The news story is like a scene out of “Tommy Boy,” where Ray Zalinsky was going to shut down Big Tom Callahan’s factory in Sandusky and slap his trusted name on Zalinsky’s brake pads. But this time, it’s Chippewa Falls and Molson Coors wanting to keep the Leinenkugel name—even as the family tries to buy back the brewery before it can be shut down. Also: Sen. Ron Johnson doesn’t miss an opportunity to play politics with a natural disaster. And Sen. Tammy Baldwin secures a win for women, ensuring a national monument to the Suffragettes will be built on the National Mall.

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