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Rickert gets his ass kicked

Feburary 11, 2012 by WCMC For anyone who’s been following the Rickert vs Kemble/Allen/Rothschild skirmish, Athenae, who blogs on First Draft (first-draft.com), has chimed in with her blog entry: “The ‘Who The Fuck Are You’ Doctrine.” Seems Rickert doesn’t care for journalists who do their homework and then reveal the information they’ve uncovered through hours of […]

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WI Assembly Republicans Violate Article IV Section 10 of the WI Consitution and Illegally Pass AB426

February 11, 2012 by Barbara With On January 26, 2012, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Rep. Bill Kramer (R-ALEC) ordered all observers removed from the gallery and behind locked doors conducted the passage of AB426, the ALEC-GTAC-authored ferrous mining bill. Despite a majority of opposition at both public hearings, stripping away all protections from air, […]

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Wisconsin One Year Longer, One Year Stronger

February 10, 2012 by WCMC Why an Anniversary Week of Action? To remember and honor the unprecedented protests of February and March of 2011, when the people of Wisconsin rediscovered the power of collective action. To reconvene the empowered community that launched the Capitol Occupation and organized state-wide protests, and to reinvigorate the spirit of […]

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Jocelyn Webster files

Information on WI Department of Administration (DOA) Director of Communications, obtained through a public records request to the DOA. Her letter of appointment:     …and her resume:  

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Wisconsin Uprising Anniversary Week of Action Schedule

February 2, 2012 Anniversary Week of Action to Celebrate the Wisconsin Uprising February 11th-19th, 2012 One Year Longer, One Year Stronger! Why an Anniversary Week of Action? To remember and honor the unprecedented protests of February and March of 2011, when the people of Wisconsin rediscovered the power of collective action. To reconvene the empowered […]

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Kleefisch is “Concerned”

Kleefisch shares the concerns of many people. There are off-duty, out of state, and retired law enforcement officers who have to take the long way around instead of driving past a school because it’s against the law. He shares their concerns. There are hunters who have to return home after picking up their children from […]

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Allowing off-duty police to carry guns within 1000 feet of school grounds

February 5, 2012 On January 25, 2012, in the Committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections, there was a hearing on 2011 Assembly Bill 299. The bill, according to Joel Kleefisch’s testimony, was introduced to “allow off-duty, out of state, and retired law enforcement officials who have been trained and authorized to posses firearms to carry […]

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Taxpayer money used to reimburse hunters for dog loss

February 3, 2012 by Lady Forward Rivard: “If somebody’s gonna cheat the system … I mean, that happens every day … we have a real problem with that in our society … if they’re going to take advantage and cheat the system, um, that’s on their conscience and the people of the state of Wisconsin […]

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Wisconsin Fascist Republicans actually seig heil to Fascist Overlord Jeff Fitzgerald

January 30, 2012 by Barbara With In a stunning display of Nazi-inspired fervor, on January 26 Wisconsin Assembly Republicans openly show their loyalty to their leader Jeff Fitzgerald (R-ALEC) by giving the familiar Sieg Heil salute on the floor as they all claim to have authored illegal mining bill AB426. Using their majority to pass […]

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Heartbeat of protesters is stifled in the capitol

January 27, 2012 by Barbara With Republicans in the Assembly Session last night, in the process of passing highly controversial mining legislation, claimed they were seeking “decorum” when they ordered law enforcement to clear the gallery of all visitors. Throughout the day, citizens were removed from the gallery for minor verbal outbursts, sign holding and […]

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