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Walker’s War On Success continues as Wisconsin continues downward jobs spiral
When Scott Walker was running for governor in 2010, he made nearly every speech with the tidbit that he would bring 250,000 new jobs to Wisconsin during his four year term. Then he threw away the possibility of tens of thousands of jobs and infrastructure improvements that would have brought… Read the full story »
Posted in War On Success, Wisconsin
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IRS scrutinizing conservative 501(c)(4) groups worth finding out who they really are
It’s not a big secret that the Koch Brothers fund the Tea Party and have Americans for Prosperity affiliated with 501(c)(4) status (Americans for Prosperity Foundation has 501(c)(3) status) that, thanks to the Supreme Court’s January 2010 “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission” decision, provide them with the ability to… Read the full story »
Posted in 2013 Legislature, ALEC, Citizens United, Election 2012, Elections, Grassroots, Karl Rove, Koch Brothers, Republicans, Wisconsin
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Wisconsin Republicans try to sneak vouchers, DNA testing and other troubled policies into budget law
Just as Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) and Rep. John Nygren (R-Marinette) and other Republicans were scolding the University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly to possibly resign for not being “transparent” with cash reserves and other financial issues, that same group working on the recent $68 billion budget that… Read the full story »
Republican hypocrisy on display with discovery that UW System has “rainy day fund” money
The University of Wisconsin System took a significant hit with $65.8 million in budget cuts as well as a base budget reduction of $250 million in state funding with Walker’s slashing in the 2011-13 biennial budget. Recently, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau released a report (Program Revenue Appropriation Balances) containing a… Read the full story »
Posted in Act 10, ALEC, UW-Madison, WEDC
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Fed investigation finds thousands of Republican redistricting files in Wisconsin destroyed
It’s been well documented where 2012 was the year of gerrymandering where Republicans on a national scale used secretive partisan re-drawing of district boundaries to turn elections where, even though Democrats received 1.4 million more votes in House of Representatives races, Republicans gained control of the House by a 234… Read the full story »
Posted in ALEC, Election 2012, Gerrymandering
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As Walker approves unconstitutional new “emergency” rules to attack First Amendment rights, the Tea party is silent
Perhaps the Governor of Wisconsin doesn’t know a specific part of the Constitution that he sworn under oath to defend. The Wisconsin State Constitution: Article 1, Section 4 states: “The right of the people to peaceably assemble, to consult for the common good, and to petition the government, or any… Read the full story »
Posted in Chris Taylor, Dane County, Lawsuits, Protests, Tea Party, Wisconsin
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Walker’s upcoming book effort collaborating with former Bush/Rumsfeld speechwriter a perfect fit
With the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War this year, where the American people were lied to by the Bush administration into going to war based on absolute lies, it is very evident that the speeches made by former President George W. Bush, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former… Read the full story »
Posted in Book, Corruption, Fox News, Wisconsin
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Scott Walker holds on to criminal defense fund as John Doe investigation ends with criminal convictions
Somehow, Walker fans are jubilant that the John Doe investigation has ended, as of March 1, 2013. While Scott Walker spent nearly a half million dollars in an unprecedented criminal defense fund that he still maintains, the now terminated John Doe investigation led to criminal convictions against six individuals, including… Read the full story »
Posted in John Doe, WEDC, Wisconsin
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ALEC-driven Gogebic Taconite open-pit mine legislation doomed even after Walker signed it into law
Imagine a shipbuilder constructing a new boat that has within its design holes in the hull that will sink the vessel as it enters the water. Imagine an aircraft company building a plane that has wings that fall off once 20-mile-per-hour winds come into play as it attempts to leave… Read the full story »
Posted in Environment, Gogebic Taconite, Mining, Wetlands, Wisconsin
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Walker rejects Medicaid expansion and proves again he’s a loyal Koch Brothers errand boy
While other Republican governors such as Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Brian Sandoval of Nevada, Susana Martinez of New Mexico, John Richard Kasich of Ohio, Rick Snyder of Michigan, Chris Christie of New Jersey, Rick Scott of Florida and Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota saw that rejecting the expansion of the… Read the full story »
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Medicaid
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Pat Roggensack hopes outside money will bring victory for Walker’s future
As the continuing John Doe investigation continues into Scott Walker’s sordid past and with the stealth activities of the current Republican-plagued Wisconsin Legislature quietly moving toward ALEC-driven mining laws, corporatized schools, anti-choice overstepping and other issues, there is a very important state Supreme Court race in the works with conservative… Read the full story »
Why ALEC-funded school vouchers are a scam far greater than just destroying American public education
Republican Assembly leader Robin Vos and the Republicans want to fast-track school voucher programs in Wisconsin for a couple basic reasons. Using taxpayer money that would go toward public schools would be directed towards home schooling and private schools, thus weakening public education, which is a major part of the… Read the full story »
Posted in 2013 Legislature, Education, Fitzwalkerstan, Teachers, Vouchers, Wisconsin
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Walker proves again that fanatical, delusional extremism reigns with his “Protect Life Day” proclamation
Anyone who has been following the sordid, sleazy career of Scott Walker can always find many examples of how he is a self-serving, corrupt, fanatical psychopath who tries to put on a well-orchestrated face behind a Koch Brothers-funded errand boy behavior pattern. Chalk up another fine example of a cowardly… Read the full story »
Posted in Abortion, Fitzwalkerstan
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Walker’s “State of the State” address full of empty, tired promises that will prove he is an extremist failure
If you had the stomach to watch Governor Scott Walker come back to Wisconsin from his pre-2016 presidential run right-wing media tour for his “State of the State” speech, you were not surprised to hear the same tired talking points and stale one-liners from this well-rehearsed charlatan. The speech was… Read the full story »
Posted in 2013 Legislature
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American flags should be removed from Wisconsin Legislature galleries due to attacks on freedom
In the usual classic overstepping that Wisconsin (and most) Republican politicians do, one of the first antics done so far in this new legislative session is to directly attack the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the making of any law respecting an… Read the full story »
