Tag: Scott Walker
Wisconsin GOP’s lame-duck power grab ruled unconstitutional
A Wisconsin judge ruled on Thursday that laws passed by the Republican-controlled legislature in December to limit the powers of newly elected...
How Scott Walker made Wisconsin the national poster child for dark...
"Citizens can't exercise their right to self-governance if we don't know who is funding our representatives."
‘A very dark day for democracy’: Scott Walker signs Wisconsin GOP’s...
"This is the kind of thing autocrats do," declared journalist Ari Berman.
A lame-duck ‘legislative coup:’ Wisconsin GOP stages last-minute power grab before...
Republican legislators worked throughout Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning to pass a sweeping package of lame-duck bills to give power to the Republican-controlled Legislature before Republican Governor Scott Walker leaves office in January.
‘Democracy dies…in the early morning light’ as Wisconsin GOP rams through...
"This is outrageous abuse of power and should be huge national scandal."
‘Absolute fraud:’ After billions in taxpayer subsidies championed by Trump, Ryan,...
"Apparently, Scott Walker gave billions in subsidies to a Tawainese company, so that it would despoil land in Wisconsin while paying Chinese workers to make iPhones."
Wisconsin’s Foxconn deal enriches billionaires with taxpayer cash
“Growth, thy name is suffering.”
Scott Walker set to sign Koch anti-regulations bill in Wisconsin
“The so-called REINS Act will undoubtedly move Wisconsin towards a rule-making process that will become marred by industry lobbyists with political agendas."
A political party worth joining
Bob Fest – where 10,000 Wisconsinites gathered last year in the fighting spirit of La Follette, determined to stop the corporate governor's cynical end run.
Scott Walker’s Political Magic
Corporate cash — flowing from Home Depot to Donald Trump — funded the governor's campaign to victory, despite public opinion.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.