If there’s one phrase I hate it’s “mistakes were made”. Fuck the passive voice. Somebody made the mistakes and they should be named and shamed. Let’s be clear, in layman’s terms, Republicans are getting ready to shut down the government. I don’t want to hear any of you saying “the government may be shut down” …
Republican Venality
Wisconsin Republicans Ignore Court Order; Insist the Budget Repair Bill Goes into Effect Tomorrow
What the hell, Wisconsin? Apparently Scott Walker took Sarah Palin’s book title a little too literally; he has gone rogue. After splitting the bill and jamming it through both houses without Democrats present, Wisconsin Republicans are now taking the position that the law goes into effect on Saturday even though just last week, a judge …
Open Thread: Wisconsin Chedda
Dave Weigel at Slate on Walker’s latest burst of grandious entitlement: The two week sleep-in at the Wisconsin state capitol is over; protesters will no longer crash in the building. The decision comes after a court battle (a polite, short one) over whether it was legal for the state to limit access to the building, …
IOKIYAR, “Charity” & Other Funding Edition
The NYTimes reports the current Republican twist on doing well by doing “good”: Louisiana’s biggest corporate players, many with long agendas before the state government, are restricted in making campaign contributions to Gov. Bobby Jindal. But they can give whatever they like to the foundation set up by his wife months after he took office… …
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread
If you’ve been looking for a good summary of “Why Wisconsin matters“, E.J. Dionne’s latest Washington Post column qualifies as both quick and meaty: … Nobody denies that the recession has tanked state revenue. That’s why even progressive governors have been making budget cuts – and why Wisconsin’s state unions conceded to Walker’s demands for …
Not surprising
An (admittedly small sample) Public Policy Polling survey finds that if Wisconsin voters could re-do their votes from last November, they’d vote against Scott Walker by seven points. The shift is mostly caused by independent and Republican members of unions turning against Walker. This is pretty much exactly what I thought would happen here. The …
Open Thread: “Not One of Us”
Either Dana Milbank has decided that there’s more of a future outside the Media Village bubble than in, or else Scott ‘Busted for Koch-Sucking” Walker has rushed his narrow pink arse a little too far out in front of the conventional wisdom. Milbank saved his piece on “Scott Walker’s unprincipled rigidity” for the big Sunday …