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August 17, 2011 5:11 pm | By
Rick Perry: Uniting the Really Far Right and the Really, Really Far Right
Cross-posted from the Huffington Post Texas Gov. Rick Perry formally launched his presidential campaign last weekend, apparently hoping to upstage those competitors who were slugging it out in the Iowa Straw Poll. The event was won by Michele Bachmann, whose…
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August 17, 2011 3:11 am | By Libby
Wisconsin Recalls — The Final Results
The recall process is finally over with, but the fight for middle class families continues. This all started when Wisconsin’s governor Walker and the Republican legislature tried to ram through extremist legislation ending or reversing 50 years of collective bargaining…
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August 16, 2011 8:50 pm | By Libby
Update From the Field: Fighting to Preserve Our Gains in Wisconsin!
I'm here in Wisconsin with PFAW's Political Director Randy Borntrager, helping get out the vote to defend Democratic State Senators Jim Holperin and Bob Wirch in today's recall election. Yesterday we spent the day canvassing in Jim Holperin's district, starting…
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August 16, 2011 7:44 pm | By Justin
Rep. Issa’s Public Sector Job and Private Sector Interests Overlap
Congress may be on summer vacation, but Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight & Government reform committee, is still quite busy with his other job. In addition to heading one of the most powerful committees in Congress (which…
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August 16, 2011 3:09 pm | By Justin
Tonight: Second Round of Recall Elections in Wisconsin
Two Wisconsin Democrats, Sens. Bob Wirch and Jim Holperin, are defending their seats tonight against Republican challengers. Holding these seats would put the Democrats just one vote away from a majority in the Senate – and provide an excellent position…
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August 15, 2011 7:53 pm | By Ben Betz
Koch Brothers Sink to a New Low to Undermine Public Education
The Koch brothers have had a piece of the right-wing anti-public education franchise for some time, through their sponsorship of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The corporate-funded think tank has churned out all sorts of model legislation for right-wing…
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August 15, 2011 5:39 pm | By Miranda Blue
Mitt Romney: People Person?
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney turned a few heads on Thursday when he told an audience at the Iowa State Fair that “corporations are people.” Responding to a protestor who suggested that Romney be open to raising taxes on corporations,…
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August 11, 2011 4:50 pm | By Omari
DHS, Congress, and President Obama: Stop separating our families!
There are an estimated 36,000 gay and lesbian binational couples in the United States. Because of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and other discriminatory federal policies, these Americans are unable to sponsor their foreign-born same-sex spouses.Meet Frances Herbert and…
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August 10, 2011 9:39 pm | By Libby
Wisconsin Recall Round-Up: Post-Election Edition
Last night, voters sent a message to Scott Walker and his corporate, right-wing allies. They told him that Wisconsinites won’t sit back and let him attack working families to score political points. They told him they’re not going to swallow…
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August 10, 2011 6:29 pm | By
After 2 big wins, what now? We keep fighting!
The political balance of power in Wisconsin was decided last night by just a few thousand votes. We were just two thousand votes from a political earthquake, but the fact remains that we gained ground, they lost it. Republicans held…
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August 9, 2011 7:54 pm | By Miranda Blue
Updated: Did Whole Foods Cave to Anti-Muslim Extremists?
Update: Whole Foods, via its Twitter feed, claims that the email in question was sent by one of its twelve operation regions, that the promotion is continuing nationwide and that the email in question is being "addressed and corrected." Apparently,…
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August 9, 2011 5:44 pm | By Libby
Wisconsin News Round-Up, Election Day Edition
Today is Election Day in six districts across Wisconsin, and we’re hoping for a strong turnout. There are great liveblogs and chats with on-the-ground reports at Patch, Blue Cheddar and dane101. If you live in Wisconsin, make sure you vote…
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August 8, 2011 9:08 pm | By Libby
Wisconsin News Round-Up, 8/8
Polls open in Wisconsin in less than 24 hours, and we can’t afford to stop now. If you live in Wisconsin and want to help get out the vote, sign up at We Are Wisconsin’s website. People outside the state…
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August 8, 2011 9:02 pm | By Miranda Blue
Down to the Wire in Wisconsin
Tomorrow is the big day in the effort to Recall the Right in Wisconsin. Six right-wing Republican state senators who have supported Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-middle class agenda will be up for recall. If three are defeated and the two…
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August 5, 2011 5:26 pm | By Justin
ALEC maintains its secrecy with hypocritical media policy
As the American Legislative Exchange Council wraps up its summer conference in New Orleans this week, and the group maintains its usual modus operandi: presenting legislators with pre-written bills designed to increase corporate profits – in secret – then sitting…
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August 5, 2011 3:56 pm | By Libby
Wisconsin News Round-Up, 8/5
News from Wisconsin: Election Day is only four days away, but there’s still a long road ahead. RNC Chair Reince Priebus, in a spectacular failure of expectations management, said Friday that the RNC is “all in” on the Wisconsin recalls,…
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August 5, 2011 2:04 pm | By Omari
Ensuring accountability in a post-Citizens United era
The Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision was quickly followed by warnings of the disastrous consequences of opening the floodgates for corporate spending in future elections, but few would have predicted something as bizarre as what was recently discovered in…
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August 4, 2011 4:02 pm | By Miranda Blue
The Slow Pace of Diversity in the Courts
NPR reports today on President Obama’s unprecedented efforts to bring diversity to the federal bench: The White House says almost half of the 97 candidates who have won confirmation during Obama’s presidency are women; about a quarter are black. And…
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August 3, 2011 7:35 pm | By Miranda Blue
Taking it Back to 1987, Mitt Romney Teams Up with Judge Bork
Mitt Romney yesterday announced the members of his campaign’s legal advisory team, which will be led by none other than Robert Bork. This is interesting because Judge Bork’s views of the law and Constitution were so extreme that his 1987…
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August 3, 2011 6:20 pm | By Emily
SLDN Releases Guide to Open Service
The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) has created a new legal guide, Freedom to Serve: The Definitive Guide to LGBT Military Service, to help navigate the laws and policies related to military service that will exist following the repeal of…