Liberal Media2 Comments

GOP Don’t Care

Allison Hantschel

Neil Heinen, ladies and gentlemen:   What is most disturbing is the image…the image of three Republican state legislators being escorted by security past protestors at the State Capitol Tuesday evening. And once again the nation watches news from Wisconsin and wonders what is going on in that state? It’s hard to imagine this is the impression Republicans are hoping will convince people to invest in Wisconsin. But by once again ram-rodding divisive policy through the legislature and short-circuiting the public-hearing process, lawmakers have created an atmosphere of frustration and anger. Frankly the suggestion that the protests were a public safety … Continue reading GOP Don’t Care

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Credible Threats to Wisconsin Republicans

Allison Hantschel

Stupendous pussies run away from the possibility of dissent:  MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Republicans on the state Senate’s labor committee ended a public hearing on contentious right-to-work legislation early and sent it on to the full Senate Tuesday, enraging dozens of people who had been waiting all day to speak and sparking a demonstration in front of the Senate chamber. The daylong hearing began at 10 a.m. Sen. Stephen Nass, a Whitewater Republican and the committee’s chairman, had planned for it to last until 7 p.m. But around 6:20 p.m. he announced he was ending the hearing due to what … Continue reading Credible Threats to Wisconsin Republicans

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Right to Work in the Passive Voice

Allison Hantschel

So Scotty’s doing what everybody knew he’d do: This week, the right-to-work debate moves front and center in Wisconsin. With Republicans in the Legislature aiming to fast-track a bill to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk, they’re following a playbook that has been executed in other GOP-led states in the upper Midwest. In early 2012, just before the Super Bowl came to Indianapolis, then-Gov. Mitch Daniels signed a right-to-work law in Indiana. Later that year, it was Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s turn to hand a stinging defeat to organized labor. And now, it’s on to Wisconsin, where the labor battle has come … Continue reading Right to Work in the Passive Voice

Doc, Economy, Education, On Wisconsin, Scott Walker's Horcruxes, Stupid Republican Tricks3 Comments

Sweeping up after Governor Deadeyes

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I wonder what it’s like working on Gov. Scott Walker’s staff these days. It has to be a heady time to be with a man who suddenly rocketed to the front of the Republican party’s conga line for the presidential nomination. The guy survived three elections in four years, a series of protests comparable to the Vietnam War outrage and is now looked upon as a conservative media darling. He essentially controls the whole state, as the Republicans dominate the State Legislature and every Democratic gambit since his election in 2010 has failed to slow his roll. He’s the son … Continue reading Sweeping up after Governor Deadeyes

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In Which a Badger Mauls Walker

Allison Hantschel

Sharplessssss:  John Sharpless, a former Republican candidate for Congress and who teaches history at UW, voiced his frustration on Friday over the belief that professors aren’t working hard enough. He said he arrives no later than 9 a.m. and leaves no earlier than 5 p.m.  During that time, he said he’s either teaching, preparing lectures, doing research, attending required committee meetings, advising students and managing teaching assistants. Sharpless added that he often spends his evenings reading and grading papers. “None of this seems like work to a guy like Walker because he lives a different life,” he said.  “And I’m not going … Continue reading In Which a Badger Mauls Walker

Athenae, On Wisconsin8 Comments

Autonomy’s Just Another Word for “Fuck You Wisconsin.” Love, Scott Walker

Allison Hantschel

I would ask if he hasn’t done enough damage but obviously not:  The University of Wisconsin System will be given more autonomy, while having its state funding slashed by 13 percent over the next two years, under the budget Gov. Scott Walker will submit to the Legislature next week. Walker released details of his budget plan as it affects the UW System to The Associated Press on Monday ahead of a public announcement on Tuesday. “It will make the University of Wisconsin more efficient, more effective and ultimately more accountable,” Walker said. The State Journal first reported this month that … Continue reading Autonomy’s Just Another Word for “Fuck You Wisconsin.” Love, Scott Walker

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Is Scott Walker the new George W. Bush?

Allison Hantschel

A uniter, not a divider!   “What do Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida, New Mexico, and Nevada all have in common?” he said to me after the Dairy Breakfast. “Those are all battleground states that Barack Obama won in 2012—and they also have Republican governors. So why are state Republican leaders connecting with voters in a way that the national party isn’t?” Walker repeated his litany of self-assigned virtues: He and his fellow GOP governors were plainspoken optimists who made the rounds. “Not that any Republican is necessarily going to win the majority among women, younger voters, or ethnic … Continue reading Is Scott Walker the new George W. Bush?

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Cardinal Columns: Almost… Almost… Almost…

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About six months after the Fond du Lac school district implemented a “censor them all, let God sort them out” policy regarding its student media, it appears the board of education has decided to act right. According to at least two sources, the board met in a “workshop” earlier in the week and agreed in principle to a document that declares the publications of Fond du Lac High School to be public forums. This will essentially provide First Amendment protection to all of the media at the school, including the award-winning Cardinal Columns news magazine and Fondy Today, the school’s … Continue reading Cardinal Columns: Almost… Almost… Almost…

Athenae, Economy, On Wisconsin4 Comments

Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Allison Hantschel

Further studies in the journalistic passive voice: Milwaukee’s suburban counties were always Republican. They’ve voted Republican for president in every election but one (1964) since World War II. But white flight made them more so. The whites who left Milwaukee County for the outer suburbs were more conservative, and often better off economically, than the people who stayed behind. “On average, Republican movers have more money,” says political scientist James Gimpel of the University of Maryland, who has tracked the migration patterns of both Democrats and Republicans. “That means a broader array of neighborhoods is available to them.” Some of … Continue reading Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

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Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Allison Hantschel

Further studies in the journalistic passive voice: Milwaukee’s suburban counties were always Republican. They’ve voted Republican for president in every election but one (1964) since World War II. But white flight made them more so. The whites who left Milwaukee County for the outer suburbs were more conservative, and often better off economically, than the people who stayed behind. “On average, Republican movers have more money,” says political scientist James Gimpel of the University of Maryland, who has tracked the migration patterns of both Democrats and Republicans. “That means a broader array of neighborhoods is available to them.” Some of … Continue reading Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

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Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Allison Hantschel

Further studies in the journalistic passive voice: Milwaukee’s suburban counties were always Republican. They’ve voted Republican for president in every election but one (1964) since World War II. But white flight made them more so. The whites who left Milwaukee County for the outer suburbs were more conservative, and often better off economically, than the people who stayed behind. “On average, Republican movers have more money,” says political scientist James Gimpel of the University of Maryland, who has tracked the migration patterns of both Democrats and Republicans. “That means a broader array of neighborhoods is available to them.” Some of … Continue reading Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Athenae, Economy, On Wisconsin4 Comments

Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Allison Hantschel

Further studies in the journalistic passive voice: Milwaukee’s suburban counties were always Republican. They’ve voted Republican for president in every election but one (1964) since World War II. But white flight made them more so. The whites who left Milwaukee County for the outer suburbs were more conservative, and often better off economically, than the people who stayed behind. “On average, Republican movers have more money,” says political scientist James Gimpel of the University of Maryland, who has tracked the migration patterns of both Democrats and Republicans. “That means a broader array of neighborhoods is available to them.” Some of … Continue reading Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Athenae, Economy, On Wisconsin4 Comments

Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Allison Hantschel

Further studies in the journalistic passive voice: Milwaukee’s suburban counties were always Republican. They’ve voted Republican for president in every election but one (1964) since World War II. But white flight made them more so. The whites who left Milwaukee County for the outer suburbs were more conservative, and often better off economically, than the people who stayed behind. “On average, Republican movers have more money,” says political scientist James Gimpel of the University of Maryland, who has tracked the migration patterns of both Democrats and Republicans. “That means a broader array of neighborhoods is available to them.” Some of … Continue reading Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Athenae, Economy, On Wisconsin

Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Allison Hantschel

Further studies in the journalistic passive voice: Milwaukee’s suburban counties were always Republican. They’ve voted Republican for president in every election but one (1964) since World War II. But white flight made them more so. The whites who left Milwaukee County for the outer suburbs were more conservative, and often better off economically, than the people who stayed behind. “On average, Republican movers have more money,” says political scientist James Gimpel of the University of Maryland, who has tracked the migration patterns of both Democrats and Republicans. “That means a broader array of neighborhoods is available to them.” Some of … Continue reading Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Athenae, Economy, On Wisconsin4 Comments

Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Allison Hantschel

Further studies in the journalistic passive voice: Milwaukee’s suburban counties were always Republican. They’ve voted Republican for president in every election but one (1964) since World War II. But white flight made them more so. The whites who left Milwaukee County for the outer suburbs were more conservative, and often better off economically, than the people who stayed behind. “On average, Republican movers have more money,” says political scientist James Gimpel of the University of Maryland, who has tracked the migration patterns of both Democrats and Republicans. “That means a broader array of neighborhoods is available to them.” Some of … Continue reading Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Athenae, Economy, On Wisconsin4 Comments

Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Allison Hantschel

Further studies in the journalistic passive voice: Milwaukee’s suburban counties were always Republican. They’ve voted Republican for president in every election but one (1964) since World War II. But white flight made them more so. The whites who left Milwaukee County for the outer suburbs were more conservative, and often better off economically, than the people who stayed behind. “On average, Republican movers have more money,” says political scientist James Gimpel of the University of Maryland, who has tracked the migration patterns of both Democrats and Republicans. “That means a broader array of neighborhoods is available to them.” Some of … Continue reading Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Athenae, Economy, On Wisconsin4 Comments

Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

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Further studies in the journalistic passive voice: Milwaukee’s suburban counties were always Republican. They’ve voted Republican for president in every election but one (1964) since World War II. But white flight made them more so. The whites who left Milwaukee County for the outer suburbs were more conservative, and often better off economically, than the people who stayed behind. “On average, Republican movers have more money,” says political scientist James Gimpel of the University of Maryland, who has tracked the migration patterns of both Democrats and Republicans. “That means a broader array of neighborhoods is available to them.” Some of … Continue reading Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

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Fire This Person

Allison Hantschel

I don't know who's doing messaging for the DGA but if this is your statement in response to the revelation that Scott Walker is, in fact, a total crook:  “While the seemingly incriminating email to Karl Rove should satisfy the Beltway-centric appetite, the real potential political fallout involves Walker’s already tenuous reelection prospects, not the 2016 race for the White House,” the Democratic Governors Association said in a statement. BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH. I've read that three times and I still don't entirely understand what they're saying. "This is bad for Scott Walker's re-election, not his presidential run" or … Continue reading Fire This Person

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JUMP AROUND BITCHES

Allison Hantschel

Well, here's one less thing for me to feel superior about sitting here in Illinois, and I couldn't be happier:  U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb in Madison Friday overturned Wisconsin's gay marriage ban, striking down an amendment to the state constitution approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2006. Crabb did not stay her ruling but also did not immediately issue an order blocking the enforcement of the order, leaving it for the moment unclear whether couples could immediately marry in the courthouses of Wisconsin. Instead, Crabb asked the gay couples who had sued over the ban to describe by June 16 exactly what … Continue reading JUMP AROUND BITCHES

Athenae, Economy, On Wisconsin4 Comments

Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

Further studies in the journalistic passive voice: Milwaukee’s suburban counties were always Republican. They’ve voted Republican for president in every election but one (1964) since World War II. But white flight made them more so. The whites who left Milwaukee County for the outer suburbs were more conservative, and often better off economically, than the people who stayed behind. “On average, Republican movers have more money,” says political scientist James Gimpel of the University of Maryland, who has tracked the migration patterns of both Democrats and Republicans. “That means a broader array of neighborhoods is available to them.” Some of … Continue reading Poor People. Is Anything Not Their Fault?

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Cardinal Columns: The Rubber meets the Censor

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It’s been about a month since media outlets from coast to coast started eviscerating the Fond du Lac school system for its treatment of the student press at the high school. T anvi Kumar’s piece on “The Rape Joke”highlighted the way in which students in her school treat the concept of sexual assault like a running joke. It is a great read that demonstrated what students can do if given the chance to take charge of their own First Amendment rights. The administration has been playing “Armadillo Defense” to this point, hunkering down, taking the beating and hoping eventually people … Continue reading Cardinal Columns: The Rubber meets the Censor