Tag: Wisconsin
‘A very dark day for democracy’: Scott Walker signs Wisconsin GOP’s...
"This is the kind of thing autocrats do," declared journalist Ari Berman.
How this Grinch steals democracy
Right now, the GOP is trying to take power away from Democratic Governors and legislatures during December’s lame duck sessions.
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."
Emergency protests planned to stop Scott Walker and Wisconsin GOP’s ‘shocking...
"Warning to our friends across the country: what happens in Wisconsin doesn't stay in Wisconsin. The GOP (and Kochs) use the state as a petri dish for terrible hard-right ideas. If this works, it'll spread elsewhere."
The key to Tammy Baldwin’s landslide re-election? Exposing her opponent’s shady...
Targeted with $14 million in outside spending, the Wisconsin senator fought back by tagging her opponent as a servant of special interests.
How Tammy Baldwin, target of $14 million in outside spending, sent...
Her campaign made few stumbles, concentrated on the concerns of working families, defined the candidate and her opponent early, and spoke to voters in rural and urban Wisconsin, providing a blueprint for 2020 candidates.
Wisconsin oil refinery explosion injures at least 15 people
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has sent a four-person team to investigate the incident.
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."
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Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.
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The US-China tech race, resource wars, and the cost of militarization
Over the past decade, a steady and well-funded campaign has convinced the general public that China is the greatest threat to the safety and security of the American people.
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?