Category Archives: Wisconsin

Walker Wins: Time to Overestimate What it Means

Posted on 06/05/2012, 10:20 pm, by Kevin Featherly

Republicans have hung onto the Wisconsin governorship held by Scott Walker, and challenger Tom Barrett has gone down to defeat. Now get ready to endure an onslaught of overwrought and probably wrong-headed assertions about what that means. Tea Party types … Continue reading →

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I See Today Going Walker’s Way

Posted on 06/05/2012, 1:46 pm, by Kevin Featherly

In my (otherwise non-political) interview with him this morning, I asked Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton to predict whether his next-door neighbor will remain Scott Walker. He did not hesitate in his answer. “I think Walker will win,” Dayton said. As … Continue reading →

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In Wis., Barrett Closes In On Walker

Posted on 06/04/2012, 9:03 pm, by Kevin Featherly

Gov. Scott Walker is 3 percentage points ahead in the final poll before tomorrow’s recall election in Wisconsin. But there is an opening for Barrett, who has closed the gap in recent weeks, according to Public Policy Polling. This is … Continue reading →

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Government Living Under the Poverty Line?

Posted on 10/14/2011, 9:52 am, by Kevin Featherly

The image included below is making the rounds on Facebook today. If it is correct, then the answer posed by the headline apparently is “yes.” The image comes from a Madison, Wis., nonprofit organization called We the People of the … Continue reading →

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Wis. Dems Crash Land

Posted on 08/11/2011, 1:46 pm, by Kevin Featherly

Haven’t had time to do a proper follow up here, but as is well known, the Democrats in my home state only got two-thirds of the way up the mountain Tuesday night, then were shoved back. Democrats won two of … Continue reading →

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‘This Is What Democracy Looks Like’ to Air on Twin Cities TV

Posted on 04/08/2011, 12:49 pm, by Kevin Featherly

My short documentary, “This is What Democracy Looks Like,” on the March 12 pro-labor protests in Madison, Wis., will be aired next week on Minneapolis’ regional independent TV channel MCN6 (channel 6 on basic Comcast cable). The film, which includes … Continue reading →

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This is What Democracy Looks Like

Posted on 03/31/2011, 8:31 pm, by Kevin Featherly

This Is What Democracy Looks Like from Kevin Featherly on Vimeo. A film by Kevin Featherly On March 12, 2011, I traveled to Madison, Wis., with political cartoonist Kirk Anderson and Kirk’s wife Nancy Brewster–a St. Paul school teacher. Together … Continue reading →

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Wisconsin Rep. Grouses About His Salary

Posted on 03/30/2011, 4:40 pm, by Kevin Featherly

U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., feels his constituents’ pain. Especially those who are losing income because of a sour economy and because of Wisconsin’s looming state budget cuts. A constituent at a town hall meeting in Amery, Wis., recently asked … Continue reading →

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Colbert and the ‘Fair and Balanced’ Mural

Posted on 03/29/2011, 3:10 pm, by Kevin Featherly

I missed this the first time around, but it was forwarded to me by my buddy Kirk Anderson. In the video embedded below, Stephen Colbert gives the faux-conservative take on why it was necessary for Maine’s governor to remove a … Continue reading →

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Despite Order, Walker Implements Anti-Union Law

Posted on 03/28/2011, 8:35 pm, by Kevin Featherly

Democracy doesn’t seem to loom large in Scott Walker’s legend. A state judge recently imposed a restraining order preventing implementation of the union-busting “budget repair bill” that was passed March 9 under questionable circumstances. Gov. Walker is unimpressed. From Talking … Continue reading →

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