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Thompson the governor touted collegial work with unions - JSOnline

Sometimes it's hard to figure out who the real Tommy Thompson is. There's the Thompson who chided state employee unions this month for complaining about Gov. Scott Walker's proposals to increase the amount workers pay for pensions and health care.  

Right-Wing Media Have Been Beating The Drums Of "Class Warfare" For Years | Media Matters for America

Despite a long history of scapegoating lower-income families and those in need, media conservatives continuously attack President Obama's proposals by shouting "class warfare." In fact, the majority of Americans support reforms that would address systematic inequality.

Politics should be about Supporting a Middle Class and Jobs for People: not about Left or Right-- Arianna Huffington

"I don't see American politcs as a left-right game. I think that in fact when we continue to see it as a left-right game we are having a much harder time laying out the choices for the American people.

Senator Scott Fitzgerald Named The Most Expensive Legislator in the State of Wisconsin | Addicting Info

I remember it like it was yesterday: It was mid to late February and even into March. Scott Fitzgerald, the Senate Majority Leader in Wisconsin, was pumping out quotes left and right about how expensive our public employees were and how much they were costing the state.

Wisconsin Recall Election Integrity In Doubt. Suspicious ‘Free’ Upgrades From Paper To Electronic Voting Booths Occurring Statewide | Addicting Info

It is no secret that the Wisconsin recall election will likely get as much coverage, and be just as substantial, as the Presidential election itself.

FDA staffers sue agency over surveillance of personal e-mail

The Food and Drug Administration secretly monitored the personal e-mail of a group of its own scientists and doctors after they warned Congress that the agency was approving medical devices that posed unacceptable risks to patients, government documents show. The surveillance &m …

Democrats prime recruits to try to take back the House

Just 15 months after taking a thumping in the 2010 midterm elections, House Democrats have seized on the current anti-Washington fervor and are confident they can win the 25 seats they need to regain control of the House. Vice President Joe Biden made a bold prediction on Friday …

Madison360: Scott Walker's 'friends' tell us about his true motives

It's revealing when Gov. Scott Walker's name pops up in unexpected places. For example: a Jan. 16 profile of Philip Anschutz in The New Yorker.

Three years ago today President Obama signed his first law and fairness prevailed

On the third anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, the bill's namesake wrote a special article describing the events that led up to President Obama's signing it into law. Below is an excerpt. Click here to read the entire piece.

Wall Street, Obama's Friend, provides huge cash for Obama's re-election, the kind of change Banksters believe in

“The 62 bundlers who work in that [investment] industry have raised at least $9.4 million for Obama and the DNC.

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