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ALEC Exposed Brings Koch Bros Exposed Film to Madison!

Cognitive Dissidence

From the old inbox:Walk the red carpet at the Barrymore Theatre! The Center for Media and Democracy/ALEC Exposed, in partnership with the Brave New Foundation, presents a Robert Greenwald film: Koch Brothers Exposed, a film screening followed by a disc... »

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Has the Liberal Intellectual Mind Closed Completely?

Lakeshore Laments

I tend to believe it has.  Talk to any “progressive” thinker these days and you tend to get the same tired, old, retreaded thinking based on a world of the 1940s and the 1960s. There’s nothing new there.  There’s no real solution to any problem the cou... »

The Reclaim Wisconsin rally: The epitome of Solidarity

Blogging Liberally in the Badger State

One year ago I didn’t know any of the people I was warmly embracing and high-fiving as I walked around the Capitol Square today. In the course of just one short year, strangers have become almost like family members. Whereas a year ago a dude carrying ... »

CapTimes and John Nichols Get Punked

Blogging Liberally in the Badger State

They were inadvertently punked by Madison labor cartoonist Mike Konopacki.  The fake story was about Paul Ryan threatening the Smithsonian for putting up a display of Wisconsin protest signs from last year.  The story was an elaboration of the true sto... »

Nass and Ryan Playing Pay-to-Display With American Art and History

Rock Netroots

It's ALWAYS about the money.Last week one of Wisconsin's many modern day Joseph McCarthys, Republican State Rep. Steve Nass, threatened to terminate the UW School for Workers if they went ahead with an exhibit showcasing poster art used in the Wisconsi... »

Paul Ryan Has Always Led The Ministry of Truth [UPDATED]

Blogging Liberally in the Badger State

In which your humble writer gets punked… While it may not be the Presidency, Paul Ryan (R-Minitrue) leads the Ministry of Truth. House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan is pressuring the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History because it ha... »

Scott Walker Asks Political Mercenaries To Invade Wisconsin

Rock Netroots

At a Washington DC banquet, Gov. Scott Walker asked a large group of conservative activists from around the country for help in his quest to smash the state's grassroots recall effort to remove him from office.JS Online Excerpt:Asked why he came here, ... »

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