The following open letter to Gov. Scott Walker urges him to remove time limits for people on FoodShare who live in 20 counties and 10 cities in Wisconsin with high unemployment rates.Dear Gov. Walker,As FoodShare participants are losing food aid at higher than projected rates, we urge you to request a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture from harmful FoodShare time limits and pro.... Read More
Protesters speak loudly. Protesters with a microphone and a guitar can speak even louder.When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced his presidential candidacy in the summer of 2015, Wisconsinites DJ Hostettler and Tony Webber, along with many others, got angry.But instead of posting a slew of links to articles and political memes to gain an amusing laugh and possibly a like or share, t.... Read More
His critics often complain that Scott Walker is indifferent to the needs of Wisconsin’s middle class and working poor. Instead, they say — and we agree — he’s the tool of a few billionaire families who use their think tanks to create cookie-cutter policies stacking the economic deck in their own favor.Numerous examples support that view. For instance: Walker’s elimination of environm.... Read More
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin issued a statement today blasting Gov. Scott Walker for endorsing U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for president. The endorsement comes a week before voters in the state head to the polls to vote in the presidential primaries as well as for a Supreme Court justice and local leaders and judges.Cruz came to national attention when he caused a shutdown of the federal.... Read More
A trio of Wisconsin Republicans — House Speaker Paul Ryan, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and Gov. Scott Walker — were ushering in an aggressive brand of pro-corporate conservatism dubbed the “Cheesehead Revolution.” Their aim was to position the GOP and its billionaire donors for success in the 2016 presidential election.Then came Donald Trump.With the .... Read More
Donald Trump’s rise to the front of the GOP field may seem like an overnight phenomenon, but you can directly trace his appeal back to events in Wisconsin in 2011.Shortly after taking office, Scott Walker caused a political earthquake in Wisconsin. Using union-busting legislation as his vehicle to national prominence in GOP circles, he introduced something into Wisconsin’s culture that did.... Read More
Taxpayers paid out more than $577,000 to nine current and former members of Gov. Scott Walker’s security team last year after a federal agency found the state had wrongly withheld overtime pay from them. The payouts cover a period of time, from May 2013 to May 2015, when Walker frequently traveled for his presidential run, according to the State Patrol. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (http://bi.... Read More
Republicans are poised to cut millions of dollars from Planned Parenthood through a bill that would limit Medicaid reimbursements for certain family planning clinics. Gov. Scott Walker has indicated that he’ll sign the bill. The bill would require clinics that participate in a federal program that allows them to purchase prescription drugs at reduced cost to bill Medicaid only for the actual ac.... Read More
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a measure allowing people to carry concealed switchblades and knives. The governor, often criticized as a shill for the National Rifle Association, gave his signature to the measure on Saturday afternoon during the National Rifle Association and Wisconsin FORCE's annual convention in Weston. Wisconsin FORCE, or Firearm Owners, Ranges, Clubs and Educators, is an NRA-cha.... Read More
Dear Governor Walker, I’ve read that you’re touring the state to hear from constituents as a way to get caught up after spending so much time out of state during your presidential campaign last year, and since I live over 250 miles north of Madison, I thought I’d address you on Blogging Blue rather than expect you to travel all the way up here. I know that two of your biggest problems since .... Read More
