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Donations to Scott Walker Flagged as Potential Fraud - ProPublica
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 2:10 PM EDT (ProPublica: Articles and Investigations)
The drama in Cheeseland continues unabated with new twists and turns daily. Now one major credit card company has Friends of Scott Walker campaign fund raising organization flagged for fraud alerts. It will be interesting to see how this turns out. Is it simply a computer glitch, …
ALEC Anti-Union Push Includes Key Players From Michigan, Arizona Think Tanks | NationofChange
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 10:37 AM EDT ()
The American Legislative Exchange Council, which backs free-market legislation in the states, has been controversial in part because its membership includes major corporations as well as state legislators. Largely unnoticed has been the influence wielded by a third group of ALE …
Top Scott Walker Donor's Business Paid Nothing In State Income Taxes From 2005 To 2008 | ThinkProgress
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 7:44 PM EDT (Think Progress)
The donor doing the most to finance Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) campaign against a recall hasn’t put the same effort into financing Wisconsin’s state government, according to income tax data obtained by a non-profit organization based in the state.
Are the Dems blowing it? Barrett trails Walker by 6 points in Wis. recall poll
Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 6:19 PM EDT (Madison.com)
UPDATE 7:51 PM CDT: Ed Schultz reporting on MSNBC that Walker is outspending Barrett 25-1, and polling shows that 39% of union members are backing Walker. --------------------------- Read the linked story in conjunction with the following comments and answer the question: …
Daily Kos: Wisconsin Recall Targets Have Strong Ties to ALEC
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 1:52 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
On June 5th, voters in Wisconsin will go to the polls in an historic recall election, where they will decide who will serve as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and State Senator in several districts for the rest of the current term. Nearly all the elected officials targeted by reca …
A Risky Chase Bet Gone South, a Lack of Oversight, and JPM Chase Chairman Jamie Dimon
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 11:22 AM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)
While President Obama and his Hollywood apostles broke fundraising records at a sumptuous $40,000 per plate dinner at George Clooney's place, word of JPM Chase's 'mistake' rippled through the news. Not long ago, Dimon's name was batted about to become Treasury Secre …
Did Scott Walker Lie Under Oath to Congress? Walker says no, but unlike the Wisconsin Governor, video doesn't lie
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 9:13 AM EDT (The Nation)
When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker met with a billionaire campaign donor a month before he launched his attack on the collective-bargaining rights of public-sector workers and public-school teachers, he engaged in a detailed discussion about undermining unions as part of a br …
Tea Partiers Backing Scott Walker May Run Afoul of IRS
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 7:43 AM EDT (MotherJones.com)
Tea Party Patriots could prove to be a formidable force in Wisconsin given the size of its fundraising machine; Martin recently bragged that the group raised $12 million last year. And that could be problematic. As a nonprofit group, TPP is banned from devoting the bulk o …
Colonized by Corporations it is Time for Us to Rise Up with the OWS Movement
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 7:10 AM EDT (Truthdig)
We are controlled by tiny corporate entities that have no loyalty to the nation and indeed in the language of traditional patriotism are traitors. They strip us of our resources, keep us politically passive and enrich themselves at our expense. The colonized are denied jo …
Claim: PA taxpayers footed $234K bill for "corporate front group" that pushes legislation.
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2012 8:03 PM EDT (Top News)
Liberal advocacy groups are stepping up their attacks on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), charging this week that the think-tank has been the recipient of tens of thousands of dollars in Pennsylvania taxpayers' money. Citing documents obtained t …
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