Why Scott Walker is Guilty

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There have been clear indications that Gov. Walker is trying to mislead the public about his role in the John Doe investigation.  Gov. Walker has formed a defense fund which means one thing, he is the subject of a John Doe investigation.  The investigation is known to be looking into allegations that the office, of then Milwaukee Co. Exec. Scott Walker, was used as a front to campaign for Republicans while paying staff on the county’s dime.  Investigators discovered a secret email router only feet from Walker’s office that allowed communication inside the office, hidden from those  untold of the conspiracy.

Months ago, investigators charged a close associate of Walker with stealing thousands of dollars from a program designed to give grants to the children of soldiers who lost their lives in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Recently it was revealed that Kelly Rindfleisch, another charged in the John Doe investigation, was an administrator at a telemarketing firm that is known as the worst violator of Wisconsin’s no call list.  The company, American Lending Solutions, owes $224,000 in back taxes.  Similarly, ABC Supply, has also failed to pay it’s taxes yet their CEO was able to find $510,000 to donate to the Walker campaign.

We’re also hearing reports that Capital One is flagging donations to Gov. Scott Walker’s official campaign committee, Friends of Scott Walker, due to what appears to be a fraud investigation.

All indicators are pointing to one outcome, Gov. Walker being charged for overseeing what could be the most powerful criminal organization in the history of Wisconsin.

UNDER CHAPTERS 11 AND 12, WISCONSIN STATUTES

LIMITED EXCEPTION:  LEGAL DEFENSE FUND LIMITED TO DEFENSE OF VIOLATIONS ALLEGED – Wisconsin Statutes permit a state government official who is being investigated for or charged with a violation of campaign finance laws [chapter 11, Wisconsin Statutes] or prohibited election practices [chapter 12, Wisconsin Statutes] to establish a “legal defense fund” for expenditures supporting or defending the candidate while that person is being investigated for, or charged with, or convicted of a violation of those chapters.  A candidate may transfer a contributor’s campaign contribution to a legal defense fund to support or defend a candidate who is being investigated for, or is charged with, or has been convicted of violating campaign finance laws or prohibited election practices if, but only if, the contributor consents.  [§11.64, Wisconsin Statutes]

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Stephen Colbert Could be Coming to Madison this Week

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The Colbert Report’s Facebook page is looking a little out of the ordinary today.  Supporters of Arthur Kohl-Riggs have been bombarding the page with requests for the television personality to travel to Wisconsin and moderate a debate between Gov. Walker and his Republican challenger.

Stephen Colbert

The Madison radio station, WORT, has expressed an interest in hosting a debate between the two Republicans at odds for the soul of the Republican party.  Kohl-Riggs, a progressive who supports collective bargaining, health care, environmental protections, and vetoing all ALEC bills is a stark contrast to Walker who gutted social services, gave handouts to big business, and overwhelming support to ALEC and it’s model bills.  Kohl-Riggs calls Gov. Walker a “fake Republican” and is anxiously awaiting a response to his multiple requests for a debate prior to the May 8th primary election.

Kohl-Riggs has made multiple requests for a debate to Walker’s re-election campaign, his capitol staff, published a request in the Capitol Times, and publicly stated his intentions to debate the Governor last week while standing side by side with the four Democratic challengers to a room of hundreds of voters and media at the ReFund Wisconsin Candidate’s Forum in Racine WI.

It’s hard to speculate on whether Stephen Colbert will take the candidate up on the offer but one thing is certain, thousands of Stephen Colbert’s Wisconsin fans are anxiously awaiting his response.

The Colbert Report Facebook Page

Event Page: Flash Mob Colbert on Sunday to request he moderate a Kohl-Riggs/Walker debate

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Wisconsin Crossover Voters Could Oust Gov. Walker, Defeat Conservative Movement During Recall Primary

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The buzz in Wisconsin politics this weekend has been all about Arthur Kohl-Riggs, Scott Walker’s challenger for the Republican Gubernatorial nomination.  Kohl-Riggs has been campaigning throughout Wisconsin on a Progressive Republican platform.  At an event in Sun Prairie on Saturday, Kohl-Riggs told a crowd, “People can call me the ‘fake Republican,’ and I encourage them to look at what Republicans stood for, what they stand for, what they were founded on.”

The youthful candidate hopes to take Gov. Walker’s spot in the upcoming recall election by ousting the Governor in the May 8th primary election.  Kohl-Riggs has been an active critic of Gov. Walker over the past 14 months.

Arthur Kohl-Riggs

The Government Accountability Board has verified that voters will be able to crossover in every election on May 8th.  During a recall primary you will be able to choose a Republican or Democratic candidate for each seat.  There is no straight party voting during recalls.  Democrats, for example, could conceivably vote Kohl-Riggs for Governor and knock Gov. Walker out of the race all together.  Democrats choosing to crossover would still be able choose their favorite candidate in the Senate and Lt. Governor races.

Democrats are projected to draw huge crowds to the polls that day, so the question is this:  Will Democrats step up to defeat Walker in the May 8th election?  If not, why would they pass at the chance to get rid of him?

The Republican party could be at a disadvantage that day, they are running fake Democratic candidates in each race and their leaders are already encouraging their followers to crossover onto the Democrats side.  Rep. Robin Vos spoke to reporters this week saying, “We are encouraging Republicans to vote in the Democratic primaries.”

It’s in the Democratic Party’s best interest to throw all of it’s weight on Kohl-Riggs and win the recall outright.  But will they do that?

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ALEC Member’s Paint Rebel Flags White, Beg Sponsors to Return

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ALEC responded today to the growing backlash against their Stand Your Ground legislation.  The American Legislative Exchange Council issued a statement this afternoon claiming to have abandoned their Public Safety and Elections Task Force.  This task force, made up of sitting representatives from state legislatures around the country, was responsible for the ill conceived Stand Your Ground laws that cost Trayvon Martin his life in Florida and Bo Morrison his in Wisconsin.

The stand your ground law was developed to meet ALEC’s initiative to cut crime and budgets while combating prison overcrowding, i.e., kill before court legalization.  ALEC’s clear and stated goals equate to taking the responsibility of punishing criminals out of the hands of the judicial system and placing it solely in the hands of vigilante home owners and neighborhood watch captains.

Their campaigns have perverted legislation across our nation and have in effect abridged rights guaranteed under the 6th Amendment of the US Constitution:

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

In their statement today, ALEC chose to format their release in a matter that consisted entirely of quotes.  This is a tactic used to inhibit journalists from interjecting an interpretation of their statements into publication.  Clearly, ALEC is refusing to take responsibility for their actions.

Ending the task force is simply not enough.  Their model bills have already been published, people are dying, and by the tone of today’s release they are attempting to wipe their hands clean of guilt.  Demand that all sponsoring organizations permanently pull support from ALEC!

Release Today by the American Legislative Exchange Council

Will Bo Morrison Find Justice?

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Outdated Candidates are Failing to Direct Recall Anger

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I am very disappointed in the Democratic Party’s lack of understanding of the nature of the Wisconsin uprising.  Do the recall candidates honestly believe that they can bottle the anger against Scott Walker and sell it as support for themselves?

Career Democrat, Tom Barrett

I place the blame entirely on Tom Barrett.  As unenthusiastic as I was with having the ultra-vulnerable Kathleen Falk as the Democratic front runner I am much more unhappy to watch Barrett bicker with his primary opponents.  Wisconsin will back any of the four candidates.  Tom Barrett needs to start talking about solutions for Wisconsin’s problems and stop acting like his record places him in any position more distinguished than any other candidate.  If there is one person who has the ability to undermine the recall of Scott Walker it would be Barret.  The last thing Wisconsin needs in the statehouse is more trouble from Milwaukee politicians.

What Wisconsin needs TODAY is a candidate that is willing to talk about what they are going to bring to the state.  We want to know how they are going to fix the state’s problems.  But the seemingly tone deaf candidates can’t seem to broaden their debate beyond whether or not to veto a budget that doesn’t reinstate collective bargaining rights.  Why?

The only candidate in the whole Gubernatorial election that is stepping up to tell it as it is is Arthur Kohl-Riggs.  He is the only one who has positioned himself to defeat Walker.  He is the only one who is not afraid to stand out amongst the crowd.  He is the only one that is young enough to be faced with raising children in the shadow of a Walker win.  If there has ever been a prime example of how the Democratic party doesn’t represent me this is it.  The party elitists can’t even rally enough support to defeat the biggest villain in Wisconsin politics since McCarthy.  The uprising is about us, the young, the future of the state.  All this old news and these outdated politics need to get out of the way.  There is a new generation of progressive in Wisconsin and we’re not waiting around for the old ways of the two party system to bless our candidates.

I’ve made my decision, I will be voting Republican in the gubernatorial recall primary and Democrat in the Lt. Gorvernor and Senate recall elections.  Arthur Kohl-Riggs is the golden ticket to defeat Scott Walker and I won’t give that away for anything, especially not for a gamble on some lousy career Democrat!

A Possible Answer to Slim Pickin’s? Vote Kohl-Riggs for Governor

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Associated Press Wants Anna Brown Forgotten

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Anna Brown’s death revealed an ugly side of our health care system. The death video revealed a chilling scene that is a patients worst nightmare, doctors who are completely unwilling to treat you. Shocking right? Then why is the main stream media remaining quite on the matter?

Health care is too controversial an issue right now. Conservative activists are poised to base their case against President Obama’s reelection on what they claim is “Obamacare Socialism.” Knowing this, journalists feel the threat of becoming the aim of these no-care activists. These are the very same activists, generally the Americans For Prosperity type, that have also been engage in a years-old campaign that bluntly declares, “Don’t Believe the Liberal Media!” So far, the Associated Press has ignored the way Anna Brown was denied treatment and brutally killed in the hands of police. The AP reports more as a spokesperson on the behalf of the hospital that was responsible for her death that they do reporting on her case or the cases of any other American denied access to health care.

Man holding picture of President Obama titled, "Resist! The tyranny of Socialism." From a 4/14/12 Tea Party Rally in Madison, WI.

Blue Cheddar recently wrote an article that mirrored this scenario. Their report highlighted a young Wisconsin journalist, now candidate for Governor, who experienced first-hand the Associated Press’ control of what stories get told.

Arthur’s strained relationship with Associated Press and other mass media press covering the legislature began with his entry into the WCCA (Wisconsin Capitol Correspondents Association). Arthur got press credentials through local radio station WTDY in September of 2011. That status gave him the opportunity to be present on the floor of the Wisconsin State Assembly – a privilege that is granted only to the press as defined by the WCCA under the legislature’s rules. But Arthur’s time sheltered by the WCCA was short. When he videotaped arrests of citizens from the Assembly gallery, Arthur lost his press credentials in October 2011 and also lost his freedom to videotape in the entire chamber without constant harassment from police.

Fitting. Old nemesis AP dubs candidate Arthur Kohl-Riggs an “agitator”.

That young man went on to form his own media outlet with the help of Facebook and Youtube.  He was arrested multiple times for continuing to report from the Assembly gallery without his press credentials but he persevered and continued to be a champion to those who value a free media, covering stories that no other journalists had the guts to touch.

The point of this story is that it is up to you to stand up and champion Anna Brown’s cause.  It is up to you to contact your local newspaper and ask them why they have forgotten Anna Brown.  Anna Brown’s death is being hidden from the American people because of a massive conservative campaign to suppress the media.  Hopefully, this has scratched the surface of this issue for you because it’s a tough thing to grasp, there are many complexities to the methodology of suppressing the mainstream media.

 How Anna Brown Will Change the World (w/ 10 ways to help today)

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Expose the Tea Party as RINOs

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I am willing to argue that most voters are tired of the stranglehold over the political system by the two major parties.  Even in the upcoming recall election, an elitist class amongst the Democratic Party threatens to derail the movement by attempting to bottle the anger of Wisconsinites against Walker and sell it as support of his recall challenger.  But forget about the problems in the Dem Camp for now and consider the problems across the aisle.

Walker is an extremist and not representative of traditional Republican beliefs.  As Governor he gained an unfair advantage by pandering to the wealthiest interests.  He allowed corporations to directly dictate the language of bills before the legislature and laws were imposed that corruptly reduced wages of Wisconsin workers while giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars to campaign donors.   To top it all off he attempted to deny the right of a free and open democracy to the people of the Great State of Wisconsin.

The Tea Party is a force that aims to create an impossible era.  Goals of which are so horribly intolerable that labor unions, minorities, even homeowners are now so oppressed that they’re forced to resist.  They have pandered so far to the right that they have been throwing out accusations of “Communist” at everyone lately.  An accusation that is so absurd it’s sickening.  This organization of so-called Americans operates as the closed-door US political wing of the wealthiest interests in the world.  They oppose the use of tax dollars to fund schools, natural resources are simple commodities, and the climate, what climate?   The Tea Party is simply an obstructionist movement which has gone to great lengths to deny the American people access to good jobs, health care, even fair mortgage practices.  The Tea Party is as Anti-American as any other fascist movement to show its teeth in the past century.

It’s time for the politicians dividing us to be called out and found in contempt.  Walker and his extremist ilk are not traditional Republicans.  Walker’s crony government can hardly be viewed as anything but an experiment in Social Darwinism.  An experiment that I say has already failed.  Republican moderates now need to stand up and call out these extremists.

Conservatives, it’s up to you, jobs here or jobs in China.  If you want to talk about the real Boogeyman your going to need to take your blinders off. Don’t be a Republican In Name Only! Consider yourself called out.


 

Also see John Nichols: ‘A Lincoln La Follette Republican’

Wisconsin Press Sacrifices Integrity for Access
 

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3 Ways to Help Wisconsin Progressives Defeat their Tea-Party Governor in 30 Days

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In less than 30 days, Wisconsin Progressives will have the chance to return the Republican Party back to it’s progressive roots.  With the candidacy of Arthur Kohl-Riggs, a Progressive Republican, Governor Scott Walker will be forced to defend his Republican nomination in the recall election’s open primary.  Because Wisconsin law allows for an open primary Scott Walker’s opponents could choose to vote in the Republican primary and eliminate him early.  Sounds good, right?

It’s going to take a lot of support to spread this message across the state!

Way #1 – Share, Share, Share:  Tell everyone you know that we have a chance to eliminate Walker early by voting for Kohl-Riggs on May 8th.  Almost 1,000,000 people must be persuaded to vote against Walker in the primary.  So everyone needs to make a conscious effort to reach out to their friends and neighbors.  Go door-to-door, post on social networks, up-vote posts about Mr. Kohl-Riggs on Digg and Reddit, re-tweet twitter posts about the Republican primary, and call on all of your friends to tell them about the campaign.

Way #2 – Print and post the Kohl-Riggs campaign flier everywhere.

Way #3 – Contact your representative and tell them that you’re willing to start voting Republican if that’s what it takes to guarantee that Walker is eliminated.  Ask them to join you!  Who Are My Legislators?

Listen to Arthur Kohl-Riggs’ Recent Interview on WORT’s In Our Backyard 4-11-12

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GAB Confirms that Kohl-Riggs is Now Officially on Republican Primary Ballot

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After a small set back for Arthur Kohl-Riggs the Government Accountability Board has validated well over the necessary nomination signatures to place him on the ballot against the Incumbent Governor Scott Walker in the recall primary.  As of April 11th, 2012 Mr. Kohl-Riggs has submitted 2,182 valid signatures.

Due to an error caused by a photocopier the GAB had been unable to initially validate 400 of Kohl-Riggs’ signatures.  But today Mr. Kohl-Riggs and his volunteers signed an affidavit that cleared up all issues surrounding the minor technical error.  The legitimacy of the signatures had never in question.

For more information about Kohl-Riggs read Wisconsin Democrats May Sacrifice Primary Election to Oust Gov. Walker Early

 

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