October 2011
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Herman Cain Faces Potential Campaign Finance and... →
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel broke the news about the questionable connection between a Wisconsin firm and the leading Republican candidate’s campaign.
Interestingly, Mark Block, Cain’s chief of staff and the man smoking in the creepy ad, is a Wisconsinite with a history of political scandal (he was banned from Wisconsin politics for 3 years because of fraud!). He also has ties to...
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Milwaukee Police Department Ignores National... →
The very training that makes someone a good police officer can produce a frightening abuser, experts say.
For example, officers are trained to take control of every situation. They learn to interrogate suspects and to conduct effective surveillance. They learn how to pursue suspects and physically restrain them - in many cases, without leaving a mark. When they use force, they know how to...
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“As a means of controlling crime, America’s prisons are notoriously inefficient...”
– The New York Times. Falling Crime, Teeming Prisons. Republican senators have sabotaged the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would be an essential step toward major criminal justice reform.
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New Power Grab by Wisconsin Republicans →
In what some call a brazen, unprecedented power play, a key Republican wants quick passage of a bill that would immediately implement new districts in the state Senate while keeping current districts in the Assembly, giving the GOP a better chance at retaining control of both houses.
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“Everybody’s success is predicated on the hard work of all of us. Nobody gets...”
– JON STEWART, on the conservative and libertarian notion that the government should not provide “safety nets” for the disadvantaged in our society, on The Daily Show.
Yep.
(via inothernews)
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Denial: For GOP, Income Inequality is the new... →
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“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn. My God do you learn.”
– - C.S. Lewis
It confuses me when I see posts from young progressives about refusing to vote in 2012. Less than a year ago almost 80% of young people didn’t vote in the midterm elections. This is what happened. And this. And this. And this. Just look at what we have to show for that...
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“I’m not somebody who takes recalls lightly. But Scott Walker has governed...”
– Russ Feingold.
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“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution...”
– John F. Kennedy
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My Trip to Madison - NY Times Travel →
l3fan-o-rama:
now-let-me-at-the-truth:
“People here know beer. I’m usually happy to argue that New York City is the height of sophistication, but I could only cringe as I compared Wisconsin’s vast beer choices with the Amstel Lights and Stellas at many New York bars.” —Seth Kugel
that’s a great quote, but this article hits on everything that i love about madison. well done and insightful...
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Gov. Walker's New Plan Freezes State Workers'... →
The pay freeze on general wages comes just months after Walker and Republicans who run the Legislature required public workers to pay more for their health insurance and pensions and eliminated almost all collective bargaining for most of them.
And this is comes less than two weeks after it was revealed that Gov. Walker lied about his own pension contributions.
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WatchScot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now, talking to Rachel Maddow about the Koch brothers/Americans for Prosperity backing Herman Cain. Great interview.
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“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for...”
– Barack Obama
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Republicans Turn Judicial Power Into a Campaign...
Republican presidential candidates are issuing biting and sustained attacks on the federal courts and the role they play in American life, reflecting and stoking skepticism among conservatives about the judiciary.
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas favors term limits for Supreme Court justices. Representatives Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Ron Paul of Texas say they would forbid the court from...
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“The department tolerates misconduct. Prosecutors give cops career-saving deals....”
– -The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Both Sides of the Law: At least 93 Milwaukee police officers have been disciplined for violating law.
Damn.
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Clarence Thomas's Brand of Justice
Justice Clarence Thomas was sworn in to the Supreme Court 20 years ago today. After two decades on the bench, he remains a legal outlier even on the conservative court. The results he reaches are often radical, and where his ideas come from even more so.
Read the entire article here.
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WatchEnding the Iraq war
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Jobs jobs jobs?
Gov. Walker called a special session of the state legislature to focus on jobs (since he is “focused like a laser beam” on jobs).
First up on the agenda for the legislature in this special session? Republicans introduce a bill to bring back abstinence only education, naturally. Schools teaching sex ed would be required to promote marriage and teach “abstinence skills.”...
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WatchRepublican debates become a reality tv series. Awesome.
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“So what is the G.O.P. jobs plan? The answer, in large part, is to allow more...”
– Paul Krugman, Party of Pollution.
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Wisconsin Lost 12,400 Jobs in September →
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League of Women Voters Sues Wisconsin Over Voter... →
The suit argues the state constitution allows the Legislature to exclude felons and the incompetent from voting, but cannot restrict others from voting. The new photo ID law creates a new class of people who cannot vote - those without ID - and thus violates the state constitution, the suit argues.
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“Be a model of civility. Be sincere. Keep your word. Be curious. Engage in...”
– words of wisdom from Russ Feingold.
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WatchIt must be tough for Republicans to love America so much but hate almost three-quarters of the people living in it.
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“In recent weeks, a decidedly more populist Obama has tried to revive his...”
– Rolling Stone. Obama, Occupy Wall Street, and the Rebirth of the Left. It’s a short, thought-provoking read that I highly recommend.
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Robert Redford urges Obama to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, which would deliver crude oil from Canada through the American heartland to refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas.
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The Koch Brothers' Candidate of Choice? Herman... →
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has cast himself as the outsider, the pizza magnate with real-world experience who will bring fresh ideas to the nation’s capital. But Cain’s economic ideas, support and organization have close ties to two billionaire brothers who bankroll right-leaning causes through their group Americans for Prosperity.
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“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the...”
– A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti
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So You Want to Help Recall Walker →
One month from today, the effort to recall Scott Walker will hit the ground running.
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Gov. Walker Broke Promise To Pay His Pension →
Gov. Scott Walker, who forced public workers to pay more for their pensions as part of a push to curb union rights, broke a campaign promise to pay the full cost of his own pension immediately after taking office in January.
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“With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.”
– Max Ehrmann.
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