Speaker Paul Ryan Tries to Change the Topic

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Voter ID in Wisconsin, a Slow-Motion Train Wreck

A federal judge in Wisconsin is blowing the whistle on ALEC-inspired voter ID.

Industry-Funded Research Downplayed Sugar Health Effects

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Federal Government Continues To Feed Charter School Beast Despite Auditor's Warning

Despite warnings of fraud, the U.S. Department of Education makes a new gift of nearly a quarter-billion dollars to charter schools.

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Speaker Paul Ryan Tries to Change the Topic
Voter ID in Wisconsin, a Slow-Motion Train Wreck
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Federal Government Continues To Feed Charter School Beast Despite Auditor's Warning
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Undisclosed Dark Money Reigns Supreme in Wisconsin Campaigns and Elections
Bayer Makes Deal With GMO Giant Monsanto
New Grants Announced: ED Continues to Pour Millions into Charter School Black Hole
The Koch Connection in the Scott Walker John Doe Documents

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There is a "sucker punch" aspect of this entire episode, that has been used in the past, that makes it doubly despicable. The now dead open records issue was so completely outrageous and unexpected that it served its intended purpose – to draw attention away from the many other very contentious and controversial aspects of this budget. And that was exactly what Walker and the majority Republicans wanted to happen.

--Jay Heck, Common Cause in Wisconsin

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