Why Minnesota is Doing Better than Wisconsin
We in Minnesota have a Democratic Governor. Our Mark Dayton is a rich Democrat -- the heir of the family who started the Dayton's Department Stores and B. Dalton Bookstores and Target -- and he was...
View ArticleAl-Shabab Threatens Malls in USA & Canada: BBC | Edmonton | The Blaze
Al-Shabab, the notorious terror group in Somalia that claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, has released a documentary of that bombing.In the documentary, it...
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What happens when you tax the rich and raise the minimum wage? Meet one of...
A governor doing his job When Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton took office in 2011, Minnesota had more than a $6 billion dollar deficit and an unemployment rate of 7%. Today, Minnesota's unemployment...
View ArticleSupply Side Vs. Keynesianism
Anytime you turn on Fox news or NBC Business, you might here some Supply-Sider telling you how government is standing in the way of Businesses. You'll likely here examples of how Scott Walker or Rick...
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Gun nuttiness at the Mall of America
Artist's conception. Not actually Tony Cornish State Rep. Tony "Yee-haw Bang" Cornish, lover of all things bullet-throwing, had his own take on the recent call by Al Shabab for attacks on western...
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As more families slip into poverty, Minnesota town turns parking tickets into...
Stillwater, Minnesota is tackling a food shortage for those in need in a unique way:Instead of paying the city $15 for a parking ticket in March, Minnesotans can instead opt to donate canned goods to...
View ArticleWisconsin is Open for Bankruptcy
For a bankruptcy lawyer, there is much to like about Right to Work.The following is a transcript of Attorney James Murray's testimony to the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Labor today. Here's a link...
View ArticleWe the Podcast -- Episode II: Home Health Care Workers
Too often in our economy the people we depend on the most are also the lowest paid and the least protected. In this month's episode of We the Podcast, we look at home health care workers -- a glaring...
View Article2020 Fantasy Redistricting: 6-district Alabama and 7-district Minnesota
Continuing this little series of speculative maps for what state congressional maps could look like after the 2020 Census. North Carolina was my last go.As I mentioned last time, North Carolina missed...
View ArticleWisconsin and Minnesota: A One-sided Political Competition
The email below just showed up in my account a few minutes ago, although it has been around for a day or two. Rather than chop it up, I thought the best thing to do would be to copy it below and...
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UPDATED:#ACATaxTime has already started in 6 states, & Burwell confirms 11.7M...
Now that the King v. Burwell Supreme Court oral arguments are out of the way (with radio silence expected until they announce the decision sometime in June) , the next Big Development to keep an eye on...
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Emails show coordination between Mall of America and city attorney in...
Activists from the group Black Lives Matter Minneapolis have obtained a series of emails, through open records requests, between Bloomington, Minnesota City Attorney Sandra Johnson and reps for the...
View ArticleFirst WI casualty of Right to Work, Major company moving to Minnesota
Hoffman Construction, a major road building and mining company is abandoning Wisconsin because of the Right to Work legislation just passed. According to Duluth News Tribune"Hoffman said Monday night...
View ArticleGoodbye Oil Trains: The 20% Solution
(from my Gearhead Grrrl blog )If you've been following the press of late, you've noted the considerable angst generated by the unit oil trains that seem to be taking over the land. The "Chicken Little...
View ArticleHow Minnesota barely eascaped Wisconsin's fate
(Cross-posted at The Makeshift Academic)On March 15, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten published an Op-ed in the Huffington Post contrasting the recent economic performance of...
View ArticleLet's Cube Root... Minnesota!
I'm going on vacation to North Carolina next week, so I'm giving DK a bonus state this week. As Kinky Friedman always says, "Why the hell not?"
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Hellraisers Journal: The Labor World Rails Against Bill Haywood as Signer of...
You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes. -Mother Jones```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````Saturday March...
View ArticleRight to Work Laws Will Stimulate Business for Bankruptcy Lawers in...
Scott Walker's lackluster job creation record looks like it might be getting an ignominious boost from an unexpected source: bankruptcy lawyers. Watch the video below for testimony given by bankruptcy...
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Passing vaccine legislation after Disneyland outbreaks
This is a guest post by Karen Ernst, who is the parent-leader of Voices for Vaccines, a parent-led organization that supports and advocates for on-time vaccination and the reduction of...
View ArticleThe path for a Democratic victory in 2016
In this diary I will explain how I see the political situation and what would be for me the path for a Democratic victory in the Presidential election of 2016. The diary will include also some note...
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