FEMINISM! What? Yeah.

demnewswire:

30,000 in Madison.

Thirty thousand supporters turned out to see President Obama in Madison, Wisconsin, today. Click here to see the full photo.

demnewswire:

A Wisconsin judge on Friday struck down nearly all of the state law championed by Gov. Scott Walker that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers.

Walker’s administration immediately vowed to appeal, while unions, which have vigorously fought the law, declared victory. But what the ruling meant for existing public contracts was murky: Unions claimed the ruling meant they could negotiate again, but Walker could seek to keep the law in effect while the legal drama plays out.

The law, a crowning achievement for Walker that made him a national conservative star, took away nearly all collective bargaining rights from most workers and has been in effect for more than a year.

Dane County Circuit Judge Juan Colas ruled that the law violates both the state and U.S. Constitution and is null and void.

This is our reality, and Mitt Romney is raking in the donations. Does anyone else feel uneasy? Because I do.

stfuconservatives:

Update: Wis. AG says Walker must comply with health care law

hambonetoblerone:

rouxfully:

arenaoftheunwell:

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Gov. Scott Walker must follow the federal Affordable Care Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court found the law constitutional on Thursday, but Walker, a Republican, has vowed not to implement it until after the November elections.

Walker said Thursday he would have preferred the court strike down the law, but he is holding out hope that a new president and Republican-controlled Congress will overturn it next year

In the meantime, Walker said the state will not proceed with setting up a health care exchange as is required.

Nearly 30 states, including Wisconsin, sued over the law, alleging it was unconstitutional. Van Hollen, a Republican, handled Wisconsin’s participation in the lawsuit.

But he said Thursday that Walker is obligated to follow the law according to its deadlines.

Asked at a news conference whether he was obligated to conform to the law, Walker responded by saying the legislation establishes multiple timelines.

Walker said the law will be a “massive tax increase on the people of Wisconsin and America.”

He said the decision creates uncertainty for Wisconsin businesses and that’s bad for job growth. Walker has also said businesses will be bullish about adding jobs since he won a June 5 recall election.

Wisconsin Republicans say the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling upholding most of President Barack Obama’s health care law will have no immediate effect in the state aside from galvanizing the GOP going into the November elections.

The Republican leaders of the Legislature’s health committees said the ruling perpetuates uncertainty for businesses, curtailing job growth, and voters will make things right in November.

Robert Kraig, the executive director of health care advocacy group Citizen Action of Wisconsin, said Walker has a moral obligation to begin the implementation process. 

http://www.channel3000.com/news/Wis-AG-says-Walker-must-comply-with-health-care-law/-/1648/15334024/-/124a8glz/-/index.html

SUCK IIIIIIIT

(via wyskijinjah)

Well, Genevieve, we lost it all.  So far, I’m still standing (barely).  Not sure what my future will bring; I have another year before our MTI contracts expire and we lose all collective bargaining.   We’re all pretty exhausted here and don’t even want to think about politics, but of course we know we’ll have to move on to the next fight, and we’re planning for the future.  Such is the history of this country, capitalism, and organized workers.   I have so appreciated your and others’ enthusiastic support over the last 16 months.  I want to send you a remembrance of everything we have been doing here since last February, in the form of a recall t-shirt.  I hope you will wear it proudly; I know I will continue to wear mine.  I actually have 2 t-shirts left, of the many I’ve purchased over the last year, a size M and a size L.  Which would you prefer?



Best to you, and solidarity forever.

I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make me tear up.

The fight isn’t over, we’re just starting to understand what we’re up against.

Solidarity forever!

I am not going to let this be a referendum on unions, or on conservative politics, or on any damn thing.

I believe in organized workers, because there is no other way in a capitalist economy to guarantee that workers are not trampled on in the stampede for greater profits. I don’t care how many conservative people in the world there are who vote for the other side, I have been a union organizer and I know what I know, and I know that this is my truth.

I believe in equal pay for people of all genders and orientations and identities. No amount of fact twisting or excuse making or hand wringing or “job protecting” will ever convince me otherwise. I don’t care how many women-identified people say, “but the gender gap is a myth and I love my husband bringing home the bacon!” I will always believe that pay equity is absolutely fucking necessary for all people to have equal access and footing in our capitalist economy.

I don’t give a goddamn shit how many people ran out to say, “I support Scott Walker!” because I engage critically with the world around me and put a lot of effort into the things that I believe. It will take more than one recall election to change my mind, and no one can tell me that I am wrong.

I am an American feminist progressive. I believe in choice, public education, environmental protections, equal pay for equal work, unions, and an anti-racist, anti-homophobic, anti-transphobic, anti-fatphobic, equality agenda.

I do not give a shit how many people believe the Rick Perrys and Scott Walkers of the world, because I will always be here.

I will always protest, I will always speak out, I will always volunteer, I will always vote, and I will never be silent.

My friend’s mother, a union organizer, former postal worker, and all around badass on the recall vote in Wisconsin.

I’m going to go home, drink, pack, drink some more, and hope for the best.

Thank you to all of the people who have worked for so long and so hard to bring this recall election about. To everyone who volunteered today and before, to the protesters, the workers, the teachers, the organizers, it took everyone to get us here!

Scott Walker may have Koch brother money, but we have people power. And you know what they say…

AIN’T NO POWER LIKE THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE ‘CAUSE THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE DON’T STOP!

quickhits:

David Shuster: “Here in Madison, another sign of voter enthusiasm — unusually high same day registrations in Dane County. @current ‪#WIrecall”

wisconsinforward:

One last reminder, Wisconsin: you can still register to vote, right at your polling place.  Any questions or problems: call 1-866-OUR-VOTE.  

If you’re already registered, you do not need to bring any of the items pictured above with you when you go to vote.

Polls close at 8:00 p.m., and if you’re in line at that time, you have the right to cast your ballot.