The Second Coming of Leon Trotsky? Hardly…

Paul Krugman’s editorial today, Panic of the Plutocrats makes some excellent points not just about the 99%, but also about the attitudes of the oligarchs and the useful idiots who defend them in the press. [T]hen there’s the campaign of character assassination against Elizabeth Warren, the financial reformer now running for…

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Recall effort against Gov. Walker to begin November 15

From my email inbox comes news that United Wisconsin and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin will be initiating a recall of Republican Gov. Scott Walker starting on November 15. After weeks of discussion and positive collaboration with grassroots activists like you, today comes an historic announcement. In just a few…

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Mining the Divide? How about Dividing the Mine?

Last month Janet Bewley, a Democrat representing the 74th Assembly district, penned an Op-ed in the Ashland Current titled ” Mining the Divide.” The piece lays out three core principles that Bewley believes should be adhered to as state lawmakers go forward with a review of Wisconsin’s mine permitting process….

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Occupy – Part 2

Sen. Byron Dorgan on repealing Glass-Steagall “We will in ten years time say we should not have done that. Because we forgot the lessons of the past.” As we see there is incredible justification for WHY people are occupying Wall St. The question is “Is it working?” Let’s ask Career…

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Two Reid Ribble tidbits to start the day

Republican Rep. Reid Ribble, who represents Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District (though he doesn’t actually live in the district) has his first Democratic challenger for the 2012 election, as Democrat Jamie Wall has announced his candidacy for the seat currently held by Rep. Ribble. Wall is a former Rhodes Scholar who…

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Rep. Steve Nass: not above some shameless fear-mongering!

From Republican State Rep. Steve Nass comes this gem of an email, copied without any editing: From: Rep.Nass Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:39 PM To: *Legislative Assembly Democrats; *Legislative Assembly Independents; *Legislative Assembly Republicans; *Legislative Senate Democrats; *Legislative Senate Republicans Cc: Huebsch, Mike – DOA; Jensen, Jodi – GOV…

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