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In Illinois, Scott Walker Compares Himself To Honest Abe

Posted 04.17.2012

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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was greeted in what is likely, by now, a familiar manner when he addressed business leaders in Springfield, Ill., Tues...

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Amanda Terkel

Scott Walker Backs Out Of GOP Event Amidst Protest Plans

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.12.2012

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), who is currently under threat of being recalled from office, is canceling his plans to attend a GOP fundraiser in Wic...

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Walker Recall Effort Plans To Hit Governor Where He Lives

Wauwatosa Patch | Jim Price | Posted 01.11.2012

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A statewide effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker gets under way Tuesday, and at least one organization plans to start the effort off with a bang: By hol...

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Scott Walker and the Naughty Union Girls Hotline

Andy McDonald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy McDonald

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker thinks Union girls are bad news... and he's looking to get into some trouble. The sexy variety. Bow-chicka-bow-wow. ...

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The Least Funny Prank Call Ever

David Vines | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Vines

The fact that Governor Walker even considered deliberately sending in "troublemakers" into the Capitol to put my safety and the safety of thousands of his other constituents at risk should at the very least be grounds for impeachment.

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Amanda Terkel

Wisconsin Dem: Walker's Master Plan Might Have Worked

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's (R) phone conversation may have been with a fake "David Koch," but it's had real consequences for his rela...

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Amanda Terkel

Wisconsin Democratic Senators Have 'Pretty Much Given Up On The Governor'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin's public employee unions have agreed to cuts to their health care and pension funds, and a moderate Republican state senator h...

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Millionaire Teachers and Bus Drivers Responsible for Wisconsin's Budget Deficit

David Vines | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Vines

The Tea Party protesters and those that have been inside Madison's Capitol for the last nine days couldn't be more different.

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Amanda Terkel

Wisconsin Senators: We're Staying In Illinois Until Governor Agrees To Negotiate

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- It's day four of exile for Wisconsin's Democratic state senators, who crossed state lines in order to stall the expedited passage of Gov...

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Wisconsin Protests Surge, Pitting Labor Against Lawmakers

Posted 05.25.2011

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Protests in Wisconsin continue to surge Friday, even as reports from Thursday evening claimed as many as 25,000 demonstrators had taken to the state's...

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The Wisconsin Protests Are a Battle in a Larger GOP War on Working Americans

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mitchell Bard

As I made the 10-minute walk up W. Johnson Street from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus toward the Capitol on Tuesday, it never occurred to me that anyone outside of the state would know or care what was going on.

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As Wisconsin Schools Open, Teachers Gear Up For Protests In Idaho, Florida

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: It's back to school for Madison schools today for the first time in a week. Teachers are planning on discussing the protests in an objective w...

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Governor Walker, Welcome to the Show

Howard Schweber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Schweber

We're not Egyptians, it turns out -- we won't wait 30 years to make our objections known. That was a tough lesson for the Democrats in November, and just three months later it's turning out to be a tough lesson for Republicans as well.

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Labor Movements Under Attack in Madison, Wisconsin

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Al Sharpton

Republican Governor Scott Walker is wasting time attacking working folks instead of seeking honest, sustainable solutions to his budget shortfalls. It is a con game, pure and simple.

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Lila Shapiro

Police Dispatched As Democratic Lawmakers Flee Wisconsin

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wisconsin Democrats on Thursday fled the statehouse in an effort to prevent legislators from reaching a quorum and passing a bill put forth by Gov. Sc...

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Amanda Terkel

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Faces Backlash For Threatening Public Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Public employees around the country have become the nation's scapegoats for the rough economy, with many Republican politicians in recen...

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Wisconsin GOP Plan To Cut Worker Rights Draws Powerful Protests

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — Thousands of teachers, students and prison guards descended on the Wisconsin Capitol on Wednesday to fight a move to strip gover...

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