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If you follow politics, you’ve no doubt heard of Americans For Prosperity (AFP), the Virginia-based right-wing group created and financed in part by the secretive billionaire brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch. You’ll remember Koch Industries, owned wholly by the Koch brothers, as one of Gov. Scott Walker’s largest campaign contributors during his gubernatorial [...] From my email inbox comes news of a get out the vote rally on August 6: With the recall elections coming up August 9th, we, the people, need to unite as one and make sure these crucial elections are a success! Special guest speakers include Penny Sikora, ATU (Amalgmated Transit Union) Lena Taylor, WI State [...] To say the vote in the House earlier this week to approve the debt ceiling capitulation legislation was highly publicized and scrutinized would be an understatement. After Speaker John Boehner’s own debt ceiling legislation passed the House by a narrow margin and was promptly killed in the U.S. Senate, lawmakers worked hard to find some [...] UPDATE: Please read this retraction of this entry. Back on July 12, Milwaukee aldermanic candidate Jan Pierce, who’s challenging incumbent Alderman Tony Zielinski, pledged that when elected he would be a more accessible alderman by holding “Alderman on Your Corner” events with his constituents to address the community’s concerns. At the time, Pierce said, “Our [...] First of all, I’d like to welcome City of Contempt – The Scroll of Reason to our blogroll. It’s a great blog, so be sure to check it out! In other news, Blogging Blue has been named as one of Wisconsin’s best political blogs by Chris Cillizza’s The Fix blog. Blogging Blue made the list [...] A quick follow up to yesterday\'s post regarding Matt Damons speech to the Save Our Schools Rally. This little video surfaced of a behind the scene interview by a reporter from Reason TV a ” so called” libertarian channel. Here she tries to impart right wing “logic” on to Matt Damon and gets shot down [...] First let’s start with a quote from Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton: Anyone who characterizes the deal between the President, Democratic, and Republican leaders as a victory for the American people over partisanship understands neither economics nor politics. The deal does not raise taxes on America’s wealthy and most fortunate…Yet it [...] According to a report by David Catanese of Politico, right-wing group Americans For Prosperity is sending absentee ballots to Democrats in State Senate districts 2 and 10 with instructions to return the paperwork after the election date. The fliers, which can be viewed HERE, Democratic voters to return ballots for the Aug. 9 election to [...] Apparently Republican State Senator Alberta Darling (R-Mansion), the subject of a tough recall fight in Wisconsin’s 8th State Senate district, doesn’t think people making over $250,000 per year are wealthy. During a recent appearance on Mark Belling’s radio show, Sen. Darling made it abundantly clear she’s completely out of touch when it comes to what [...] |
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