Should we call it the “new” new tone? A death threat against Governor Walker was removed from Facebook on Monday, almost three full days after it was initially posted. “Rather than recall him… Can we kill him instead? Just curious,”
It’s not just Oakland, folks. Our team at the MacIver Institute for Public Policy in Wisconsin have put together this handy interactive map of the violence and hate of the #Occupy movement. Click on Map to Activate, Enlarge Bookmark the
Despite what top Democratic party leaders in Wisconsin are planning, the process to recall Scott Walker could begin this week, not November 15th. [Madison, Wisc…] On the one-year anniversary of Scott Walker’s election as Governor of Wisconsin, a top state
Despite the support from mainstream political and pop culture figures, the ‘Occupy’ movement is quite nutty and, actually, quite dangerous. [youtube WbHCfJ-L8WQ] Free love. No private property. Self identifying one’s gender. More socialist than Marx. The ideological and philosophical underpinnings
We’re cutting through the noise of the Big Labor-funded protesters and the overheated rhetoric of the Big-Labor funded politicians to spread the news: when it comes to budget reform in Wisconsin, It’s Working. [youtube 7lD9HiwRKTE] We’re proud to introduce the
Just because they spent millions in their failed attempt to gain control of the Wisconsin State Senate this fall doesn’t mean the Big Labor-Dem Party coalition is out of gas. Or funds. Or manpower. The effort to recall Governor Scott
Look at what the MacIver News Service’s investigation on recent state employee retirements in Wisconsin: State Employees who retired so far in 2011 have converted more than $300 million in unused sick leave to pay for post-retirement health insurance. Talk
Until now many of the often-illegal antics perpetuated by several individual protesters from Wisconsin seemed to be random acts committed by disillusioned agitators. But we have learned that these acts have been highly orchestrated and perpetuated by a group whose
Even if you are not a free market advocate, anyone who has ever had to wait to hail a cab will appreciate this story. [MILWAUKEE] The City of Milwaukee limits its number of taxicab licenses to 321, and the Institute
A new poll, conducted by the Manhattan Institute shows that voters are supportive of government reform efforts and reject the notion that taxes should be increased to address government funding shortfalls. But other findings show knowledge of, and support for,
Will any of the lawmakers, journalists, labor leaders and other activists in attendance at Fighting Bob Fest repudiate the notion, made by a speaker there, that protesters should escalate their harassment from beer to urine? Don’t hold your breath. [Madison,
Wisconsin State Representative Steve Nass says that if Madison law enforcement authorities don’t begin to crack down on the repeated and escalating harassment of lawmakers and staff “somebody is seriously going to get hurt…or killed.” [youtube WACD-DItAfE] Will Madison authorities
Think things in Wisconsin were cooling off? Think again. [Madison, Wisconsin] The incidents of verbal harassment against Republican lawmakers in and around the State Capitol escalated on Wednesday when a well-known protester confronted three GOP representatives and drenched them with
Wisconsin Democratic State Senator Lena Taylor (Milwaukee) posted an online plea on Tuesday for a boycott of several consumer products manufactured and distributed within Wisconsin. “Money talks! Why shouldn’t you buy the following: Dixie Cups, Vanity Fair Paper Products, Mardi
Well, they are out of work, after all… Hundreds of individuals in Wisconsin’s county jails and prison system are illegally receiving unemployment benefits, the MacIver News Service has learned. In March, the Department of Workforce Development (DWD), started a cross
It may now be more likely that Big Labor can force a recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, thanks to the actions of an unelected board of election overseers. From our MacIver News Service Report: Board’s Action Done without Legislative
For nearly three years as Americans have struggled through this Great Recession, President Obama has given speeches that relied on failed Keynesian economic theory and the politics of class warfare and envy. As his big government policies have spent this
Get a load of how some in the Left view the role of the media: [youtube PY2lpKx-gGE] While covering the latest demonstration outside the office of Congressman Paul Ryan, MacIver News Service’s Bill Osmulski learns some protesters are upset that
In his first on-camera interview since his August announcement that he would not run for President, Paul Ryan sits down discusses what went into his decision making process and what his political future may hold. [youtube Wt5yxB-LAhM] Congressman Paul Ryan
Sigh. Look what happened when Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker dared to go to a successful inner city school to read to a group of young kids. [youtube tHnbtkbgkfM] The event was a perfect storm for the unhinged Left: A chance
Don’t you just hate it when a protest doesn’t go as planned? [youtube VzDoEIWtBAU] Anyone who follows politics knows that Congressman Paul Ryan has been on vacation with his family. Dozens of national media outlets reported on this fact while
Parents in Wisconsin are voting with their feet. Or at least their kids’ feet. More than 260,000 Wisconsin K-12 students exercise some form of educational choice, according to a new study by the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy.
They spent well in excess of $15 million and did not win the majority in the State Senate. Here’s the updated Money Matrix Graphic we produced at the MacIver Institute, which tracked Big Labor’s fund transfers. As I write in
Despite failing to win a Democratic Majority in the Wisocnsin State Senate, the pulbic employee unions are continuing their rhetorical battle, including in the email boxes of state employees. Clearly unions are in panic mode now that their hope at
On the morning after Republicans won 4 of 6 recall races and maintained control of the state senate, Governor Walker sat down with the MacIver News Service and shared his thoughts on the Democrats’ failed efforts to win a majority
Four of the six Republican State Senators up for recall elections in Wisconsin won on Tuesday, thwarting Democratic efforts to gain control of the State Senate. MacIver News’ Bill Osmulski reports from Milwaukee [youtube _zE62IKw3I8]
National and state liberal groups, led primarily by public employee labor unions, have pumped well in excess of $14,000,000 into the Wisconsin state senate recall elections, six of which will take place tomorrow. MacIver News’ staff complied this graphic of
Last year 876,020 people attended the Wisconsin State Fair to see children show the animals they care for, try various foods on a stick, play carnival games, enjoy music and celebrate the last few days of summer. This year five
The MacIver News Service has reported that more than $11 million in labor union money has been shuffled into Wisconsin to fund third party political advertising to benefit the Democratic candidates. Earlier this week we also reported on a Get
[youtube N-4PEtoXV4A] First, opponents of Governor Scott Walker’s budget reforms protested a ceremony honoring Special Olympics athletes. The negative publicity that stunt got them did nothing to give them pause. Now, AFSCME and other liberal protesters decided to picket a
Think the Wisconsin Teachers’ union is worried that Wisconsin’s new labor law will lead to a dramatic decline in union membership? They’re going all in on the August recall campaigns, spending nearly a half million dollars in just one day.
[youtube 7dmqC3611Ks] Gee, some could make the case that what Governror Scott Walker and legislative Republicans are doing in Wisconsin just may be working. While Nation Sputters on Jobs, Wisconsin Economy Begins to Hum [Madison, Wisc…] Earlier this month, analysts
For a group that by law can’t coordinate with any political candidate or committee, the “We are Wisconsin’ PAC sure likes to stay close to Shelly Moore. How close? [youtube QxMT3xe-go0]
“What about the children?” they cried as tens of thousands filled the Wisconsin Capitol Square this spring. The huge rallies filled with school-skipping teachers have come and gone and now a just-released MacIver Institute analysis of newly negotiated school contracts
The latest from the Big Labor efforts to strip Republicans of control of the Wisconsin state senate. State labor unions have always been major players in elections here, however, this kind of outside influence on Wisconsin legislative elections is unprecedented.
Democrats’ efforts to win control of the Wisconsin state senate through a series of recalls here is drawing millions of dollars and dozens of key campaign operatives from out of state, an ongoing MacIver News Service investigation has learned. The
And there is more on the way… [Madison, Wisc…] A national labor union dumped $778 thousand into the We Are Wisconsin PAC just one week before recall elections take place, according to campaign finance documents reviewed by the MacIver News
[youtube dZh3zehbESI] BREAKING>>> New questions have arisen regarding those 14 Wisconsin Democratic state senators who fled to Illinois for three weeks this February in an ultimately unsuccessful effort to stop the Badger State’s new public employee labor law. Somebody is
So much for the unions caring about their members like ‘family.’ I guess in the teachers’ union ‘family’ when times are tight the whole family doesn’t sacrifice, the youngest two kids are just kicked to the curb to fend for
As of today, public employees in Wisconsin now have a CHOICE whether or not to join a union. Let freedom ring!