Sign this White House petition on Social Security/fiscal cliff

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Thursday December 20, 2012 · 8:26 AM PST

2012/12/20 · 08:26

Take Social Security off of the negotiation table since it does not directly contribute to the national deficit.
This petition is meant to stop any cuts to Social Security during the fiscal cliff negotiations since it does not directly contribute to the national deficit. As such, making cuts to the program will not lower the deficit and will make life harder for the poor, who depend upon it for survival.

Short diary, but pretty self-explanatory.

Video: Idiocracy in Ohio

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Thursday November 01, 2012 · 7:55 PM PDT

2012/11/01 · 19:55

From Ohio comes graphic video evidence that we aren't far from plunging into wingut-radio-driven idiocracy.

The understated interviewing really is brilliant in highlighting the ignorance and bigotry -- the pillars of the modern GOP.

GOTV, people.

Video credit below the fold.

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Tuesday March 13, 2012 · 5:17 AM PDT

2012/03/13 · 05:17

The good news yesterday was that Rush Limbaugh's syndicator was suspending national ads for two weeks. That's a sign they're in more trouble than they admitted.

But they didn't pull all the national ads. They told local stations to replace other national ads with "Lifelock and Lear Financial or a local spot of your choice."

Of those two, LifeLock looks like a pretty damn good target for action, via its high profile board of directors that includes former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Goldman Sachs Managing Director Gene Yoon.

Details and contact info below the fold.

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Thursday February 02, 2012 · 8:22 PM PST

2012/02/02 · 20:22

John Mica and the House leadership unveiled their long-overdue transportation bill today, and it's a stinking mess that takes its cues from Scott Walker and ALEC.

The bill would undo a funding arrangment dating to the Reagan era, guaranteeing a minority share of federal transportation funding for transit. Instead it would deliver unto the highway building industy -- one of the most powerful lobbies in DC and in statehouses around the country -- billions of new dollars for highway expansion.

The bill is cribbed almost directly from Walker and ALEC -- and their patrons in the highway-building industry. Please read on to the action item at the bottom.

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Sunday January 15, 2012 · 2:15 PM PST

2012/01/15 · 14:15

This is the first week since the beginning of November that I haven't been organizing some Walker recall-related work -- canvassing, public-space circulating and/or phoning. It's been quite a ride, which left little time for posting here. The first thing to say now is THANKS for all of the support and good wishes from around the country. That has been a tremendous boost.

The second thing is that, despite well-meaning diaries and comments here, and even more inflated rumors on FB, please don't believe any recall-signature totals that you hear before Tuesday. We will have enough to force the election, with a substantial margin for challenges. Below the fold I have a bit of real data to share, as well as a general update on what comes next, but the petitions are still being tallied, so the total is not yet known.

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Who should the Wisco Dems pick to run against Walker (assuming Feingold won't do it)?

148 votes Vote Now!

Who should the Wisco Dems pick to run against Walker (assuming Feingold won't do it)?

Dave Obey

76 votes

Tom Barrett

21 votes

Kathleen Falk

3 votes

Tim Cullen

8 votes

Herb Kohl

9 votes

Ron Kind

12 votes

Aaron Rodgers

19 votes

BREAKING: No House vote tonight

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Thursday July 28, 2011 · 7:30 PM PDT

2011/07/28 · 19:30

According to Ed Schultz just now, Boner won't bring his bill to a vote tonight.

TPM confirms:

House Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) just announced there will be no vote tonight on the Boehner debt bill.

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Thursday June 30, 2011 · 3:37 PM PDT

2011/06/30 · 15:37

You'd think David Prosser would be on good behavior. Maybe he just can't control himself.

Here a TV reporter asks him a question in the hallway at the Capitol, and Prosser grabs his mic, his face contorted in anger.

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Wednesday April 06, 2011 · 12:08 PM PDT

2011/04/06 · 12:08

Sorry for the short diary, but David Nir's front-page story is driving me a little nuts. Based on Googling, it states that we are "on to the absentees." This is a two-fold problem: 1) It is inaccurate, and 2) it muddies the message that Kloppenburg has won.

If you don't believe me, please go to this manual for WI poll watchers and look at page 31.

http://www.werewatchingwisconsinelections.org/...

Absentees are processed on Election Day. The only exception is overseas military, but those are not going to be very many.

Update: As pointed out in the comments, late ballots from overseas military only are allowed for November elections, so the votes are in, and it's a Kloppenburg win!

WI-SC, recall: This is what democracy looks like

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Monday April 04, 2011 · 7:43 PM PDT

2011/04/04 · 19:43

On a day when President Obama announced his re-election campaign, it's worth noting that the community organizer strategy his campaign implemented is key to what's happening here in Wisconsin. We were a swing state in 2008, so Obama for America organized a lot of neighborhood teams in Wisconsin, many of which now work with Organizing for America on national issues and use the same skills to organize on their own on state and local races and issues.

This is a closing GOTV e-mail that went out Sunday to volunteers in my OFA-affiliated group, the Madtown O's (O is for Obama or Organizers, take your pick) on the west side of Madison. Keep in mind that the note doesn't mention the thousands of volunteer signups and voter contacts that the team did during the rallies at the Capitol. This is all about what came after -- organizing for the critical election to elect JoAnne Kloppenburg to the Supreme Court.

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Wednesday March 30, 2011 · 11:56 AM PDT

2011/03/30 · 11:56

The Dane County, WI, GOP is a truly terrible little group of idiots. In our upcoming election for County Exec, their shrill talk-radio-aping candidate will be lucky to break 30 percent. I'm guessing she'll be in the low 20s.

Madison is in Dane County, so it is in a circuit court here that the case about the Wisconsin Rethugs ignoring open meetings laws to pass their union busting bill have been heard. Just now the county GOP issued a statement on the situation, and it's a beauty.

The whole thing is below the fold, but here's a taste of their attack:

She shops at organic gourmet food shops run by leftists living in Dane County.

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Wisconsin GOPers:

81 votes Vote Now!

Wisconsin GOPers:

Evil smart?

4 votes

Evil stupid?

76 votes

Help us fight in Wisconsin

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Tuesday March 22, 2011 · 12:41 PM PDT

2011/03/22 · 12:41

Wisconsin has become kind of a fishbowl due to our idiotic governor and legislature. So you may already know we have an important Supreme Court election April 5.

The race pits a progressive challenger, JoAnne Kloppenburg, against an incumbent who was Scott Walker's mentor in the legislature and who is prone to fits of anger, once calling our very genteel chief justice a "bitch" and threatening to "destroy" her.

The race is more important than usual in two ways: 1) it will be seen as a referendum on Walker, and 2) removing a Rethug partisan will ensure better judicial oversight on whatever evils Walker and his cronies come up with at the Capitol (Voter ID, redistricting, etc.)

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Sunday March 06, 2011 · 12:15 PM PST

2011/03/06 · 12:15

I live in Madison and have been fighting Scott Walker since he started running for governor. Now everyone knows the danger this guy and his corporatist GOP fellows pose, and I keep getting asked, by people both in and out of Wisconsin, "What can I do to help?"

Many things, really. I'm going to start with a big one, which applies to everyone regardless of state residence. Then, if this seems useful, I'll continue with other suggestions for action.

The big one is that we all take the passion of the moment and transform it into a lasting movement. Which is a lot to ask, I realize, but below the fold I'll suggest a few tangible actions.

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