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uppitywis.org - Marquette University plans to start offering domestic partner benefits to its employees in 2012, a move that comes about a year after the university's decision to rescind a job offer to a lesbian c...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Editorial: Actions speak louder than tweets, blogs - NorthJersey.comEditorial: Actions speak louder than tweets, blogsThursday, March 24, 2011SOUTH BERGENITEWe read the news and the analysis pieces...

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news.firedoglake.com - Last night, I was at my local Drinking Liberally chapter talking to a couple people about my trip to Madison last month, and someone remarked that Ohio passed a bill which was even more draconian. ...

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dekerivers.wordpress.com - Meteorologists might term the confluence of upper winds, warm temperatures, and a ready supply of moisture all churning relentlessly under just the right conditions for days as the ‘perfect storm’....

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - A song entitled, “Madison” | blue cheddar.A song entitled, “Madison”BY BLUECHEDDARPlease click and listen. This song is called “Madison” and it comes to you from some sweet musicians in Oakland, Ca...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Democurmudgeon: Scott Walker's email lie can't reflect well on our state.Scott Walker's email lie can't reflect well on our state. I still can't get enough of seeing Wisconsin news getting all the ...

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teamsternation.blogspot.com - Koch whore Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker quietly killed an apprentice program that has trained young workers in the building trades since 1971. Milwaukee News Buzz has the story: In an executive orde...

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huffingtonpost.com - MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin appeals court says the state Supreme Court should decide whether a law that takes away nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers should be allowed to t...

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wkbt.com - Associated Press - March 24, 2011 6:55 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana prosecutor says 1 of his deputies has resigned after admitting that he sent an e-mail to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker sugg...

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teamsternation.blogspot.com - We're not kidding. This really happened. Carlos Lam, a deputy prosecutor in Johnson County, Ind., sent an email to Koch whore Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. WisconsinWatch.org reports: The email came...

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reuters.com - MADISON, Wis | Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:04pm EDT MADISON, Wis (Reuters) - The battle over Wisconsin's new law curbing the union rights of public workers is headed for the state Supreme Court after a lowe...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Union election mess is the GOP's M.O.: Cause chaos, blame your opponents | Uppity WisconsinUnion election mess is the GOP's M.O.: Cause chaos, blame your opponents So here's another Republican frak...

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uppitywis.org - Governor Walker's proposed budget is taking on some very interesting aspects when you look at the politics. I offer the following example. First, there is State Secretary of the Department of Veter...

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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - MSNBC's Cenk Uygur takes a trip down memory lane playing back the Republicans doom and gloom warnings that never quite panned out. And they haven't stopped warning us either. Fun but shockingly inc...

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readersupportednews.org - Dave Johnson writes: "William Koch, brother of company owners David and Charles, called the company an 'organized crime' operation: Koch says that Koch Industries engaged in '(o)rganized crime. And...

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wtaq.com - MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Dane County’s chief prosecutor has given a state appeals court a second reason to keep blocking the new law that limits collective bargaining by public unions. Ismael Ozanne ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Action NewsAction News • Wisconsin Uprising • Justice Is in the AirSpring 2011Photo: Barbara MinerWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker declared war on teachers and other public sector workers on Friday, Feb...

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wisconsinwatch.org - Carlos Lam, a deputy prosecutor in Johnson County, Ind., says he did not write the email from his account encouraging Gov. Scott Walker to fake an attack against himself. Photo from a video debate ...

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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - When 69 percent of Milwaukee voters passed the right for paid sick leave in a referendum two years ago, the business community challenged the will of the citizens in court, and managed to hold up t...

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pantagraph.com - An Indiana prosecutor says one of his deputies has resigned after admitting that he sent an e-mail to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker suggesting the Republican fake an attack on himself to discredit pu...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: Ed News Now Page 2Defend Wisconsin Enraged by Walker, activists put Kloppenburg’s Supreme Court campaign on their shoulders Kent Hall is mad as hell at Gov. Scott Walker, but sin...

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thedailypage.com - Note: This essay, by Isthmus news editor Bill Lueders, was written for a national audience and published March 23 on PoliticusUSA. By now most people in Wisconsin and throughout the nation know wha...

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uppitywis.org - Constituents of State Senator Sheila Harsdorf react to Republican State Senators passing a bill through an illegal committee. Among other things, the bill will strip Wisconsin's public workers of m...

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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - It looks like the public outrage over the Republicans attack on teachers, unions and health care is having an effect on our new legislative bullies. Here’s the audio from Greta Van Susterin’s inter...

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defendwisconsin.org - – March 24, 2011Posted in: Announcements Some good news regarding the April 5 election… Union Cab of Madison Co-operative’s Board of Directors has authorized free rides to and from Madison, WI poll...

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teamsternation.blogspot.com - State Republicans are running attack ads against two of the Democratic "Fab 14" senators who fled Wisconsin to prevent a vote on anti-union legislation. The two, Teamster member Dave Hansen and Jim...

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teamsternation.blogspot.com - Saturday's monster rally in Los Angeles is only one of a series of actions that will take place on or around April 4, 2011. The day marks the 43rd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's death duri...

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wislawjournal.com - By SCOTT BAUERAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court declined to rule Thursday on whether to allow a law stripping public employee unions of nearly all their collective bargain...

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guilfordian.com - Tens of thousands of protesters have traveled to Madison, the capitol of Wisconsin, for weeks of protests. Protesters have even surrounded Governor Scott Walker's home and filled the state's capito...

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millermps.wordpress.com - By Georgia Pabst and Sharif Durhams of the Journal Sentinel Updated: March 24, 2011 The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld Milwaukee’s paid sick-day ordinance, which was halted by an inj...

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millermps.wordpress.com - by SCOTT BAUER 03/23/11 Huffington Post MADISON, Wis. — Everything from taking away computers to denying a year of service in the state retirement system was considered to punish the 14 Wisconsin D...

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democraticunderground.com - Source: msnbc.msn.com"RACINE, Wis. — A billionaire executive whose family has run SC Johnson for five generations was charged Thursday with having sexual contact with a now 15-year-old girl over th...

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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - Now Sen. Ron Johnson (still a bit surreal to me) got a big fat media pass during the elections, when he got away with lying about health care reform, the main reason he jumped into the race (beside...

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teamsternation.blogspot.com - Final reconciliation still elusive for Senate Bill 5 Columbus Dispatch ...discussions between the House and Senate, have not yet produced a final version of Senate Bill 5 that has enough support...

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uppitywis.org - What is this passionate farmer, Tony Schultz of Athens, WI, doing at a rally against Gov. Scott Walker's budget? He is fiery and eloquent as he talks of the shared values of farmers and unions and ...

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uppitywis.org - Conservative bloggers have been working overtime to counter the broad and widely echoed arguments of anti-Walker forces on many of the governor's sweeping and (arguably, since they are coming so fa...

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kochwatch.org - March 24, 2011- Bloomberg: Democrats want veto of Michigan unemployment billMarch 24, 2011- Talking Points Memo: Indiana Prosecutor Encouraged 'False Flag' Assault On Walker To Discredit Wisconsin ...

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dekerivers.wordpress.com - Caffeinated Politics also endorsed Marsha Rummel in early March. District 6: Marsha Rummel Few Madison alders are so thoroughly engaged with their districts as is Marsha Rummel, who was elected to ...

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bluecheddar.wordpress.com - Comments still closed. Come on over to facebook and chat there. Thanks. Here is the original appeal statement. (I’m no lawyer. illusory tenant is and con provide a more scholarly analysis. I’ll sti...

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uppitywis.org - The Daily Kos has caught on to the Senator Randy Hopper (R-Fond du Lac) story with another update titled "Randy Hopper's mistress never formally applied for Wisconsin state job. It seems one way of...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Carlos Lam just admitted he wrote email telling Scott Walker to frame unions | blue cheddar.Carlos Lam just admitted he wrote email telling Scott Walker to frame unionsBY BLUECHEDDARUpdated 3:59 p....

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solidaritywisconsin.com - Just as spring break was starting, the largest protest in Wisconsin’s history was taking place March 12 on Capitol Square. One of the speakers there was a member of the farmer’s union who had come ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Big Education Ape: Ed News Now, #wiunionBig Education Ape: Ed News Now as shared by 6 people on Coopmike48’s Twitter listNext update in about 12 hoursBack to front pageHEADLINESEDUCATIONLIVINGART &...

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wepartypatriots.com - Mar 2011 24 Walker’s executive order, his 18th, was not distributed as a press release, unlike the prior 17, each of which can still be read on the “Media Center” section of the governor’s website....

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dekerivers.wordpress.com - Sinister minds were in over-drive during the chaotic weeks when collective bargaining rights were on the chopping block at the Wisconsin State Capitol. While there were wild speculations about the ...

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milwaukeenewsbuzz.com - In an executive order that was quietly released, Gov. Scott Walker recently suspended rules requiring contractors on state construction projects to employ workers under the state’s apprenticeship p...

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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - If Gov. Scott Walker considered "planting some troublemakers" in the large crowds of protesters, what would stop him from faking death threats, or dropping bullets on the ground around the Capitol?...

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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - This is actually a BIG story, with huge economic and job implications, that for whatever reason is not getting any traction against the Republican led House. The GOBP may be bought and paid for by ...

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uppitywis.org - Carol will be live at the capitol this morning to talk about the civil disobedience that should be going on at the capitol this morning with Segway Jeremy and Ben Masel - http://blogtalkradio.com/u...

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uppitywis.org - It seems that Scott Walker is unable to make the normal entrance to the places he goes these days. Today he chose to enter through the back door. Walker came to Minnesota Wire in Eau Claire, Wiscon...

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democraticunderground.com - Source: Journal Sentinel OnlineThe Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld Milwaukee's paid sick-day ordinance, which was halted by an injunction two years ago.The injunction sought by the Me...

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defendwisconsin.org - Gov. Scott Walker is expected Thursday to roll out the unpassed pieces of his budget repair bill, including a plan to refinance about $165 million in bonds. The move comes a month after Walker held...

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defendwisconsin.org - On March 9, with the news cameras rolling, Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, stood up, a copy of the state’s open meetings law in his hand, and shouted that the actions several Repub...

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uppitywis.org - So, Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald was on Fox News on Tuesday night and let slip that he didn't have the votes if they re-voted on killing collective bargaining. Fox moved quickly to bury this ne...

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defendwisconsin.org - Members of the Natural Resources Board on Wednesday urged Gov. Scott Walker to reconsider his plan to roll back rules that protect Wisconsin lakes and streams from phosphorus pollution. The board, ...

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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - Gov. Scott Walker knows the dangers. Who knew. Comedy Central:

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