June 29, 2016

@GovWalker administration settles 2013 Capitol arrest case with radio host for $75,000 taxpayer $

Walker should have to pay out of his own pocket for his arrogance.


Walker administration settles 2013 Capitol arrest case with radio host for $75,000

http://www.wkow.com/story/32326186/2016/06/28/doa-settles-2013-capitol-arrest-case-with-radio-show-host-for-75000



By Greg Neumann

Updated: Jun 28, 2016 6:58 PM CST


MADISON (WKOW) -- The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) has agreed to pay a $75,000 out-of-court settlement to a local political talk show host who sued the state after being arrested during the so-called "Capitol Crackdown" on the Solidarity Singers in July 2013.

In agreeing to the settlement with Dominic Salvia, co-host of the Devil's Advocate on 92.1 "The Mic" FM, DOA admits no fault or liability on its part, nor on the part of Sergeant Chris Weiss and Officer Adam Fell - the two members of the State Capitol Police who arrested him.

Salvia filed a federal lawsuit against DOA in March 2014, saying his civil rights were unconstitutionally violated when the officers arrested him, restrained his hands behind his back with a zip-tie, detained him briefly and ultimately issued him a citation.

In his lawsuit, Salvia argued he was there to take photos and observe the Capitol rotunda scene, that he never did any singing or protesting, and that he had been there less than five minutes before his arrest. Salvia also informed Weiss and Fell numerous times he was a member of the working media. ...........................

June 29, 2016

Young voters finally breaking for Clinton in new NBC/SurveyMonkey poll.

Good for

Kyle Griffin ?@kylegriffin1 7h7 hours ago

Young voters finally breaking for Clinton in new NBC/SurveyMonkey poll.

She's at 68% -- up 12 pts from last week:

June 29, 2016

All five U.S. House members from Oklahoma won their Republican primary races in blowouts on Tuesday

WASHINGTON -- All five U.S. House members from Oklahoma won their Republican primary races in blowouts on Tuesday, suggesting state voters weren’t ready to blame their own congressmen for any dissatisfaction with Washington.

Reps. Jim Bridenstine and Markwayne Mullin, who represent eastern Oklahoma and faced the most serious challenges, easily dispatched their opponents.


newsok.com/all-five-u.s.-house-members-win-primary-races/article/5507019

June 29, 2016

The GOP #Zika bill rolls back Clean Water Act requirements designed to keep pesticides out of Americ

Warren is on a roll--good for her.

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Elizabeth Warren ?@SenWarren 7h7 hours ago

The GOP #Zika bill rolls back Clean Water Act requirements designed to keep pesticides out of Americans’ drinking water.


Elizabeth Warren ?@SenWarren 7h7 hours ago

#Zika isn't just coming. It's here. If the GOP won’t take it seriously, they must accept responsibility for the devastating consequences.


Elizabeth Warren ?@SenWarren 7h7 hours ago

#Zika isn't just coming. It's here. If the GOP won’t take it seriously, they must accept responsibility for the devastating consequences.
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Elizabeth Warren ?@SenWarren 7h7 hours ago

Every day @HouseGOP & @SenateGOP don't take #Zika seriously, more ppl get sick. 481 pregnant women in US states & territories have Zika NOW.
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Elizabeth Warren ?@SenWarren 7h7 hours ago

Is this some sort of sick joke, @SenateGOP? Is the #Zika virus — and our country’s response to this emergency — just a game to you?!
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Elizabeth Warren ?@SenWarren 7h7 hours ago

I didn’t think the GOP could write 1 bill to hurt women, vets, Obamacare, PP, AND clean water all at once – but they did it. #Zika
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Elizabeth Warren ?@SenWarren 7h7 hours ago

The GOP #Zika bill cuts Senate levels of @DeptVetAffairs funding by $500M – money for VA hospital maintenance & raises for doctors & nurses.
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June 29, 2016

June 17, 2016: Why Turkey's beaches are empty..

Excellent video.




Why Turkey's beaches are empty

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36556431

17 June 2016 Last updated at 06:47 BST

It was once the world's sixth most popular tourist destination but visitor numbers to Turkey have slumped by around 40 percent amid security threats and a row with Moscow after a Russian jet was shot down by Turkey in 2015.

The country stands to lose billions of dollars in tourist revenue and there's little hope of a return to stability.

Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen reports from Antalya.

June 29, 2016

Live from Los Angeles: Watch Hillary's town hall with @YouTube digital content creators. →

Hillary Clinton ?@HillaryClinton 49m49 minutes ago

Live from Los Angeles: Watch Hillary's town hall with @YouTube digital content creators. ? #CreatorsAskHRC




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June 28, 2016

U.S. Supreme Court denies Wisconsin's appeal on abortion clinic restrictions

Suck on this Walker!



U.S. Supreme Court denies Wisconsin's appeal on abortion clinic restrictions

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/us-supreme-court-denies-wisconsins-appeal-on-abortion-clinic-restrictions-b99752440z1-384689071.html


Pro-choice and pro-life activists demonstrate on the steps of the United States Supreme Court on Monday.
Pro-choice and pro-life activists demonstrate on the steps of the United States Supreme Court on Monday. Credit: Getty Images
Updated: 1:23 p.m.

By Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel

Handing down its second major abortion action in as many days, the U.S. Supreme Court refused Tuesday to rescue a Wisconsin law restricting abortion clinics and doctors in the state, leaving in place lower court rulings that had struck it down.

The unsigned order ends a three-year legal fight and was accompanied Tuesday by another rejection of an appeal by Mississippi that sought to reinstate a similar law requiring abortion doctors to admit patients to nearby hospitals. The decision also follows a lengthy ruling Monday striking down similar restrictions on abortion providers in Texas — a decision considered the high court's most significant ruling on the procedure in a generation.

The court, which has been one justice short since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, ruled 5-3 that the Texas law's restrictions go beyond the type permitted under the court's 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Wisconsin passed similar though less extensive limits on abortion in 2013 only to see them struck down by a trial court in Madison and by the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

"Today's decision should send a loud signal to anti-abortion politicians that they can no longer hide behind sham rationales to shut down clinics and prevent a woman who has decided to end a pregnancy from getting the care she needs," said Larry Dupuis, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, which represented an abortion clinic in the Wisconsin case.

University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias said it would have been nearly impossible for Wisconsin to win its appeal of the 7th Circuit decision in light of Monday's decision. For that to happen, two Supreme Court justices would have had to change the positions taken in the Texas case — an unlikely scenario..............

June 28, 2016

Gov. Scott Walker tweet about Benghazi Report....

He has no shame. Pics were included



Scott Walker Verified account
?@ScottWalker

Lest we forget, 4 Americans died in Benghazi attacks: Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty & Tyrone Woods.

June 28, 2016

I just muted msnbc. Press Conf from Repug Benghazi Comm. They can't

help themselves in taking digs at Hillary--and Obama. All the while talking about patriotic folks who were killed or wounded in that horrible attach. The members are taking turns talking.

June 28, 2016

Bob Murray is holding a fundraiser for Trump tomorrow. He's the only businessman in America who migh

I recall this jerk Murray and his association with that other jerk Scott Brown!


Jordan Ashby ?@JM_Ashby 9m9 minutes ago

Oh boy, Bob Murray is holding a fundraiser for Trump tomorrow. He's the only businessman in America who might be worse than Trump
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Jordan Ashby ?@JM_Ashby 6m6 minutes ago

Murray has been accused of forcing his employees to make political contributions, past forced donations included Scott Brown and Gillespie

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Jordan Ashby ?@JM_Ashby 5m5 minutes ago

After the 2012 election, Murray fired over 100 workers because, in his words, the "takers outvoted the producers"
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