Part 1: A primer on the Michigan GOP’s corporatist assault | Lansing Online News
Posted on Michigan Stands Up for Democracy Facebook page | Bonnie Bucqueroux
"The Republican Governors Association spent more money in the last election cycle that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - much more. This article in Lansing Online News explains what the GOP has in store for us if they can get away with it.
Part 1: A primer on the Michigan GOP’s corporatist assault Rich Robinson of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network provides a roadmap." Read Article Here | Lansing Online News
Sunday, April 17, 2011
The Tea Party / Republican Connection: Agenda Exposed – Corruption at the Highest Level | PolitiScoop
The Tea Party / Republican Connection: Agenda Exposed – Corruption at the Highest Level | PolitiScoop
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"PolitiScoop has always been suspicious that embattled Governor Scott Walker was closely affiliated with the Tea Party movement. Our team of researchers took on the task of either proving or disproving this assumption. What we found will shock, appall, and even frighten you.
We have connected the dots between Scott Walker, the Tea Party, and the Koch family. And the connections do not stop there. They continue across the US to Florida and California. We will take you through this twisted maze of corruption, one step at a time, and provide proof for each point." Full Article Here | PolitiScoop
Posted on Facebook | Michigan Stands up for Democracy | Jonny Cache
"PolitiScoop has always been suspicious that embattled Governor Scott Walker was closely affiliated with the Tea Party movement. Our team of researchers took on the task of either proving or disproving this assumption. What we found will shock, appall, and even frighten you.
We have connected the dots between Scott Walker, the Tea Party, and the Koch family. And the connections do not stop there. They continue across the US to Florida and California. We will take you through this twisted maze of corruption, one step at a time, and provide proof for each point." Full Article Here | PolitiScoop
The Anti-Immigration Crusader - NYTimes.com
The Anti-Immigration Crusader - NYTimes.com
"From the resort town of Petoskey, Mich., Dr. Tanton helped start all three major national groups fighting to reduce immigration, legal and illegal, and molded one of the most powerful grass-roots forces in politics. The immigration-control movement surged to new influence in last fall’s elections and now holds near veto power over efforts to legalize any of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States."Full Article | The Anti-Immigration Crusader - NYTimes.com
NY Times Profiles Leader of Anti-Immigrant Groups John Tanton | New York State Immigrant Action Fund
NY Times Profiles Leader of Anti-Immigrant Groups John Tanton | New York State Immigrant Action Fund
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NY Times Profiles Leader of Anti-Immigrant Groups John Tanton | New York State Immigrant Action Fund
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The New York Times published a long profile today of John Tanton, the racial theorist behind the modern network of anti-immigrant groups. Here are some
Reform Immigration for America | Facebook Page
Posted on Reform Immigration for America | Facebook page | Patrick Young
NY Times Profiles Leader of Anti-Immigrant Groups John Tanton | New York State Immigrant Action Fund
nysiaf.org
The New York Times published a long profile today of John Tanton, the racial theorist behind the modern network of anti-immigrant groups. Here are some
Reform Immigration for America | Facebook Page
ACLU probes EM law’s origins
ACLU probes EM law’s origins
"Currently, there are state appointed emergency managers (formerly emergency financial managers) in three Michigan cities — Benton Harbor, Pontiac and Ecorse and in the Detroit Public School (DPS) district.
Because the new law is retroactive, these EMs can apply its sweeping draconian changes immediately.
The new legislation, signed by Gov. Rick Snyder March 16, gives broad, new powers to state-appointed emergency managers that include the ability to terminate union contracts and strip power from local elected officials."Full article here | ACLU probes EM law’s origins
"Currently, there are state appointed emergency managers (formerly emergency financial managers) in three Michigan cities — Benton Harbor, Pontiac and Ecorse and in the Detroit Public School (DPS) district.
Because the new law is retroactive, these EMs can apply its sweeping draconian changes immediately.
The new legislation, signed by Gov. Rick Snyder March 16, gives broad, new powers to state-appointed emergency managers that include the ability to terminate union contracts and strip power from local elected officials."Full article here | ACLU probes EM law’s origins
AUDIO | Putting the big ethical issues back on the agenda | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Putting the big ethical issues back on the agenda | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
"The banking crisis and the MPs' expenses scandal have left people with a profound sense of injustice and exposed how we have been neglecting basic ethical questions of justice, integrity and honesty. In their place we have used a language of market efficiency and managerialism.
Why have we become so reluctant to discuss the big ethical issues? And can we afford to ignore them? As part of our Citizen ethics programme we brought three prominent thinkers together at the British Museum, all with a keen interest in ethics: Diane Coyle an economist, writer and former adviser to the Treasury; Michael Sandel, a political philosopher and professor at Harvard University; and Rowan Williams , the archbishop of Canterbury."
Full Article | Putting the big ethical issues back on the agenda | guardian.co.uk
"The banking crisis and the MPs' expenses scandal have left people with a profound sense of injustice and exposed how we have been neglecting basic ethical questions of justice, integrity and honesty. In their place we have used a language of market efficiency and managerialism.
Why have we become so reluctant to discuss the big ethical issues? And can we afford to ignore them? As part of our Citizen ethics programme we brought three prominent thinkers together at the British Museum, all with a keen interest in ethics: Diane Coyle an economist, writer and former adviser to the Treasury; Michael Sandel, a political philosopher and professor at Harvard University; and Rowan Williams , the archbishop of Canterbury."
Full Article | Putting the big ethical issues back on the agenda | guardian.co.uk
John Nichols: Walker admits it’s all about union busting
John Nichols: Walker admits it’s all about union busting
Posted on Twitter | The Capital Times
Op/Ed: John Nichols: Walker admits it’s all about union busting.
Busting unions is a political ploy, not a fiscal necessity. Walker has divided Wisconsin, thrown our Legislature and our communities into disarray, and caused what many legal observers believe to be the most serious constitutional crisis in the modern history of the state. And for what?
Not to save money.
Not to get Wisconsin’s finances in order.
But to play politics with people’s lives.
When the time comes to hold this governor to account, much will be said on all sides. But the most powerful condemnation of Walker’s false claim that he needed to bust unions in order to balance the budget has come from the governor’s own lips.
“How much money does it save, Governor?”
“It doesn’t save any.”
Full Article | John Nichols: Walker admits it’s all about union busting
Kucinich questions Walker on Capitol Hill VIDEO
Tim Geithner Confident Congress Will Raise Debt Ceiling: Not Doing So Would Be 'Catastrophic' (VIDEO)
Tim Geithner Confident Congress Will Raise Debt Ceiling: Not Doing So Would Be 'Catastrophic' (VIDEO)
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Geithner: "Not raising debt limit would be 'catastrophic."Huffington Post
ABC News Link Article & Video
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Geithner: "Not raising debt limit would be 'catastrophic."Huffington Post
ABC News Link Article & Video
Fundraising by GOP House freshmen off to slow start - The Washington Post
Fundraising by GOP House freshmen off to slow start - The Washington Post
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Fundraising by GOP House freshmen off to slow start
Posted on Twitter |The Washington Post washingtonpost
Fundraising by GOP House freshmen off to slow start
Jeremy Ryan from Defending Wisconsin PAC reports from the Tea Party Rally
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Jeremy Ryan from Defending Wisconsin PAC reports from the Tea Party Rally at the Capitol with special (in a sense of abnormally low intelligence) guest Sarah Palin... First we show how the tea party folk act they cannot cite any intelligence whatsoever just resort to name calling... Then we show you when Palin is speaking and you cannot even hear her filth... They also said Prosser won which is 100% lie as it has not been concluded yet... Then you see me come face to face with the Anti-American Vicki McKenna... SHARE!! And as always visit www.defendingwisconsin.org ...
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Jeremy Ryan from Defending Wisconsin PAC reports from the Tea Party Rally at the Capitol with special (in a sense of abnormally low intelligence) guest Sarah Palin... First we show how the tea party folk act they cannot cite any intelligence whatsoever just resort to name calling... Then we show you when Palin is speaking and you cannot even hear her filth... They also said Prosser won which is 100% lie as it has not been concluded yet... Then you see me come face to face with the Anti-American Vicki McKenna... SHARE!! And as always visit www.defendingwisconsin.org ...
Video Here
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A short educational video revealing the forces behind the aniti-immigration movement in the United States.
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Wealthy Americans see drop in federal taxes - CBS News
Wealthy Americans see drop in federal taxes - CBS News
Posted on Twitter | CBS News
(AP) WASHINGTON - As Monday's tax filing deadline nears, ponder this: The super rich pay a lot less taxes than they did a couple of decades ago, and nearly half of U.S. households pay no income taxes at all.
The Internal Revenue Service tracks the tax returns with the 400 highest adjusted gross incomes each year. The average income on those returns in 2007, the latest year for IRS data, was nearly $345 million. Their average federal income tax rate was 17 percent, down from 26 percent in 1992. Full Article - CBS News
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(AP) WASHINGTON - As Monday's tax filing deadline nears, ponder this: The super rich pay a lot less taxes than they did a couple of decades ago, and nearly half of U.S. households pay no income taxes at all.
The Internal Revenue Service tracks the tax returns with the 400 highest adjusted gross incomes each year. The average income on those returns in 2007, the latest year for IRS data, was nearly $345 million. Their average federal income tax rate was 17 percent, down from 26 percent in 1992. Full Article - CBS News
Daily Kos: Slave Labor - Koch & ALEC Developments for April 2011
Daily Kos: Slave Labor - Koch & ALEC Developments for April 2011
"Wonder if all the Progressive press is causing ALEC to pay attention to our objections? Yes it r! Here is a link to a recent press release by ALEC addressing the bad press they have been receiving. Take note that in this misinforming document, ALEC claims: "Our policies and initiatives are public and we are proud to support our legislators as they carry out ALEC principles." Oh really? Well how about unlocking access to your Model Legislation? The issues and pursuits of your Task Force Initiatives? If you want to claim your policies and initiatives are public - live up to that claim...I mean what has ALEC got to hide, hmmm?" See Full Article with links | Daily Kos
"Wonder if all the Progressive press is causing ALEC to pay attention to our objections? Yes it r! Here is a link to a recent press release by ALEC addressing the bad press they have been receiving. Take note that in this misinforming document, ALEC claims: "Our policies and initiatives are public and we are proud to support our legislators as they carry out ALEC principles." Oh really? Well how about unlocking access to your Model Legislation? The issues and pursuits of your Task Force Initiatives? If you want to claim your policies and initiatives are public - live up to that claim...I mean what has ALEC got to hide, hmmm?" See Full Article with links | Daily Kos
Daily Kos: ALEC - Privatization is the Objective
Daily Kos: ALEC - Privatization is the Objective
Posted on Michigan Stands Up for Democracy's Facebook | Jonny Cache
ALEC • Privatization is the Objective
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ALEC’s “free-market” philosophy equals privatization of public services and elimination of government regulations for all agencies at all levels. This is ALEC’s goal and they are using our elected officials to do their dirty work.
Posted on Michigan Stands Up for Democracy's Facebook | Jonny Cache
ALEC • Privatization is the Objective
www.dailykos.com
ALEC’s “free-market” philosophy equals privatization of public services and elimination of government regulations for all agencies at all levels. This is ALEC’s goal and they are using our elected officials to do their dirty work.
04-13-2011 - Senate Investigations Subcommittee Releases Levin-Coburn Report On the Financial Crisis : Senator Carl Levin: News Release
04-13-2011 - Senate Investigations Subcommittee Releases Levin-Coburn Report On the Financial Crisis : Senator Carl Levin: News Release
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Senate Investigations Subcommittee Releases Levin-Coburn Report On the Financial Crisis
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WASHINGTON – Concluding a two-year bipartisan investigation, Senator Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Senator Tom Coburn M.D., R-Okla., Chairman and Ranking Republican on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, today released a 635-page final report (PDF, 6MB) on their inquiry into key causes of the financial crisis. The report catalogs conflicts of interest, heedless risk-taking and failures of federal oversight that helped push the country into the deepest recession since the Great Depression.
comment:Jonny Cache
“Using emails, memos and other internal documents, this report tells the inside story of an economic assault that cost millions of Americans their jobs and homes, while wiping out investors, good businesses, and markets,” said Levin. “High ...risk lending, regulatory failures, inflated credit ratings, and Wall Street firms engaging in massive conflicts of interest, contaminated the U.S. financial system with toxic mortgages and undermined public trust in U.S. markets. Using their own words in documents subpoenaed by the Subcommittee, the report discloses how financial firms deliberately took advantage of their clients and investors, how credit rating agencies assigned AAA ratings to high risk securities, and how regulators sat on their hands instead of reining in the unsafe and unsound practices all around them. Rampant conflicts of interest are the threads that run through every chapter of this sordid story.”See More
7 hours ago
Posted on Facebook Michigan Stands Up for Democracy | Jonny Cache
Senate Investigations Subcommittee Releases Levin-Coburn Report On the Financial Crisis
levin.senate.gov
WASHINGTON – Concluding a two-year bipartisan investigation, Senator Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Senator Tom Coburn M.D., R-Okla., Chairman and Ranking Republican on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, today released a 635-page final report (PDF, 6MB) on their inquiry into key causes of the financial crisis. The report catalogs conflicts of interest, heedless risk-taking and failures of federal oversight that helped push the country into the deepest recession since the Great Depression.
comment:Jonny Cache
“Using emails, memos and other internal documents, this report tells the inside story of an economic assault that cost millions of Americans their jobs and homes, while wiping out investors, good businesses, and markets,” said Levin. “High ...risk lending, regulatory failures, inflated credit ratings, and Wall Street firms engaging in massive conflicts of interest, contaminated the U.S. financial system with toxic mortgages and undermined public trust in U.S. markets. Using their own words in documents subpoenaed by the Subcommittee, the report discloses how financial firms deliberately took advantage of their clients and investors, how credit rating agencies assigned AAA ratings to high risk securities, and how regulators sat on their hands instead of reining in the unsafe and unsound practices all around them. Rampant conflicts of interest are the threads that run through every chapter of this sordid story.”See More
7 hours ago
Fairness, not capitalism, is the issue | Will Hutton | guardian.co.uk
Fairness, not capitalism, is the issue | Will Hutton | guardian.co.uk
Plato first argued the case for proportionality – and it is telling that justice in so many cultures is signified by a pair of scales. Retribution should be proportional to the crime. But so should reward be proportional to our extra effort. It is a fundamental part of human beings' hard-wiring. The scales symbolically declare that justice is getting our due and proportional deserts.
Is the economic value added in making a loan, buying a share or securitising an income stream so much greater than building a jet engine, creating a life-saving drug or writing a transformative piece of new software? People work hard in many walks of life and cannot dream of earning what a banker earns. Moreover the trading in money is not so much more valuable than any other form of economic activity that it deserves such privileges. This is not God's work. It is an old-fashioned rigged market by a bunch of smart insiders who have managed to get away with it for decades because hard questions were never asked about fairness or proportionality. And to add insult to injury, when the sky fell in on what was a gigantic Ponzi scheme it was governments, backed by ordinary taxpayers, that launched a bail out to save the economy – but in the process also bankers. See Full Article| Will Hutton | guardian.co.uk
Plato first argued the case for proportionality – and it is telling that justice in so many cultures is signified by a pair of scales. Retribution should be proportional to the crime. But so should reward be proportional to our extra effort. It is a fundamental part of human beings' hard-wiring. The scales symbolically declare that justice is getting our due and proportional deserts.
Is the economic value added in making a loan, buying a share or securitising an income stream so much greater than building a jet engine, creating a life-saving drug or writing a transformative piece of new software? People work hard in many walks of life and cannot dream of earning what a banker earns. Moreover the trading in money is not so much more valuable than any other form of economic activity that it deserves such privileges. This is not God's work. It is an old-fashioned rigged market by a bunch of smart insiders who have managed to get away with it for decades because hard questions were never asked about fairness or proportionality. And to add insult to injury, when the sky fell in on what was a gigantic Ponzi scheme it was governments, backed by ordinary taxpayers, that launched a bail out to save the economy – but in the process also bankers. See Full Article| Will Hutton | guardian.co.uk
The Breaking Time: Fragmented plurality: An interview with Gabriella Coleman
The Breaking Time: Fragmented plurality: An interview with Gabriella Coleman
Posted on Facebook by | Anonymous News Network
V: An interesting interview with anthropologist Gabriella Coleman, one of the only academics who regularly writes about Anonymous. Give 'er a read.
The Breaking Time: Fragmented plurality: An interview with Gabriella Coleman
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Photo by Simon Law Gabriella Coleman moves between a lot of different worlds. She's an assistant professor on media, culture and communication at NYU, a writer on digital culture, and an anthropologist by training. Her work, specifically on the (in)famous...
Posted on Facebook by | Anonymous News Network
V: An interesting interview with anthropologist Gabriella Coleman, one of the only academics who regularly writes about Anonymous. Give 'er a read.
The Breaking Time: Fragmented plurality: An interview with Gabriella Coleman
thebreakingtime.typepad.com
Photo by Simon Law Gabriella Coleman moves between a lot of different worlds. She's an assistant professor on media, culture and communication at NYU, a writer on digital culture, and an anthropologist by training. Her work, specifically on the (in)famous...
How Many Lies Can Sarah Palin Tell In 15 Minutes? From Wisconsin, Lets Count How Many She Told.
http://www.progressivemuckraker.com/post/2011/04/16/How-Many-Lies-Can-Sarah-Palin-Tell-In-15-Minutes-From-Wisconsin-Lets-Count-How-Many-She-Told.aspx
Includes a video of Sarah Palin's speech today, and a list of lies she told during it.
Includes a video of Sarah Palin's speech today, and a list of lies she told during it.
See You In Cincinnati!
See You In Cincinnati!
"On April 29th the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the right wing's body for attacking the public interest in state governments will be having their spring strategy meeting. We will be demonstrating in Fountain Square (a block from their hotel) and around downtown to make clear that we will not be silent."
"On April 29th the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the right wing's body for attacking the public interest in state governments will be having their spring strategy meeting. We will be demonstrating in Fountain Square (a block from their hotel) and around downtown to make clear that we will not be silent."
Protest ALEC – APRIL 29th, 2011 | See you in Cincinnati
Protest ALEC – APRIL 29th, 2011 | See you in Cincinnati
Posted on Defend Wisconsin Facebook page by | Jonny Cache
What Is ALEC?
They meet in secret. They write our laws.
And they're after your cheese.
Protest ALEC • April 29 • See You In Cincinnati
seeyouincincinnati.com
On March 15th, University of Wisconsin Professor Bill Cronon posted a study guide on his blog on the history and actions of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). He asked: What is behind the “sudden and impressively well-organized” wave of right-wing legislation targeting workers, studen...
Posted on Defend Wisconsin Facebook page by | Jonny Cache
What Is ALEC?
They meet in secret. They write our laws.
And they're after your cheese.
Protest ALEC • April 29 • See You In Cincinnati
seeyouincincinnati.com
On March 15th, University of Wisconsin Professor Bill Cronon posted a study guide on his blog on the history and actions of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). He asked: What is behind the “sudden and impressively well-organized” wave of right-wing legislation targeting workers, studen...
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