Scott Walker

Trump's Anti-Chinese Racist Campaign Strategy Mobilizes Right-Wing Extremists

The move is part of a broader Trump campaign strategy in the run-up to the November presidential elections.

Joel Wendland-Liu · Apr 19, 2020

Dark Money Played a Pivotal Role in Trump’s Wisconsin Win

Lisa Graves · Mar 2, 2020

Crisis in Journalism Is a Crisis for Democracy

Ruth Conniff · Jul 23, 2019

Scott Walker to Head ‘Slow Moving Coup’ to Repeal-and-Replace U.S. Constitution

Jud Lounsbury · Mar 28, 2019

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

Mary Bottari · Mar 22, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez Forced to Explain Marginal Tax Rates to 'Far-Right Former Governor' Scott Walker

"Imagine if you did chores for abuela & she gave you $10. When you got home, you got to keep it, because it's only $10.... Then we taxed the billionaire in town because he's making tons of money underpaying the townspeople."

Jon Queally · Jan 15, 2019

Goodbye ‘Divide and Conquer’: With Walker Gone, Wisconsin Begins a New Era

“We’ve gotten away from who we are and the values that make Wisconsin great. Not Democratic or Republican values, but Wisconsin values: Kindness and respect, empathy and compassion and integrity and civility.”

Ruth Conniff · Jan 9, 2019

Redrawing the Political Map: Gerrymandering Fights Set the Stage for 2019 and Beyond

In one scenario, courts could affirm the gerrymandered map, extend the Republican legislature's power grab, and allow it to lock itself in power for the foreseeable future.

Ruth Conniff · Dec 29, 2018

An Undemocratic GOP Enshrines Zombie Laws via Midwest Coups

What do the Michigan and Wisconsin power grab bills mean for the future?

Roger Bybee · Dec 25, 2018

'A Very Dark Day for Democracy': Scott Walker Signs Wisconsin GOP's 'Legislative Coup' Into Law

"This is the kind of thing autocrats do," declared journalist Ari Berman

Jake Johnson · Dec 14, 2018

Republicans Don't Want Your Vote to Count

They're trying to overturn the will of voters in Wisconsin, Michigan, and maybe a state near you

Jill Richardson · Dec 8, 2018

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 · Dec 7, 2018

The GOP's Plot to Destroy Our Democracy Is Coming Into View

What is happening in Wisconsin symbolizes the latest tactics of a party that has set itself up for minority rule at the expense of democracy

Sonali Kolhatkar · Dec 7, 2018

'Democracy Dies...in the Early Morning Light' as Wisconsin GOP Rams Through 'Lame Duck Legislative Coup'

"Scott Walker may be on the way out of office for the first time in a quarter century, but his corrosive brand of politics lives on in his fellow Republicans."

Jake Johnson · Dec 5, 2018

Wisconsin’s GOP Scheme to Keep Scott Walker as Zombie Governor

Republicans are using their gerrymandered control of the state to push through a slew of power-grabbing bills before the newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general can take office

Jud Lounsbury · Dec 4, 2018

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