Scott Walker Unveils His Wisconsin Food Stamp Starvation Scheme – Source: PoliticusUSA

Governor Scott Walker is creating a road to fascism in a hurry in Wisconsin. Not only does his “budget repair bill” hand over utilities to private industry but now this tea party conservative wants to privatize food stamp allocations. (Read more)

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Why a Wisconsin Sheriff Refuses to Serve as Governor Walker’s ‘Palace Guard’ – Source: The Nation

No one has worked harder—and smarter—to keep the peace in Madison during the dispute over Governor Scott Walker’s attempt to crush public employee unions than Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney. (Read more)

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Gov. Walker’s Wisconsin ‘Union Busting’ Exposes ‘Tea Party’ Scam, Duped Americans – Source: The Brad Blog

"This is not a budget issue," the policeman speaking to the cheering protesters jammed inside of the capital rotunda in Madison, WI shouted this weekend, "This is a civil rights issue!" (Read more)

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Rachel Maddow’s comments last night on Scott Walker–Source: Under The LobsterScope

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Wisconsin Assembly ready for vote; Ohio GOP offers some union rights – Source: CNN Politics

Madison, Wisconsin (CNN) — Assembly lawmakers in Wisconsin are poised to vote on a controversial budget-repair bill that would curb public workers’ collective-bargaining rights and raise their contributions to pensions and health insurance plans. (Read more)

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WI Update: "It’s Not About the Budget; It’s About the Power," Weak Compromise Offered by Republicans – Source: AlterNet

Amid much excellent coverage of the Wisconsin union protests, Paul Krugman’s column in the Times yesterday is worthy of a close read:

[W]hat’s happening in Wisconsin isn’t about the state budget, despite [Wisconsin Governor Scott] Walker’s pretense that he’s just trying to be fiscally responsible. It is, instead, about power. What Mr. Walker and his backers are trying to do is to make Wisconsin — and eventually, America — less of a functioning democracy and more of a third-world-style oligarchy. And that’s why anyone who believes that we need some counterweight to the political power of big money should be on the demonstrators’ side. (Read more)

Note: What good is having power and not using it? C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher

Wis. labor protests a "tea party for the left" – Source: CBSNews

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Wisconsin may be getting the most attention, but it’s not the only state where governors are going head-to-head with unions.

Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to abolish the right of collective bargaining for public employees has stirred labor activists in a way not seen in recent years. One said this weekend, "I want to say ‘thank you’ to Governor Walker for mobilizing us. This movement has been a long time coming." (Read more)

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: Funded by the Koch Bros. – Source: Mother Jones

Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker, whose bill to kill collective bargaining rights for public-sector unions has caused an uproar among state employees, might not be where he is today without the Koch brothers. Charles and David Koch are conservative titans of industry who have infamously used their vast wealth to undermine President Obama and fight legislation they detest, such as the cap-and-trade climate bill, the health care reform act, and the economic stimulus package. For years, the billionaires have made extensive political donations to Republican candidates across the country and have provided millions of dollars to astroturf right-wing organizations. Koch Industries’ political action committee has doled out more than $2.6 million to candidates. And one prominent beneficiary of the Koch brothers’ largess is Scott Walker. (Read more)