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Daily Kos: Say, Who Else Doesn't Think We "Lost" And They "Won"?

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Kos - By Lotusmaglite - Jun. 06 (Opinion) - Over and over, we've risen up against injustice in one form or another, only to get beaten down. Like the recall. Over and over and over - until we don't. Until we get so big, so loud, so bold and brave and unbowed that we end up with the 40 hour work week, or universal suffrage, or something like equal protection under the law, or a recall that was our right to demand, and so on. Segregation didn't end (well, de facto segregation still hasn't) because the courts suddenly decided out of the kindness of their hearts that enough was enough. They were forced to. We were forced to confront our ugly, dark, vile practices, and we didn't like what we saw in the mirror, a mirror that had been held up over and over, smashed over and over, it's shards driven into the hearts of the brave women and men who defied injustice over and over and over until those brave people won.

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New Evidence of Scott Walker Lying to Congress

Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The Nation - By John Nichols - May. 27 (News Report) - there is new evidence to suggest that Walker’s testimony to Congress about when he began preparing his anti-labor legislation—which sparked mass demonstrations and a recall movement that will culminate with a June 5 vote on whether to recall the governor—was not truthful.

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Scott Walker, Tom Barrett Face Off In First Wisconsin Recall Debate

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Amanda Terkel - May. 26 (News Report) - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) aggressively went after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) in the first of two gubernatorial debates, taking him to task for an ongoing corruption probe, repeal of an equal pay enforcement law and out-of-state fundraising....

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Walker and Deer: a Rebuttal

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Wisconsin Citizens Media Co-op - By Joel Anderson - May. 21 (News Analysis) - the current system of government regulated deer hunting allows people to bag a $750, $1,000 or $8,000 buck for $24. How is that fair? If this is not communism, it at least is socialism. All Kroll and Walker are trying to do is let the market, not government, set the price of deer.

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With Over 500K Signatures Already Collected, Recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Appears Inevitable

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Think Progress - By Judd Legum - Dec. 31 (Opinion) - A recall of controversial Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker now appear inevitable. In just 28 days, activists collected 507,533 signatures. Organizers have until January 17 to collect 540,208 signatures, which is equal to 25% of the state’s 2010 general election turnout. To be safe, recall advocates have set a new goal of 720,277 signatures by the [...]

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Pro-Recall Group Outs Facebook Page That Boasts About Destroying Signatures

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

patch.com - By Denise Lockwood - Nov. 25 (News Report) - One Wisconsin Now calls on all recall supporters to be vigilant, but only one instance of actual recall destruction found.

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WI DMV Tells Boy His Bank Account Doesn’t Show Enough “Activity” To Get a Voter ID

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Kos - Jul. 27 (News) - A video has surfaced of a boy trying to get one of the new Wisconsin Voter ID's that were ushered in by the signing of new a voting law in the state. Shot by the boy's mother with the clear intention of indicting the process, the video shows the pair going from station to station at the DMV, asking all of the right questions as to why there are so many hurdles to acquiring this constitutionally guaranteed ID card.

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Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice Accuses Colleague Of Choking Her

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Jun. 26 (News Report) - A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice has accused another justice of choking her during an argument in her office earlier this month –...

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Justices' feud gets physical

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - By Crocker Stephenson, Cary Spivak, Patrick Marley - Jun. 25 (News Report) - Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley late Saturday accused fellow Justice David Prosser of putting her in a chokehold during a dispute in her office earlier this month.

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Wisconsin's Most Anti-Woman Budget

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - Jun. 17 (Editorial) - 'Don't let legislators who voted for Gov. Scott Walker's trash-and-burn budget try to tell you they believe that all women are full citizens with equal rights and equal protections under the law.'

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Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - By Patrick Marley, Don Walker - Jun. 15 (News Report) - Acting with unusual speed, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the reinstatement of Gov. Scott Walker's controversial plan to end most collective bargaining for tens of thousands of public workers.

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Expense of fake Democrats in primaries will top $400,000

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Jun. 14 (News) - Complete coverage of the spring races and recall efforts across the state. Madison - A plan by Republicans to run fake Democratic candidates in this summer's recall elections would cost taxpayers upward of $428,000, according to election clerks. In one S

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Kloppenburg concedes election to Prosser

Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - By Jason Stein, Don Walker - May. 31 (News) - Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg said Tuesday that she was conceding the Supreme Court race to Justice David Prosser, ending what had been a contentious campaign that culminated in a rare statewide recount.

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Judge voids controversial Wisconsin union law

Thu, 26 May 2011 08:59:06 -0700

Reuters - By Jeff Mayers - May. 26 (News Report) - MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - A Wisconsin judge on Thursday voided a controversial Republican-backed law restricting the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions.Dane County Judge Maryann

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To Fix Health Care, First Try Rewarding Failure

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bloomberg - By Ezra Klein - May. 26 (Opinion) - Few policy problems are more confounding than the inexorable rise in health-care spending. It threatens the economy even as the health-care system fails at its basic task of making us healthier. But the only way to fix it runs counter to both our instincts and our political system: we need to allow ourselves to fail -- often, enthusiastically and, above all, constructively.

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Minnesota Congressman Paul Ryan Mulling Senate Bid

Sun, 15 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Power Line - By John Hinderaker - May. 15 (News Report) - Now, granted, depending on where you live, Minnesota and Wisconsin may seem more or less interchangeable.

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Wisconsin Republicans Rush Legislative Agenda Before Recall Elections

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Scott Bauer - May. 09 (News Report) - As recall elections loom in Wisconsin, 'Republicans, in a rapid sequence of votes over the next eight weeks, plan to legalize concealed weapons, deregulate the telephone industry, require voters to show photo identification at the polls, expand school vouchers and undo an early release for prisoners.' Scott Bauer, Associated Press

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Recount – Day 3

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Hot Air - By Steve Eggleston - Apr. 30 (News Analysis) - ... David Prosser’s lead over JoAnne Kloppenburg in the 523 “cleanly” reported units (14.52% of all reporting units, representing 176,646 votes) increased by 32, to an unofficial 7,348-vote lead.

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Who Owns the World?

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Noam Chomsky - Apr. 21 (Opinion) - 'The democracy uprising in the Arab world has been a spectacular display of courage, dedication, and commitment by popular forces - coinciding, fortuitously, with a remarkable uprising of tens of thousands in support of working people and democracy in Madison, Wisconsin, and other US cities. If the trajectories of revolt in Cairo and Madison intersected, however, they were headed in opposite directions: in Cairo toward gaining elementary rights denied by the dictatorship, in Madison towards defending rights that had been won in long and hard struggles and are now under severe attack.

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Would-Be Paul Ryan Challenger Launches Hands-Off-Grandma Site

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Michael McAuliff - Apr. 13 (News Report) - Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is taking his first political hit back home for a budget plan that critics say will hurt elderly Medicare...

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Blaska Blogs the smoking gun of the teachers union's illegal sick-out

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Daily Page - By David Blaska - Apr. 12 (Investigative Report) - Only a fool would think that the sick out that closed down Madison schools for five days in February was anything but an illegal, union-coordinated, illegal strike.

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Bombshell ballots in tight Supreme Court election race getting a closer look in Wisconsin

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - By By Jason Stein, Laurel Walker, Bill Glauber - Apr. 09 (News) - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin's top elections official said Friday that he is sending state staff to examine results in Waukesha County, where thousands of previously uncounted votes were revealed Thursday in a bombshell that upended the tight state Supreme Court race.

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Elections agency to review Wisconsin vote-count flip

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Nicholas Riccardi - Apr. 08 (News) - The GuardianElections agency to review Wisconsin vote-count flipThe Seattle TimesWisconsin's top elections agency said Friday it would review a county clerk's discovery of more than 14000 votes in the state's photo-finish Supreme Court election. By Nicholas Riccardi Wisconsin's top elections agency said Friday it would review a ...Kloppenburg team begins review of Waukesha County voting recordsMilwaukee Journal SentinelElection results under reviewFox11online.comWisconsin Probes Vote-Count ErrorWall Street JournalChristian Science Monitor -Fox News -Washington Timesall 3,160 news articles »

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Janitor Justice Arrives Four Years Early

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bloomberg - By Margaret Carlson - Apr. 07 (Opinion) - If only those in power could remember that you can do almost anything as long as you are perceived by the public as fair. Need to balance out-of-control budgets? Spread out the hurt, and let everyone who works have a decent life. Don’t lean so heavily in favor of the haves, who, after all, have the world, the tax code and the marketplace leaning heavily in their favor already.

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Reading the Wisconsin Tea Leaves

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Real Clear Politics - By RealClearPolitics - Apr. 07 (Opinion) - As of this writing, conservative Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is trailing his liberal challenger JoAnne Kloppenberg by about 200 votes. There will probably be a recount, and it is conceivable, though highly unlikely, that it could reverse the outcome.

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