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What does Scott Walker’s victory in Wisconsin mean?

By Mark | June 7, 2012

To all of my friends in Wisconsin who didn’t vote yesterday, I hate you. Not only are you responsible for keeping the unabashed corporate shill Scott Walker in office, but, more importantly, you’re responsible for ruining my first Netroots Nation conference. OK, maybe I’m overstating things a bit. I’m sure the conference will be just […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged ALEC, campaign finance reform, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporatocracy, election finance reform, get the money out of Washington, Greg Sargent, Koch brothers, labor, Milwaukee, money as free speech, money in politics, Move to Amend, recall, Reince Preibus, robocalls, Russ Feingold, Sarah Palin, Scott Walker, unions, voter fraud, We Are Wisconsin, Wisconsin | 24 Comments

The Koch brothers, their plans for the public utilities of Wisconsin, and whether Michigan might be next

By Mark | February 24, 2011

By now you’ve probably heard that Wisconsin’s union-busing governor, Scott Walker, got fooled into taking a call with a degenerate blogger posing as conservative billionaire activist David Koch. The call, which can be heard in its entirety on the Buffalo Beast website, is interesting for a few reasons. First, Walker confesses to having thought about […]

Posted in Michigan, Other, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged Brian Sadoval, Budget Repair Bill, Buffalo Beast, buying elections, campaign finance reform, campaign funding, collective bargaining, crony capitalism, David Koch, Florida, get the money out of Washington, John Kasich, Koch brothers, Koch Industries, Nevada, Ohio, prank calls, privatization, public employee unions, public utilities, Republican Governors Association, Rick Scott, Rick Snyder, Scott Walker, union busting, Wisconsin | 20 Comments

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