I am prepared to cry if need be

  • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip
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    2 hours ago

    Unfortunately, no. He did act like a sniveling coward, sneaking into the Capitol through the utility tunnels, never facing the people. But the state is so heavily gerrymandered that the Republicans had a lock on the Legislature, despite only about 50% of the votes, and Walker’s real constituency was the Kochs, the Heritage Foundation, and conservative activists generally. They passed the law, and it’s only been literally a few weeks since the last of it was finally struck down by a court as unconstitutional.

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      51 minutes ago

      That’s a shame, but at least the courts sided with the unions in the end. Sounds like a big story I’m surprised its the first I’m hearing of it