Tag: verify the recall

I recently wrote about how mediatrackers and Verify The Recall were working together to "out" people who signed the recall petition. The sole purpose of VTR was to intimidate and harass anyone who signed the petition. They have done a very good job of it even getting some media outlets…

Back in 1971, confronted by mounting domestic opposition, the Nixon White House issued a call for enemies from the staff.  Then White House Counsel John Dean (who, in recent years has taken his own party to task in a series of scathing books and articles which lay the decay of American democracy…

I have written extensively about Verify the Recall. I knew from the beginning that they were going to use the database to intimidate and harass the signers but I had to idea to the extent of it. The recall has been certified, we had almost a million signatures, people want…

We have been discussing how Verify the Recall’s only purpose was to have a searchable database of people who signed the recall petition, so they could be harassed and intimidated.    The latest version was the story of the Wausau Daily Herald checking VTR, and disciplining the employees they find. Well…

I have covered the story of "Verify The Recall" & how it was never used to make sure the process was clean and fair, but to make sure and intimidate those who signed. With the Governor’s recall a sure thing, the VTR is still working. The latest egregious event comes…

We have been chronicling "verify the recall"'s results. We have pointed out that their endgame was never ever “integrity of elections” but intimidation of Wisconsin Citizens who signed the recall petitions. Here is another "success" story that Verify the Recall can hang their hats on: The University of Wisconsin System’s…

I recently wrote about how "verify the recall" failed miserably when it came to actually finding fraud within the recall petitions. I also pointed out that, since everyone knew we had way more than enough signatures to recall the four senators and the Walker/Kleefisch ticket, VTR was not about ‘free…

The results are in – they should be advocating for stronger public schools! I recently asked "who is going to verify the "Verify the Recall" group? Luckily for us, our friends at PR watch did just that: Findings released this week from the Tea Party-led “Verify the Recall” effort allege…

This story from WisPolitics: Gov. Scott Walker will not challenge any of the signatures filed against him because his campaign did not have enough time to review the more than 150,000 pages filed seeking his recall, a spokeswoman said. Walker faced a deadline today to file challenges after a Dane…

Verify the recall IS working, just as planned. Are they finding massive fraud like they promised before they even saw one signature? Of course not, there was not any! The question I asked recently is Who is going to Veryify the Verify the Recall? Unfortunately many in the media treated…