Legislators from both sides of the aisle gathered at the Governor’s Mansion on Tuesday for an afternoon brat cook-out designed to promote unity and heal divisions after a very contentious legislative session and recall election. Dubbed the “Beer and Brat Summit,” the event was announced during Governor’s victory speech after last week’s election and was […]

Let Them Eat Brats: The Wisconsin Way to Legislative Unity
by leslieamsterdam on June 13, 2012 in 2012 Elections, Badger Democracy, Citizen Media, First Amendment, Images, Legislation, Recall News

Not Wavering: Prominent Researcher Stands by Her Story
by wcmcoop on June 5, 2012 in Citizen Media, Editorial, Images, Recall News, Scott Walker Trainwreck
Integrity: The Child Scott Walker Left Behind is a story that continues to be investigated by the WCMC. As updates are available, we will post them to our site. The first “Scott Walker Integrity” article was published last Saturday by the WCMC. For the record, the WCMC reported on a statement received directly from Dr. […]

It All Comes Down to This: A Love Letter to the Wisconsin Movement
by wcmcoop on June 5, 2012 in Citizen Media, Editorial, Images, Recall News, Uncategorized
By Ryan Wherley 3:00 AM, Madison — In approximately four hours the polls will open for business and droves of Wisconsinites will descend upon their local libraries, churches, town halls and community centers to determine the fate of the state I have loved so dearly since I was a little boy. For nearly sixteen months, […]

The Last 15 Months Through My Eyes
by leslieamsterdam on June 4, 2012 in 2012 Elections, Citizen Media, Constitutional Rights rollback, First Amendment, Images, Recall News, Scott Walker Trainwreck
The time has come. We will know our fate soon. The June 5 recall election is almost here and some of us have been fortunate enough to spend many hours documenting some of the scenes of the Wisconsin Uprising. It’s been a long 15 months. I’ve broken my camera, my bank account, several relationships and […]

The Protest Blues
by wcmcoop on June 3, 2012 in 2012 Elections, Badger Democracy, Citizen Media, First Amendment, Images, Recall News, Scott Walker Trainwreck
By Lisa Wells I got those sad old weary blues. I don’t know where to turn. I don’t know where to go. Nobody cares about you When you sink so low. What shall I do? What shall I say? Shall I take a gun and Put myself away? I wonder if One bullet would […]

Why Didn’t Walker Exempt ALL Police Agencies From Provisions of Act 10?
by wcmcoop on May 30, 2012 in 2012 Elections, Citizen Media, Editorial, Images, Recall News, Scott Walker Trainwreck, Video
_______________________________________________________________________________ Walker: “Well, we’re going to start in a couple weeks with our budget adjustment bill… The first step is, we’re going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions, because you use divide and conquer.” _______________________________________________________________________________ The following is a letter written by a Wisconsin law enforcement officer who wishes to remain […]

John Washburn: The Machine Rejected My Legally-Marked Ballot
by Barbara With on May 21, 2012 in 2012 Elections, Badger Democracy, Citizen Media, Congress, Election Integrity, President, Recall News, State Assembly, State Senate, US Senate, Voter Education
This article originally appeared November 3, 2010 on the blog of John Washburn, a software quality professional since 1994 and a software developer from 1985 to 1994. Mr. Washburn has extensive experience in most areas of software quality including test planning, test execution, test tracking, defect analysis, root cause analysis, software configuration management, tool integration […]

Letter to DNC: Write the Check
by wcmcoop on May 17, 2012 in 2012 Elections, Badger Democracy, Citizen Media, Recall News, Scott Walker Trainwreck
To Our “Friends” At the D.N.C.: Can it possibly be that you fail to discern the profound importance of the June 5th election in Wisconsin, not only for our state but also for our nation? WRITE THE CHECK This is a zero sum game, winner take all, the triumph of true grassroots democracy, the rise […]

Slow Times at Capitol High
by Barbara With on May 10, 2012 in 2012 Elections, Badger Democracy, Citizen Media, Constitutional Rights rollback, First Amendment, Recall News, Scott Walker Trainwreck
On March 30th, directly after the recall of Senator Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) was certified by the Government Accountability Board, a group of people, including a reporter and a videographer from The Progressive, went to Fitzgerald’s office to see if they could get a comment from him. Fitzgerald was not in. After getting a phone number […]

OPINION: What Today’s Recall Primary Winners Mean To Wisconsin
by wcmcoop on May 8, 2012 in 2012 Elections, Badger Democracy, Citizen Media, Editorial, Election Integrity, Recall News, State Senate, Uncategorized, Voter Education
[This article reflects the opinion of the author. Click here for WCMC’s editorial policy on election coverage.] The people of Wisconsin are voting to pick the challengers to recall our TEA Party Governor, 1% Walker, Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, and four TEA GOP state senators. It is the ultimate showdown of what our uprising in […]
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