Wisconsin Recount: Kloppenburg Will Not Appeal Recount
UPDATE 11:18 a.m. May 31, 2011: Joanne Kloppenburg conceded today, acknowledging that the recount uncovered "significant and widespread errors and anomalies", but that there was no basis for an...
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Daily Kos Morning Digest: 6/1
To receive the Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest via email each weekday, sign up here.Senate:•HI-Sen, HI-02: Tammy Duckworth, the Democratic nominee in IL-06 in 2006, says that if she ever runs for...
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court Will Now Kill the Recall Elections
Puddytat has front paged the decision by the right wingers on the Wisconsin Supreme court to ignore the law and allow the union busting bill to proceed, and made the obvious statement that the course...
View ArticleWisconsin Supreme Court Justice Prosser assaults fellow justice in chambers
No. This is not snark. It's being reported by Wisconsin Public Radio and other sources.Prosser allegedly grabbed fellow justice by the neckWisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser allegedly...
View ArticleProsser should be investigated by the DA, not the Judicial Commission; call...
Unless the Wisconsin Supreme Court is a subsidiary of the WWF, leaving this to the judicial commission is ludicrous. Any employer's workplace rules, including the Supreme Court's, become secondary when...
View ArticleMisogynist Justice Prosser Strikes Again! Literally!
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is facing allegations that he put both hands around the neck of fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley following a confrontation in Walsh Bradleys chambers....
View ArticleWI Supreme Court: Prosser and Bradley make statements
Yesterday's blockbuster headline that rightwing WI Supreme Court justice David Prosser may have committed battery against fellow justice Ann Walsh Bradley continues to make news, as both Prosser and...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 6/27
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View Article"Left Wing" Media Creates Non Story to Discredit Upstate Dem in WI Recall...
Dan Bice, a columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, posted this sophomoric hatchet job on Fred Clark, an upstate Democrat who is running again state senator Luther Olson of Ripon.State Rep. Fred...
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Prosser accused of putting fellow judge in chokehold; others say Prosser...
David ProsserThis is a pretty damn crazy story no matter how it turns out:Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley late Saturday accused fellow Justice David Prosser of putting her in a chokehold during...
View ArticleFitzwalkerstan - Make me proud to say I am from Wisconsin again
Other than my four years in the Army I have been a lifelong resident of Wisconsin The Democratic Republic of Fitzwalkerstan. I have always been proud of my state and my heritage as a Badger. I have...
View ArticleNew Details Revealed in Wisconsin Supreme Court Choking Incident
Both the Wisconsin State Journal and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel are reporting in their online editions that Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney has, in essence, recused himself from the investigation...
View ArticleProsser is the Victim of (wait for it) George Soros!
Yes, once more, if a Republican acts badly, rest assured come conservative website will find a way to blame that perennial bogeyman of the right --George Soros. Now first along comes Christan...
View ArticleUpdate-Fitzwalkerstan–County Supervisor’s letter to David Prosser gets...
Yesterday a friend of mine (and fellow East High Purgolder) who happens to be the Dane County Supervisor for District 18, Melissa Sargent, posted a draft of a letter on Facebook asking Justice...
View ArticleProsser jackassery on camera
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...
View ArticleAngry Prosser's spinal cord says: NECK! GET NECK!
Some of us have had discussions over this past week about Justice Prosser's reflexes. We now have video proof. When Justice Prosser is angry and sees a neck, he can reach out and throttle it like a...
View ArticleWI Supreme Court: 10,000 petition Prosser to resign
One Wisconsin Now, a political action group in the Badger state, announced yesterday that their petition calling on Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, and possible felon, David Prosser to resign has...
View ArticleLawyer Appointed to Investigate Waukesha Clerk Complaint...and Kathy's Got a...
Wisconsin's April, 2011 election for state Supreme Court Justice ended in a virtual tie. The challenger, JoAnne Kloppenburg, filed for a recount and also filed a complaint against Waukesha County Clerk...
View ArticleSpecial Prosecutor to be Appointed in WI Supreme Court Choking Allegation
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne has decided to request a special prosecutor after reviewing evidence about an altercation in the Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers in June. The incident was...
View ArticleNeed a Job? Wis State Supreme Court has an Opening w/ Poll
Interesting tidbit:The Wisconsin State Supreme Court, infamous for the recent Justice Prossser obscene rants against the Chief Justice and attempted choking of another Justice, has posted a job opening...
View ArticleThe Wisconsin Recalls, 30 Years of Republican Political Dominance, and...
I grew up a fan of ACC basketball. Atlantic Coast Conference college hoops, nothing better. I could go on all day about the near-operatic drama of the conflicts between the rival programs, but I won't....
View ArticleFinally: Special Investigator in Prosser Case
After winning a very questionable election in the spring, david prosser, who had called the Chief Justice a "bitch" and threatened to "destroy her", broke national news over allegations he put a fellow...
View ArticleDavid Prosser skates after choking Ann Bradley
The special prosecutor appointed to investigate the alleged physical altercation at the Wisconsin Supreme Court -- in which liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley accused conservative Justice David Prosser...
View ArticleNo charges against Prosser in choking incident
The Republican special prosecutor has decided not to bring any criminal charges against wingnut Wisconsin Supreme Court justice David Prosser for the chokehold he reportedly put on Democratic justice...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: 8/26
To receive the Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest via email each weekday, sign up here.Senate:•FL-Sen: As I suggested once before, if you're a Republican who's managed to work your way up to state...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser says he 'touched' Chief...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser has admitted to touching, but not choking, Chief Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. However, he is blaming everyone except for himself: Investigative documents...
View ArticleInvestigation papers released - Prosser admits putting hands on Judge...
Chronic workplace violence, threats of a restraining order, Prosser admits he acts out of uncontrolled anger and suddenly "found my hands on her neck".On this link are copies (clickable to PDF's) of...
View ArticleJustice Prosser: “I didn’t mean to choke her.”
For those that follow TSM, you will remember the coverage we gave misogynist Justice David Prosser back in March of 2010, when he called Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson a “bitch,” and threatened to...
View ArticleRemember Joanne Kloppenburg? She’s Running for Wisconsin Appeals Court Judge
Joanne Kloppenburg was a virtual unknown when she began her campaign for Wisconsin Supreme Court justice earlier this year. By the time the election happened, she had become a household name in...
View ArticleBREAKING: Nickolaus Investigation Report Says Laws Violated, but no “Willful...
Kathy Nickolaus, the Waukesha (Wisconsin) County Clerk whose human error flipped the reported results in the April, 2011 state Supreme Court race between incumbent David Prosser and challenger JoAnne...
View ArticleWisconsin – Looking Back From One Year Ago
So, It's the anniversary of the infamous fake Koch call, and last year we were getting our heads and our activism together for the long haul, much of which is now a reality of incredible progress,...
View ArticleWisconsin GOP State Senator Resigns + OMG Justice Prosser Facing Ethics...
Update: OMG!!! It looks like I'm going to get a news day like last Friday when the good news (for us) just kept coming and coming and coming. I hope more good news (for us) keeps getting dumped out...
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Walker and Kleefisch Recall Is Coming!
Note: I changed my original title of this diary from "Breaking: Walker and Kleefisch Recall Is On" because I can't find verification of my original story which is below. I picked up this news from...
View ArticleAnother Rat kicked off the sinking ship of Republicans in Waukesha
I have not written a diary in a while so this one may be considered my Friday dump. I don`t even know where to start with the many things I have read just today with respect to John Doe Walker and his...
View ArticleThe Saga of Wis Supreme Court Justice David (The Choker) Prosser Continues +...
On Big and Evolving Wisconsin News Day Friday (March 16) I diaried about several stories, including the ethics and misconduct in office charges filed against Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice David...
View ArticleWisconsin Friday News Dump Day (Walker + Prosser + Johnson - Oh My!) Update 5
Ok, I'm surrendering and calling this what it has turned out to be on most past Fridays: a news dump day. The day of the week that "bad news" get announced in hopes that it will be completely ignored...
View ArticleAwesome New Anti-Walker Ad in Wis + Prosser (The Choker) News + Hush Money?...
I love News Dump Fridays, but today is Twofer Tuesday. 2 stories for the price of 1.Zing!This ad is now being run by the grassroots liberal group Greater Wisconsin Committee and takes direct aim at...
View ArticleWI State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser Says Investigation "Violates His...
I just read an article in the Wisconsin State Journal that is titled "Justice Prosser says investigation of him violates his rights." Part of the article reads:State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser...
View ArticleScott Walker Still Promising Jobs, Predicting Doom if he Loses Recall (And...
Just weeks away from a recall election, Governor Scott Walker (R-FitzWalkerKochStan), has gotten chatty with the media (likely seeking free media, endorsements, and a wider audience than he gets on his...
View ArticleIt's a Wisconsin Friday News Dump Day Again! (Update 4) We Have Our Senate...
It's starting. News is coming out on all kinds of interesting stories - too different to merit a single title. So, here we go:.Good News! Dems Likely to Get Back the State Senate Majority!We retook...
View ArticleFriday News Dump - FitzWalkerStan Style
There's a whole lot happening with our crazy coin-operated ideologues here in Wisconsin so I've got my copy of the cheese doodle ready to separate one bit of nutbaggery from the other ...The End of...
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John Doe – Stay denied, Plot thickens
“What's past is prologue.”― William Shakespeare, The TempestThe subjects of the expanding John Doe investigation (see partial list at lower right) hired heavy duty lawyers to block the investigation...
View ArticleRW Going to Even Further Extremes to Kill Wisconsin John Doe Probe (update)
As I've been saying, there has to be a great big steaming pile of "there" there in the latest John Doe Probe. Right wing forces have been trying to kill the investigation since it was first revealed...
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Remember this Angel in Waukesha, WI ? She`s back!!
Former Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus has been appointed to a three-year term as the clerk-treasurer for the Town of Waukesha, the Freeman reports.County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus The town had two...
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GOP Candidate Blames the Victim for "Dysfunction" on WI-SC
As I told you before I'm a man on a mission. Somehow, The New York Times has realized that the upcoming Wisconsin Spring Elections have important ramifications. Did I get someone's attention? I'll...
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Wis State Supreme Court is So Bad that The New Yorker has Noticed
Says it all It takes a lot for non-national, local news to make it to The New Yorker, but this sad story has. Even the caption on the photo says it all:During the governorship of Scott Walker, the...
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Chaos Follows Right Wing Takeover of Wisconsin Supreme Court
If a picture is worth a thousand words, this picture of newly RW anointed Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patience Roggensack is worth about ten thousand (I'm not sure if it's under copyright so I...
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Club for Growth-supported judges halt probe into Scott Walker's Club for...
Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doesn't have to worry anymore about that pesky investigation into his possible illegal coordination between his campaign and allegedly independent...
View ArticleWisconsin/Scott Walker John Doe Probe WILL Go to the US Supreme Court
It’s ALIVE!Despite the massive attempts to kill it, the decision to kill the latest John Doe Probe looking at illegal coordination between Scott Walker and other Republicans and anonymously dark money...
View ArticleJoAnne Kloppenburg, The Justice That Wisconsin Needs
As Wisconsin Heads to the polls today here is all the information any voter really needs to decide who our next Supreme Court Justice should be.JoAnne (Fishman) Kloppenburg enrolled at Yale University...
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