wisconsin politics

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/politics/wisconsin-pandemic-primary-republicans.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwAR2oceTzzyScJ9-0lt7g_ZFl1rf20QV6xNzpgL2b3H3Iq239HI0O2R3zaJ4 And SCOTUS thinks this is just fine...smh. #IMPEACHALLTRUMPAPPOINTEES

Republican-led Wisconsin legislature approves bills to diminish executive power after Democratic election wins CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/05/politics/wisconsin-legislature-power/index.html

Afraid of what the house is going to look like after the mid-terms, perhaps? The Gradiaun BBC NBC

"Some girls rape so easy." I'm sure if we heard the context it would sound better... Linky. See? Completely innocent! Luckily, Ryan, Walker, et al recognised that they needed to drop this guy right away. I would count the ways this is just ****** up, but it is too ****** up.

http://swampland.time.com/2012/05/21/why-the-coalition-trying-to-recall-scott-walker-is-splintering/ "As a result, the campaign to recall Walker is sputtering, and the governor has pulled ahead in the polls with a little over two weeks to go until the June 5 election. “There’s a lot of...

Scott Walker Magically Turns Dismal Wisconsin Job Numbers Into A Pre-Election Miracle Scott Walker promised to create 250,000 new jobs by giving tax breaks to companies that hire new workers or relocate to Wisconsin (i.e., poaching jobs from other states). Instead Wisconsin was the only state...

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9114 If that pans out for the prosecutors, it is HUGE news.

It looks as if Tea Party favorite Gov. Scott Walker is in trouble in Wisconsin... Effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker more than halfway to goal Based upon this news and all of the momentum out of Ohio, I think Gov. Walker's in for a rude awakening. Hey Wildcat, didn't we have an...

The recall effort against the sick excuse for a governor in Wisconsin has begun, and so has the violence against the recall movement. There has been one felony committed by an apparent Walker supporter who tore up a recall petition at a signiture gathering point. The slimeball could face three...

Just heard on the Ed Schultz show that the website of Wisconsin United was taken down by a cyber attack using a distributed denial of service. This temporaily interfered with distribution of the recall petition against Walker. The group has asked the FBI and the WI Attorney General to...

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/fbi_raids_home_of_walker_aide.php?ref=fpblg

Here we go again. The GOP voter disenfranchisement team is up to its usual deceitful crap. So much for caring about democracy. After Signing Law Disenfranchising ID-less Voters, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Closes 10 DMV Offices The Politics Behind New Voter ID Laws I can't find a thread on...

There seems to be a he said/she said situation over a physical altercation involving the conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser and Liberal Justice Ann Walsh. She claims he put her in a choke hold. His side says that "she charged him with fists raised" and he "put his hands...

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/ollective-bargaining-law-to-take-effect "MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's Republican governor has won a major victory: the state Supreme Court says his polarizing union rights law can go into effect. Gov. Scott Walker pushed the law that eliminates most of...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/26/wisconsin.collective.bargaining/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

I think they started playing yesterday. Here's a sample: dQlQWgnMSD0 Next January/February, I think that Gov. Walker & the GOP/Tea Party in Wisconsin won't know what hit them :)

Amusing story from the vibrant world of Wisconsin politics: http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/85208/wisconsin-senators-wife-ex-maid-support-recall Before the usual dance starts, the party has nothing to do with the humor.

Please delete thread. Picked it up from another source. Still not sure that the Rs were telling us the truth about the threat.

Yup, it's true... Poll: Over One Million Wisconsin Voters Ready To Sign His Recall Petition, But Walker Doubles Down Things are going to be really interesting in WI in about one year, methinks :D

http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Wisconsin-Broke-Nah-Bought-Adult-Store-for-1-4-Million-427110.html

Here you get to set out just how much a public employee can earn and what benefits they should get.

A caller, posing as billionaire David Koch, managed to get on the phone with Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin. Among the revalations: Source This is better than Blago.

I was surprised I didn't see any post about this yet and nothing came up when I searched. Protests started Tuesday and have continued yesterday and today. Over 13,000 people showed up at the capital to protest and many more students, teachers, and others at universities across Wisconsin...

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/09/21/wisconsin-voter-caging/ Also: http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-national/media-ignores-story-of-alleged-voter-suppression-effort-by-the-tea-party-video Video itself...

Thanks to a recent successful Jesus-brand ballot initiative in Wisconsin, gay and lesbian couples who travel to California to be married face 9 months in prison and/or up to $10,000 fines. Now that is what I call Protecting the Sanctity of Bigotry. Sources: PDF PDF HTML You can thank fine...

On Wednesday, a law was passed in Wisconsin forcing voting machine manufacturers to provide the source code for their machines to the government to be kept in escrow to be examined in case of a recount, and mandating that machines generate a voter-verified paper ballot...