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I wish I could say I was surprised… Rarely has the political payoff for a special interest group been as quick or blatant. The American Federation for Children, one of the leading advocates for school choice in the country, brags in a recent brochure that it spent more than $325,000 – far more than the [...] So it appears the American Federation for Children (AFC), the right-wing education “reform” outfit tied to disgraced and convicted former Republican Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen, is pouring an awful lot of money into helping elect African-American Democrats in Milwaukee. According to the GAB-7S linked to above, the AFC has spent over $100,000 to assist [...] Apparently Democratic State Sen. Lena Taylor and Republican Gov. Scott Walker have more in common than their mutual love of concealed carry and the Castle Doctrine; they’re both involved with the American Federation for Children, a right-wing school choice group that counts among its lobbyists disgraced former Republican Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen. I [...] It gets really interesting when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s resident Mad Hatter, Patrick McIlheran throws in with a Democratic candidate. In this case he is siding with State Senator Jeff Plale who is facing a very tough Democratic primary campaign for his senate seat from County Supervisor Chris Larson [...] |
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