Wednesday, May 25, 2011

New grant program funds investigative projects by unemployed journalists | Poynter.

New grant program funds investigative projects by unemployed journalists | Poynter.

Posted on Facebook by | Bill Bucolo

This is great! Maybe finally a journalist can be paid to investigate our crappy elections system and expose some of the more onerous election authorities... just to be current they could start in Wisconsin, where the Kloppenburg/Prosser Supreme Court election is in chaos due to dozens of gross irregularities, such as torn open ballot bags, hundreds of sequential ballots for the same guy, no real ballots chain of cust
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Move Over Machiavelli: WI GOP Kills Public Financing to Pay for Voter Suppression | Common Dreams

Move Over Machiavelli: WI GOP Kills Public Financing to Pay for Voter Suppression | Common Dreams

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Ok well if we need any more inspiration....
Move Over Machiavelli: WI GOP Kills Public Financing to Pay for Voter Suppression
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"You are a new Governor pursuing a radical, budget slashing agenda. In your spare time, you work to pass the most restrictive Voter ID law in the nation, which turns out to be quite costly. What to do? Here is an idea. To pay for your voter suppression efforts, why not rob public financing for elections, a system designed to encourage a diversity of candidates and a flourishing of democracy?

That is exactly what Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the WI GOP did this week when they raided the money set aside for the public financing of campaigns to pay for “the most radical Voter ID bill in the nation” according to Wisconsin Common Cause.

The move would kill a 34 year tradition of public financing for elections in Wisconsin. All public financing for state political races would end. Instead the fund would be used to implement AB7 a “Voter ID” bill originally spawned by the conservative American Legislative Exchange Committee (ALEC). Full Article | Common Dreams

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YouTube - Voter Disenfranchisement Protest and Consealed Carry Committee... Sick... SHARE!!

YouTube - Voter Disenfranchisement Protest and Consealed Carry Committee... Sick... SHARE!!



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Coverage of the protest outside the Governors office as he signed voter disenfranchisement then the committee passed concealed carry so it goes up to the floor... This is scary, no permit or training needed... Watch Senators Erpenbach and Risser fight to deaf ears!! SHARE!!

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YouTube - Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darling, Rep Jim Ott and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch

YouTube - Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darling, Rep Jim Ott and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch

Posted on Facebook by | Recall Alberta Darling, State Senator, Wisconsin District 8 via I Refudiate That, Darling

Oooh Darling, do you remember us-- you know those folks in State Senate District 8? We are voters and taxpayers too! Your terrible distortion of labor costs, limited vocabulary, and talking points are making you quite predictable. You are being recalled because you refuse to listen not because you are the easiest of targets or the first sacrificial lamb out of the gate... You are what you are; a bad representative
Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darling, Rep Jim Ott and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch
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Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darling, Rep Jim Ott and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch speaking at the opening of Sen. Darliing's new recall election office loc...

Recount in Supreme Court race to serve as tool - JSOnline

Recount in Supreme Court race to serve as tool - JSOnline

Posted on Investigate Kathy Nichloaus by | Lorene Cyman

Here's a good article http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/122426289.html
Recount in Supreme Court race to serve as tool - JSOnline
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With Waukesha County's plodding recount in the Supreme Court now over and with Justice David Prosser's statewide win almost certain to be certified as early as Monday, the state's top election official said lessons from the recount will not be ignored.

If you have the time.. please vote and or add your comment..to this Journal Sentinel Article. Thanks

From Comments:
"Now is the time to consult with election integrity experts on “best practices” for ensuring that future election processes are above reproach. I am particularly concerned about the current practice of feeding ballots back into the voting machines during a recount. (Those who doubt that voting machines can be tampered with need only to see “Hacking Democracy” on youtube.com). If there has been any problem with the machine, election officials will not discover it unless they hand count both the ballots and the votes. During a recount, this “cross check” against machine totals is crucial. If no differences are found in the hand counted tallies when compared against the machine counted results, we can know with 100% assurance that the machines performed properly and the count is accurate. If, however, discrepancies are discovered, we will all be very grateful to have identified that problem and appropriate measures can be taken to prevent a similar problem in future elections. Unfortunately, when we simply feed the ballots back into the machine during a recount, we can expect nothing other than the same results that were recorded during the first election. Those results will not reveal any evidence of tampering or malfunction. Hand counting paper ballots is the “gold standard” for election integrity."

Over Two Thousand Six Hundred Activists Arrested in US Protests | MichaelMoore.com

Over Two Thousand Six Hundred Activists Arrested in US Protests | MichaelMoore.com

Wisconsin SC Recount BALLOT / POLL TAPE Anomalies

Wisconsin SC Recount BALLOT / POLL TAPE Anomalies

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"A permanent, online web cache of photo stills revealing just *some* of the GLARING and ALARMING ballot "irregularities" recently seen during the STATE WIDE (VIRTUAL) HAND RECOUNT of the SUPREME COURT ELECTION, held on April 5th, 2011.

The following was recently compiled through the collective efforts and shared documentation from many wonderful citizen observers from all over the Great Badger State of WI. The EI community commends them for all their diligence, tenacity and hard work, and thanks them for the important contribution it's lending to *all* American Voters. This kind of real time photographic documentation of evidence in real time is, to our knowledge completely unprecedented. Amazing..."Election Integrity

Daily Kos: WI "Recall Dave Hansen" Organizer and Domestic Abuser Now Running for State Senate

Daily Kos: WI "Recall Dave Hansen" Organizer and Domestic Abuser Now Running for State Senate

"But as the Green Bay Progressive website pointed out at the time, the "burglars" must have been torn to shreds entering through the window that still contained broken shards of glass along the bottom of the broken window. Given the complete lack of blood in the office, however, some of us wondered if the "burglars" were able to float through the jagged hole, thus avoiding any injury. The most practical folks simply concluded that the "break-in" was staged. Of note, the outcome of the official police investigation has never been discussed in the press.

The suspicious nature of the "break-in" led some of us to question if the organizer of the "Recall Dave Hansen" campaign might really be capable of such an act. After all, being an angry conservative is one thing, but filing a false police report, staging a crime, and attempting to frame your opponents is quite another. Some of those actions are illegal, some unethical, and some both." Article Here | Daily Kos

Budget committee backs benefit cutbacks for public workers | Defend Wisconsin

Budget committee backs benefit cutbacks for public workers | Defend Wisconsin

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The budget committee voted Tuesday to cut benefits for part-time government workers and require full-time workers to work longer before they qualify for pensions. It also voted to end a college grant program and to freeze enrollment for the Family Care program, which provides health care for the elderly and disabled.
Budget committee backs benefit cutbacks for public workers | Defend Wisconsin
www.defendwisconsin.org
Many of those who take part-time government jobs in the future would not receive retirement benefits under a measure adopted Tuesday by the Legislature's budget

Vandals Break In WI Office – Steal Fleebagger Recall Petitions Hours After It Was Announced Enough Signatures Were Collected (Video) | The Gateway Pundit

Vandals Break In WI Office – Steal Fleebagger Recall Petitions Hours After It Was Announced Enough Signatures Were Collected (Video) | The Gateway Pundit

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http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/04/vandals-break-in-wi-political-office-steal-fleebagger-recall-petitions-video/

Daily Kos: Walker's numbers continue to drop in Wisconsin, majority now favors recall

Daily Kos: Walker's numbers continue to drop in Wisconsin, majority now favors recall

Posted on Facebook by | Bill Hill

Daily Kos: Walker's numbers continue to drop in Wisconsin, majority now favors recall
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‎5. If there was a recall election between Republican Scott Walker and Democrat Russ Feingold, who would you vote for? [no trendlines]Feingold: 52Walker: 42

YouTube - VICTORY Over Vos and Darling and Coverage from JFC!!! SHARE!!!



YouTube - VICTORY Over Vos and Darling and Coverage from JFC!!! SHARE!!!

Posted on Investigate Kathy Nicholaus | Recall Scott Walker Planned Recall Committee

Coverage of our small, but symbolic victory today in the battle to reclaim the Capitol for freedom of speech!! And coverage of the Joint Finance Committee Meeting!! SHARE and enjoy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ9pF7r0Shs
VICTORY Over Vos and Darling and Coverage from JFC!!! SHARE!!!
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Jeremy Ryan reports from Defending Wisconsin PAC as he emerges victorious in Joint Committee on Finance and random clips from that committee... As always vis...

Members of Congress Get Abnormally High Returns From Their Stocks

Members of Congress Get Abnormally High Returns From Their Stocks

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Members of Congress Get Abnormally High Returns From Their Stocks
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Members of the House of Representatives considerably outperform the stock market in their personal investments, according to a new academic study. Four university researchers examined 16,000 common stock transactions made by approximately 300 House representatives from 1985 to 2001, and found what t

ThinkProgress » New Jersey Supreme Court Orders State To Restore $500 Million In Education Funding Stripped By Gov. Christie

ThinkProgress » New Jersey Supreme Court Orders State To Restore $500 Million In Education Funding Stripped By Gov. Christie

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Great news from New Jersey!

NJ Supreme Court Orders State To Restore $500 Million In Education Funding Stripped By Gov. Christie
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Yesterday, however, the justices reminded Christie that he is not allowed to thumb his nose at the state constitution, and it ordered the state to restore $500 million that had been stripped from the state’s most needy districts. As the court’s official summary of the opinion explains...

"Yesterday’s decision opens a hopeful new chapter for children in struggling school districts. At least 19 state supreme courts have held that their states’ substandard public schools for low-income students violates the state constitution, but these decisions often fall into a predictable pattern. The court orders the state to fix its substandard school districts, the state delays for 20 years or more, and eventually, the state supreme court loses its will and backs down.

Christie clearly hoped that the New Jersey supremes would follow this all-too-common pattern and back away from New Jersey’s constitutional guarantee that an excellent education is every child’s birthright. But when Christie tried to stare the court down, the justices refused to blink.

Yesterday was not a total victory for New Jersey’s school children — the court restored funding to many of the state’s poorest districts, but it declined to restore cuts that benefit struggling students in wealthier districts. Nevertheless, it is a clear rebuke to Chris Christie, and a reminder that conservative governors flout their states’ constitution." Full Article Here | ThinkProgress

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How to vote in post-Voter ID Wisconsin - Isthmus | The Daily Page


How to vote in post-Voter ID Wisconsin - Isthmus | The Daily Page

Posted on Facebook by | Janet Miller via Vivian Creekmore

RE:
VOTER CONFUSION BILL. There are numerous changes in voting
requirements that are going to be signed into law that have nothing to
do with voter ID's & everything to do with making it harder for
students, elderly, poor, minority, etc. populations to vote. Make sure
...you are informed! Share the info with everyone you know. Print if off.
Give it to your neighbors & children.See More
How to vote in post-Voter ID Wisconsin - Isthmus | The Daily Page
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Gov. Scott Walker will sign into law the controversial Voter ID Bill (AB-7) on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., and protesters will gather outside the Capitol to make their discontent heard. Whether you’re in favor of the bill, against it or indifferent, it will change the way you cast your vote as early as

PPP Poll: Feingold Leads In WI-SEN Race, GOPer Thompson Only Close Against Other Dems | TPMDC

PPP Poll: Feingold Leads In WI-SEN Race, GOPer Thompson Only Close Against Other Dems | TPMDC

Posted on Facebook by | 21st Century Democrats

Great news out of Wisconsin. If you haven't already, go to 21stcenturydems.org and sign our petition to draft Russ Feingold.
PPP Poll: Feingold Leads In WI-SEN Race, GOPer Thompson Only Close Against Other Dems
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A new survey of the Wisconsin Senate race from Public Policy Polling (D), where Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl is retiring, gives the potential Democratic candidates consistent leads over any Republican who isn't named Tommy Thompson -- and even Thompson, the former four-term governor and Bush-era Health

Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution | Truthout

Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution | Truthout

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Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution | Truthout
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Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC. President Abraham Lincoln observed in his first inaugural address, "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or t

Iraq Veterans Against the War members and supporters

Iraq Veterans Against the War members and supporters

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FYI here is a page the is about to be discontinued....note the message on the top. Sorry, I know this topic is not relevent to our discussion, but the concern about them taking down our page is.
Iraq Veterans Against the War members and supporters
IVAW’s strategy is to mobilize the military community to withdraw its support for the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Our members unite in a call for: •Immediate withdrawal of all occupying force...


Sheila Parks Here is a FB help center page about new and old groups, upgraded, archived, etc
http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=18966

YouTube - My Water's On Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song)

YouTube - My Water's On Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song)

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My Water's On Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song)
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‎"My Water's On Fire Tonight" is a product of Studio 20 NYU (http://bit.ly/hzGRYP) in collaboration with ProPublica.org (http://bit.ly/5tJN). The song is base...

Ohio.com - Drilling at state parks nears

Ohio.com - Drilling at state parks nears

YouTube - Anonymous on Protect IP Bill


YouTube - Anonymous on Protect IP Bill

Posted on Facebook by | Anonymous Europe via Amitiel Af
Anonymous on Protect IP Bill
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Michigan Stands for Democracy


Michigan Stands for Democracy


Posted on Michigan Stands for Democracy by | Richard T. Rapscallion Jr.

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Don't let the screen door hit cha where the Good Lord split ya!
Facing Strong Backlash Over SB5 Vote Republican State Senator Jimmy Stewart Resigns
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Facing a strong backlash from his constituents in Southeast Ohio after voting for SB5, Republican State Senator Jimmy Stewart has announced today he is leaving the Ohio Senate.Info Here

Progress Florida: Sign The Petition: Protect FSU, Stop The Kochs

Progress Florida: Sign The Petition: Protect FSU, Stop The Kochs

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Op-Ed in today's Wall Street Journal: "Succumbing to the pressure from organizations like Progress Florida with their petition to ‘Stop the Koch Brothers,’ FSU President Barron announced this week that the Koch gift would be reviewed." Keep the pressure on, please sign the petition.
Sign The Petition: Protect FSU, Stop The Kochs
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Sign our petition to Florida State University President Eric Barron – don’t let Florida State University become an incubator of propaganda for influential right-wing radical Charles Koch.

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NAACP president arrested at legislature :: WRAL.com




NAACP president arrested at legislature :: WRAL.com




Posted on Facebook by | Sheila Parks via Joyce McCloy

We need much much more of such acts. GREAT for him.
NAACP president arrested at legislature :: WRAL.com
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The state president of the NAACP was among a group of people arrested Tuesday afternoon during a protest at the General Assembly.

"State Capitol Police escorted about a half-dozen people, including North Carolina NAACP President Rev. William Barber, from the House gallery after shouts of protest erupted over the state budget.

The arrests came shortly before an NAACP-sponsored rally at the Legislative Building.

Barber has called the budget the House passed three weeks ago "a frontal assault on economic justice in North Carolina." He and other protesters said House Speaker Thom Tillis has ignored repeated requests for a sit-down meeting about the budget."Full Article :: WRAL.com

| Join this Group | Election Integrity| 50 consecutive Verona, Wisconsin ballots for Prosser...

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"A permanent, online web cache of photo stills revealing just *some* of the GLARING and ALARMING ballot "irregularities" recently seen during the STATE WIDE (VIRTUAL) HAND RECOUNT of the SUPREME COURT ELECTION, held on April 5th, 2011.

The following was recently compiled through the collective efforts and shared documentation from many wonderful citizen observers from all over the Great Badger State of WI. The EI community commends them for all their diligence, tenacity and hard work, and thanks them for the important contribution it's lending to *all* American Voters. This kind of real time photographic documentation of evidence in real time is, to our knowledge completely unprecedented. Amazing..."https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150198240924784.328197.308145459783

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Comment by | Sierra C.Nolan posted on Defend Wisconsin
"I second! If you have joined any groups in connection with the last 3 months in Fitzwalkerstan, you should also join this one. It all comes down to elections and if we can't ensure they are fair, nothing else we are doing will matter. Please join the group, follow along silently or chime in anytime, but this is it. This is how we get rid of Walker."

This is a follow up Post....
Posted on Election Integrity by | Richard Charnin

Another way of looking at it: Probability of 1989 SF earthquake occurring within 10 minutes of the start of the World Series between two Bay area teams vs.50 consecutive Verona, Wisconsin ballots for Prosser...
Event Probability
1.Giants win NL pennant 0.05
2.Oakland wins AL pennant 0.05
3.Major SF earthquake in 1989 0.01
4.Quake on Opening Day of WS 0.00274
5.Quake within 10 min of start of game 0.00069
Total Prob = 1*2*3*4*5 = 4.76E-11
or 1 in 21,024,000,000
(1 in 21 BILLION)
Probability of 50 Consecutive Verona ballots
for Prosser:1 in 1 TRILLION trillion.

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YouTube - Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darling, Rep Jim Ott and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch

YouTube - Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darling, Rep Jim Ott and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch

Posted on Facebook by | Recall Alberta Darling, State Senator, Wisconsin District 8 via I Refudiate That, Darling
Oooh Darling,

do you remember us-- you know those folks in State Senate District 8? We are voters and taxpayers too! Your terrible distortion of labor costs, limited vocabulary, and talking points are making you quite predictable. You are being recalled because you refuse to listen not because you are the easiest of targets or the first sacrificial lamb out of the gate... You are what you are; a bad representative
Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darling, Rep Jim Ott and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch
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Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darling, Rep Jim Ott and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch speaking at the opening of Sen. Darliing's new recall election office loc...


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