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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is a Republican. Normally, I don’t have to emphasize that, given that he is infamous for his signing of legislation that gutted labor unions in Wisconsin and crippled his state’s economy, but I am emphasizing that he is a Republican because he recently sent out a Tweet asking people who approve … Continue reading Scott Walker sends out pro-Hillary tweet
A recent leak of documents from the John Doe II investigation into allegations that Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) illegally coordinated with outside political groups (most notably the Wisconsin chapter of the right-wing group Club for Growth), has, yet again, shown that the Walker Administration in Wisconsin is grotesquely corrupt. You can view the documents here, … Continue reading Donald Trump implicated in Scott Walker corruption scandal in Wisconsin
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The author of the blog post is a New England Patriots fan who lives in Illinois, and Wisconsin State Rep. Katrina Shankland (D-Stevens Point) is, like the vast majority of Wisconsinites, a Green Bay Packers fan. Anyways, the Chicago Bears are a bunch of losers. At a recent private, invite-only “listening session”, Republican … Continue reading Katrina Shankland knows more about the NFL’s player salary structure than Scott Walker does
Scott Walker, the Republican Wisconsin Governor whose own presidential campaign came to an end before even a single vote was cast thanks to huge campaign debt and many other factors, claimed that, if no Republican candidate were to win 1,237 Republican National Convention (RNC) delegates, someone who is not currently a presidential candidate would likely … Continue reading Did Scott Walker open the door to a GOP convention challenge?
In a 1992 column for Marquette University’s student-run magazine, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley, who is seeking a full ten-year term on Wisconsin’s highest bench, wrote that Camille Pagila, a misogynistic college professor at the (Philadelpha) University of the Arts who is noted for her anti-feminist screeds, “legitimately suggested” that women play a role … Continue reading Scott Walker’s hand-picked Wisconsin Supreme Court justice condoned date rape
Scott Walker has officially exited the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
There are many parallels between Scott Walker’s failing 2016 presidential campaign and the demise of the scripted professional wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s.
Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker recently had a picture taken with two fans of the NFL’s Chicago Bears.
The website of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) featured a tweet that I made apologizing to Canadians over Republican U.S. presidential candidate Scott Walker’s idiotic idea of building a border fence between the United States and Canada.
Scott Walker, in a desperate attempt to pander to the far-right, anti-immigrant extremists fueling the Donald Trump presidential campaign, has suggested erecting a fence along the border between the United States and Canada at the expense of American taxpayers: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is putting a new twist on the topic of securing the border, … Continue reading Scott Walker panders to anti-immigrant extremists, wants to waste taxpayer money on a Canadian border fence
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