Charlie Pierce Esquire
Charlie Pierce Esquire

In the sad recent history of Wisconsin politics, Waukesha County is the heart of it. The state had a proud history of Progressive politics—hell, most of it was invented there—and Waukesha County was the nest of murder hornets that helped bring down upon the state Senator Ron Johnson, Governor Scott Walker, and a state legislative majority that belongs in a zoo. It became the home office of conservative electoral chicanery. What kind of people, you might ask, could vote for people who would do so much damage?

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