Chicago Tribune picks up big Walker corruption story w/ UPDATE
On Friday afternoon, the Walker gang did a news dump, revealing that the corrupt Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, which Walker created and has chaired, was responsible for handing out more...
View ArticleBusted: Scott Walker fell for Prankster posing as David Koch
We all know that Governor Scott Walker takes his orders from Billionaires and Tea Party loaders Koch Brothers. But thanks to this guy named Murphy, we know how much Scott Walker is in bed with the Koch...
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Punk band to Scott Walker: Stop using our music. 'We literally hate you'
American Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys are disgusted that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker chose to use their music for his intro at the Iowa Freedom Summit Saturday. They're especially peeved...
View ArticleScott Walker, $144,423 annual salary, says he could 'make some real money' in...
As governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker makes an annual salary of $144,423. Despite this, at an event on March 12 sponsored by right-wing radio host Charlie Sykes, Walker talked about being about to...
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The other part of the Scott Walker plan: Firesale of Wisconsin state assets
Via Mike Konczal, more explanation of why big corporations like Koch Industries are going to such lengths to support Gov. Scott Walker's budget. There's some sweet deals in it for them. Ed at...
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"Scott Walker, Please Come Home" says Major Wisconsin Editorial
When you point a finger, there are 3 more pointing back at youThe headline just says it all. Things are so bad here in the Legislature that the newspaper is begging Scott Walker to come home, if only...
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Six words on Scott Walker's presidential run
The nation's largest labor federation was nothing if not succinct and to the point on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker making his presidential run official:
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Scott Walker says $7.25 an hour is a living wage
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has treated the idea of raising his state's minimum wage with about the tact and seriousness you'd expect from a man who made his name attacking workers. Walker's...
View Article"Walker makes state a laughing stock": What a letter!
This amazing letter to the editor was just posted at Rice Lake Online.
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St. Paul police violently arrest a black man for sitting on bench, waiting...
From the Twin Cities Daily Planet:The video, shot by the man’s cellphone, shows his interaction with officers as he attempts to pick up his children from New Horizon Academy in downtown St. Paul. As...
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Oregon Tea Party founder hasn't paid his mortgage in three years
DerrrrrBackground:Since the Tea Party started in 2009, its members have clamored for smaller government, lower taxes and stronger border security. Party leaders—including U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz...
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Beck: Hillary will become a lesbian to get the White House
Just when you didn't think professional juvenile shit-stirrer Glenn Beck could sink any lower, yesterday he and his co-hosts discussed the uptick of politicians who now stand on the right side of...
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Yes, it's true: Police only shot four people (and nobody died) in all of...
Earlier this year my family and I had a chance to travel the world. I had just received a generous advance for my first book, all of our kids were being homeschooled, and the lease was up on our...
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Montana county's GOP chairwoman proves her tea party bona fides with racist...
What passes for humor in Montana GOP. Before she was Yellowstone County, Montana, Republican County chairwoman, oil-drilling consultant Jennifer Olsen co-founded "Montana Shrugged: Tea Party Patriots."...
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No good deed goes unpunished
Andrew Anderson, a 19-year-old employee at a Goodwill store in East Naples, Florida, was arrested and charged with felony grand theft. His crime? Providing discounts to customers who appeared to be in...
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The Walmart heirs give to charity like they pay their workers: Very little
We knew the hugely wealthy Walton family was greedy and cheap when it came to other people. You only have to look at Walmart's labor practices and global supply chain to know that. But it's shocking...
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Ferguson is what happens when the police become the military
If the photographs emerging from Ferguson, Missouri, look like some foreign war zone to you, you're not alone. Plenty of former soldiers are seeing it, too.I don't know how it was in IRQ and AFG, but...
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Family Research Council guy says America now in era of 'pagan sexuality'
I'm glad we have groups dedicated to researching these things. Otherwise how would we know?A scholar with the Family Research Council said Wednesday that America has entered the age of pagan...
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Walmart could pay workers $14.89 an hour without raising prices
Walmart can easily afford to raise pay for its low-wage workers by $5.83 an hour, to an average wage of $14.89, a new report from progressive think tank Demos concludes. All the retail giant has to do...
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Don't worry ... that bridge you're driving over won't collapse. Probably.
When it comes to the nation's many structurally deficient and fracture critical bridges, the message that politicians and engineers alike have for us is this: Yes, the bridges need to be repaired or...
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