ABC News: Tea Party hypocrites collect $8Mil in farm subsidies *This is actually old news- The Young Turks were talking about this in December 2009, but it's nice that ABC News finally got the memo...* WATCH ON YOUTUBE: *TYT:Is Michele Bachmann a Welfare Queen? (12/22/2009)* *TYT: GOP Farm Subsidies ...
Think Progress: Ohio Voters Have 90 Days To Stop Gov. Kasich's Anti-Worker Bill *April 1, 2011-* After weeks of flouting the state’s legislative rules to ram through an anti-union bill, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed the bill last night. Yet, while Kasich started this war on Ohio workers, the state’s increasingly disguntled ...
Wisconsin State Journal: Ex-Gov. Lucey resigns as Prosser's honorary campaign co-chair, endorses Kloppenburg *April 1, 2011-* Less than a week before Tuesday's election for Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, former Democratic Gov. Patrick Lucey on Thursday resigned as honorary co-chair of Justice David Prosser's re-election campaign and endorsed his opponent, ...
First Wis. Recall Petition Will Be Filed Today *-Blogged by James Parks on AFL-CIO Blog * *April 1, 2011-* The first recall petition will be filed today against a Wisconsin Senate Republican who joined the rigged vote to take away public employees freedom to bargain. Organizers say volunteers ..
Talking Points Memo: Wis. Dems To File First Recall Petitions Against GOP State Sen. Dan Kapanke *April 1, 2011-* Wisconsin Democrats now say they have more than enough signatures to launch a recall of Republican state Sen. Dan Kapanke, in the battle over Gov. Scott Walker's (R) new law curtailing public employee unions. They are filing the ...
LaCrosse Tribune: Update: Kapanke recall petition filed *April 1, 2011-* La Crosse area Democrats have filed a petition with more than 21,700 signatures calling for a recall electoin of Sen. Dan Kapanke, one of eight Republicans targeted for his support of a controversial bill to curtail collective ...
Orlando Sentinel: Gov. Rick Scott orders immediate cuts to programs for disabled *March 31, 2011-* Florida Gov. Rick Scott ordered deep cuts Thursday to programs that serve tens of thousands of residents with *Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism *and other developmental disabilities. Though a range of state services face cuts ...
Governor Snyder's First Three Months on the Job WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Mother Jones: Tea Party Rally Washout *March 31, 2011-* Previewing a protest on the Hill targeting the GOP leadership's failure to sufficiently cut the federal budget, the Washington Times ran a front-page, above the fold story headlined "Tea party to storm capital for 'gut check.'" The ...
ACLU Press Release: Judge orders ACLU literature seizure case to trial *March 31, 2011-* Saint Paul, Minn- Federal District Court Judge Tunheim issued a ruling today in the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota's literature seizure case Demuth v Fletcher. In his ruling Judge Tunheim denied cross motions for ...
