The case against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), charging that he ran a “criminal scheme” by coordinating his 2012 recall election campaign with about a dozen “outside” groups, is about much more than just Walker and his corruption.
On this week’s BradCast on KPFK/Pacifica Radio, I spoke with Brendan Fischer, general counsel at the Center for Media and Democracy about what could be the very last piece of campaign finance law to fall in the wake of 2010’s Citizens United and 2014’s McCutcheon rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. Depending on how the challenge against the case against Walker goes, there may be nothing left that keeps candidate campaigns from putting unlimited, undisclosed millions to work in buying our elections. In short, as I discussed with Fischer, democracy could well become even more hosed than it already is in this country. Who knew that was even possible, at this point?
Also, on this very busy BradCast on a very busy day: “the most prolific multiple voter in memory” (a case of massive GOP voter fraud in WI); the shadowy Photo ID initiative that went down in flames in CA; the terrible “recount” bill in CA that has now been (largely) killed following BRAD BLOG’s recent exposé; a word or two about the latest absurdity in the GOP’s pretend IRS “scandal”; and, as usual, Desi Doyen with the latest Green News Report and a some utter nonsense from Fox and Friends.
All of that and more (seriously) in this week’s insanely busy BradCast! Enjoy!
Download MP3 or listen online below [appx 58 mins]…
[audio:http://bradblog.com/audio/BradCast_BradFriedman_BrendanFischer_062514.mp3]
Gee, I wonder how the temporary amnesiac insurance executive voted when he “accidentally” voted 5 times in the recall election?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/06/26/wisconsin_voter_claims_amnesia_after_voting_multiple_times.html
But as we all know, we have to make sure the poor, elderly, and people of color aren’t gaming the system!
Walker thinks case if over… It’s not, it’s now in a higher Federal Court… The 7th Circuit Federal Appeals Court. it was only temporally stopped by a partisan Republican Judge in the lowest of the three levels of Federal Courts.
Norm Goldman gives us his legal analysis on what’s going on in Wisconsin Scott Walker John Doe Case
http://normangoldman.com/uploads/media/5989/NG_06-20-14_Free-Hour.mp3
For those who want to jump right to it, it begins about 10 minutes into the podcast… note timer and scroll bar to slide or jump ahead on the audio bar.
PS: Battle in the Badger State
https://sites.google.com/site/teapartygovernorplayinggames/home#games-on
Correction, it begins about 9 minutes into it…
having said that, I think this link may be on topic as well
Gov.Scott Walker faked a “budget Crisis”
https://sites.google.com/site/teapartygovernorplayinggames/home#walker
Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/live-chat-replay-what-do-john-doe-revelations-mean-for/html_41326a92-fadc-11e3-a9a3-001a4bcf887a.html#ixzz35yvzkoZc
On my PS of my post I’m replying to, regarding Scott Walker FAKING a Budget Crisis, I forgot to mention that he did it TWICE ! … ONCE in Milwaukee AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE and then AGAIN as Governor… BOTH times it was Ginned up as a false pretext to do away with unions and union workers as Rachel Maddow explains in her Wakenhut video the link takes you to.
Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/john-doe-prosecutors-accuse-scott-walker-of-running-criminal-scheme/article_ab656c57-c352-5294-8d56-08ddd6f61d18.html#ixzz35MhVjAvE
https://sites.google.com/site/teapartygovernorplayinggames/home#endstop
This case could lead directly to DC insiders like Karl Rove. That is likely why the WI Club for Growth is so desperate to stop this investigation before it reaches a grand jury.