Jan
2012 18
2012 18
HOUSE OF CARDS: In Addition to Walker, Five More Top GOP Legislators in Wisconsin Will Be Facing Recall Elections This Year
While the media’s attention has mostly been on whether or not Wisconsin voters can be the third state to repeal a governor (California repealed Gray Davis in 2003 and North Dakota recalled Lynn Frazier in 1921) there are five other Wisconsin Republicans who will have to fight for their jobs this year as well. Many ...
Jan
2012 18
2012 18
Over 1,000,000 Wisconsinites Sign Scott Walker Recall Petitions
Yesterday, January 17th, was the day volunteers in Wisconsin had been anticipating for months. They braved the cold and withstood smear ads to collect Scott Walker recall petition signatures. Finally, their collective hard work paid off as United Wisconsin turned in over 1,000,000 signatures to the Government Accountability Board of Wisconsin at...
Jan
2012 11
2012 11
FEEL GOOD STORY OF THE DAY: Youth Counselor Is Forced to Remove His AFSCME Shirt, Threatens to Strip Down to His “AFSCME Underwear”
On Monday, about 75 people marched outside of Lincoln Hills School in Irma, Wisconsin in support of a youth counselor who was sent home without pay last week for refusing to take off his American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) T-shirt. Although the issue was later resolved, public employee union members are ...
Jan
2012 10
2012 10
Scott Walker Has Violated Wisconsin’s Campaign Finance Laws 1,115 Times since 2009
One thing that can be said about Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is that when he makes up his mind to do something, he stays the proverbial course. When he decided to use his new found power to disenfranchise a large group of his constituents, the outcry of 100,000 protestors did not change his plans. As ...
Jan
2012 9
2012 9
Scott Walker John Doe Update: A Marine Tried to Blow the Whistle but Was Shot Down; GOP Attorney General Refusing to Do His Job
The John Doe investigation that has begun to reveal elicit sexual behavior and theft of military veteran funds by Milwaukee politicians under the watch of now-Governor Scott Walker is taking Wisconsin by storm ahead of a near-certain recall election this summer. This weekend, the Milwaukee Area Labor Council published a story on their website that...
Jan
2012 6
2012 6
Walker Aide Who Stole $60,000 From Veterans Has “Roommate” Sending Genital Pics to 17-Year-Old Boy
Oh, God. This is gross. Look at the photograph of this loser. The John Doe investigation into Milwaukee political scandalousness under Scott Walker’s watch took a turn for the pornographic, according to the Journal-Sentinel: The secret John Doe investigation into embezzlement of funds intended for veterans also produced a jarring unrelated...
Dec
2011 28
2011 28
Scott Walker Getting Nearly Half His Donations from Out-of-State While Decrying Out-of-State Money
Earlier this month, a tweet from Slate political reporter Dave Weigel saying “Gov. Scott Walker just left ATR/Norquist Xmas Party” was the first news to most Wisconsin residents that their Governor was out of the state and attending a posh Tea Party hang with the Americans for Tax Reform bunch. Under Wisconsin state law, the ...
Dec
2011 27
2011 27
More Info (and a Correction) About Chris Rebholz, the “Small Business Owner” in Scott Walker’s TV Ad
Last week, We Party Patriots ran a story about Chris Rebholz, a man who appears in a television ad touting the benefits of Scott Walker’s economic policies for small business. It has come to light, with further research, that a few details of our story were outdated. In researching Rebholz further we have also discovered ...
Dec
2011 20
2011 20
Small Biz Owner In Walker Ad Actually a Billionaire Outsourcer, Member of China Business Council
As progressive Wisconsinites approach the necessary number of signatures to force a recall election of Governor Scott Walker, the man known best for union-busting and prank phone call gumpsmanship is making his case for Wisconsin being a better business environment since he took office. It is a tough case to make considering that Wisconsin has ...
Dec
2011 19
2011 19
Ironworkers Rally at Wisconsin’s DNR HQ, Confront State Senator Fitzgerald
Today, Wisconsin State Senator Scott Fitzgerald will be holding an 11AM “listening session” at the state’s Department of Natural Resources HQ. Organizers are trying to fill the center with people interested in asking tough questions about the slaughter of the state’s Badgercare program, student-to-teacher ratios, and...
Dec
2011 16
2011 16
In Case You Didn’t Hear…
…WISCONSIN ALMOST HAS ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO RECALL WALKER …WISCONSIN ALMOST HAS ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO RECALL WALKER …WISCONSIN ALMOST HAS ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO RECALL WALKER …WISCONSIN ALMOST HAS ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO RECALL WALKER …WISCONSIN ALMOST HAS ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO RECALL WALKER …WISCONSIN ALMOST HAS ENOUGH...
Dec
2011 12
2011 12
PUNK’D: Occupiers Attend Scott Walker Christmas Party, Invite Him to General Assembly
LOL. I think we (the 99%) can all agree that it’s pretty fun to watch Scooter writhe. The clip below is like a really short, politically motivated episode of Punk’d and somehow the punkers keep a straight face while asking the punkee, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, to attend an Occupy Wall Street General Assembly in ...
