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Eight Arrested at Capitol for Unlawful Display of Signs
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This is another open-source correction/continuation of one of Clay Barbour’s articles. We hope he appreciates our help and are very happy that he correctly stated the number of arrests, even if he didn’t know why they were arrested.] Eight arrested at Capitol for protest without permit unlawful display of signs Capitol police arrested […]
Madison Police Report Slams Brett Hulsey
By Joe Vittie A recently released Madison Police Department report provides previously unknown details about the actions of Wisconsin state Representative Brett Hulsey (D – Madison) in his encounter with a nine-year old boy at Spring Harbor Beach on the evening of July 4. Hulsey pled no contest to disorderly conduct for the incident on […]
Protest Singers’ Noses Swell in Wake of Capitol Chief’s Comments
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Thisis an open-source correction/continuation of Clay Barbour’s article published by WCMC since the WSJ couldn’t be bothered to fact check for him. Think of it as a little bit country, a little bit rock-n-roll.] Protest singers’ numbers grow noses swell in wake of Capitol chief’s comments The ranks noses of participants of the […]
Free Speech On Life Support In Wisconsin Capitol
Will Chief Erwin Pull the Plug? By Nicole Desautels Schulte Last February 14, Valentine’s Day, Jason Huberty, a geologist and First Amendment enthusiast, was arrested in the Wisconsin Senate Gallery and charged with Disorderly Conduct for holding a 2″ x 3″ piece of paper on which he had printed the words, “Have a Heart.” Video […]
VP Role for Paul Ryan Has His Former Parish Priest Worried
By Jonathan Rosenblum Article originally posted August 15, 2012, on the Center for Media & Democracy – PRWatch. Article re-posted here with permission. ____________________________________________________________________________ “Your budget appears to reflect the values of your favorite philosopher, Ayn Rand, rather than the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” – Faculty at Georgetown University ____________________________________________________________________________ The entrance to St. Mary […]
Wednesday, August 29
Committee on Education and Corrections Committee members 10:00 AM 411 South State Capitol Informational Hearing Briefing on Impacts to Public Education from Act 32 The committee will hear invited testimony relating to how Act 32 impacted public education in Wisconsin and previewing federal sequestration of nondefense spending cuts imposed by the U.S. Budget Control Act […]
Tuesday, August 28
Joint Legislative Audit Committee Committee members 10:00 AM 411 South State Capitol Public Hearing Audit Report 12-3: FoodShare Benefits Spent Outside of Wisconsin Department of Health Services Audit Report 12-8: FoodShare Wisconsin Department of Health Services Audit Follow-up: Correspondence from the Department of Health Services to the Committee Co-chairs on FoodShare Benefits Spent Outside Wisconsin, […]
Freedom of the Press? Only if your colleagues behave.
By Leslie Amsterdam WTDY News reporter Dylan Brogan was barred from covering a Mitt Romney campaign event today in Madison featuring US Senator Ron Johnson. The event, held at the Monona Terrace, was open to the Press. Mr Brogan, carrying WTDY press credentials, was denied access to the meeting room and ultimately escorted from the […]
Walker Recruits DOJ in Escalating Clampdown on Dissent
By Nicole Desautels Schulte and Edward Kuharski It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. -Noël Coward Photo by Anton Podgaiko. On the same day that a Russian court found three women guilty of “hooliganism” and sentenced them to prison for a “punk prayer” stunt in which […]
Thursday, August 16
Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules Committee members 10:30 AM 225 Northwest Public Hearing Emergency Rule 1206 An order to repeal and re-create chapter Jus 17 and chapter Jus 18 relating to licenses authorizing persons to carry concealed weapons; concealed carry certification cards for qualified former federal law enforcement officers; and the certification of […]
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