The 50 Rules web site covers the media distortions of the right wing in Wisconsin.

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Part of the 2006 Amnesty International report, this documents the US involvement in torture and repression of civil rights. How has the US come to this?

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Progressive politics from Madison

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A blog covering the TABOR/TPA bill.

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Where Liberal is not a dirty word.

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The Brawler, a sort of online, anonymous journalism review, describes what he does as "Rochambeauing Milwaukee's Stupider Media." Good stuff.

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THE BURLINGTON AREA PROGRESSIVES
Who We Are - Where We Stand

The Burlington Area Progressives (The BAP) is a non-profit, non-partisan and unaffiliated grass-roots organization. We seek in the tradition of the founders to promote open and accountable government, representative of The People, promoting the common good, and protective of our inalienable rights.

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The mission of the group is to support, unify and strengthen citizens concerned for the safety of water resources in and around the Badger Army Ammunition Plant; to effect expedient cleanup of any contamination caused by negligent handling of toxic waste; and to exercise means as necessary to guarantee water resources are totally free of toxic contamination for us and the generations to follow.

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What is Democracy for America?
Inspired by the presidential campaign of Howard Dean, Democracy for America (DFA) is a political action committee dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government—from school board to the presidency. DFA fights against the influence of the far right-wing and their radical, divisive policies and the selfish special interests that for too long have dominated our politics.

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Democratic Underground (DU) was founded on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2001, to protest the illegitimate presidency of George W. Bush and to provide a resource for the exchange and dissemination of liberal and progressive ideas. Since then, DU has become one of the premier left-wing websites on the Internet, publishing original content six days a week, and hosting one of the Web's most active left-wing discussion boards.

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The Democratic Governor candidate for Wisconsin

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What is Drinking Liberally?

An informal, inclusive progressive social group. Raise your spirits
while you raise your glass, and share ideas while you share a pitcher.
Drinking Liberally gives like-minded, left-leaning individuals a place
to talk politics. You don't need to be a policy expert and this isn't a
book club - just come and learn from peers, trade jokes, vent
frustration and hang out in an environment where it's not taboo to talk
politics.

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Eye on Wisconsin provides proud progressive commentary on state and local politics. Also visit us for occasional investigative reports, and our weekly podcasts.

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Wisconsin's Progressive Voice.

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GovTrack.us brings together information about the United States Congress, tracking the status of federal legislation and the activities of your senators and representatives. This is an independent website.

This is a great site - you an get an RSS field for any bill going through congress, or the activities of your senator or representative. 

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The progressive voice of the North Shore of Milwaukee.

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The Happy Circumstance

One man's view of a small corner of the planet. The opinions are my own and, while I welcome your comments, I will maintain decorum here.

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This is a very interesting (though probably fairly techie) review of what a mess the Help America Vote Act has made of our voting infrastructure from the viewpoint of hackability.

Alas - if only that were the ONLY problem. With the mounting evidence that the last two presidential elections were stolen, you only need to combine the past practices of not counting votes with the new technological possibilities of hacking the vote to make you wonder who the heck really won any election in the US.

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Law, Politics, Media, Culture

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The Independent World Television News folks are attempting to start their own independent news network that will concentrate on investigative, independent news.  Go over and take a look, sign up for their newsletter, and give them some money.

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Track the progress of any bill through the Wisconsin Legislature - get progress by email, lots more features.

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Listen to the legislature live here.

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Breaking news, analysis, and commentary from a writer based in Madison, Wisconsin

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Mark Pocan's political blog.

Mark was elected to represent the 78th Assembly District in Wisconsin in November of 1998 and is currently serving his fourth term in the state legislature. Mark is a proud progressive in the tradition of "Fighting Bob" La Follette, with a goal to move Wisconsin back to its progressive roots.

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Launched in 1997, The Midwest States Center is dedicated to a vision of a just and equitable democratic society governed by a diverse and educated public that is increasingly engaged in civic life and the democratic process.

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Midwest Values PAC (MVP) was founded by political satirist, author, and Air America Radio host Al Franken in the fall of 2005. Its goal is to provide financial and organizational support to progressive candidates, activists, and causes – in his home state of Minnesota, throughout the Midwest, and around the country – in 2006 and beyond.

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The New Organizing Institute is a unique grassroots program that trains young, technology-enabled political organizers to work for progressive campaigns and organizations. The Institute is being created by experienced online organizers in conjunction with MoveOn.org to fill an urgent need in progressive politics.

 

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. . an organization of people concerned about and working on issues relating to the human and natural environment in northern and western Wisconsin--since 1970.

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One Wisconsin Now, Inc. (OWN) is the beginning of a long-term effort to re-light the flame of Wisconsin's proud progressive tradition on public policy with a state-based plan to modernize and strengthen our state's progressive infrastructure, to build the common good, and to win the ideas and values debate in Wisconsin.

Operating exclusively for the benefit of the state’s residents, One Wisconsin Now is an independent, non-partisan advocacy organization that unites research, policy, message, communications and networking activities of organizations that are dedicated to a progressive public policy agenda in Wisconsin.

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 OpenCongress brings together official government information with news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind what's happening in Congress.

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penDemocracy is the leading independent website on global current affairs - free to read, free to participate, free to the world...

offering stimulating, critical analysis, promoting dialogue and debate on issues of global importance and linking citizens from around the world.

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Welcome to the Progressive Columbia Web site. We are a grassroots organization dedicated to learning about and examining the issues that affect us as citizens. Our interests range from local politics at the
town and county level to national politics and international issues.
We are located in Columbia Country, WI.

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Progressive politics from Dane County

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Progressive Majority Wisconsin believes values centered campaigns are winning campaigns. That approach to politics has led to victory in 66 percent of Progressive Majority Wisconsin endorsed races.

Our talented political professionals support Wisconsin's progressive candidates with a suite of innovative services. Candidates turn to us to learn how to win.

Take some time to learn about our values, our programs and our people. And after that, get involved! Local leaders drive our work and are the key to our success. Contact us to find more information about how to build the progressive movement in your community.

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The Progressive Patriots Fund is dedicated to promioting a progressive reform agenda and supporting candidates across the country.  Senator Russ Feingold Honorary Chair.

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This is a neat site. We hope to be able to incorporate the information from this site into Uppity Wisconsin within the next few months.

ProgressivePunch is a non-partisan searchable database of Congressional voting records from a Progressive perspective. But we're convinced it's extremely useful irrespective of anyone's political positions. We show the performance of members within 160 different issue categories, and detailed vote descriptions, thereby empowering you to zero in on what matters to you.

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Independent and Irreverent Views About Politics, Culture, and the Media. Michael and Anne Quimby Mathias, proprietors.

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Register Five Democrats for
2008.

Our sole reason for existence at Register Five Democrats (RFD) is to get
Democratic candidates elected to office for the upcoming 2008
Presidential Election. In order to attain this end, we at RFD intend to
register as many progressive voters as is humanly possible for this
election. Don't just sit on your butt and complain about the ugliness of
the Bush administration.

Get active!

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What he says, we fact-check. What he does, we criticize. What he believes, we don't.

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The SouthWest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP) is a local democracy-in-action group advocating progressive government policies that work for a sustainable future. The group is committed to educating the public, as well as itself, in current events. It feels that such an ongoing education, in this warp speed world, is necessary in order to participate in our democracy as informed citizens. SWWAP is open to discussing a broad range of issues, and future topics may include: the occupation in Iraq; voting registration; education; the economy; trade policies; healthcare; current USA alienation and unilateralism in the world; our eroding democracy; and environmental concerns. Topics will be discussed as they are relevant.

This progressive group also feels that when American citizens remain uninformed and apathetic, they do not vote, and their democratic government is then weakened. The group is concerned that this apathetic attitude is growing in America and wants to challenge that apathetic way of being. Hence, SWWAP has been formed.

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What the Right got Wrong this week in America's heartland.

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The Politico launched in January, 2007 with the mission of covering the politics of Capitol Hill and of the presidential campaign, and the business of Washington lobbying and advocacy with enterprise, style, and impact. The Politico is a publication of Capitol News Company, LLC.

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News and Views out of the Mainstream. The forgotten, ignored and overlooked. And sometimes, trips that are just plain off-road.

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The bills before Congress affect our nation's budget - and yours.

Washingtonwatch.com tracks the bills in Congress, along with estimates about their costs or savings, when available.

This is a great site that gives you interesting information on new bills and what their financial impact will be on you, your family, and your friends. 

 

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Paul Soglin's political blog.

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Shared web site for the Democratic candidates running for the Wisconsin Legislature.

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We the People/Wisconsin

We the People/Wisconsin is a multi-media partnership that aims to
reconnect citizens with public life through town hall meetings,
candidate and issue forums and citizen-based reporting.

The non-profit coalition includes the Wisconsin State Journal,
Wisconsin Public Television, Wisconsin Public Radio, WISC-TV (CBS,
Madison), WisPolitics.com and Wood Communications Group.

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Wellstone Action is a national center for training and leadership development for the progressive movement. Founded in January 2003, Wellstone Action’s mission is to honor the legacy of Paul and Sheila Wellstone by continuing their work through training, educating, mobilizing and organizing a vast network of progressive individuals and organizations.

In three years, Wellstone Action has experienced tremendous growth, adding over 108,000 members and training 10,984 (and counting!) citizen activists and professionals in 32 states in political organizing skills. In addition to training, Wellstone Action engages our members in non-partisan voter mobilization efforts; lobbies Congress on behalf of mental health parity, Social Security and the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act; trains domestic violence advocates to be organizers on their issue, and helps preserve the Wellstone archives for future generations. Our book, Politics the Wellstone Way: How to Elect Progressive Candidates and Win on Issues, was released in the fall of 2005.

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Whallah!

Inspired by Jessica McBride's creative use of language, to wit:

"Good for Mark Green... whallah, by midday Doyle was following his lead...."

Voila! This blog, dedicated to the questions: She teaches journalism?
She writes newspaper columns? She has a radio program? On what basis?
Are you kidding?

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What's Wrong with the so-called Right this week in Washington County, Wisconsin.

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My Vote is Priceless! Wisconsin voters, is yours?

Stop and think about it. Each time you go to the polls, your vote should count. Right? Well, lately it seems elected officials can be bought by BIG MONEY and not care for the votes of the individuals.

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Wisconsin Citizen Action is a grassroots citizens’ organization, dedicated to social, economic and environmental justice for all. Citizen Action unites the political power of our 61,000 individual members and over 150 affiliate organizations into a significant grassroots force on key issues and elections in Wisconsin. Our mission is to: win improvements that matter in our daily lives, give people a sense of their own power to shape the future and alter the relations of power to favor people over wealthy special interests.

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--Our Mission WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network---

WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network is a means of disseminating information vital to the future of our democracy. Our core mission: To provide independent, unfettered access to the actions of state government. Internet webcasting of selected state government action and public policy events began in April 2006. An around-the-clock cable television channel, under development, will follow. WisconsinEye Network is a charitable 501(c)(3) non-profit entity funded entirely by individuals, foundations, organizations and corporations.

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Working for fair trade agreements for Wisconsin

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Online records of Wisconsin Legislature Voting.

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..working toward the creation of a world
free from violence and injustice...

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Download the latest financial reports for Wisconsin Candidates.

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Wisconsin Towns Association

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Wisconsin Vote is a project of Wisconsin Public Television, Wisconsin Public Radio, and the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

Wisconsin vote has recently been revamped, and carries quite a lot of information on the upcoming elections and candidates.

 

Content for this site comes from the news departments of Wisconsin Public Radio and Television with links to relevant articles from other media sources on the Web. The site is updated regularly during election seasons.

Candidates listed on Wisconsin Vote are those officially registered with the State Elections Board. Wisconsin Vote only covers federal and state races including those for state constitutional officers, U.S. Senate and Congress, and the state senate, assembly and state supreme court. We unfortunately do not have staff to provide coverage of local or county races.

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