Dom
Dominic was born in metro Detroit Michigan and grew up in the Wisconsin countryside before attending UW – LaCrosse where he received his BS in Marketing. During college he met Mike Crute and started to engage in the political and philosophical conversations that have continued over the past 20 years. A self described social liberal and fiscal conservative, Dominic has been at odds with many tenets of the two main political parties.
Mike
Mike grew up in Madison, the son of a dynamic, liberal mother; who acted as an unpaid lobbyist for the State of Wisconsin foster parent association. Mike created a live call-in show for cable, worked for ABC-WXOW during and after graduating from UW-Lacrosse. Mike found his progressive voice and reactivated his passion for broadcasting by joining close friend Dominic Salvia in their daily production of the “The Devil’s Advocates.”
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madison.com/ct/opinion/column/scott-walker-we-will-keep-moving-wisconsin-forward/article_31df9d0f...
Scott Walker: We will keep moving Wisconsin forward
madison.com
The Capital Times invited candidates for Wisconsin governor to write op/ed columns making their cases to voters. Today we publish the column by Republican Gov. Scott Walker, the incumbent. Democratic"There’s nothing unusual about a new Cabinet secretary coming to office inclined to favor a different policy direction, soliciting support from other agencies to bolster his views, disagreeing with staff, or cutting through red tape. Of course, some people may disagree with the policy and process. But until now, at least, this much has never been thought enough to justify a claim of bad faith and launch an inquisition into a Cabinet secretary’s motives," Gorsuch wrote.
Supreme Court halts Wilbur Ross deposition
politico.com
The justices split on the Trump administration's other requests in suits involving adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.“Perhaps the most contentious of American emblems, the Confederate flag is grounded in a history of slavery and segregation in the South. But despite recent moves to eradicate it from statehouses, vehicle license plates and store shelves, the banner has been embraced far from its founding region, still flying from spacious Victorian houses in New Jersey, above barns in Ohio and over music festivals in Oregon.
The Confederate flag’s appearance at Trump rallies in 2016, sometimes emblazoned with his name, cemented its link to his “Make America Great Again” brand of patriotism, which appealed to many disaffected white people. Some supporters say the country under President Barack Obama put the needs of minorities before theirs.
“It seemed like I wasn’t represented,” Cler said, while others “took advantage of the system.”
For people like him, the Confederate flag reflects 21st-century pride in a form of American identity that harks back to the scrappy self-sufficiency of the white settlers of Appalachia. To others, flying the flag for “white grievance” is simply racism by a different name, an effort to redefine patriotism as the interests of white Americans.”
www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/10/22/feature/some-white-northerners-want-to-redefin...
Raising a flag to white grievance
washingtonpost.com
From Illinois to Oregon, some Americans see the Confederate flag as a symbol of patriotism.#Walker's weak position can be attributed to a number of forces.
First and foremost, he's running in a bad political environment for the first time in his political career. Republican President Donald Trump's net approval rating stands at -5 percentage points in the latest Marquette University Law School poll of Wisconsin likely voters. If you knew nothing else, you'd think a Republican in a purple state would be in trouble given where Trump stands.
Walker was either running in a pro-Republican or neutral political environment in his three previous campaigns. In 2010, Democratic President Barack Obama's net approval rating was at -7 percentage points. During the 2012 recall, Obama's net approval was even. Finally, in 2014, Obama's net approval rating was at -12 percentage points.
Second, Walker's opponent doesn't seem to have alienated voters like past opponents have. Evers had a slightly positive (+3) net favorable rating in the Marquette poll. It was highly positive (+11) percentage points in a Marist College poll. That's very different from when Democrat Tom Barrett had a negative net favorable rating at the end of both the 2010 gubernatorial campaign as well as the 2012 recall. The same goes for Mary Burke at the end of the 2014 campaign.
Third, Walker may have simply worn out his welcome. We know from presidential politics that when a party runs for a third term it's usually a much more difficult campaign than the election for a full second term. There's a reason why only one party has won a third presidential term since the 1950s.
Today, Walker's net approval favorable is negative for the first time in any of his campaigns. If you believe Marquette, it's at -1 percentage points. If you believe Marist, it's at -12 percentage points. Either way, it's worse than in any of his previous bids.
Indeed, Walker's poor position is emblematic of the GOP in the Upper Midwest overall. Republicans are underdogs in the Iowa, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota gubernatorial races as well. That's quite a change from two years ago, when Trump rode the region to the White House. Now, it may end Walker's political career.
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/22/politics/forecast-scott-walker-underdog/index.html
The Forecast: Republican Gov. Scott Walker is an underdog
cnn.com
House forecast: Democrats will win 226 seats (and the House majority) while Republicans will win just 209 seats. A Democratic win of 202 seats and 260 seats is within the margin of error."State crime lab workers have sped up drug tests in the past year, but a backlog of months-old DNA evidence has continued to grow to nearly 800 cases.
Attorney General Brad Schimel, who oversees the state crime labs, released new figures Friday about the tests, about four weeks after USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin requested them under open records laws."
DNA backlog grows to nearly 800 cases in state crime labs, new figures show
jsonline.com
Attorney General Brad Schimel, who is seeking re-election, has called for more state crime lab funding next year.