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sarisataka

(18,497 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 10:52 PM Oct 2015

Heads up Cheddarheads...

er, friends across the river

Welcome to the Wholly Owned Koch Subsidiary Formerly Known as Wisconsin

Starting today, three bills are being rammed through the Wisconsin legislature that will put the final nails in the coffin of our state's long history of clean elections and accountable governance.

The same group of GOP leaders who attempted to gut the state's open records law over the 4th of July weekend are now calling for secrecy in campaign spending and for dismantling the two major avenues for investigating political corruption.

What could go wrong?

Stung by the campaign finance probe into a "John Doe" criminal investigation into potentially illegal coordination between Governor Scott Walker and independent secret money groups, the Koch-ALEC cabal is on the warpath.

They want to dismantle the last remnants of the post-Watergate campaign finance system which placed limits on campaign donations and required transparency for donors, large and small.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-bottari/welcome-to-the-wholly-own_b_8330828.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
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Heads up Cheddarheads... (Original Post) sarisataka Oct 2015 OP
jesus christ.... dhill926 Oct 2015 #1
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