Trump's ISIS Lie Sarcasm!!?

Trump trolls continue to ignore the blatant lies of their orange leader, their chosen candidate for president no matter how much they deny it, because he "tells it like it is."

Seriously, you can't turn on conservative talk radio without hearing some mindless caller blather on about Trump's "tell it like is is"  honesty. Yet Trump is doing just the opposite, which brings us back to "everyday is opposite day in Republican world."

This is now the big headline this morning, after lying all day about ISIS founding father President Obama...hey, it was all just a joke, like his hilarious rant about shooting President Hillary Clinton over liberal supreme court nominations:

What, the main stream media couldn't tell by the expression on Trump's orange face - like at this recent rally - that he was just kidding?



Or this lighthearted back and forth with conservative talker Hugh Hewitt, where Trump not only doubles down on his claim Obama founded ISIS, but he readily admits that making outrageous comments get more news coverage than telling the boring truth. MSNBC's Steve Kornaki pointed out the slip-up, saying "Donald Trump revealed that making outrageous statements that warrant clarification is part of his strategy:"

Hewitt: "You meant Obama created the vacuum, he lost the peace."

Trump: "No, I mean't he's the founder of ISIS."

I also noticed an odd coincidence regarding the word "founder." In this highly edited clip of PBS's Frontline on the origin of ISIS, the focus is on its "founder," mention within the first 50 seconds. Interesting to note; Dick Cheney is really the person responsible for the development of ISIS, so he could make his case for war with Iraq:



Just for fun, the new Time cover...

Richest "Stand with Walker" Women in Wisconsin now Trump economic advisers, looking out for the little People?

These so called smart business owners are on board with the electing Donald Trump as president. It's nice to know who to blame and who had the worst judgement ever, if the Trump disaster ever came the nations Capitol. They are willing to throw it all away for power:

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has added two of Gov. Scott Walker’s major financial backers to his economic advisory team.

Trump named Diane Hendricks, owner of ABC Supply and one of the wealthiest billionaires in Wisconsin, and Elizabeth Uihlein, co-founder of Uline Corp., to the team along with six other women.

Dumb Ron Johnson defends e-cigarettes as life savers, but then said "Let's face it, there's a lot of bad things that unfortunately get in the hands of our children."

Our know-it-all, do-nothing, big-talking gas bag of self-importance Dumb Ron Johnson again wants us all to fully understand the e-cigarette issue, because he assumes we’re just as clueless as he is.

Anyone who is using e-cigarettes has most likely looked into the health implications of the different additives used in vaporizers, except for maybe kids. But more on that later.

For Johnson, it’s an actual revelation to think about researching anything. He assumes we're all like him, not very curious.

Oh, and just like other "small government" Republicans, he will use government to give business an advantage over science and public health.

Dumb Ron Johnson as usual, wants to “understand” why public safety should outweigh business interests and “jobs.”

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson is seeking answers on new regulations for e-cigarettes. “I just want to make sure the FDA really understands what it’s doing, what the impact will be on businesses and jobs, and on those individuals whose lives have potentially been saved because they’ve been able to kick the habit using e-cigarettes.” Johnson said the regulations could cost the industry millions of dollars.

Yea, what’s all this concern about hooking kids...

The new regulations require greater scrutiny of the products and making it more difficult for minors to use them.

Johnson says, that’s life, and besides it’s better than heroin and normal cigarettes:

“Let’s face it, there’s a lot of bad things that unfortunately get in the hands of our children.  If you want to put them on a scale, I guess I’d rather have them using e-cigarettes than smoking normal cigarettes or taking heroin.” 

Okay, instead of heroin and cigarettes, people should ingest the following, according to WebMD (and who knows how the following ingredients might be increased over time):

1. Most contain the chemical nicotine, which is addictive. When you stop using it, you can go into withdrawal and feel depressed and crabby. Nicotine isn't good for people with heart problems. And some initial research shows it may hurt your arteries.

2. Harm the developing brains of kids and could affect memory and attention.

3. Damage unborn babies. Pregnant women shouldn't use anything with nicotine.

4. Some brands contain chemicals including formaldehyde -- often used in building materials -- and another ingredient used in antifreeze that can cause cancer.

5. Flavors in e-cigs also use a buttery-tasting chemical called diacetyl … when it's inhaled, it can be dangerous. "Diacetyl is a well-known harmful chemical, which, among other things, causes a lung disease called 'popcorn lung,'" says the American Lung Association.

6. A 2016 study in the journal Pediatrics found that teens that never smoked but used e-cigs were six times more likely to try cigarettes compared to kids who don't vape. A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2015 found a connection too. 

Walker's Wisconsin 49th in internet speed, and moving forward?

Wisconsin media reporting has reached a new ridiculous low with this recent story:

"Wisconsin lags behind other states in internet speeds, a new report shows, although gains have been made..." 

Hey, that's not so bad, right, we're making gains? In the very next sentence, those "gains" don't seem so important:

Wisconsin ranks 49th among states and the District of Columbia in the average download internet speed for a wired connection, according to the report from Speedtest, a Seattle technology firm.

Well thank you Scott Walker, for all that you've done leaving it up to the free market that decided to do nothing without taxpayer handouts.

Instead of seeing this as a job killer, the JS article instead reassured Netflix users they could still watch movies:

The 28.59 megabits per second is still more than adequate for most internet users watching a movie on Netflix or telecommuting.

Way back on August 23, 2015, Walker turned away $23 million from the federal government:

The state is turning down $23 million because state taxpayers would have been on the hook for the entire amount if the state could not meet the grant's precise requirements, Mike Huebsch, secretary of the state Department of Administration, said.

Walker instead took away those consumer/taxpayer safeguards and requirements:

"Broadband Forward! Community certification is a welcome mat for more broadband investment. A streamlined permitting process and reasonable fee structure is a win-win for everyone involved.”

Well, maybe not everyone getting "streamlined" over. So Walker thought he could look like a broadband hero by giving a little over a million bucks to expansion:

In 2015, Governor Walker and the Wisconsin Legislature tripled the amount of funding for broadband expansion grants to $1.5 million annually, with a total of $6 million allocated from the Universal Service Fund cash reserves to fund grants over a four-year period ... the program’s $1.5 million combines with local and private matching funds.

 Putting that $1.5 million in perspective statewide:

Monday, backers of a proposed municipal broadband service in Madison released a report that showed the service could cost more than $200 million. If the plan is successful, Madison would become the largest Wisconsin city to have a municipal broadband service, competing with commercial internet providers.

Minnesota again beat out Wisconsin with an even wiser investment in the future:

Minnesota, by comparison, spent about $20 million on matching grants in 2014 and $10 million last year. Just last month, Gov. Mark Dayton asked lawmakers to approve $100 million of the state’s $1.2 billion surplus for broadband grants during the upcoming legislative session.

Paul Ryan blasts the government & economy his party has controlled for almost 6 years now.

Paul Ryan described perfectly the massive GOP failure for the last 6 years trying to run the country, and the massive frustration and anger of Americans complaining that Washington is just not working.

"That it seems irrevocably broken. The people want to see congress and their elected leaders tackle those tough problems, not duck those tough problems. They're sick of the paralysis and they're hungry for results, and all too often Washington fails to provide those results...it's easy to resort to division, it's simple prey on peoples fears..."

Do I have to go on transcribing Ryan's honest assessment of the last six years of Republican control in Washington? Heck, listen to Ryan's full comment yourself.

Ryan opponent Nehlen broke two election laws like a good Republican!!!

Well what do you know, a member of the Republican Party broke two election laws trying beat Paul Ryan. I'm shocked I tell you, shocked:

WISC: Supporters of the man running against House Speaker Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District were putting up signs at polling places Tuesday during the primary election, an official said.

Janesville City Clerk Dave Godak said it's against state statute for political signs to be posted on the property where election polls are taking place, and it's against city ordinance to put the signs on the terrace. Godek said the signs were improperly placed by Nehlen supporters at six of the city's 10 polling locations but that the issue has been resolved.

Those troublesome election laws are all part of career politician Paul Ryan's plan to prevent his opponents from ever kicking him out of office, what else:

The Paul Nehlen campaign is questioning whether the clerk has evidence that the signs broke the law. Nehlen spokesman Noel Fritsch responded to the complaints by saying, in part, Ryan's "dwindling network of supporters is carrying out the Speaker's orders to prevent Mr. Nehlen and his supporters from carrying their message" to voters.

Nehlen wasn't done either, with lawless dirty trick number 2, a picture of his ballot. It's illegal to show your ballot to anyone, even online:

State law bars any voter from showing "his or her marked ballot to any person or places a mark upon the ballot so it is identifiable as his or her ballot" ...A spokesman for the state elections commission, Reid Magney said the Elections Commission lacks the authority to prosecute violations of the law … it would be up to a district attorney to determine whether to file charges.

A call to the District Attorney's Office in Walworth County, which includes the Delavan area, was not immediately returned Tuesday night.

Trump wants 2nd Amendment Supporters to try and Stop Hillary's Appointment of Justices.

Trump wants gun nuts to take out the president, if it's Hillary, to stop the appointment of liberal justices...and you'll love the take back:

If Trump does become president, Republicans are already setting themselves up for saying they never supported him anyway, so don't blame them. Democrats better make sure that' won't happen by making them to commit to their selection over and over.

Louisianians rush to stay healthy...go figure.

It always seemed odd to me when I heard Republicans complain about people using expanded Medicaid coverage in their states. Ah, that’s what it was supposed to do?

It also seemed odd to hear conservatives say “I told you so” when the media reports that people are seeing their doctors more often, supposedly over using their Medicaid services. Ah, maybe they were literally dying to see a doctor, or get treatment, or get a prescription? Just saying.

The Boston Globe featured this article today that explains just how important health care is to Americans everywhere, and to our economy in general. Louisiana is an incredible example of what a Democratic governor, doing Democratic things, can do:  

Louisiana voters elected John Bel Edwards governor (the only Democrat governor in the Deep South). Edwards noted that Louisiana “consistently ranked one of the poorest and unhealthiest states.  (Access to Medicaid) will not only afford them peace of mind, but also to help prevent them from slipping further into poverty and give them a fighting chance for a better life.”

Here's a list of facts you can use against your right-wing friends:

1. Edwards’s predecessor, Bobby Jindal, rejected the measure on the grounds – and I’m not making this up – that expanding access would “jeopardize the care of the most vulnerable in our society.”

2. The impact of Edwards’s executive order is being felt across the state. The law is having a transformative effect … “Patients burst into tears at this city’s glistening new charity hospital when they learned they could get Medicaid health insurance,” Noam Levey reported. One doctor said telling patients that they were eligible for health care coverage – something most of us take for granted — was like telling them, “I cured cancer.” Residents who had held off getting prescriptions filled or postponed screenings or seeing a doctor are now able to do so with Medicaid coverage.

3. Since Pennsylvania passed its Medicaid expansion, nearly 10 percent of the more than 650,000 who enrolled in the program began drug and alcohol abuse treatment – that’s approximately 65,000 people with an opportunity they didn’t have before to end their addictions.

4. According to one study … the expansion in Arkansas and Kentucky (and non-expansion in Texas), “poor adults” had more access to care and “skipping medications because of cost and trouble paying medical bills declined significantly.” Moreover, the “share of individuals with chronic conditions who obtained regular care increased” and the percentage of residents who were able to simply have a medical checkup jumped by 7 points. In Texas, where expansion has not taken place, there’s been little success in reducing uninsured rates or improving health care outcomes.

5. This is a great public policy story — one that shows how a targeted effort using government resourcesfor the most vulnerable can produce positive, even life-changing results. 

6. Gov. Terry McAuliffe expanded Medicaid for more than 400,000 Virginians. Bogus claims that it would cost the state $1 billion … The actual cost as estimated by the fact-checking site, PolitiFact, is around $3 million.

7. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, approximately 3 million more Americans would receive access to care if Medicaid expansion occurred in every state. That’s 3 million Americans who can’t see a doctor or a dentist, can’t fill prescriptions, and can’t get the drug or alcohol treatment that could turn their lives around.

Republicans, who's moto is “party first above country,” oppose health care because it’s to successful, and a Democratic Party idea:

Continued GOP opposition (is) a refusal to support anything that has the name Obama on it. Expanding Medicaid would mean that Republicans implicitly acknowledge that Obamacare has some positive elements to it — and risk the political fallout from Republican voters. For the modern GOP, that’s a bridge too far.
But in the 19 GOP-controlled states … a different choice is being made: to put political preservation and hatred of President Obama above the needs of their citizens. Not surprisingly, these states are among the unhealthiest in the nation, with some of the highest rates of illnesses and deaths from diseases that are often easily preventable.

There might not be a bigger and more shameful political story in America today than this one. And there also might not be a better example of the fundamental divide that separates America’s two political parties.

Walker lapdog AG Brad Schimel's all out attack on Wisconsin's Environment.

When Brad Schimel ran for the AG spot, he came across as an ass kissing flunky just dying to serve his party. He promised to uphold Republican passed laws because they represented the will of the people. The idea anyone would challenge their legality in court was not even in the cards. To Schimel, the judicial branch had no business telling legislators how to govern. From Upfront with Mike Gousha:

He made it clear over and over. His challenger Jefferson County District Attorney Susan Happ, a Democrat, brought it up so much that Schimel's campaign bashed her for her "wacky" left wing agenda; protecting the environment:

Without one legal reason why Wisconsin should sue the EPA, Schimel went on this partisan special interest rant about the wonders of coal:

Today, we’re on the verge of plundering Wisconsin’s grand environmental resources again, thanks to Scott Walker's lapdog. In another breathtaking Schimel move. SJ:

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel announced Monday that he has demoted the

longtime head of the Department of Justice environmental protection unit, Thomas Dawson. Dawson announced he will retire in January.

Get a load of the guy Schimel put in charge:

Schimel named Assistant Attorney General David P. Ross as director of the environmental unit. Keith Reopelle, a senior policy director at Clean Wisconsin. “It’s pretty difficult to view this as anything but a continuing softening of that office of environmental protection.”

In announcing Dawson’s replacement, Schimel said DOJ cares about environmental protection. “As I’ve said before, we are ‘stocking the pond’ at DOJ with some of the very best legal minds in the country, and Dave Ross is certainly no exception.”

Wow, that’s an understatement:

1. Working for a series of law firms, mostly in Washington, D.C., Ross helped developers, businesses and trade associations determine how to comply with environmental regulations.

2. Ross defended major homebuilders accused of violating storm water regulations, and represented clients involved in litigation over the Clean Air Act and over water quality standards for Florida, the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi River Basin, according to his profile.

3. Schimel’s announcement noted that Ross had represented green energy developers and investors. Ross’ LinkedIn profile indicated he defended a permit allowing a wind-energy facility to impact endangered species habitat...

Schimel is shameless:

This year, he issued a formal opinion that had the effect of rolling back state powers to protect water from high-capacity wells.
At Schimel’s urging, the Republican-controlled Legislature last year created a new five-lawyer office at DOJ to defend state laws from court challenges and to fight the federal government on issues such as climate change and water pollution.

Meanwhile, the environmental protection unit’s staff this year shrunk to its smallest size in 25 years, continuing a long-term trend as state regulators sought fewer fines from polluters.

Scott Walker invites you to "SpinCity," where you can believe anything....

Mr. Spin City himself, Scott Walker...this was just too ironic for me to pass up....

New Low? Trump fabricates Iranian hostage video as ransom payoff.

What a spectacle. The renown lying Republican candidate for president, Donald Trump, really went all out with absolute bullshit for two days pummeling Obama for letting Iran belittle him with a video supposedly showing a ransom payoff for hostages. None of that was true, but that didn't stop the incredible Trump.

Trumpateers will see nothing wrong with the total fiction created by Trump...because that's what it's all about anyway, embarrassing Obama.

Look, you kinda lose the moral high ground and the ability to call your opponent a liar when in fact, you're the liar:

Donald Trump acknowledged Friday that the videotape he has been talking about over the last couple of days is of American prisoners being freed from Iran and not of a $400 million cash payment from the U.S. as he had described it.

Here's a tweet that pretty much says it all:

Rabid Trump voters loudly boo the Constitution, and then boot the silent protesters holding them up.

It wasn't so long ago when Tea Party Republicans would hold up their pocket Constitutions as a badge of courage. How times have changed under the fascist leadership of presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The rabid Trump supporters are even willing to throw out our founding document, for someone who "tells it like is," "straight from the heart."

The most unsettling shift in attitudes can be seen in this clarifying moment below:

Clinton's Economic Plan estimated to Create 10 Million Jobs, Trump will lose 3.5 Million.

CNBC tried to without success to make destroy Hillary's economic plan estimates by Moody's Mark Zandi. Hillary Clinton's would help create 10 million jobs, while Trumps plan would wipe out nearly 3.5 million jobs.

Zandi's report backed up the claim by saying Clinton's plan is highly detailed and easy to calculate, something that couldn't be said about Trump's plan.

Walker, Ryan & Johnson avoid and denounce Trump, but welcome his like minded voters.

The headline, "Walker, Johnson, Ryan skipping Trump event" in Green Bay casts our local politicians in a new light; they're all cowards, unable to stand by their convictions and a bully they disagree with.

JS: Walker will be viewing flood damage in northern Wisconsin. Ryan plans to be in the southern part of the state, where his district is. And Johnson has "prior commitments," according to his spokesman.

All three have made it unmistakably clear that they value "party above country."

It doesn't matter what Trump might do to our economy and international relations as president, as long as the party gets what it wants - from tax cuts to doing away with safety nets - it's worth the price.

"Party before country" is their cry, and America might just be hearing their message.

Ryan is now setting up a possible moral pivot:

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday that “of course” there is a point at which he could rescind his endorsement of Donald Trump, but stopped short of saying where that yet-uncrossed line is.

And while Trump is out on the front lines pushing bigotry and racism, Ryan doesn't might going after the same army of voters backing Trump. The NY Times compiled a video of crowd comments during Trump rallies. Oh, not every Republican is like this...sure:


Or this GOP moment of brutal Medieval misogyny featuring a hangman:

Rabid Republicans throw water balloons at caged Hillary in parade...but "it could have been anybody!!"

Nothing shouts mature rational political party like the following Arcadia Iowa parade float:

And the reaction by Carroll county Republican officials? 

Craig Williams said his organization had nothing to do with the float, but did promote photos of it on FaceBook. “I probably wouldn’t have done that myself, but I can certainly understand some frustrations from people over all the illegal things (Clinton) has done. I don’t feel it was offensive to women. It could have been anybody in there anyone who got away with what she did."

Despite Voter ID, Trump smashes confidence in elections by saying they're rigged, opening door for more restrictions.

An article at Talking Points Memo brought up an interesting question about voter confidence in elections due to Voter ID; despite requiring photo ID’s, Republicans still cast doubt on elections by saying they’re rigged. So despite the rhetoric about voter confidence, why are Republicans claiming rigged elections, basically destroying that confidence?

“The whole aura of illegitimacy he is casting on the election in general ... he is feeding an already very hungry beast here with these kinds of accusations,” Nathaniel Persily, a Stanford Law professor who served on the Presidential Commission on Election Administration in 2012. 

“I’m telling you, November 8th, we’d better be careful, because that election is going to be rigged,” Trump said on Fox News this week. “And I hope the Republicans are watching closely or it’s going to be taken away from us. “I’m just saying that I wouldn’t be surprised if the election . . . there’s a lot of dirty pool played at the election, meaning the election is rigged. I would not be surprised,” Trump said.

Just as bad, recent Trump comments on the myth of voting multiple times makes it obvious this guy never set foot in his own local polling place.

“The voter ID, they’re fighting as hard as you can fight so that that they don’t have to show voter ID. So, what’s the purpose of that? How many times is a person going to vote during the day? If you don’t have voter ID. Multiple times. How about like 10 times. Why not? If you don’t have voter ID, you can just keep voting and voting and voting,” Trump said. 

Rick Hasen --- professor at UC-Irvine School of Law who also runs the Election Law Blog. -- told PBS Newshour Wednesday, “That sounds like someone who has never been to a polling place, because you just can’t go in and ask for a ballot, and they will just trust you. There is a voter roll. There is a list. Every state identifies you somehow. It might be that you give your signature. And if it’s that, then your signature is on the line. You’re already voted. You can’t vote 10 times.” 

Ironically, Trump did go to a polling place, not once, but three times in the same day but was turned away. Ah, he does know he can only go to one designated place? From Access Hollywood:



Destroying the public trust in elections despite voter ID...:

Voter ID laws are necessary to maintain public trust that voter fraud is being prevented. This is one of the arguments the Supreme Court invoked in its 2008 decision upholding Indiana’s voter ID law, Crawford vs. Marion County. 

Yet, a study published in June by Persily -- along with Charles Stewart III and Stephen Ansolabehere -- undercut that justification. They found no evidence that voters in states with strict voter ID laws had greater levels of confidence in elections than those in states without them. 

But Persily worries even if voter ID laws aren’t increasing confidence elections, Trump’s comments are making Americans less trusting of democratic institutions. “You have this perverse cycle here, you are ... casting [the electoral system] in a bad light of disrepute, and in the process, by creating these anti-system views, you are now justifying more restrictive measures that might keep people from voting," Persily said. 

Koch's not so local "Freedom Partners Action Fund" runs Dumb Ron Johnson ad, claiming his call for change at the VA "delivered accountability."

Here's a screen capture of the Koch brothers ad that pretty much will tell you how hard Dumb Ron Johnson is working, boldly and bravely calling for change. Always taking the risk. Of course the quote is referring to Congress, not Johnson....always the big talker...:

You might remember these past comments:

DNR Sec. Stepp says, "Hey, Wisconsin knows how to do it right," as she backs off protecting our drinking water.

Republican governors should be scary the daylights out of Americans everywhere. They don't care at all about our drinking water, rivers and lakes.

Gov. Rick Snyder didn't care about lead in an entire cities drinking water. Yesterday I reported how Gov. Rick Scott allowed his environmental board to approve dumping more toxic chemicals into Florida's waterways, doing nothing about the huge growing algae bloom problem statewide.

Florida made national news for being coated in thick, green, toxic algae. It looked like a river of snot. It smelled worse. And it mangled the economy along the St. Lucie River and Treasure Coast. Florida officials responded ... by voting to allow more cancer-causing agents into the Sunshine State's drinking water supplies and recreational waters. No, I'm not kidding.

They allow companies, developers and homeowners to pave and foul the land — and then charge taxpayers billions to clean it up. Fiscal conservatism, my asphalt. People worried about clean air or water were labeled as "job killers." Now we're spending $8 billion repairing the Everglades. we keep electing politicians who foul the land and then stick us with the bill.

Scott Walker Attacks Clean Water: Not to be outdone, Gov. Scott Walker's DNR has decided the state can't legally regulate high capacity wells, cut to the bone DNR staffing, and incredibly...has now backed off protecting drinking water so businesses like concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO’s) can flourish in Wisconsin. WSJ:

Just a sample of media coverage!

1. After Walker’s office notified farm industry lobbyists, the state Dairy Business Association met with DNR officials and complained about the potential cost of new rules, prompting the agency to narrow their scope.

2. Limited plans for reducing manure contamination of public waters despite complaints about excessive dairy industry influence.

3. Instead of stronger regulation of manure at CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations) statewide, any new rules will apply only in yet-to-be-defined sensitive areas where groundwater is especially vulnerable.

4. The plans were changed without notification of people affected by polluted lakes, streams and wells.

5. Kewaunee County has been hard hit for many years, and residents expressed impatience, but Stepp said the DNR couldn’t begin to act until scientific evidence was in place.

 6. Natural Resource Board members said the plan they approved balanced everyone’s interests. “It’s almost like they are almost anti-business and anti-growth,” Member Gregory Kazmierski said.

Really, balancing “everyone’s” interests, even Wisconsinites who have had their drinking water contaminated or will have it contaminated when even more CAFO’s are approved?

Thankfully one "adult" was in the room to reassure everyone, with this amazingly juvenile statement:

“I know we are going to stand up at the end of the process and say, ‘Hey, Wisconsin knows how to do it right’,” DNR secretary Cathy Stepp said.

That's right up there with Tony the Tigers "They're great."

As Charlie Pierce put it:

This week's special: water quality!

WSJ: "But conservationists said the narrowed rule-making plan delayed indefinitely the consideration of public health and water resources protections that were identified through lengthy scientific study and extensive public discussion." 

But, seriously. "Lengthy scientific study"? "Extensive public discussion"? We'll have none of that, people. Not here in Wisconsin, where neither the government nor the rivers and streams are transparent any more.

Florida's water disaster is Walker's Wisconsin plan too.

Republicans don't solve problems, they disconnect from them. 

Think about it; did the Walker administration come in and try to improve corrections, transportation, protect the environment and clean our drinking water?  No, just the opposite, because that's small government. Oddly, Republicans thinks it's better to shift these problems over to the private sector, who doesn't give a damn if they can't make money from it.

And as corrections, drinking water and transportation get worse, voter anger over government increases, so they vote Republican. It's magical.

How bad does it have to get? If Trump is any indication, there's no limit.

Which leads me to the following algae disaster on Florida's coastline, under Lord Voldemort look-a-like Governor Rick Scott. You seriously won't believe this;

Florida made national news for being coated in thick, green, toxic algae. It looked like a river of snot. It smelled worse. And it mangled the economy along the St. Lucie River and Treasure Coast. Florida officials responded ... by voting to allow more cancer-causing agents into the Sunshine State's drinking water supplies and recreational waters. No, I'm not kidding.

That's not all:

Gov. Rick Scott's "environmental" commission voted to allow higher levels of things like benzene (which can lead to leukemia) and tetrachloroethylene (which has been linked to bladder cancer) into ground water supplies elsewhere. It may sound too ridiculous for fiction. But it's not too ridiculous for Florida — where environmentalism is about as dead as the belly-up fish in the algae blooms. 

They allow companies, developers and homeowners to pave and foul the land — and then charge taxpayers billions to clean it up. Fiscal conservatism, my asphalt. People worried about clean air or water were labeled as "job killers." Now we're spending $8 billion repairing the Everglades. we keep electing politicians who foul the land and then stick us with the bill.

 Fox 35 and the Orlando Sentinel had this coverage, which I recommend everyone watch. How bad will Republicans let things get? All I can say is wow:

Republicans hoping Trump Drops Out!!! Lotsa luck.

Nope, the radical tea party right wing shift of the Republican Party hasn't created any problems whatsoever. The funny but tragic thing is; conservative voters haven't really noticed that problem. In fact, they have embraced Trump as their leader. They're all looking for a handout from government leader Trump, who has promised to take care of them and make the US great again.

The scary thing about all of this is that Trump could win, and many Republicans are now panicking over the thought that their actual candidate could be the biggest mistake in American history. No one deserves it more than the growing anti-government "real American" freeloaders: