"He would literally say...'God has told me I'm chosen to cut taxes and stop killing babies,' even in casual conversation." This is the nicest thing anyone has to say about Scott Walker, who will never be president, in Alec MacGillis' TNR profile of the Wisconsin governor.
Scott Walker’s Former Chief-of-Staff Sent This Insanely Racist Email

Wisconsin Governor and potential 2016 GOP contender Scott Walker hit a small snag today: Over 25,000 pages of emails, released by a state court, that were collected during an investigation into whether Walker aides conducted political activity on the government’s dime. One of the emails, first spotted by BuzzFeed’s…
Of Course Scott Walker Says He Voted for Reagan When He Was 17
Scott Walker, the lazy-eyed Republican Wisconsin governor who doesn't care for unions but will always answer a big donor's call, got caught in an eensy lie today, when he insisted he'd voted for conservative hero Ronald Reagan, and forgot he was too young to vote for Reagan.
Scott Walker's Aide Fired For Bizarre Cuss-Laden Anti-Latino Tweets
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), who's trying to generate buzz for a possible 2016 presidential run, had to fire a campaign aide today for her past racist Twitter rants against Latinos—the second such incident to rock Walker's administration since last summer.
9 Wisconsin Republicans Make Gov. Scott Walker Look Sane By Threatening to Arrest Federal Officials That Implement Obamacare
If you thought that the militantly insane factions of the GOP would feel beaten back by Barack Obama's resounding re-election victory, you were probably wrong. For example: Nine state lawmakers in Wisconsin say they are supporting a bill that would allow federal officials to be arrested for implementing Obamacare in…
Wisconsin County Judge Strikes Down Part of Scott Walker's Anti-Union Law
Good news out of Wisconsin, or for now at least. Dane County Circuit Court Judge Juan B. Colas overturned Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's anti-union law earlier today, or at least the parts in regards to city, county, and school districts. State employees weren't covered in the ruling.
Romney Proclaims 'The Message of Wisconsin,' But Scott Walker Disagrees
Mitt Romney would love to associate himself with Scott Walker's victory in Wisconsin on Tuesday, but Walker is not so sure Romney gets it.
What Counts as a Legitimate Threat on Twitter?
On Tuesday night, millions of people on Twitter were talking about the recall election in Wisconsin, in which Republican Governor Scott Walker beat his Democratic challenger Tom Barrett. Some were gleeful; some were despondent. And some were violent: "KILL SCOTT WALKER KILL SCOTT WALKER KILL SCOTT WALKER KILL SCOTT…
Scott Walker Retains Governorship in Close Recall Election
It looked like it could go either way for a while there, but Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will remain Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker after beating Democratic opponent Tom Barrett.
Wisconsin Liberal's Penis Joke Terrifying the Locals
The angry communists of Wisconsin who are trying to recall Gov. Scott Walker have taken their puerile toilet humor all the way out to the rustic 4 Winds Motel — you know, the 4 Winds, right there on Highway BD north of Baraboo. That's where the owner has put up a sign reading, "RECALL THE KOCH SUCKER NOW!" Good…
Clownish Gov Wants to Charge a Protest Fee So People Will Stop Protesting Him
Koch-head Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's primary achievement during his first year in office: Inspiring a hundreds of thousands of citizens to protest him. It makes him look so bad! Now he wants to charge all those picketing Poors a fee every time they engage in some First Amendment-protected activity that involves…
Recall Effort Against Labor-Hating Governor Kicks Off This Week
Fresh off their victory in Ohio—where voters rejected an anti-collective bargaining law supported by their "reflective" Republican governor, John Kasich—the unions are now aiming to unseat Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker before he makes rank-and-file membership a criminal offense.
Real Democrats Beat Fakers In Wisconsin Recall Primaries
Wisconsin Democrats have easily fended off a Republican ploy in the state Senate recalls, with the official Dem candidates in each of six races easily defeating Republican activists who also filed in the Democratic primaries. But Republicans have not failed to reap some advantages from the situation.
Another Republican Governor Removes Painting of Poor People
Don't you just love this new batch of Republican governors? This may be the first crop to produce two governors who've pissed people off by removing paintings of the poor in their first months in office. First there was Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who took down a large labor mural because it gave businessmen the willies.…
Judge Blocks Wisconsin Anti-Union Law (Again)
Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi has just blocked — again — Gov. Scott Walker's (R-WI) new law curtailing public employee unions, after the state Republican leadership moved last Friday to circumvent her previous order that blocked the law on procedural grounds. But that's not the end of the discussion, as it appears…
Why Republican Operatives Want Access to a Wisconsin Professor's Emails
The Internet has been enraged in the past few days over the sad tale of William Cronon, a well known history professor at the University of Wisconsin who suddenly finds Republican operatives trying to dig through his private email.
Prosecutor Encouraged 'False Flag' Assault on Wisconsin Governor
A deputy prosector in Johnson County, Indiana, has resigned his job after it was revealed that in February, during the large protests in Wisconsin over Gov. Scott Walker's anti-public employee union bill, he e-mailed Walker's office and recommended that they conduct a "false flag operation" — to fake an assault or…