“Because Scott Walker Asked”: how the right wing gave to Scott Walker’s campaign without giving to Scott Walker’s campaign

Eaerlier today The Guardian posted a comprehensive article outlining the depths of the efforts by conservatives to help reelect Gov. Scott Walker after it became clear Gov. Walker would face a recall election after he “dropped the bomb” on public employees via the infamous Act 10. While I encourage you…

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Quick Take On Opens Record Issue

Since the Independence Day holiday there have been dozens of articles throughout the state about the jaundiced attempt b the GOP to negate Wisconsin’s Open Records laws. If you need a quick and effective overview, try this one from George Stanley, editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. But one thing…

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John Doe II Iced By Federal Judge

I don’t know where this goes next. Is this the last place that a John Doe can be considered or does the DA have the authority or wherewhithal to appeal a ruling like this? Today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: U.S. District Judge Rudolf Randa issued the 26-page decision late Tuesday, calling…

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US Department of Justice To Monitor Recall Election in Milwaukee

Pursuant to their role in enforcing the Voting Rights Act, the US Department of Justice will be monitoring the recall election in the City of Milwaukee. The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor elections on June 5, 2012, in the following jurisdictions to ensure compliance with the Voting…

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BREAKING: PPP Poll Shows Dead Heat in Recall

In a poll released late last night, the non-partisan polling firm Public Policy Polling has the recall race tied at 50-47 with a 2.8% margin of error. The really good news is around independents. Barrett is actually winning independent voters by a 48-46 margin. The reason he continues to trail…

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Recall Memo: June 5: On Healing Our State from Louis Fortis

The publisher of The Shepherd Express has some thoughts on Healing Our State…and he comes to the conclusion that it requires the election of Mayor Tom Barrett as governor in the recall this Tuesday June 5th! It was when I was elected to the Assembly 25 years ago that I…

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Recall Memo: Walker Water Everywhere but NOT a Drop to Drink!

Sometimes I am not so sure there isn’t a weekend editor or two at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel who enjoys a bit of irony and edits the news to grand effect! And the front page of the Saturday June 2nd edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel LOCAL section is the…

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Former Republican Bernard Hlavac Runs Anti-Walker Ad in the Journal-Sentinel

A former executive with Sentry Insurance and Republican, Bernard Hlavac bought a half-page ad in Sunday’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel outlining why he supports the recall of Governor Scott Walker. “I can’t think of a better way to spend my money than on this,” he said in a telephone interview from…

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Recall Memo: June 5: Know Your Rights!

Know your June 5th Voting Rights.

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Scott Walker’s Latest Mendacity

It’s appalling how easily this Governor lies.  His abuse of facts and the truth is unprecedented in Wisconsin politics.  Not since “Tail Gunner” Joe McCarthy has a Wisconsin politician left such a trail of slime and filth in the name of the people of Wisconsin. Sam Walker, a criminology professor at the…

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