Wisconsin Recall Election Results: Democrats Keep State Senate Seats–Source: HuffPost

Both of the Democratic Wisconsin state senators up for recall elections have survived.

The Democrats targeted in Tuesday’s election were among the 14 senators who fled the state in February in opposition to Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal curbing public employee collective bargaining rights. (Read more)

Wisc. recall vote so far: GOP 3, Dems 2

MADISON, Wis. – Democrats and Republicans waged an intense battle for control of the Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday in a recall election fueled by the backlash against Gov. Scott Walker’s efforts to strip away most public employees’ union rights. (Read more)

Wisconsin Election Results: David Prosser, JoAnne Kloppenburg Await Official Outcome In State Supreme Court Race – Source: The HuffPost Politics

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin voters sent Republican Gov. Scott Walker a clear message about their unhappiness with his muscling through a law restricting union rights by sending a once runaway state Supreme Court race toward a near-certain recount and filling the governor’s former post with a Democrat. (Read more)

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Educators Will Not Be Silenced: Attacks In Wisconsin, Idaho Only Strengthen Our Resolve!–Source: National Education Association (NEA)

This week, the attacks continued in an ideological war to silence public employees: (Read more)

Wisconsin Assembly Approves Bargaining Curbs – Source: The New York Times

The Wisconsin Assembly passed Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal 53-42 on Thursday. Governor Walker has promised to sign the bill as soon as possible. (Read more)

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Wis. GOP finds way around Democrats’ absence – Source: CBS News

(AP)  MADISON, Wis. – Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted Wednesday night to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers after discovering a way to bypass the chamber’s missing Democrats. (Read more)

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Why Unions Matter To Democrats: It’s Not Just Money – Source: NPR

The fight over public employee unions has exploded into a high-stakes partisan war. In Wisconsin and several other states, Republicans want to end collective bargaining with many public employee unions. Two favorite proposals would disrupt the ability of unions to build their political funds. And that would deal a major blow to the Democratic Party. (Read more)

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Big Business Paid For Their Beds, Now Republicans Have to Lie in Them – Source: OPed News

Historian and satirist Thomas Carlyle said "a lie cannot live." However, Mark Twain casually remarked, "It shows that he did not know how to tell them."

More than a century later, newly-elected Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-dominated Wisconsin legislature have proven themselves to be "quick studies," having learned how to tell whoppers about the working class and unions. Here are just a few. (Read more)

Note: My, my, my see how Walter Brasch states lies vs facts. This is a must read. C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher

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Attack on unions a game of misdirection – Source: Anchorage Daily News

I had a news writing instructor at UAA twenty years ago. This guy was the epitome of a classic straight-line journalist. His name was Paul Jenkins. He was a by-the-book, objective, no-nonsense, research your facts kind of guy. He was also the editor of the Anchorage Times. I was steadfast to his principled teaching, and was lucky enough to be hired by him to work at The Times. Anything I wrote during my short time at the paper had to pass Jenkins’ absolutely objective standard. (Read more)

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Wis. governor begins process for layoffs

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) Friday began the process for laying off 1,500 state employees, escalating the bitter standoff over his legislation to sharply curtail collective bargaining rights for public employees. (Read more)

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Wisconsin 14 not coming back this weekend – Source: Daily KOS

There were well-founded worries the 14 might come home this weekend, but now Democratic resolve appears as strong as ever. Rumors of wavering Republicans, even if unconfirmed, might be bolstering the Dems. (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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How You Can Boycott the Kochs – Source: AlterNet

The backlash against the Kochs’ influence in Wisconsin is gaining steam, with labor supporters starting to boycott Koch Industries’ many products (listed here). (Read more)

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Confirmed: Union-Bashing Right-Wing Media Stars Hannity, Limbaugh and O’Reilly Are AFL-CIO Union-Affiliated Members – Source: AlterNet

When it comes to the Wisconsin union fights, right-wing pundits Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh have a couple of things in common. For starters, have all voiced their opposition to the plight of public employee unions in the state. (Read more)

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"Shame, Shame!": Dems Protest As GOP Rams Through Vote on Walker’s Bill–Source: AlterNet

Most Democrats didn’t even know the vote on the despised bill–utterly eliminating Unions’ right to collective bargaining–had taken place. Using what is essentially trickery, the Republican members of the Wisconsin State Asssembly broke the momentum of a Democratic filibuster by forcing a sudden, unexpected vote and passing the bill. (Read more)

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