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Walker bound to try to swamp Wisconsin with far-right ALEC agenda wishes in 2013
Don’t be fooled by Scott Walker’s latest act where he’s trying to be seen as a “moderate” so he can soften his political image in time for a spin as a Presidential candidate in 2016. Granted, the continuing John Doe investigation is still boiling with the real possibility that his… Read the full story »
Posted in 2013 Legislature, Abortion, Koch Brothers, Right To Work, Robin Vos, Taxpayers, Tea Party, War On Women, WEDC, Wisconsin, Women's rights
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Remember the Holiday classic “It’s A Wonderful Life” message and prepare for 2013
Frank Capra, the director of the Holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life”, shows how George Bailey goes through a major life’s lesson about greed, the working class and how in the end, greed gets shown the door. As with Walker, ALEC, the Koch Brothers and all the other Republican legions… Read the full story »
Posted in ALEC, Koch Brothers, Republicans, Tea Party, Walkerville, Wisconsin
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GAB study finds Walker’s same-day voter suppression would not work and cost over $5 million
Scott Walker is famous for throwing millions of federal dollars allocated to Wisconsin out the window to appeal to his myopic Tea Party base, the Koch Brothers and clueless fans of his divisive charlatanism. Then he begs for the money later. He’s a genius at looking for a solution in… Read the full story »
Posted in Elections, Voting, Walkerville, Wisconsin
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Tim Russell pleads guilty to embezzling “Operation Freedom” funds as John Doe investigation expands
UPDATE: Tim Russell was sentenced to two years in prison and two years of extended supervision on January 22, 2013 in Milwaukee County Circuit Court for stealing money from the veterans group Heritage Guard Preservation Society. When Scott Walker was Milwaukee County executive, former aide and fellow criminal Tim Russell… Read the full story »
Posted in Cronyism, FBI, John Doe, Tim Russell, Wisconsin
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WTDY-AM firing Sly In The Morning a disturbing national trend for community-based radio
Madison radio station WTDY-AM’s General Manager, Rick McCoy, made a decision to lay off the entire news staff, including “Sly In The Morning”, which is apparently a national trend in local radio where progressive news talk programming is being replaced with mind-numbing sports radio. While it is not official that… Read the full story »
Posted in Talk radio, Wisconsin, WTDY
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Kelly Rindfleisch sentenced as FBI/John Doe investigation circles closer to Walker connection to illegal activities
While Scott Walker is at Ronald Reagan’s ranch in California trying to get rid of Wisconsin’s “same-day voter registration law” because he’s lying about how seniors operating as poll workers can’t handle it, the John Doe investigation took a harrowing, focused turn against him with the sentencing of his former… Read the full story »
Posted in FBI, John Doe, Walkerville, Wisconsin
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Walker chooses to score political points with Tea Party Romney Republicans by rejecting Wisconsin-run health care exchanges
The historic the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has many features that Americans love once they get past the Republican/Fox News derisive label “Obamacare”, which term actually was later embraced by the Obama administration. One of the features of the healthcare reform law that calls on American states to… Read the full story »
Posted in Affordable Care Act, ALEC, Health Care, Tea Party, Wisconsin
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Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association files lawsuit against Walker’s collective bargaining law
Republican representative Robin Vos was installed as the new speaker of the Wisconsin state Assembly and is on record regarding the decision by Dane County Circuit Judge Juan Colas ruling that that Walker’s anti-collective bargaining law violated both the state and U.S. Constitution and is null and void. He chirped… Read the full story »
Posted in Collective Bargaining, Law enforcement, Robin Vos, Wisconsin
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Election Day results show a mixed bag of progressive victories and more challenges ahead
After the hundreds of campaign ads from all directions politically and with grassroots efforts combining with official political parties working to take command of democracy despite Republican tactics to try to disenfranchise the rights of voters, Election Day has finally come and there were some interesting results. Barack Obama won,… Read the full story »
Posted in Election 2012, Elections, Wisconsin
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President Obama visits Madison the day before the historic national election (video)
President Barack Obama made a stop in Madison leading up to Election Day on November 6, 2012. Mark Pocan, Tammy Baldwin and others were part of the festivities leading up to Bruce Springsteen performing and introducing the President. Estimates are that 18,000 people participated in the event. Here are some… Read the full story »
Posted in Election 2012, Obama, Wisconsin
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John Doe investigation expands as Walker aide Tim Russell to face trial on December 3
As the John Doe investigation continues with evidence circling closer to Scott Walker’s political fate at hand, the next stage will continue with the trial of former Walker aide Timothy Russell facing trial on December 3, 2012 despite trying to slink out of justice with petty charges and a few… Read the full story »
Posted in FBI, John Doe, Tim Russell, Wisconsin
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Romney campaign and Wisconsin Republican Party linked to voter harassment and intimidation training
When you consider how that in 2011, Republicans have promoted the Koch Brothers-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) voter photo ID legislation in at least 35 states. The Brennan Center For Justice has an exhaustive analysis summarizing that “Fourteen states have passed restrictive voting laws and executive actions that have… Read the full story »
Posted in ALEC, Election 2012, Election fraud, Elections, Tea Party, Voter ID, Voting, Wisconsin
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FBI/John Doe investigation expands as Walker is subpoenaed in Rindfleisch trial
UPDATE: Kelly Rindfleisch, Walker’s deputy chief of staff when he was Milwaukee County executive, will plead guilty to a single felony count as part of a deal with prosecutors, according to a Settlement Agreement. The John Doe investigation has taken another dark turn for Scott Walker. Walker’s deputy chief of… Read the full story »
Walker attacked Madison as Barack Obama delivered a great speech to a record crowd at Bascom Hill (video)
Scott Walker, being a predictable partisan hack, made sure to trash the second largest city in the state he is supposed to be governing when he quipped: “President Obama is on his heels and chose to recover from a bad debate in one of the most liberal places in America”.… Read the full story »
Scott Walker on witness list for upcoming trials for former staffers Tim Russell and Kelly Rindfleisch
As the continuing FBI John Doe investigation probably snags Walker for a number of charges, the first stages leading to that undoing of his career begin this month and continue with two trials of his former staff where he is linked. Tim Russell and Kelly Rindfleisch probably don’t want to take… Read the full story »
