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mediaite.com - videoThese out-of-left-field (politically as well as figuratively) labor protests in Wisconsin have brought out the weird in cable news. Glenn Beck retreated to his studio to study the rise of the ...

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voices.washingtonpost.com - By E.J. Dionne Jr. As the Battle of Madison continues, I can't resist calling attention to two charts in two newspapers Saturday morning that point to quite different conclusions about the relative...

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csmonitor.com - At stake in the fight between unions and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is the perception of public-sector unions and how much clout they'll retain in an era of tight budgets for state and local g...

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duluthnewstribune.com - MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker ignored an offer of financial concessions by state and local public employees Saturday, calling once again for Democratic senators to stop “shirking their responsibiliti...

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dailykos.com - In order to cause a recall election, a person or group has to register with the appropriate filing official, then they have 60 days to gather signatures from within that district totaling 25% of th...

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weblogg-ed.com - Meant to post this yesterday, but didn’t get time. I think the headlines tell the tale around education right now. MICHIGANNEW JERSEYWISCONSINCONNECTICUTI didn’t even get to look at Texas… These ar...

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cityofmadison.com - News Release Home For Immediate Release: Feb 19, 2011 For More Information Contact: Joel DeSpain 266-4897 SATURDAY'S CAPITOL SQUARE DEMONSTRATIONS Law Enforcement Praises Protesters' Conduct On beh...

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latimes.com - Critics portray the Los Angeles teachers union as politically all-powerful, able to swing elections and exert control over the Board of Education in the nation's second-largest school system. But i...

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wiscnews.com - The scene was not dramatic - no marches, no protests and no colorful rhetoric - but tension was in the air Monday night at the Columbus School Board meeting. Board members were considering for the ...

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obrag.org - By James Kelleher / Reuters / Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:55pm EST MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Supporters of legislation to reduce public employee union bargaining power and benefits in Wisconsin were fa...

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t-g.com - By JOHN I. CARNEY ~ jcarney@t-g.com State Sen. Jim Tracy of Shelbyville, who chairs the Senate Education Committee, has said in a letter that he supports teachers but that teachers unions "are in t...

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chicagotribune.com - By Dan Hinkel Tribune reporter 7:24 p.m. CST, February 19, 2011

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - SATURDAY'S CAPITOL SQUARE DEMONSTRATIONSLaw Enforcement Praises Protesters' ConductOn behalf of all the law enforcement agencies that helped keep the peace on the Capitol Square Saturday, a very si...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - WEACvideo | February 19, 2011 | 0 likes, 0 dislikesDedicated Wisconsin public employees say they have agreed to Governor Walker's pension and health care cuts, but they won't give up their rights.

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larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - Feb 19 2011 Larry Ferlazzo Here’s an MSNBC video saying that 70,000 people attended Saturday’s protest against Gov. Walker’s plan to end collective bargaining. Other media outlets estimate the tota...

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fox6now.com - By Associated Press 3:24 p.m. CST, February 19, 2011

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abcnews.go.com - By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press MADISON, Wis. February 19, 2011 (AP)A birthplace of the progressive movement is crackling with a fervor not seen in decades, as students from the famously liberal U...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - by treed [editor] | Discuss 2Tags: activism, activist, Education Support Professionals, ESP, Gov. Scott Walker, Scott Walker, Union, WI,Wisconsin, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin...

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politics.gather.com - The GOP in Wisconsin values frugality. It wants to take away some rights and benefits of public workers in the state to trim the budget a bit. But where is the humanity? Doesn’t Governor Walker und...

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npr.org - A state Capitol thrown into chaos swelled for a fifth day with thousands of protesters, as supporters of Republican efforts to scrap the union rights of state workers added their voices to the nati...

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washingtonpost.com - If the post-election lame-duck session belonged to President Obama, Republicans in Washington and the states have seized the offensive in the early weeks of 2011. But to what end?Budget battles in ...

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crooksandliars.com - Fox News broke this bulletin about an hour ago. It stems from a video posted by the MacIver Institute Wisconsin alleging that a doctor is signing bogus excuses for teachers protesting in Madison. B...

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edweek.org - Madison, Wis.A state Capitol thrown into political chaos swelled for a fifth day with nearly 70,000 protesters, as supporters of Republican efforts to scrap the union rights of state workers challe...

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news.yahoo.com - By TODD RICHMOND and JASON SMATHERS, Associated Press Todd Richmond And Jason Smathers, Associated Press – 28 mins ago MADISON, Wis. – Sometimes they cursed each other, sometimes they shook hands, ...

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mystateline.com - Reported by: Marty KasperSaturday, February 19 2011 For the sixth day in a row public workers in Wisconsin have packed the states capital, demanding that governor Scott Walker give up on eliminatin...

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mikeklonsky Behind the scenes of the#delValle campaign. CBS2 Chicago.http://bit.ly/hSFS4D Watch this short news video. Excellent.8 minutes ago · reply

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coopmike48 Wisconsin Update: Fox and the Tea Party Are No Match for Tens of Thousands of Protestors | Change.org News ... http://bit.ly/g90Y2P #Edu7 minutes ago · reply

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coopmike48 Democurmudgeon: After Watching Fox News all Day, not one shot of tea party protest group. -http://goo.gl/6Zz0m6 minutes ago · reply

reuters.com - Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:08pm EST * Tea Party-backed rally outnumbered* Atmosphere friendly despite confrontation fears By James Kelleher MADISON, Wis., Feb 19 (Reuters) - Supporters of legislation to re...

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jd2718.wordpress.com - I received this from Anthony Cody. Please, read it, and sign up: I feel we should stand in solidarity with the teachers and other public employees in Wisconsin. Collective bargaining is a basic rig...

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thedailypage.com - There were thousands of signs at Saturday’s massive demonstrations around the Capitol, either supporting or criticizing Gov. Scott Walker’s attempt to weaken Wisconsin's public employee unions. But...

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abcnews.go.com - By DEAN SCHABNER, KEVIN DOLAK, CHRIS BURY and OLIVIA KATRANDJIAN Feb. 19, 2011 Some Wisconsin doctors threw their support behind teachers protesting the Republican governor's efforts to strip union...

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34years.tumblr.com - 0 notes February 19, 2011 I’m watching events in Wisconsin with interest. The governor and legislature were elected with, what they believe, are mandates to cut costs and reign in expenses. However...

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news.yahoo.com - COMMENTARY | Secretary of Education Arne Duncan traveled Wednesday to Denver to attend a national meeting on labor-management collaboration with teachers unions. This new friendliness between the D...

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host.madison.com - PAT SCHNEIDER | The Capital Times | pschneider@madison.com madison.com | | Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2011 4:35 pm The day after civil rights leader Jesse Jackson traveled to Wisconsin to addre...

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huffingtonpost.com - I woke up this morning from a dream of teachers on strike in a large group of protesters that resembled in size those in the Middle East. I didn't realize how much the Wisconsin protests against th...

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wifr.com - JANESVILLE (WIFR) -- Rallies continue at Wisconsin's capitol; tens of thousands of protestors are making their voices heard; firefighters and even local teachers like David Parr, President of the J...

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modeducation.blogspot.com - While regimes across the Middle East face uprisings by workers and citizens fed up with autocratic rule, poverty and corruption, workers in the Mid-West have been protesting attacks on their workpl...

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modeducation.blogspot.com - March is the National Month of Actions to Defend Public Education. For more information, check the websites below.

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indeonline.com - To the Editor: Our new governor wants to pass a bill to eliminate step raises and collective bargaining raises for state employees. First, let me explain that step raises were asked for by the stat...

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