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Mary Bottari

Mary Bottari

Mary Bottari is the Chief of Staff to Madison, Wisconsin Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway. Previously, she was the Director of the Center for Media and Democracy's Real Economy Project.

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On December 14, 2018, Scott Walker released a Venn diagram when he signed the lame-duck bills into law claiming that they did not curtail the powers of the new Democratic governor.

Boom! Wisconsin GOP’s Lame-Duck Power Grab Ruled Unconstitutional

The people of Wisconsin were “entitled to a government that represents their interests transparently, welcomes citizens’ input, and respects the limits of its constitutional authority.”

Mary Bottari ·

Frederick Douglass famously advised: “Power concedes nothing without a demand, it never has and it never will.”(Photo: Exposed

Koch Kumbaya: The Billionaire Industrialists Appropriate Frederick Douglass, Pledge to “Do Right”

Let’s face it rapacious capitalism is the raison d’etre of the Koch Network

Mary Bottari ·

The Janus case was spearheaded by ALEC’s sister group, the $80 million State Policy Network (SPN), made up of 66 right-wing think tanks and other Koch-funded institutions.(Photo: Screenshot)

ALEC’s New Union-Busting Toolkit Illustrates the Goal Is to Bankrupt Unions Not Protect Workers

The ultimate goal of the ALEC-SPN groups is the end of worker power

Mary Bottari ·

"What Republicans didn't win at the polls, they would seek to preserve by pilfering."(Photo: Screengrab)

Wisconsin Schools the Nation on Hypocrisy and Partisan Power Grabs

"This is just not the process we should have in an advanced democracy."

Mary Bottari ·

Tony Evers (Photo: Screenshot)

A Public School Teacher Just Beat the Pants Off Scott Walker

A Democrat in the governor’s mansion will also put an end to Wisconsin’s role as a national petri dish for right-wing policies promulgated by the Koch brothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council

Mary Bottari ·

According OpenSecrets.org, outside groups and the three candidates spent an astonishing $36.9 million so far in the state’s most expensive primary in history. (Photo: Leah Vukmir/Screengrab)

Wisconsin GOP Just Nominated ALEC’s “Iron Lady” to Take on Tammy Baldwin

Leah Vukmir will have the full support of the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity group and their many resources in the state

Mary Bottari ·

21 July 2017 - Denver, CO - US Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta gives remarks and participates in Q&A at the 44th annual American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting. (Photo Credit: Department of Labor Shawn T Moore)

ALEC Is Pushing a New Slate of Viciously Anti-Worker, Pro-Corporate Laws

A veritable banquet of union-busting, gerrymandering, pro-fossil fuel, and school privatization proposals

Mary Bottari ·

Trump’s Supreme Court Strikes Blow to Government Workers, Good Paying Jobs

The Janus decision could lead to weaker unions, lower wages for government workers, and poorer public services

Mary Bottari ·

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