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Wisconsin state Supreme Court rules for stripping collective bargaining rights, against democracy
The Wisconsin state Supreme Court came through for Governor Scott Walker yesterday – ruling that his union law that strips collective bargaining rights and forces public workers to pay more for their healthcare and pensions can now go into effect. Reacting to the court’s decision – Walker said, "the Supreme Court's ruling provides our state the opportunity to move forward together and focus on getting Wisconsin working again."
On the flip side – President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO called the ruling an “affront to our democracy.” With a 4-3 ruling – the judges overturned a previous decision by a county circuit judge who ruled that the procedure in which the law was passed out of the state legislature violated the state’s open meeting laws – requiring proper notification of the public before any new laws are passed – this voiding the law. The deciding judge on the high court was Justice David Prosser who recently won a controversial re-election to the court earlier this year after 12,000 votes mysteriously showed up in Waukesha County to put him over the top. Many on the left have questioned the results of that election since.
Governor Walker’s union law has triggered a polarizing debate in the state – and a number of protests by labor organization outside the capitol building in Madison. And now that the law will finally take effect – expect even more lawsuits to come down the pike.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... War on Labor ramps up (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Screwed: War on Labor ramps up...WI Supreme Court reinstates law stripping public workers of collective bargaining rights with Andy Kroll, Mother Jones Magazine 
Need to Know: Whistleblowers...Pentagon Papers vs. Wikileaks: - Jesselyn Radack, Homeland Security Director, Government Accountability Project & Attorney for Thomas Drake - Stephen Kohn, Executive Director - National Whistleblowers Center
The Best of the Rest of the News...
Congress has spoken..."no more funding for war in Libya" with Bruce Fein, Deputy Attorney General under President Ronald Reagan.
Why is America addicted to war? with - David Swanson, activist / author "War is a Lie" - Colonel Cedric Leighton, US Air Force (Intelligence Officer, retired).
Daily Take: Perpetual War
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable." -- Molière.
Hour One: Please welcome Sam Seder in for Thom today!
Latest on the war on Labor John Nichols, The Nation Magazine
Hour Two: New rules for whistleblowers: Stephen Kohn, Executive Director - National Whistleblowers Center
Elizabeth Warren vs. the banks and what was missing from the GOP debate? Andy Kroll, Mother Jones Magazine
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