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From my email inbox comes word of an effort by the folks at Grassroots Northshore to help get out the vote for Democratic State Rep. Sandy Pasch, who’s running to unseat incumbent State Senator Alberta Darling (R-mansion) in the recall election against Darling. Here are the details of the get out the vote effort: Get [...] “It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped,” – Hubert H. Humphrey On Wednesday Milwaukee County Supervisor Joe Rice filed a motion in court seeking an injunction to stop the County Board from giving final approval to a redistricting plan that eliminates Rice’s North Shore district. In seeking the injunction, Rice has alleged the County Board violated the state open meetings law by failing to give adequate [...] From my email inbox comes news of an interesting, out of the box project from the folks at Progressive Majority and Grassrooting Productions. The project, called The Nation Sings, aims to collect and promote the next generation of protest songs that will inspire and give hope. The folks at The Nation Sings are asking folks [...] A couple good links about Wisconsin’s very own, Paul Ryan (R-Wall St.). 1. Paul Ryan wants to DISinvest in America: By now you might have heard that the Republican budget plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) wants to eliminate Medicare as we know it and to give hundreds of billions of dollars in [...] A couple of good reads this morning: 1. Deficit Hawk says we need to SPEND: Bill Gross is the manager director of PIMCO, which makes him one of the most important bond traders in the world, if not the most important. And so his exit from the Treasury market a few months ago, plus [...] From RiverTowns.net comes news that a candidate forum in the recall election in the 10th Senate District has been cancelled due to Republican State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf’s refusal to attend: AAUW members have announced they are officially canceling a 10th Senate District forum they had been attempting to organize. Ann Gustafson, president of the River [...] Welcome to Republican America, a nation where Republican lawmakers have made it clear they value tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy over educating our young people. In Michigan, where Republicans have full control of state government, lawmakers siphoned off nearly $1 billion in education funds in order to essentially eliminate the Michigan Business Tax [...] A conversation I had last night over beers got me to wondering a few things. First, why isn’t there a station airing a progressive politics talk format, a la 620 WTMJ? Would a progressive radio station have an audience here in Milwaukee? Discuss. On Monday I noted the campaign contribution far-right Republican State Senate candidate Jonathan Steitz (pictured, right) received from a man who justified slavery as being a “compasionate act,” and to add to my report, the Root River Siren has an excellent report outlining some of the other contributions Steitz has received from some questionable characters. [...] |
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