It ain't just the Russians that are laundering money and buying WIsGOPs

Yes, it's horrible and disqualifying enough that Russians and the NRA are clearly using Wisconsin Republicans as a group of people to invest their laundered money in. But let's not forget that there are plenty of oligarchs in Wisconsin that also are working hard to buy off WisGOPs. The good people at One Wisconsin Now have looked at the recent fundraising figures that have been submitted, and here are some of the standouts.

As you'll see, they include some of the usual sleazebuckets trying to keep crooked Brad Schimel in power as Attorney General.

.@BradSchimel took another $10,000 from John Menard, WI's richest man. Menard has been cited over a dozen times by state environmental regulators for air and water pollution and hazardous waste violations.

— One Wisconsin Now (@onewisconsinnow) July 16, 2018

WI's wealthiest woman, Diane Hendricks in for $19,500 for @BradSchimel/

— One Wisconsin Now (@onewisconsinnow) July 16, 2018

And then you ask yourself: Is there any sleazy industry @BradSchimel won't take money from?
💰 $500 from GlaxoSmithKline PAC 5/15/18
💰 $10K from KochPAC 6/3/18
💰 $1K from Rent-A-Center PAC 6/23/18
💰$1K from CheckSmart PAC 6/17/18
💰 $44K from RAGA 6/15/18

— One Wisconsin Now (@onewisconsinnow) July 16, 2018

And our buddies at Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce are choosing to invest their tax cuts from GOP Tax Scams in both DC and Madison. Not surprisingly, they aren't hiring workers or improving society with their windfall, but are instead using it to buy up Scott Walker and other politicians.

.@WisconsinMC gave $1,250,000 to @The_RGA 6/29/18 for @ScottWalker.

— One Wisconsin Now (@onewisconsinnow) July 16, 2018

Which reminds me that I haven't posted the LIST OF SHAME that is the WMC Board of Directors in a while. After seeing that $1.25 million of profit sent to the Republican Governors Association, it seems like a good time to fix that.

WMC OFFICERS
CHAIR
JAY L. SMITH, Chairman & CEO
Teel Plastics, Inc., Baraboo

VICE CHAIR
STEPHEN D. LOEHR, Vice President
Kwik Trip, Inc., La Crosse

PRESIDENT/CEO
KURT R. BAUER
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), Madison

SECRETARY
TOD B. LINSTROTH, Senior Partner & Past Member & Chair of Management Committee
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Madison

TREASURER
GINA A. PETER, Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking Division Manager
Wells Fargo Bank, Milwaukee

WMC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DARYL ADEL, Business President
Kerry, Beloit

SIDNEY H. BLISS, President & CEO
Bliss Communications, Inc., Janesville

DAMOND WILLIAMS BOATWRIGHT, Regional President – Operations
SSM Health Care of Wisconsin, Madison

STEVEN G. BOOTH, President/CEO
Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc., Milwaukee

DAVID H. BRETTING, President & CEO
C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Company, Inc., Ashland

THOMAS A. BURKE, President & CEO
Modine Manufacturing Company, Racine

NATE CUNNIFF, Senior Vice President – Business Banking
BMO Harris Bank, Brookfield

DANIEL DEFNET, Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking
Johnson Financial Group, Racine

BRAD W. DENOYER, CPA, Partner
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, Madison

JOHN N. DYKEMA, President/Owner
Campbell Wrapper Corporation; Circle Packaging Machinery, Inc., De Pere

PHILIP B. FLYNN, President & CEO
Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay

JEFF T. FRENCH, National Managing Partner, Consumer & Industrial Products
Grant Thornton, LLP, Appleton

PHILIP C. FRITSCHE, SR., President
Beaver Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, Beaver Dam

LOUIS P. GENTINE II, CEO
Sargento Foods Inc., Plymouth

ROBERT GERBITZ, President & CEO
Hendricks Commercial Properties, Beloit

MICHAEL F. HAMERLIK, President & CEO
WPS Health Solutions, Madison

STEVEN H. JOHNSON, Factory Manager
John Deere Horicon Works, Horicon

WILSON R. JONES, President & CEO
Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh

PATRICIA LEONARD KAMPLING, Chairman & CEO
Alliant Energy Corporation, Madison

ROBERT L. KELLER, Chairman
J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc., Neenah

SUZANNE KELLEY, President & CEO
Waukesha County Business Alliance, Waukesha

CLIFFORD J. KING, CEO
Skyward, Inc., Stevens Point

JAMES M. LEEF, President & CEO
ITU AbsorbTech, Inc., New Berlin

ALLEN L. LEVERETT, President
WEC Energy Group, Milwaukee

SCOTT A. MAYER, Chairman & CEO
QPS Employment Group, Brookfield

JAMES J. McINTYRE, President and CEO
The Greenheck Group, Schofield

J. R. MENARD, Executive Vice President & Treasurer
Menard, Inc., Eau Claire

ROSALIE F. MORGAN, President
EMCS, Inc., Milwaukee

ROBERT MOSES, President & CEO
Prairie du Chien Area Chamber of Commerce, Prairie du Chien

BARBARA NICK, President & CEO
Dairyland Power Cooperative, La Crosse

MICHAEL NIKOLAI, President, COO & CEO
Waupaca Foundry Inc., Waupaca

JAMES J. OSTROM, President & CEO
Milk Source LLC, Kaukauna



And the topper from this week, which was snuck through on the same day Maria Butina was arrested for allegedly being a Russian spy that was working with the NRA and the GOP.

"Among the groups that will no longer have to report donors are the National Rifle Association, various chambers of commerce, and groups focused on particular issues, such as Americans for Prosperity, which has been closely associated w the Koch brothers."https://t.co/oy8P7vC5Gl

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) July 18, 2018

As if we didn't know it already, that ruling reveals the REAL reason behind that fake IRS "scandal" that the GOP tried to generate a few years ago. They wanted to hide the names of their dark money donors, and allow their fake front groups to avoid paying taxes by being called "charities" and "social welfare" organizations. Now the Trump-controlled IRS would let them do that.

Here's my question- Should I throw all of my 401k funds into this?