Devastating New Ad Might Be Game Changer in Wisconsin’s Crucial April 5th Election
As is the case with any important election, events are happening fast as we approach the final weekend prior to the crucial Tuesday April 5 vote that will ultimately decide the future of Wisconsin for a generation to come. In one corner, you have sitting State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser, a reliable 4-to3 tie-breaking [...]
Wisconsin Judicial Tyranny
Why did the state of Wisconsin bother to have an election last November?
To look at the results, you would think the voters had spoken clearly. They elected a Republican governor and legislature, based on the promise that they would take strong action to balance the state budget and give schools and municipalities more control over [...]
Democrat DA Ignoring Death Threats to Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers?
Is the Democratic DA in Madison, Wisconsin dragging his feet on death threats to GOP lawmakers? We just received this shocking email from the Wisconsin Department of Justice Spokesperson Bill Cosh.
Support For The Koch Brothers From An Unlikely Source: The United Steelworkers
If you’ve been following the Wisconsin fracas over these past few weeks, you’ve probably noticed that the Left’s enemy du jour has become the American businessmen Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries. As an American company, Koch Industries employs over 50,000 Americans. In total, the number of American jobs that indirectly supported Koch Industries is over [...]
Wisconsin Union Boycott Threats Border on Illegal
You may have seen news that Wisconsin’s AFSCME public-sector union is threatening businesses with possible boycott if they refuse to voice support for the union position. Obviously, it’s pretty galling — and potentially illegal.
The Journal-Sentinel reported that AFSCME Council 24 has informed local business that they must put a sign in their window showing their [...]
April 5th: As Crucial and Close Election Looms in Wisconsin, Unions Double Down Intimidating Local Businesses
We are less than a week away from Tuesday’s crucial winner-take-all April 5 State Supreme Court election in Wisconsin, an election that will likely set the legislative course of that state for a generation. The stakes are for all the marbles and boil down to a simple choice. Either sitting State Supreme Court Justice David [...]
Wisconsin Capitol Protests: Bonanza for Police Overtime
Our MacIver News Service is digging into the costs associated with the recent rukus in Madison. For at least one public employee, the turmoil was quite profitable.
State Capitol Police Overtime Pay Tops $200k for Month of Unrest
One State Capitol Police Sergeant made more than $10,000 in overtime during the month-long protests in Madison, Wisconsin.
From Feb [...]
April 5th Will Decide Who Governs Wisconsin: The Voters or 4 Judges
Had the federal government passed a law (in the best interest of the people, naturally) mandating that every household in America purchase a handgun and learn how to use it in order to protect themselves and in turn save the government money on police protection, that law would be a constitutional issue for the courts [...]
Gov. Walker’s Legislation Has Unions Caving Already
Apparently Gov. Scott Walker knew exactly what he was doing.
Before he signed the bill limiting collective bargaining privileges, teachers unions throughout the state were slow to respond to calls for salary and benefit concessions.
They believed their members should be held harmless during a period of necessary cost-cutting. They didn’t seem to care that Wisconsin schools [...]
When States Stop From Being Union Bosses’ Dues Collection Agencies
One of the big unspoken fights in Wisconsin over these past few weeks has been Scott Walker’s proposal for the state to stop collecting union dues for the unions. The other has been to make paying union dues voluntary, as opposed to requiring payment as a condition of employment. To unions, that is like cutting [...]
Even Radical Communists Awed by Radicalization of Wisconsin’s Democratic Lawmakers
Just how radical have some Wisconsin Democrats become? Just how far into the morass of leftist rhetoric have they plunged?
They’ve managed to impress of one of the leaders of the Communist Party USA.
The heated rhetoric and aggressive attitude of some Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin has surprised many, even revolutionaries, says a leader of the Communist [...]
Organized Left Plan Massive Protests for April 4th
In the wake of changes to government employee unions’ power in Wisconsin and elsewhere, The Communist Party USA is working in conjunction with national labor unions and other left wing political groups to organize protests in Madison, Wisconsin and across the nation on April 4th.
Scott Marshall, Vice Chair of The Communist Party USA said his [...]
Wisconsin Dept. of Justice Appeals Sumi Decision
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed a motion with the 4th District Court of Appeals, seeking an order staying Judge Maryann Sumi’s temporary restraining order blocking the publication of 2011 Wis. Act 10.
“The publication of this Act will allow the State to save significant money–evidence of which the trial court did not allow presented [...]
SEIU Hit With RICO Lawsuit, Blames Hunton and Williams and…Koch Brothers
After years of being harassed by the purple people beaters, one company has finally said ENOUGH.
In a press release issued Thursday, Sodexo USA announced that the company has filed a civil lawsuit against the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act., accusing the union of engaging in an [...]
Wisconsin Attorney General Slams Judge’s Ruling Blocking Union Reform, Promises to Appeal
The standoff in Wisconsin continues…
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen wasted no time Friday in announcing the Department of Justice will appeal a judge’s granting of a restraining order that prohibits the publication of the law enacting the Budget Repair Bill.
“The Legislature and the Governor, not a single Dane County Circuit Court Judge, are responsible [...]
Shankman Warns of ‘Serious’ WI Actions to Come, Denies Issuing Death Threat
The following quotes are taken from my email exchanges with Jim Shankman of Madison, Wisconsin, the individual who has admitted to writing a vicious screed directed at blogger Ann Althouse and her husband, Meade. All bold type used for emphasis is my choice for publication purposes. It was Meade who removed a “solidarity” shirt from a statue of [...]
Wisconsin: Why Today’s Court Ruling Means Things Will Get Uglier Before They Get Better
Today, a liberal judge in a liberal Wisconsin county at the request of a liberal district attorney has issued a temporary restraining order that blocks publication — and therefore the enactment, of the law Governor Scott Walker and Republican legislators passed that limits Public Union collective bargaining rights to issues regarding wages only. This order, [...]
Exclusive Interview With Jim Shankman, the Man Behind the Ann Althouse Threat
Jim Shankman, the Madison-based author of a now notorious, vile Internet screed directed at blogger Ann Althouse and her husband, returned my call late last night and we spoke for approximately 30 – 40 minutes.
WE WILL FUCK YOU UP. We will throw our baseballs in your lawn, you cranky old pieces of shit, and then we [...]
(Union) Gangs of Wisconsin
Union leaders can dress it up and use innocuous-sounding phrases like “ voluntary consumer activism,” but the bottom line is that Wisconsin’s unions are now resorting to thug-like behavior against political opponents, real or imagined.
The state’s largest teachers union, Wisconsin Education Association Council, along with the Green Bay Education Association, Madison Teachers Inc. and a handful [...]
20 Days of Left-Wing Thuggery in Wisconsin: When Will Obama, Democrats, and MSM Call for Civility?
Below, you’ll find a compilation of 20 days worth of the death threats, vandalism, and intimidation practiced by pro-union thugs opposed to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s budget repair bill. Wisconsin is my home state. I lived there until I was 27 years-old in 1993 and most of my family, including my parents still live there. For that [...]
Lenin’s Lesson Plan: Wisconsin Teachers’ Indoctrination of Children on Unions
“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” – Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
In December 2009, though little attention was paid to it at the time, Wisconsin’s then-Governor Jim Doyle signed a bill into law that force feeds unions on schoolchildren:
Wisconsin schools will be required to teach [...]
Wisconsin School Officials Back Walker Budgets
On Wednesday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker explained how the savings gained through the collective bargaining changes recently passed by the legislature will more than offset cuts in state aids to most school districts.
That formula is altered, however, if school districts rush to implement new labor agreements before Act 10 goes into effect on March 26th.??Walker [...]
An In-Depth Look at the Union Protesters in Wisconsin
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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Anne Sorock discusses the Sam Adams Alliance study on the Wisconsin union protesters. Then Pejman Yousefzadeh talks about the brutal battle between Jewish settlers and Palestinian terrorists.
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Union Thugs Destroy Recall Petitions
Armed with a bullhorn, thuggery, and the most annoying chants ever, union thugs continued their streak of ‘solidarity’.
The following took place at a recall Jim Holperin Rally in Merill, WI. As you can see, “F*ck you” is written on the ripped up petitions. The video was shot after the incident took place.
According to [...]
Union Supporters Protest Wisconsin Senator’s Home
There is a reason you won’t see the tea party hanging around outside of politicians’ homes. That’s because it is incredibly inappropriate. It’s behavior which is designed to intimidate in the worst kind of way.
Yet in Wisconsin, and elsewhere throughout the country, liberals find this tactic to be acceptable if not preferable.
This kind [...]