January 2012
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Don't Stop The Debates
From the New York Times:
Mr. McCain, who knows something about unfavorable ratings, is right that the 19 debates so far have left an increasingly sour taste in voters’ mouths. Since the debates began, the popularity gap has grown between the leading Republican candidates and President Obama.
But that’s not simply because the candidates have increased the intensity of their attacks on each...
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“He’s incapable of sympathizing with people who can’t pay their...”
– Matt Taibbi, The Odd Couple: Romney vs. Gingrich. Perhaps the most succinct explanation of Romney’s worldview I’ve ever come across.
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“True, the federal government has avoided all-out austerity. But state and local...”
– Paul Krugman, The Austerity Debacle.
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An Interactive Timeline of the John Doe... →
The Journal Sentinel put together an interactive timeline of the ongoing John Doe investigation surrounding Scott Walker’s staff.
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A Wisconsin Judge's Refusal to Recuse
The New York Times addresses Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s questionable ethics:
Justice Michael Gableman of the Wisconsin Supreme Court announced last week that he will not retroactively recuse himself by taking back his vote in one of the court’s highly divisive recent cases. The decision is indefensible.
In a 4-to-3, right-left vote last June, the court overturned a...
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Supervillain or Newt? →
Play the game Supervillain or Newt, where you have to decide whether an idea comes from an indestructible megalomaniac hell-bent on ruling the world, or from a supervillain!
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Scott Walker's Serious Accounting Problems →
Federal law allows states to drop adults from health care programs if the state certifies that it has a budget deficit. So, despite spending months bragging about balancing the budget, Walker’s administration quietly told the federal government in December that Wisconsin actually has an undisclosed deficit.
By claiming to balance the budget, Walker wins political points, while claiming a...
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WatchJustice Stevens talks to Stephen Colbert about Citizens United. Stevens wrote the dissent in that case, and he brought his A-game in this interview.
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“This right of privacy, whether it be founded in the Fourteenth Amendment’s...”
– Justice Blackmun, Roe v. Wade. Roe was decided 39 years ago today.
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“Up with Newt. Down with dignity. That’s the way it goes.”
– Charles Blow, Newt’s Southern Strategy.
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“When a man has left a woman — the mother of his children — who is...”
– DL Hughley, on Newt Gingrich calling questions about his affairs despicable.
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Wisconsin Lost Jobs For the Sixth Consecutive... →
Wisconsin lost private-sector jobs for the sixth consecutive month in December, the same period in which the nation added jobs.
According to data released Thursday by the state Department of Workforce Development, the state lost an estimated 3,900 jobs in the private sector in December from November. The United States showed a gain of 212,000 for the month, outstripping expectations of most...
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Walker Rejects $38 Million In Federal Funding →
The state will turn down $38 million in federal money that could have gone to implementing the federal health care law in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday.
The Republican governor said that he was returning the money because he won’t seek to create a health care marketplace that is called for under the federal law.
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WatchAIG’s famous white collar criminal zillionaire [Hank Greenberg] hosts Republican Scott Walker for a multi-thousand dollar per plate fundraiser in New York, while at home in Wisconsin, where Governor Walker was supposed to be working, this was the scene.
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1,000,000 Strong Against Walker →
One.million.signatures.
That’s almost as many votes as Scott Walker received in the 2010 election. Well done, Wisconsin.
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Where Will Walker Be When The Signatures Are... →
So where will Walker be when the final signature tally is announced? In the state capital or the governor’s mansion, standing his ground and defending his record? Nope. He’ll be in New York City at the world headquarters of the megabank Citigroup raising money for his recall defense effort.
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“This recall drive is the greatest popular democracy movement in Wisconsin...”
– John Nichols.
Fun fact: the recall petitions weigh more than 3,000 pounds. On Wisconsin.
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Did you get all of the signatures? I hope so. Kick him square in the pants!
All of them and then some! The final count should be announced around 3:30 today, but it’s safe to say…Wisconsin went above and beyond. It feels like Christmas.
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“If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald. (via celestialteap0t)
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“After all the pomp and fanfare have faded, the enduring thing that is left is...”
– Vince Lombardi.
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“America is not, in fact, a corporation. Making good economic policy isn’t at all...”
– Paul Krugman, America Isn’t a Corporation.
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The Value of Teachers →
Suppose your child is about to enter the fourth grade and has been assigned to an excellent teacher. Then the teacher decides to quit. What should you do?
The correct answer? Panic!
Well, not exactly. But a landmark new research paper underscores that the difference between a strong teacher and a weak teacher lasts a lifetime. Having a good fourth-grade teacher makes a student 1.25 percent...
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Election Law Experts Say James O’Keefe Accomplices... →
truth-has-a-liberal-bias:
It was one of the few — if not the only — coordinated efforts to attempt in-person voter fraud, and it was pulled off by affiliates of conservative activist (sleazebag) James O’Keefe at polling places in New Hampshire Tuesday night. All of it part of an attempt to prove the need for voter ID laws that voting rights experts say have a unfair impact on minority voters.
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New York Times Asks: Is Wisconsin As Nice As It... →
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“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see...”
– Aldo Leopold, who was born on this date in 1887. Leopold was a professor at the University of Wisconsin, developer of the first U.S. soil conservation demonstration area in Coon Valley, Wisconsin, and author of A Sand County Almanac.
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“The essence of the Progressive movement, as I see it, lies in its purpose to...”
– Robert M. LaFollette
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“I think, maybe, it’s time for the nation to rise up and point out to the...”
– Charles Pierce.
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“Someone who really wanted equal opportunity would be very concerned about the...”
– Paul Krugman, America’s Unlevel Field
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Continuing Assault on Unions →
Unionized workers earn more and get more generous benefits. In 2010, wages of workers in unionized manufacturing companies in Indiana were 16 percent higher than in nonunion plants. One study concluded that the decline in unionization since the 1970s is responsible for one-fifth to one-third of the growth in inequality in this country. Voters, unionized or not, should recognize the new...
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Update: Three Charged in John Doe Investigation →
Three individuals - including a former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker - were charged Thursday with felonies as part of the ongoing John Doe investigation into Walker staffers.
Tim Russell, a longtime Walker campaign and county staffer, was charged with two felony and one misdemeanor counts of embezzlement. One source said the charges are tied to Operation Freedom, an annual military appreciation...
