Category Archives: Washington DC

Santorum, Romney and Paul suck up to Walker while campaigning in Wisconsin Republican Primary

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Who would have thought the Big Bucket of Crazy Clown Parade otherwise known as the 2012 Republican Primary candidates trouncing around Wisconsin would decide to back Scott Walker in his time of Recall Mania. After all, even fake Libertarian Ron Paul chimed in with his love for the most divisive,Read the full story »

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A primer on the Citizens United decision and what it means in 2012 elections (video)

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As the 2012 election season begins with recalls and other federal and state contests, it is crucial that all voters on all political sides understand what has happened with the 2010 United States Supreme Court’s 5-4 radical conservative majority decision in the Citizens United vs. Federal Elections Commission case, whereRead the full story »

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Walker spoke at ALEC event in DC defending record and predicting recall election (audio)

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Walker made an appearance at the American Enterprise Institute, a component right-wing thinktank of the corporate law ghostwriters American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). In March 2011, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed what is now nationally famous legislation designed to balance the budget, make structural reforms to state spending and provideRead the full story »

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Walker defends losing Madison-Milwaukee rail project based on his own incompetence

With a combination of abject ignorance and a side dish of economic treason, Scott Walker proved that being a half-witted college dropout indicates how factually ungifted he really is. Walker was recently in LaCrosse to ride the Holiday Express train line and “defended” his first big failure to reject $810Read the full story »

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Radio ad: “Fair Trade, not Free Trade” (audio)

A 30-second ad that illustrates how Republicans should refer to “job creators”.

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Great mini-documentary about the Koch Brothers and their extremist plans (video)

By People & Power reporter Bob Abeshouse Charles and David Koch are each worth about $25bn, which makes them the fourth richest Americans. When you combine their fortunes, they are the third wealthiest people in the world. Radical libertarians who use their money to oppose government and virtually all regulationRead the full story »

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Fighting Bob Fest 2011-Thom Hartmann speech about real American freedom (audio)

At this year’s Fighting Bob Fest, author and progressive radio commentator Thom Hartmann gave a speech regarding the current economic and political situation in America and beyond with historical context.

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Fighting Bob Fest 2011-Cornel West gives prodigious speech about our current times (audio)

At this year’s Fighting Bob Fest author and civil rights activist Cornel West gave an amazing political speech with insight and criticism of the current situation in American politics and the what people need to know about to move forward.

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September 11-Watch Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 after you have a moment of silence

September 11, 2001 means many things to many people. It is a time to spend at least a moment or two in silence for all the innocent people who died on that day ten years ago. It is also a time to think about what has happened since that tragicRead the full story »

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President Obama shares plan to create jobs with joint session of Congress

President Obama Presents American Jobs Act September 08, 2011 Download mp4 (314MB) Read the Transcript Source: White House

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Labor Day 2011 was the strongest celebration in years, thanks to those willing to fight back against the Oligarchs (video)

Thanks to Scott Walker and his Fitzwalkerstan Cult, there were stronger turnouts for Labor Day celebrations than recent years and the power of the Worker and unions could not be stronger. This time next year, there is a very good chance that Scott Walker will have been recalled as GovernorRead the full story »

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July 30, 2011-Save Our Schools March/Rally in Madison at 3PM #wiunion

There is a national rally and in Madison on Saturday to stop the attack on schools, teachers and children by the Republicans and others who are hell-bent on trying to maintain their war on the working people and everyone else in their reckless, radicalized path to plutocratic monopolization of thisRead the full story »

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Walker fanboy John Boehner caught in photo with Koch Brothers at GOP fundraiser

What did Boehner say about Walker? “Republicans in Congress – and reform-minded GOP governors like Scott Walker, John Kasich [OH] and Chris Christie [NJ] – are daring to speak the truth about the dire fiscal challenges Americans face at all levels of government, and daring to commit themselves to solutionsRead the full story »

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May 9, 2011-Thom Hartmann talks with John Nichols on recent and coming events (audio)

Thom Hartmann interviews John Nichols at events happening in Washington DC, Wisconsin and who the oligarchs are. Note: Make sure to visit Thom Hartmann’s site and offer some support.

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May 9, 2011-Walker speaking at Koch Brothers-linked education event in DC will be greeted with protests

College dropout Scott Walker plans on speaking about how bad public education is at a Koch Brothers-linked event with members tied to Wisconsin Prosperity Network (a division of Americans For Prosperity, which is Koch Brothers) sponsored by the Orwellian-branded American Federation of Children in Washington DC. The event is alsoRead the full story »

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April 28-29, 2011-Tell Paul Ryan what you think about his and Walker’s agenda

Make sure to bring your video-recording cellphone or other device to record Paul Ryan getting hammered by many, including Republicans, who are a little miffed at his antics. Here’s a list of places to let your voice be heard: Thursday, April 28 WATERFORD: 9:45-10:45am, Village Hall 123 North River StreetRead the full story »

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Wisconsin GOP and DC henchman and errand boys FOIA private citizen for emails

It’s particularly disgusting how the Wisconsin Republican Party, full of theocratic autocrats hellbent on sucking up to the Koch Brothers and attempting to trash the ability of workers to be able to negotiate, are overstepping like zombies with trying to attack a University of Wisconsin professor and attempt to tryRead the full story »

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Video: Fired For Her Tweets – Madison Palm Tree Revue (new)

Based on a true story on the Square about a woman who was ratted out by a fellow workmate who was a Republican and fired for what she wrote on Twitter, the new band “Madison Palm Tree Revue” wrote this little catchy tune: Fired For Her Tweets – Madison PalmRead the full story »

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March 17, 2011-Thom Hartmann interviews John Nichols on recent events

Thom Hartmann interviews John Nichols at the Capitol about events in Madison and across the country on Thursday, March 17, 2011: Note: Make sure to visit Thom Hartmann’s site and offer some support.

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March 16, 2011- Report of many protestors in Washington DC at WI Republican fundraiser

Fresh from stealing workers’ rights to bargain for good, middle-class jobs, Wisconsin’s Republican state legislators were met by hundreds of protestors tonight in Washington, D.C. The lawmakers are in town for a big corporate $1,000 a head fundraiser to help fill their recall election campaign coffers now that they haveRead the full story »

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