Gov Walker Faked a Financial Crisis to Privatize Milwaukee County’s Security Guards

by Scott Creighton As Rachel Maddow has been pointing out, Gov. Walker earned his loyalty from the Koch brothers by running his union-busting scam before in Milwaukee County when he was serving as county executive. He made up a financial crisis and used it to privatize the county security guard jobs, which have been unionized for [...]

“Gun Walking” In Mexico and the ATF Spin to “Fix” the Story

The ATF allows weapons to flow into Mexico and land in the hands of certain drug cartels. The ATF sent out a memo informing their spin doctors that they needed a wave of positive ATF stories to counter this bad publicity. “Please make every effort for the next two weeks to maximize coverage of ATF [...]

‘America Is NOT Broke’: Michael Moore Speaks in Madison, WI — March 5, 2011