Yesterday about 30 or so protesters greeted Scott Walker backers as they arrived at Madison’s Nakoma Country Club for a $500-a-ticket fundraiser. These friends of Walker are striving wanna-be-elites unlike the true elite that Walker promised anonymity (and most assuredly MORE to) back in 2011 and 2012 when Wisconsin Club for Growth and Walker ran more »
Update: Here’s a link to the amici curiae brief [a 33 page PDF] filed with the court by the Family Equality Council. According to writer Chris Geidner this brief had a strong impact on Judge Posner of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. ——————————- This is about the states of Wisconsin and Indiana getting their more »
This is what it looks like to use a police force to harass politically engaged people like a photographer who took the best photographs of the arrests suffered during last summer’s crackdown on the Wisconsin Solidarity Sing Along. Watch the court video but be aware that the stupid is strong within and you may be at more »
I have mixed feelings about the quasi boycott of Eden Foods at Madison’s Williamson Street Cooperative. I learned about it at the Cap Times article, “Willy Street Co-op drops nine Eden Foods products over birth control coverage policy“ On the one hand, it’s a bit weak to boycott only the products that don’t make money for more »
On Saturday we learned that Scott Walker is delusional but not so delusional as to attempt to exclude himself from the nefarious activities under investigation in John Doe II. He had to use the pronoun, “We”. “Everything we’ve done is completely legitimate” we read in an article from Wisconsin State Journal. What Walker and his associates are more »
This photo is from yesterday’s “Week of Moral Action” event at the Wisconsin Capitol building. Below is the itinerary for the week. You can read more about it at Giles Goat Boy’s post at Daily Kos and view more photos at my flickr account. Today’s event will be located at the King Street entrance of more »
Please retweet and share this – especially with friends and family you may have in Missouri. Solidarity with the people of Ferguson. I need you all to RT the following steps…….#Ferguson — justified agitator (@Awkward_Duck) August 18, 2014 CALL GOVERNOR NIXON TO ACTION AT 3:00 PM TODAY IN KIENER PLAZA RT #Ferguson — justified agitator more »
At least 50 people gathered at Madison’s City-County building on MLK Drive as part of the National Moment of Silence held at 6:20 PM Central Thursday night in honor of Mike Brown of Ferguson, Missouri and all victims of police brutality. Madison vigil attendees knelt down and held their hands up in the same surrender more »
On August 9th Mike Brown was executed in the street by a police officer. Below is a photo of his father. Imagine the desperation and pain. As if the loss of a young life isn’t already a torment — the disrespect of this scene is just unbearable. Four hours. Rage leads people to irrational more »