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Category: Gov. Scott Walker
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Many of us have looked for removal of Sheriff David Clarke from office, not only for his outlandish views on matters like gun violence (arm yourself citizens, he once urged), immigration abuses (round ‘em up and ship them back) and policing (I’ll clean up city neighborhoods better than Milwaukee police), but also because of his…
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Rather than being content to sit back and cry in their beer over the 2016 election losses, some 200 or more activists gathered in Stevens Point on a cool summer weekend to see if they could fashion a way to restore Wisconsin to its former place as a beacon of progressivism. For the most part,…
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said that God is guiding him. I’m wondering whose God he is listening to. Here’s what Walker told conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt in answering a question about when he’d reveal his decision to run for President (as quoted in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan. 8, 2015): “I think with what…
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Governor Scott Walker’s “Victory Speech” Tuesday night was appalling. First, he claimed wrongly that his opponent was the puppet of “special interests” and, secondly, he made the scary pledge to weaken the safety net that is needed by many citizens for their basic needs. Repeatedly he claimed Mary Burke’s campaign was directed from Washington while his…
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Our recent blog, “Is Labor Losing the Battle for the Public Mind” has generated some interesting comments and ideas. Fortunately, none of them spent time playing the “blame game” on the failure to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, but focused upon how working people and unions should respond to turn the tide. You can see…
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As I write this, it has been more than 24 hours since the network declared Scott Walker the winner over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in the Wisconsin recall elections – enough time to digest the hurt and to put the loss into perspective. Don’t despair, this will not be another lament or excuse for the…
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(A comment by Ann Germanson, wife of the writer of this blog) Wisconsin voters who narrowly elected Scott Walker governor in 2010 didn’t know that he was planning to “divide and conquer” the citizens he was sworn to serve. Maybe they weren’t aware Walker came into the office as a representative of the American Legislative…
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After the recall elections lastTuesday night (Aug. 9), one conclusion and only one is clear: the glass is half-full . . . or, is it half-empty? The truth is that both Democrats and their progressive partners and Republicans and their corporate partners will have reason for hope and despair from the elections. If you read…
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“Solidarity of marchers and the Wisconsin 14 fed off each other, creating unbeatable force in opposing Gov. Scott Walker’s antiunion and antipeople policies.
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It was 100 years ago this year that the state of Wisconsin led the nation into a whole host of reforms for worker rights, becoming the first state to enact a worker’s compensation law, leading in developing unemployment compensation, creating an apprenticeship program and in setting stricter rules in child labor. These reforms — made…
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