December 2011
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Feds Ordered Walker to Lift Family Care Cap →
In July, Gov. Walker capped the number of elderly and disabled Wisconsinites who could enroll in Family Care, a program that enables people to stay in their homes rather than move to nursing homes. The Feds told Walker he couldn’t do that and ordered him to lift the cap. On Wednesday, he staged a press conference to heroically announce he was lifting the cap.
Good publicity turned bad...
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Meet Rob Zerban, The Man Running Against Paul Ryan
Yesterday, Rob Zerban, the Democrat challenging Paul Ryan in 2012, participated in an “Ask Me Anything” thread on Reddit. BuzzFeed has a nice rundown of what he covered. My favorite:
Q: What do you think of Ayn Rand?
A: I don’t.
Check out the whole thing here.
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Surprise! Bachmann's Iowa Campaign Chair Endorses... →
Just when you think the GOP primary race can’t get any weirder…
Kent Sorenson just announced he was endorsing Ron Paul, then resigned as Michele Bachmann’s Iowa co-chair.
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As a child, Newt Gingrich's favorite pastime was... →
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“Even those who loathe Karl Rove’s every word may be hard-pressed to dispute his...”
– Frank Rich, The Molotov Party: For the New GOP, Conservative Isn’t Nearly Radical Enough.
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“Next fall, thousands of students on college campuses will attempt to register to...”
– The New York Times, Keeping College Students From the Polls.
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The Extremism of Ron Paul →
The American Free Press, which markets books like “The Invention of the Jewish People” and “March of the Titans: A History of the White Race,” is urging its subscribers to help it send hundreds of copies of Ron Paul’s collected speeches to voters in New Hampshire. The book, it promises, will “Help Dr. Ron Paul Win the G.O.P. Nomination in 2012!”
Don Black, director of the white nationalist Web...
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Walker Announces Another $123.3 Million In Cuts
And again, public education has to shoulder most of the burden.
The UW-system will lose $46.1 million, which is on top of the $250 million Walker has already slashed from the system. Other cuts include:
• $9.4 million in cuts this year for the Department of Corrections, including nearly $900,000 in cuts for programs dealing with sex offenders
• $18.6 million from the Department of Health...
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“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and...”
– The Sun, 1897.
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The Progressive Honor Roll of 2011
From The Nation’s Progressive Honor Roll of 2011:
MOST VALUABLE LOCAL OFFICIAL: Sheriff Dave Mahoney
The brutality of police crackdowns on the Occupy Wall Street protests from New York to California was a reminder that police do not always protect and serve. But there were notable exceptions. The most remarkable came in Madison, Wisconsin, when Governor Scott Walker ordered thousands of...
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If you hate Big Government, fight SOPA →
inothernews:
SOPA is a test for principle for members of Congress. If you wish to save the Internet, vote against it. If you wish to fight Big Government, vote against it. If you wish to protect friends in the “content” production and distribution business at extreme cost to every other business in the world, vote for it. If you care more about a few businesses you can name and nothing about...
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WatchJon Stewart’s take down of Newt Gingrich.
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Scott Walker Has Raised More Than $5 Million Since... →
New Rule: Walker doesn’t get to complain anymore about out-of-state money playing a part in the effort to recall him. Here is a very very small sample of some of his donors:
Foster Friess, Wyoming resident and Santorum fan, donated $100,000 to Friends of Scott Walker.
Bob J. Perry, the Texan behind Swift Boat, donated $250,000.
John Nau, Bush’s friend from Texas, donated $40,000.
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Wisconsin Lost Jobs For The Fifth Month In A Row →
Wisconsin lost 14,600 jobs in November.
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“Speak out. Raise awareness about what’s at stake. Call on our political parties...”
– Attorney General Eric Holder
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ACLU Sues Scott Walker Over Voter ID Law →
Other defendants include the state Government Accountability Board and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
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WatchFrom the Rachel Maddow Show: Another Victim in the GOP War on Voting.
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Among Gingrich's Passions, A Doomsday Vision →
Despite scientific and military information to the contrary, Gingrich continues to push his weapons of mass destruction doomsday theory. He also apparently believes the U.S. should engage in pre-emptive military strikes against North Korea and Iran. From a fascinating/disturbing article in the New York Times:
Newt Gingrich, the Republican presidential hopeful, wants you to know that as...
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“It’s time to start calling the current situation what it is: a depression.”
– Paul Krugman, Depression and Democracy. It’s a must-read.
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Say It Ain't So →
A spokesman for Braun said in a statement issued to ESPN and The Associated Press that “there are highly unusual circumstances surrounding this case which will support Ryan’s complete innocence.”
This hasn’t been clarified, arbitration is still ongoing, and I’m a firm believer in the presumption of innocence.
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“I don’t believe in neutrality because the world is already moving in certain...”
– Howard Zinn (via cwnl)
Anonymous asked: Have you seen the "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Gingrich" video on YouTube?
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Wausau Paper To Close Mill, Layoff 450 People →
Wausau Paper will be closing its historic mill in Brokaw, laying off about 450 people. The mill first opened more than 100 years ago.
Meanwhile, Gov. Walker signed bills into law yesterday that:
Allow homeowners to use deadly force against trespassers
Cap attorney fees
Allow school officials to use standardized tests to discipline or fire teachers
Allow liquor sales to start at 6 a.m.
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WatchJon Stewart on Fox’s “War on Christmas.”
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The GOP War On Voting →
Meet Ruthelle Frank. She was born on Aug. 21, 1927, in her home in Brokaw, Wisconsin. She has voted in every election since 1948.
But thanks to Wisconsin’s new voting restrictions, she no longer has the ID required to vote.
What she never had — and in 84 years, never needed — was a birth certificate.
But without a birth certificate, Frank cannot get a state ID card. And...
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“Many Republicans don’t regard government jobs as actual jobs, and are eager to...”
– The New York Times, Pain in the Public Sector.
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Gov. Walker Knowingly Misrepresented Job Creation... →
Announcing the best job numbers of his tenure with a splash last summer, Gov. Scott Walker left out the fact that his office had been told in an internal report that the monthly numbers were “very questionable” and “suspect.”
The snapshot of jobs in the state is normally announced each month simply through a news release, but in July Walker traveled to Milwaukee to...
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WatchMahlon Mitchell, President of the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin, appeared on Up with Chris Hayes this morning to talk about the recall effort.
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Conservatives Starting To Catch On That Jon... →
Jon Hunstman is very conservative. This is news to no one, save for conservative commentators.
But they’re coming around. As they continue their desperate quest to find an alternative candidate to Mitt Romney, conservatives are starting to come around to Huntsman, the former governor of Utah and Obama ambassador to China who kicked off his campaign with a full-throated endorsement of the Ryan...
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“If A Christmas Carol was performed by the “Tea Party Dramatic...”
– Bill Maher. 