It used to be that the Fourth Estate was an independent American institution; now much of the media is just another cog in a broken, wheezing machine. When there is no one left to watch the watchers, who will be left to keep the system honest?

Daryl Metcalfe lost his fucking mind when someone touched his arm in a committee meeting at the State Capitol; does anyone really buy that he’d be totally cool with someone roaming through the halls of his office with an AR-15?

So here’s an interesting twist.…

Just days before nominating petitions…

With millions of dollars being…

No. Wrong. The US Supreme…

Donna and Michael Nicholson’s donation wasn’t about making sure Tammy Baldwin has enough cash to buy all the lawn signs she needs; it was about publicly embarrassing and humiliating their son, and it was totally uncalled for. The donation was not an endorsement of political policies; it was an indictment of their son’s character. As a candidate, how do you possibly respond to your parents contributing to your political opponent?

If Tom Wolf has been Charlie Brown and the Legislature has been Lucy, pulling the football away every time, this is the functional equivalent of Charlie Brown ripping off Lucy’s head and drop-kicking it into the end zone. A bit graphic perhaps, but you get the point.

In response to the Court’s redistricting ruling, State Representative Cris Dush, who presumably went into politics after flunking out of both Barber School and Clown College, circulated perhaps the most batshit crazy Co-Sponsorship Memo in the history of the House of Representatives.

The Democratic Party doesn’t seem to understand that turning their back on candidates and by extension voters will almost certainly lead to the voters turning their back on the Democratic Party.