Welcome to Mudflix! We’ll be posting interesting videos of 10 minutes or less on a regular basis to spur interesting conversation and lively debate. Feel free to pop some corn and chime in with your buttery little fingers. And who better to launch our new feature than my Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Yes, [...]

  ~The Empire State Building in rainbow colors last night to celebrate marriage equality   I, like many Americans, sat last night riveted, watching the New York State Senate debate and vote on a bill for Marriage Equality. I watched while Senator Ruben Diaz monopolized the floor talking about how his rights were being violated [...]

UPDATE: From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Greenbay WI man arrested for battery. Around 1 p.m. Tuesday, a group of protesters was participating in their daily singalong in the Capitol rotunda, when two men along with former state Sen. David Zien began interrupting their singing. According to Sue Trace, one of the participants in the singalong, Zien [...]

~Brian attends The Taming of the Shrew (photo from Mudflatter Jimzmum) Did we ever doubt that Brian the Moose was a fan of the Bard? While our blog moosecot was busy soaking up some culture en plein air, progressive blogger types in Alaska have been scuttling around with suitcases. It’s that time of year again [...]

By Thomas Dewar All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing. –Edmund Burke   91 years after the 19th Amendment was ratified and enfranchised female Americans with the right to cast a ballot, we still debate whether or not over half the population should have control over their [...]

By Patrick DePula Madison, WI. The sky was gray, the temperature below 50, and the wind brisk.  Perfect Wisconsin protesting weather.  Nearly 20,000 people came out to the capitol last Saturday to protest the Walker Administrations’ war on the middle class.   You’d never know that the Wisconsin Uprising continues if you get your news from [...]

~Ruth Sheridan and Tom Macchia   By Ruth Sheridan, Alaskans for Peace and Justice On Thursday, May 5, three activists from Alaskans for Peace and Justice were in the Federal Courtroom in Anchorage where a panel of three judges of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals were holding hearings. One of those three judges was [...]

By Ken Morris According to House Speaker John Boehner, “You can’t raise taxes in the middle of a weak economy.” Echoing that talking point, newly elected Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Illinois), in an interview with ABC, claimed, “Every time we’ve cut taxes, revenues have gone up, the economy has grown.” Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) [...]

Earth Day – time to invest in sustainable future By Rick Steiner ———————- Today is Earth Day: a good time to assess the condition of our life-sustaining home planet. On this, there is both good and bad news. The bad news is that the global environment continues to deteriorate. For decades, our “ecological footprint” – [...]

Mama Grizzlies are an Invasive Species: Sarah Palin Mobilizes Just 500 Tea Party Dullards in Madison Amidst Overwhelming Counter Protest. By Patrick DePula (Madison, WI) When the Americans for Prosperity-sponsored Tea Party Rally was announced several weeks ago, most left-leaning Madisonians yawned.  AFP rubes have been gathering on the Capitol Square annually for the last [...]

Well it’s been a few Thursdays missing from my usual appearance on The Shannyn Moore Show for the segment “Thursdays in the Mud,” but today I’ll be back from 1pm-2pm Alaska time! You can hear Shannyn every day from 11-2pm Alaska time on KOAN 1020am in Anchorage, or on 95.5fm in Anchorage, and 1330am in [...]

By Rep. Les Gara The debate on the Governor’s proposal to roll back the state’s share of oil revenue by nearly $8 billion over the next five years has been political, not factual. It’s time we shared what we’ve learned in committee testimony so people can hear the facts. There are smart ways to require [...]

By Patrick DePula Kathy Nickolaus is the Waukesha County Clerk. She’s also either completely incompetent, or a criminal. Either way, she should seriously consider resigning in light of her recent stellar performance as the county elected official directly responsible for elections. On April 5th, Clerk Kathy “lost” the Supreme Court election returns for the entire [...]

Tuesday night yielded mixed results for both the Anchorage Assembly and School District. Assembly: It Could Have Been Worse Although the final verdict isn’t yet in on one progressive incumbent, and a pile of absentees are still outstanding, things aren’t looking great for Mike Gutierrez. With a 252 vote deficit to overcome, Gutierrez can in [...]

By Patrick DePula (photos: Bill Feeny) (Madison, WI) It is a place that used to be proudly called Wisconsin. A place with a rich progressive history that had long been known to elect Governors who generally moderate themselves in recognition of the fact that they serve the people of the state, and not corporate interests. [...]