"The victors will be those who can the most endure...."
I remember a news story about a man who had somehow gotten his leg pinned between some downed trees. He waited, but no one came. He had a saw within arms reach and eventually, made the decision to...
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Solidarity Across Three States
I believe that what has started in Wisconsin, and is spreading to other states, particularly Ohio and Indiana, is a real sea change in American politics...IF we come together and fight back as a...
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Ohio protests grow over vote to strip collective bargaining
(Photo courtesy of Ohio AFL-CIO) Today Republicans in Ohio, taking a page from Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's union-busting book, voted to strip collective bargaining rights for thousands of public...
View ArticleNew Ohio bill can be WORSE than Wisconsin
Ohio's Kasich is trying to out do Walker with his new revised bill. If he and the Republican state legislature get its way, it would criminalize walkouts and BAN strikes. The republicans in the...
View Article1 Vote in Ohio - SB 5 passes and there will be hell to pay.
Late this afternoon the Ohio Senate voted 17-16 (the Senate is 23 R-10 D) to pass Senate Bill 5 and strip public employee unions of bargaining rights. 10's of thousands of demonstrators over the...
View ArticleNew Level Of Conservative Quantum Weirdness -- Fetus To Testify
Just when you think that conservatives can't get any more bizarre, they bring in a silver platter and lift off the top to present this new steamy dish of weirdness. Two fetuses will be presented as...
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Ohio Republicans 'balance budget' by banning legal protections for gay couples
With the passage of S.B. 5 by Senate Republicans in Ohio today, Republicans proclaimed: “This is the first big step in restoring fiscal responsibility in Ohio." Uh huh. Tucked in the bill is this...
View ArticleWhy Is Ohio Being Ignored?
There are at least five recommended diaries about the union-busting Wisconsin. None about Ohio. Why?
View ArticleCorporate Union Busters Draw First Blood in Ohio
The national corporate campaign to wipe out public sector unions in America has drawn first blood in Ohio.
View ArticleHow to fix Michigan Budget? "Just get over yourselves"
There's no union busting going on in Michigan. Nope, nothin' to see here folks, just move along. Well, except for that little thing called HB 4306 that mandates the privatization of all...
View ArticleNationwide update on ALL Cannabis Measures
H/t to drcnet.org and NORML: http://stopthedrugwar.org/... 2010 will be remembered, in part thanks to Proposition 19, as the year in which America was forced to confront the inevitability of cannabis...
View ArticleMy random thoughts on Ohio & Wis and Unions
Okay I have waited for the bugs to be worked out, I have commented on some diaries and recommended quite a few, so I am ready I am mad about the union bashing activities of Ohio and Wisconsin, it...
View ArticleOhio Jobs versus Wisconsin Jobs
Wisconsin jobs are off by a monthly average of 107.9 thousand from 2000 to 2010, but that looks tiny compared to Ohio, where jobs dropped 603 thousand from 2000 to 2010. The population of Ohio is...
View Article"Are those politicians taking a cut like those workers?"
With yet another poll showing an overwhelming majority of Americans favoring the right to collective bargaining, we’ve been asking Working America members around the country for their take on the...
View Article"States Gone Wild" and how we're fighting back
As we have seen in Wisconsin, the GOP's overreach can be used to our great advantage. The State and Local Action Group is getting geared up to take advantage of the torrent of Teh Crazy hitting many...
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Friday in Maine: Little Beard Day
What started out as a casual conversation on a message board has turned into a bit of public theater to highlight Governor LePage's recent comments about the health impacts of bisphenol-A (BPA): At...
View ArticleBobby Jindal is for sale via his wife's foundation
Corporations wanting to do business in Louisiana have found an easy way of buying Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal's approval and it wasn't too hard for them to find. Supriya Jindal, the governor's wife,...
View ArticleTeabaggers talking about primarying Boehner
In the clearest sign yet there might be a civil war brewing on the Republican side, a prominent teabagger has publicly turned on John Boehner. Judson Phillips of Tea Party Express has called for the...
View ArticleGold Standard in Pay for Play
This is cross-posted from The Daily Kingfish. The political oligarchy continues tofeed and fester. And as usual, it's a family affair. The rumors of the death of the "old way" of doing things are...
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RAAAAAAHM!!!!!
Far left, Rev. Byron Brazier, pastor of the Apostolic Church of God. Oh Rham. Just weeks ago, Emanuel earned the endorsement of LGBT orgs Human Rights Campaign and Equality Illinois PAC. This in from...
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