Scott Walker Signed 51 New Bills Into Law Late Friday Afternoon →

whineandbeer:

how-to-kiss-distinctly-american:

wisconsinforward:

Late Friday afternoon, Gov. Walker signed 51 bills into law.  Here are some examples of what just a handful of the new laws will do:

• Eliminate voter registration from high schools and some tribal schools
• Prohibit insurance providers from providing coverage for abortion service and require a 24-hour waiting period before a doctor can perform an abortion (to make sure the patient’s choice is “informed”)
• Require schools that teach sex ed to promote abstinence and inform students of the “benefits of marriage”
• Repeal the state’s equal pay law and prevent people subjected to workforce discrimination from seeking compensatory or punitive damages

There are not enough dick factories in all the world producing enough dicks for Gov Walker to go eat.

Walker is a menace and not a public servant. We seem to have forgotten in America that our politicians are supposed to be public servants at all.

motherjones:

It’s official, folks: The drive to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is on. Andy Kroll explains what happens from here.

Hell, yes. Send this jerk packing.

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The latest alleged incident involving Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser can’t be viewed in isolation. Last year, Prosser exploded at Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson in a closed door meeting, calling her a “bitch” and threatening to “destroy” her.

That incident came to light during Prosser’s re-election campaign earlier this year. Prosser admitted to using the word “bitch,” but said it was justified. “I probably overreacted, but I think it was entirely warranted,” he said in March.

Why did Prosser think it was warranted? “They (Abrahamson and Justice Ann Walsh Bradley) are masters at deliberately goading people into perhaps incautious statements. This is bullying and abuse of very, very long standing,” Prosser claimed.

That’s the same Ann Walsh Bradley with whom Prosser allegedly got in a new argument last week, in her chambers, where his hands ended up around her neck, in the presence of other justices, in the midst of their deliberations over the legality of Gov. Scott Walker’s union-busting bill. Presumably because she was bullying and abusing him again.

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(TPM)

You know what? If Anthony Weiner gets subjected to total public humiliation for tweeting a clothed photo of his dick, then this misogynist asshole should be hauled out into the street and stoned. Why isn’t this bigger news?

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motherjones:

Sigh. Wisconsin.

This thing reeks of scam.

Walker's Big Bank Donors Take a Hit →

On Thursday morning, several hundred protesters surrounded an M&I Bank across the street from the Wisconsin State Capitol shouting “You Got Bailed Out, We Got Sold Out.” International Association of Fire Fighters Local 311 President Joe Conway Jr. told me two union members marched in and pulled a combined $192,000 dollars out of the bank. “Hopefully this sends a message to the bank,” says Conway. “We wanted to illustrate how serious our threat is by having just two of our members pull their money out.” The union said it plans to escalate actions and will soon begin handing out flyers at protests asking people to move their money.

A senior union researcher estimates that unions have at least $1 billion invested in M&I Bank, mostly through pension funds. Discussions are going on at the highest levels of the labor movement about how exactly to leverage this financial clout in the political debate in Wisconsin. Since the Bank of Montreal is in process of purchasing M&I Bank, US unions have reached out to the Canadian Labour Congress to urge their involvement in a disinvestment campaign.

“It’s good to remind these corporations that there are risks as well as profits involved in supporting right-wing political campaigns,” says Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Good.

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This Is What Class Warfare Looks Like

On the left you have the “shared sacrifices” and “painful cuts” that the Republicans claim we must make to get our fiscal house in order. On the right, you can plainly see WHY these cuts are “necessary.” The reason? Because we already gave away all that money to America’s wealthiest individuals and corporations.This just mirrors what we’re seeing in Wisconsin, where Governor Walker (R-Koch) claims that ordinary public sector workers need to fork over at least $137 million to save the budget. Problem is, he just gave away $117 million in tax breaks for his corporate pals.

Wisconsin GOP's Late-Night Bill Allows State to Fire Employees for Strikes, Walk-Outs →

motherjones:

Yep, it’s in the fine print: Scott Walker can declare a “state of emergency” and fire teachers, firefighters, and janitors if they so much as stage a sick-out. Democracy in action!

www.recalltherepublican8.com

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nerd-gasms:

I AM ABOUT TO START PUNCHING ALL THE THINGS. KINDLY REMOVE YOURSELF FROM MY PATH BECAUSE I CAN’T ACTUALLY SEE STRAIGHT DUE TO RAGESTROKE SO I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MY FLAILING LIMBS.

It’s all out in the open now, isn’t it? These “leaders” do not give two shits about the people they claim to represent. Storm the fucking castle, Wisconsin.

turnabout is fair play.: It is hard to sleep, I think, once you've seen what is happening here. →

tehblackbirdisflying:

It’s hard to sleep, I think, when you’ve seen what is going on in Madison, Wisconsin. I’ve never seen democracy in action like this. I’d imagine you haven’t either. And not just democracy, but also basic human kindness. I mean, people are so incredibly NICE to each other…