The The Three Stooges Of Wisconsin

By Jeff Simpson

H/T James Rowen @Political Environment:

The House approved a bill helping fellow Americans out in dire times of need:

 The House, dismissing concern for the rising cost, approved a $36.5 billion aid package on Thursday that would provide hurricane and wildfire relief funding while bailing out the financially troubled National Flood Insurance Program.

The aid package would also help Puerto Rico’s financially beleaguered government avoid running out of cash in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Conditions there remain dire, with most of the island still without power three weeks after the storm hit.

The House approved the bill 353 to 69, with all of the no votes coming from Republicans.

69 No Votes and we personally know 3 of them.

The first is NO  Vote is Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, who tweeted this out not that long ago. 

Sensenbrenner Press‏Verified account @JimPressOffice  Aug 31

Thanks to the @JJWFoundation, the volunteers & #WI05 for the amazing outpouring of support for those impacted by #HurricaneHarvey

The second No Vote from WI is Congressman Sean Duffy , fresh off a win by the SCOTUS allowing Congress to pray before their session starts, proudly voted no on natural disaster relief.

Sean Duffy‏Verified account @RepSeanDuffy  Oct 11More.@PRicoReport: "Congressman Sean Duffy Supports Assistance and Accountability for #PuertoRico"

Told @CNN's @NewDay that I stand with Governor @ricardorossello & the people of #PuertoRico to rebuild and revitalize the Island. pic.twitter.com/fH5greMuZH

— Sean Duffy (@RepSeanDuffy) October 9, 2017

The third Wisconsin NO Vote was Rep. Mike Gallagher.  I have no "Thoughts and prayers" tweet to link to because apparently he didn't send anyone thoughts or prayers.   

Is someone who is not scared to spend money on anything but helping fellow Americans the people we want representing us in Congress? 

We can make up for our mistakes next November! 

The Trump Hate Train

By Jeff Simpson

Excellent video from Mother Jones!  



When you combine a snake oil salesman and reality tv "star" to a party that has been using dog whistles to win elections since the 70's and a deep resentment by some people that their President for the last 8 years has been a black man, this is what you get with those ingredients.   It is not going to get better either until Mr. Trump disappears from the public view.  He is playing a dangerous game and the GOP establishment is fueling him!  

Many in the GOP will come up with excuses like, Trump doesn't represent the party(well he won the nomination handliy).  There is no room in the GOP for misogyny, racism or sexism (again Trump won the nomination handily), or  Hillary would be worse!(I am no fan of Hillary but worse than Trump? )

While Hillary might have more love for fossil fuels and Wall St. than I am comfortable with, she does not act like a petulant child like Trump.  

Check out his official tweets:

Donald J. TrumpVerified account‏@realDonaldTrumpI would have had millions of votes more in the primaries (than Crooked Hillary) if I only had one opponent, instead of sixteen. Broke record

Donald J. TrumpVerified account‏@realDonaldTrumpIf dummy Bill Kristol actually does get a spoiler to run as an Independent, say good bye to the Supreme Court!

Crooked Hillary and Dummy Bill Kristol, are some creative insults if they coming from a third graders mind.   Not remotely Presidential especially coming from a guy who said this:

Yes that is your 1810  2016 Republican Presidential nominee.    While Trump is responsible for his "great words", the GOP by electing him and not denouncing him are also just as guilty of the racism, pettiness, misogyny and sexism.  

As Paul Ryan says:

"Donald Trump should be given a ton of credit for advancing and widening the playing field," Paul Ryan(R-Wall St.) said. "He is bringing new voters to the Republican Party by the millions and that's very impressive."

Jim Sensenbrenner, Glenn Grothman and Sean Duffy all endorse this behavior:

"Donald Trump has won our nomination fair and square," U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner said.He told activists they need to back Trump to prevent having "three or more Ruth Bader Ginsburgs" on the Supreme Court.U.S. Reps. Glenn Grothman and Sean Duffy made similar appeals, saying Republicans had to make sure they kept Clinton out of the White House. Grothman said Republicans needed to build enthusiasm for Trump.

US one term Senator Ron Johnson also thinks this behavior is perfectly fine: 

 For his part, Johnson said in an interview he doesn't agree with Trump on issues such as temporarily banning Muslims from the United States, but added he and other Republicans see eye to eye with Trump on most major matters.

Scott Walker is eating this stuff up and upset he can not get away with what Trump does:

 "I will support the Republican running against (Democratic front-runner) Hillary Clinton in the fall — whoever that is," Walker said at a news conference in Wauwatosa on Wednesday morning.  Even if Trump is the nominee?  "Yeah," Walker said, declining to say Trump's name. "To me, I think it's preferable to have a Republican nominee over Hillary Clinton. 

Let's not forget that Wisconsin's leading Billionaire Heiress, Diane Hendricks,  has signed up to be VP of the Trump for President committee!  We are trying to confirm here at CogDis is Trump makes her wear a bikini when they have meetings!

Two of Gov. Scott Walker's top financial contributors were named Tuesday by Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to the leadership team of a key fundraising committee to support Donald Trump.Diane Hendricks, a Beloit billionaire who is co-founder and chairman of ABC Supply, was picked as one of the vice chairs of Trump Victory committee. The committee will raise money for the RNC, the Trump campaign and 11 state party committees.   Elizabeth (Liz) Uihlein, president of Pleasant Prairie-based Uline Corp., was also named to the committee.

Why Diane Hendricks continues to serve on the Beloit College Board of Trustees is beyond me!  

GOP Senate "leader" Scott Fitzgerald also jumped aboard the train.

State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) called on Republicans to unite around Trump and work to ensure that the state's GOP delegates vote for the billionaire on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention this summer."We're on the Trump train now," Fitzgerald said, making the opening argument Wednesday in his party's internal debate.

We all know how Fitzgerald feels about high speed rail, so he jumped on the low speed backwards running Trump train. 

You have to ask yourself, is this the future we want for our children, or us?  Or America???   We can not afford to not only vote for Donald Trump, but for any politician who would put their party over the future of our Country.   

Please keep that in mind in November!   


 

Ryan, Sensenbrenner Get Free Passes From Democrats

Republicans Paul Ryan and James Sensenbrenner each are going to have free passes to keep their seats this year.

Both of their Democratic opponents, John Heckenlively and Todd Kossolo, respectively, failed to get enough signatures to be on the ballot this fall. GAB counts can be found here.

It should be noted that Ryan will still have to face a Libertarian and an Independent, and Sensenbrenner will still have to face an Independent.

Sensenbrenner Wastes Our Tax Dollars

When I got home tonight and went through the mail, one thing that stood out was this giant flier from Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-BP).

This was a wasteful and questionable use of our tax dollars.

First of all, I am not in his district. My Congresswoman is the energetic and proudly progressive Gwen Moore. I wonder how many other people got his mailer from his office who aren't represented by him.

The first page of the mailer is in letter form, wherein he complains that providing health care for the most needy is downright unAmerican and that the best thing is to get an activist judge to rule it unconstitutional. The bottom of the page is a promotion of his Facebook page, his YouTube videos and a chance to sign up for his e-newsletter.

The second page is a long blathering of how bad immigration is. Page Three is a list of his town hall meetings.

The back page is a list of survey questions that are so partisan that it seems to be almost a campaign flier. Here's an example:

8) What is the greatest domestic threat facing the United States today?

a) Wasteful government spending e) Domestic terrorism
b) Economic instability f) Global Warning
c) Rising debt/deficit g) Other
d) Illegal immigration

One would think that the fact that it's called global warming would indicated that it is not just a domestic issue.

The other questions also sound like a pop quiz given by (or for) a talk radio host.

It is a rather silly and blatantly politically orientated flier, especially considering that the tax payers had to shell out for it.

One of my conservative friends (yes, I have some), Dean Mundy, wrote a few days ago about the fact that Sensenbrenner has an opponent in Todd Kolosso. Dean found it amusing that Kolosso was raising the issue of Sensenbrenner's stock holdings:

I don’t want to tell Democrats how to campaign, but the last few challengers have tried to nail Sensenbrenner because of his stock holdings and it hasn’t taken.

Come to think of it, pretty much any thing any challenger has thrown at him has managed to unseat him.

I don't think it's an issue of what the Democrats, or any other challenger, has tried to use against Sensenbrenner. I think it says much more about the people that have kept voting him in all these years, and how much they tolerate.