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WISCONSIN: Republicans Break Law To Strip Collective Bargaining Rights
Things begin to go nuts at 2:30.
Read More »OHIO: Anti-Union Bill Has Hidden Anti-Gay Provision Against Partner Benefits
On Wednesday the Ohio state Senate narrowly voted to strip state employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights. And buried in that bill is a clearly unrelated provision that prevents the state from for offering any benefits to the partners of gay employees. Think Progress has the text: Sec. 3101.01 of S.B. 5: … A marriage may only …
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Now Back To Your Diversions…
WISCONSIN: State GOP Senator Calls Union Protesters “Smelly Slobs”
That Fox Reporter That Got “Punched”?
Never happened.
Read More »Union Workers Defend Their Rights As GOP Goose-Steps For Tea Party Billionaires
WISCONSIN: Pro-Union Protesters Sing Number From Les Miserables
Teabaggers are chortling about this on Twitter with comments like “You know the country’s gone to hell in a handbasket when Wisconsin protesters break out in a song based on a book about the French Revolution.” Family Research Council douchenozzle Tony Perkins just tweeted out the video link with the message: “Funny or just sad?”
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Selective Punishment
WISCONSIN: Fox News Reporters Complain About “Hateful” Pro-Union Protesters
WISCONSIN: Ad Slams Gov. Scott Walker Over Comments Made To Fake Koch
FLASHBACK: Ronald Reagan Declares Union Membership To Be A Basic Right
WISCONSIN: Assembly GOP Pulls Sneak Attack Vote To Ban Bargaining Rights
The vote took place at 1am with most of the Democrats out of the chamber, sending the entire room into chants of “Shame! Shame! Shame!”
Read More »Scott Walker Channels Charlie Sheen
Sign-Bombing CNN
The CNN reporter was unaware of the man parading back and forth behind her with his “Walker sucks Koch” sign. I had to dive for my camera and take a screen shot.
Read More »WISCONSIN: Black Gay Teabagger Denounces “Lazy Union Members”
Rod McCollum points us to this video shot yesterday in which a black gay Tea Party supporter tells pro-union protesters: “I’ve been a Republican all my life. And I’ve worked with unions and union members and they’re all lazy.” In other news, there are black gay teabaggers in the world.
Read More »WISCONSIN: Blogger Claims To Have Called Gov While Posing As David Koch
Mother Jones reports that New York-based journalist/blogger Ian Murphy claims to have had a 20-minute phone conversation with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker while posing as billionaire Tea Party kingpin David Koch. The Koch brothers were major backers of Walker’s campaign and are known to have donated millions to astroturf groups posing as ordinary citizens. According to the audio, Walker told …
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Lying Liars At Fox News Reverse Gallup Poll Result On Collective Bargaining
Media Matters quotes the actual poll: Americans strongly oppose laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The poll found 61% would oppose a law in their state similar to such a proposal in Wisconsin, compared with 33% who would favor such a law. Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Republican …
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