Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill

An Open Letter to Russ Feingold: Why You Have to Run for Governor

Mitchell Bard | Posted 04.01.2012

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Mitchell Bard

This recall election will determine whether Scott Walker continues to damage the lower and middle classes in Wisconsin, and you may, in fact, be the only candidate that can beat him.

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Tea Party Candidate Admits Comparing Public Schools To Nazi Germany

Posted 10.01.2011

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Wisconsin tea party organizer and children's book author Kim Simac has admitted to comparing American public schools to the Nazi regime. Simac, als...

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Amanda Terkel

The Story Of The Wisconsin 14

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.23.2011

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This report is part II in a two-part series on a behind-the-scenes look at the Wisconsin collective bargaining fight. Read part I here. WASHINGTON ...

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Wisconsin Senate Passes Controversial Budget, Sends It To Scott Walker

Posted 08.17.2011

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By Jeff Mayers MADISON, Wis. - The Republican-controlled Wisconsin state Senate on Thursday night approved a two-year $66 billion state budget ...

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Amanda Terkel

Scott Walker's Loss: 19 Counties Flip To Dems In Wis. Supreme Court Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.06.2011

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This story has been updated and corrected. WASHINGTON -- A divisive budget battle between labor unions and Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) turned a stat...

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'My Way or the Highway' Is the Wrong Way for TV, Jobs and Football

Stuart Diamond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stuart Diamond

Simpler and cheaper solutions exist than the emotional confrontations that have resulted from the firing of Charlie Sheen, the threat to union jobs or the possible cancellation of the NFL season.

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Wisconsin Is Front Line of GOP War on Democrats, So Where Are the National Democrats?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mitchell Bard

It's time the Democrats recognize that the GOP has declared war on them and their core constituencies. The cower and cave strategy has never worked in the past, and it won't work now.

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Governor Walker: Starve 'Em

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Standing in Solidarity This Weekend (With Pride, and Some Distress)

Brad Lander | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Lander

Reproductive rights and women's health are at very real risk, and it is time for us to stand up. That's why I'll be joining Planned Parenthood and a wide range other groups to stand up for women's health.

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War on Voting: Wisconsin Fights From the Front Lines

Heather Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Heather Smith

This war on voting disproportionately impacts young people and is a serious threat to the next generation's ability to participate in the electoral process.

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Stop Scott Walker's Sleight of Hand

Ellen Bravo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Bravo

CEOs on Wall Street and at Wisconsin corporations should be the target of the budget-repair bill. Not the woman who teaches severely disabled teens.

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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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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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Lila Shapiro

Wisconsin Protests Draw Thousands Of Workers Fighting For Key Union Rights

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADISON, Wis. -- On Friday, February 11, at the same hour that the world watched the former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resign his post, the newl...

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