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A Million Signatures to Recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

• January 22, 2012 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Budget Cuts, Class, Democrats, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, The Economy, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: "The Isthmus", BadgerCare, California, David Obey, Faux Noise, Fraud, Governor Walker, High Speed Train, Kathleen Vinehout, Madison WI, Mahlon Mitchell, Peter Barca, Rebecca Kleefisch, Recall, Republicans, Russ Feingold, Ryan Lawler, Scott and Jeff Fitzgerald, Scott Fitzgerald, Scott Walker, Signatures, State Senator Jon Erpenbach, State Street, Steve Kagan, The February Uprising, The Koch Brothers, The Orpheum Theatre, United States, United Wisconsin, Walker, Wisconsin, Wisconsinites

“Burning” Madison, “Burning” Wisconsin

• March 10, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American History, American Politics, Budget Cuts, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, Obama Administration, The Clintons, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: "Burning" Kansas, "Burning" Wisconsin, Barack Obama, Collective Bargaining, Democratic, John Brown, Kansas, LiveStream, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, One-Man Rule, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Public Employees, Quantrill, Representative Government, Republican, Sarah Palin, The Fitzgeralds, The Koch Brothers, Triangulation, Union Busting, Unions, United States, Wisconsin

“This Is What Happens When YOU DON’T VOTE,” Wisconsin

• March 1, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Budget Cuts, Class, Discrimination, Education, Homelessness, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, Obama Administration, People of Color, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: Anti-Civil Rights, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Labor, Barack Obama, Class Warfare, Education, Faux Noise, Fox News, GOP, Governor Scott Walker, Governor Walker, Immigrants, Jeff Foxworthy, Lower Middle Class, Madison WI, Mayor Tom Barrett, Michelle Obama, Middle-Class, Mississippi, People of Color, Public Sector Unions, Republican, Republicans, Russ Feingold, Scott Walker, Status Quo, The Koch Brothers, The Midwest, The Ministry of Propaganda, The South, The Tea Party, Tom Barrett, Union Busting, Unions, United States, Unreconstructed, Voting, Wisconsin

Have You Voted Yet? If Not, Vote Democratic Party Today No Matter What

• November 1, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Domestic Violence, Hate Crimes, Health, Homelessness, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Teabagging Party, Television, The Clintons, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin
Tags: African American, Birth Certificate, Birthers, Black Middle Class, Black Youth, Blacks, Christian Right Wing, City Clerk, Clintonistas, Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney, David Mahoney, Democratic, Democratic Leadership Council, Democratic Party, Democrats in Name Only, Domestic Violence, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eugene Walker, Ex-Convict, Ex-Girlfriend, Faux Noise, Food Stamps, Fox News, Franklin Roosevelt, Gallup Polls, GOP, Grassroots Democrats, Health Care, Hippie Punching, Illinois, K Street, Kendrick Meek, Lower Class Blacks, Madison Farmers' Market, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee WI, Mother, Parties, Pat Buchanan, Pat Moynihan, Police Murder, Police Shooting, Politics, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Privatizing Social Security, Republican, Richard Nixon, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, Senator Russ Feingold, Tea Party, Teabagging, The Democratic Party, The Green Party, The Koch Brothers, The Tea Party, United States, Voter Suppression, Wisconsin

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