Donations to Scott Walker Flagged as Potential Fraud - ProPublica

The drama in Cheeseland continues unabated with new twists and turns daily. Now one major credit card company has Friends of Scott Walker campaign fund raising organization flagged for fraud alerts. It will be interesting to see how this turns out. Is it simply a computer glitch, …

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Report shows Wisconsin lost nearly 6,000 jobs in April

The numbers keep looking bleak for Walker's job pledge. How will the master spinner spin this number. He'll probably try to trot out a different set of numbers compiled by his office or his campaign. Probably 90% of the new jobs will be with ABC Material Supply courtesy of Diane  …

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It didn't take 'divide and conquer' video to sway this Wisconsin police union against Walker

Here we have another instance of Walker's lies before his election concerning unions. It also shows another glimmer of hope that Walker will be out of office by thi time next month. To paraphrase the union rep quoted in the article, Cops usually vote Republican but not this time.

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New rule would reduce raises forWisconsin teachers

Will this man never stop? I've come to believe he is now taking revenge on teachers for some perceived failure causing him to be unable to complete his college degree. Would someone please hand him a mirror. He hasn't taken enough from teachers so he now wants to squeeze a few m …

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Wisconsin loses 4,500 jobs in March, mostly private-sector

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GAB throws out few petition signatures; recommends Walker recall proceed

The official count of Walker recall petition signatures is in. Only five obviously fictitious signatures were found. Just over 3% of duplicate or illegible signatures were voided. No signature was found to have appeared 80 times. These official results are a far cry from the numb …

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WisconsinJudicial Commission recommends discipline for Prosser

This story seems to be the capstone on a bad news week for Wisconsin Republicans. Starting with a second judge determining their voter ID law to be unconstitutional and barring it's enforcement to a senator resigning and finally to a Repub Supreme Court Justice being recommend fo …

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Revised figures show Wisconsin lost most jobs in nation in 2011

More bad news coming for Scott Walker. This is not a good wek for him. Wisconsin led the nation in job losses for 2011. Not in this article but also today June 5th has been set as recall election day by a Dane County judge.

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Judge rules voter ID law is unconstitutional; permanently bars implementation

Scott Walker's agenda suffers another legal setback.

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Biz Beat: Wisconsin leads Midwest in layoffs, new jobless claims

More bad news for Scott Walker on the jobs front. Although the numbers are slightly better than last January they do not seem to be keeping pace with the national recovery. Maybe Walker's plan isn't working as good as he and the Koch clan claim.

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Hiring of GOP official's wife draws questions

Barely a day goes by without a new story of Republican antics in Wisconsin.

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Former Walker aide pleads guilty to two misdemeanors

Another guilty plea in the John Doe investigation centered around Scott Walkers campaign. Of much greater interest than the actual violations are reasons given for accepting the plea agreement by the Prosecutor.

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The petitioners: How 4 political novices drove the recall movement

Last Oct. 3, four people who had met by chance seven months earlier sat down together over Mexican food to hash out when to launch the recall effort against Gov.

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Wisconsin Veterans Affairs Board Members Resign, Citing Power Grab By Scott Walker

Scott Walker has done so much to bring about his own demise. Here's yet another group, veterans, who are likely to help vote him out of office.

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Kansas City Firefighter Restrains Violent Attacker on Plane

Here’s a recent story that didn’t get much notice; a firefighter aboard a flight to Kansas City subdued and restrained a man who was trying to break into the airplane’s cockpit, potentially saving the lives of everyone aboard: Action aboard airplane creat …

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Paul Schurick: Robert Ehrlich Aide Guilty Of Conspiring To Suppress Black Voter Turnout

BALTIMORE — A political aide to former Maryland Gov.

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More good news for the Walker recall supporters

An analysis of recall signatures turned in thus far is very encouraging for recall supporters. A significant number of signatures have come from areas normally considered safely Republican. Some counties have already surpassed their goals for number of signatures. 

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A Wisconsin school board president speaks out against budget cuts

Ellen Lindgren, 62, has served on the Middleton Cross Plains Area Board of Education for 17 years. She is currently the board president.

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New poll shows majority support Walker recall

Walker's unfavorable rating has increased recently with a majority of Wisconsin voters polled thinking he should be recalled. The largest increase since the last poll were Republicans who support his recall. This should be very encouraging to the recall workers.

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Massive effort's humble start

So far I've found this to be the best article describing how the Walker recall movement started, who is involved and how they are proceeding. Apparently there were multiple origins that have now coalesced into a massive concerted effort.

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Highway Bill Could Cost State

Many of the people of Wisconsin haven't felt the real bite of the Walker budget cuts yet. Sounds like in the next few months there may be more unhappy Cheeseheads when they start having difficulty getting around on their snow covered roads.

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Art Pope, Citizens United, and North Carolina Politics : The New Yorker

Once again Jane Mayer exposes the power of conservative money in politics and the agenda of the Republicans to control every aspect of American life. This is a somewhat long article but well worth the time. Mr Pope is apparently part of the Koch tribe.

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The epic arrogance of Scott Walker

Demonize the teachers, cut 800 million from education and then go on the stage and talk about the importance of education. The man makes me sick.

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On the Capitol: The Scott Walker blues

Walker is not making any big announcements about Wisconsin's job performance in July and the two Republican legislature leaders, the Fitzgeralds, don't appear to be supportive of Walker's bipartisanship initiative.

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Biz Beat: GOP job counters need a math lesson

This is a follow-up to an article posted a day or two ago concerning the Walker/GOP jobs gains claims. As suspected the majority of the jobs are low wage hospitality/tourism jobs that will disappear in September and October.

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