Recall Memo: June 5: RECALL REBECCA KLEEFISCH

A few days ago Zach mentioned that Mahlon Mitchell could use your help in is recall election against Lt. Gov Rebecca Kleefisch.

And now I’d like to add my reminder! The Lt. Gov. race has gotten lost in the media behind the race between Mayor Barrett and Gov. Walker. But it is no less [...]

Recall Memo: June 5: Student Voting: YES YOU CAN!

On of our readers asked about student voting on an earlier Recall Memo: June 5th about student voting. I should have looked into this earlier because I know a great many college students are on their way home already following the end of their school year.

Well, here are the facts directly from the Government [...]

Venture Capitalist Nick Hanauer @TEDTalks on Income Inequality, Jobs and Taxes

Venture Capitalist Nick Hanauer explains the economic ecosystem and how income inequality is hurting our economy in this presentation at TED. Here’s an excerpt from the video… [...]

Walker Strip Mines the “Conserve” out of “Conservative”

The Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters gives Scott Walker a big fat F for his first legislative session and encourages ‘Sconies who want to preserve Wisconsin’s vast & wonderful natural heritage to show Scott Walker the door.

During his first legislative session, Scott Walker proved to be the most anti-conservation Governor in Wisconsin’s history. From [...]

Science Wednesday: The Search for the Higgs Boson

Shocked Baby is Shocked That Domestic Drilling Doesn’t Lower Gas Prices!

Shocking!

WASHINGTON — It’s the political cure-all for high gas prices: Drill here, drill now. But more U.S. drilling has not changed how deeply the gas pump drills into your wallet, math and history show.

A statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly, inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and U.S. domestic oil production by The Associated [...]

Maybe we weren’t crying wolf after all on Gogebic

Report: Senator Carpenter flipped position on mining bill; caused bill to fail

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald joined Charlie Sykes on Wednesday to talk about his disappointment surrounding the bill’s failure. “There was some real indications that one of these Democrats was going to vote with us and move this bill forward.”

On Monday [...]

Standing Up for Sovereignty

Fascinating… The Lakota people who live on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota are refusing to allow the Keystone XL Pipeline trucks onto their land.

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About that Iron Mine…

Yeah…  Economist Joseph Stiglitz points to the kind of economic policies pursued by the Walker administration, and Republicans in general, that create the kinds of economic distortions that drive levels of inequality higher in America.

Inequality is bad for growth, stability and efficiency. … Inequality peaked both before the Great Depression and before the Great [...]

Walker signs wetlands destruction bill into law while joined by appreciative developers

Yeah, this just about sums up whose interests Republican Gov. Scott Walker cares most about… The Republican governor approved the controversial legislation before an appreciative audience from the Wisconsin Realtors Association.

As noted by Jim Rowen over at The Political Environment notes, we can look for Gov. Walker to sign the fast-track mining bill that [...]