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Political Coordination, In Getting PWND did Governor Scott Walker Break the Law?
The people over at Mother Jones are running those brains about the situation that Governor Walker has stepped into. Now the question is did he break the law.In his conversation, Walker says that GOP...
View ArticlePrankster Ian Murphy on Lawrence O'Donnell 8:00 ET
I can't wait to meet this guy!The Last WordTonight, Lawrence has an exclusive interview with the caller, Ian Murphy. Make sure to tune in at 8 pm ET!HuffPo interviewed him, excerpt below. At first, he...
View ArticleWhat You MUST Know About Wisconsin Power Plants and the Koch Brothers
As most readers here know, one of the hidden provisions in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s union busting bill concerns state-owned heating, cooling, and power plants. The emphasis in the stories I’ve...
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Jon Stewart on Scott Walker's two faces
Even though the story broke just a few hours before they went on air, the Daily Show was able to use the prank call from Ian Murphy, pretending to be David Koch, on Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R)....
View ArticleWas it a Prank or Sting?
When the GOP is exposed, by tricky methods it's called a "Prank";When Dems are exposed, by tricky methods, it's called a "Sting";When a "journalist" dresses up like pimp to "expose" ACORN and gather...
View ArticleGov Walker's Prank Caller- Live Interview at 4:30pm CT
Some call him a folk hero. Others think he's a disgrace to journalism. Ian Murphy of the buffalobeast.com draws strong reactions after his prank call to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker last month. In...
View ArticleDK Elections Daily Digest: 3/17
•NM-Sen (PDF): What happens if you took a poll and no one answered? That's what this Tulchin Research poll (taken on behalf of the Defenders of Wildlife) feels like to me, what with its sample size of...
View ArticleThe Man Who Saved Civilization Is Running for Congress
I'm torn about this.On the one hand, we all know what Nader did in 2000, and the high price we have paid for it -- today more than ever.On the other hand, Ian Murphy's phone call to Scott Walker was...
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NY-26: Jane Corwin (R) leads by just five in new poll
Jack Davis is proving to be a real wild cardSiena (PDF) (4/26-27, likely voters, no trendlines):Kathy Hochul (D): 31Jane Corwin (R): 36Jack Davis (T): 23Ian Murphy (G): 1Undecided: 9(MoE: ±4.5%)I have...
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DK Elections Daily Digest: 5/6
Senate: •WA-Sen: The Elway Poll has about as bad news/good news a set of findings for Maria Cantwell as you could possibly imagine. The bad news is that her job performance ratings are a dreary 40/52....
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NY-26: Dem Kathy Hochul in the lead in new DK/SEIU poll
Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos and SEIU (5/5-8, likely voters, no trendlines):Kathy Hochul (D): 35Jane Corwin (R): 31Jack Davis (T): 24Ian Murphy (G): 2Undecided: 8(MoE: ±3.0%)Wow! Two prior...
View ArticleNY-26: The final countdown
A few last tidbits on the NY-26 race as we wait for the polls to close. And don't forget to enter our predictions contest!•Endorsements: Andrew Cuomo, who earlier had withheld his endorsement, cut a...
View ArticleThe Man Behind Walker's Koch Call "O'Keefes" James O'Keefe
In what seems like a brilliant bit of irony, James O'Keefe found himself on the butt end of a nasty little...surprise I should say, and thanks to the quite famous (or infamous in Republican circles)...
View ArticleLife imitating Art in Walker-ville, now sponsored by Koch
Scott Walker - Prank Call - Shortened VersionLink to clip -- longer versionDavid Koch impersonator, to Scott Walker, Tea Party governor of Wisconsin:We'll back ya, anyway we can. Those words of...
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Walker drops bomb #2, this time on Wisconsin's private sector unions
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has a habit of telling the truth about his "divide and conquer" governing style, but only when he is talking to one of his billionaire donors (or someone he thinks is a...
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Scott Walker launches another budgetary nuke, reassures that he "cares too...
When Scott Walker releases his 2013-15 biennial budget with a public address tonight at the Wisconsin Capitol, I hope people are paying close attention to the health care portion. In it, GovernEr...
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I Punk’d Scott Walker
And now he’s lying about it.For me, there is only one other thing that is more gut wrenching and loathing to know, other than...
View ArticleSupreme Court Right-Wingers Poison Majority-Rule Democracy
The effect of the McCutcheon decision is to silence ordinary citizens, to deny them their First Amendment rights to speech because their pleas won’t be heard over the million dollar megaphones the...
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