Thursday night news round up (4.7.11)

"It's not the people who vote that count.  It's the people who count the votes."  Josef Stalin


Daily Kos:  Why Prosser needed EXACTLY + 7500 votes...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/07/964575/-Why-Prosser-needed-EXACTLY-+7500-votes


Accusations of Elections Fraud Explained and Capitol Coverage!  Revolution time!  - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1wxiBjfg4E


Huffington Post Amanda Terkel:  Wisconsin Election Surprise:  David Prosser Gains 7,500 Votes After "Human Error" in Waukesha County - video
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/07/david-prosser-wisconsin-supreme-court_n_846431.html?ref=fb&src=sp

Don't you wish...

Lobbyist's son resigns from Walker administration job
http://m.host.madison.com/mobile/article_34cd8a54-6140-11e0-bf91-001cc4c03286.html


Clark County Politics:  Here's the Prosser story in Wisconsin from Big Government
http://clarkcountypolitics.blogspot.com/2011/04/heres-prosser-story-in-wisconsin-from.html


Tense Crowd as Senate Majority Leader Fitzgerald holds Open Office Hours
http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Tense_Crowd_as_Fitzgerald_Holds_Open_Office_Hours_119449544.html


Citizen Action Calls for Federal Investigation into Vote Count Irregularities in Waukesha County
http://ht.ly/4vImr


Government Accountability Board:  Considerations for your County Canvass and preparation for potential recount
http://gab.wi.gov/node/1701


Officials dispute reliability of Waukesha County clerk's election data system
http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/100595954.html?referrer=facebook

The Kloppenburg for Justice Committee is accepting contributions for recount effort
https://www.completecampaigns.com/public.asp?name=Kloppenburg&page=1

Waukesha County clerk, board clash over audit
http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/114014589.html?page=1

Waukesha County to audit election equipment
http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/114014589.html?page=1

ThinkProgress:  Prosser Hires Bush v. Gore Recount Lawyer Who Claims GOP Opposes Equal Protection
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/07/prosser-hires-bush-v-gore-recount-lawyer-who-claims-gop-opposes-equal-protection/

Tea Party Counter Rally - It's our house!  - Facebook event
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136842583056069

Swing State Project:  Analysis of the newly added Waukesha ballots
http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/8669/analysis-of-the-waukesha-found-ballots

OneWisconsinNow: Election Returns:  What Went On in Waukesha?
http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/press/election-returns-what-went-on-in-waukesha.html

Daily Kos:  84% in Madison Vote against Citizens United!  First City in the Nation to Do So
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/07/964188/-BREAKING:-84-in-Madison-Vote-against-Citizens-United!-First-City-in-the-Nation-to-Do-So

Janesville School District to Cut 130 Positions
http://www.channel3000.com/education/27472622/detail.html

Department of Justice files original action in the state supreme court to challenge judge Sumi's injunction ruling
http://thewheelerreport.com/releases/April11/0407/0407doj.pdf

Statement from JoAnne Kloppenburg campaign manager Melissa Mulliken
http://www.facebook.com/notes/ashford-wyrd/statement-from-joanne-kloppenburg-campaign-manager-melissa-mulliken/214455551898543

Jon Erpenbach - ATTACK ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20jy4FwHR_0


Daily Kos:  Wisconsin Supreme Court:  Local clerk "finds" over 7,000 votes for Prosser

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/07/964538/-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court:-Local-clerk-finds-over-7,000-votes-for-Prosser

Washington Post Greg Sargent:  Recall momentum continues:  Dems collect huge number of signatures to recall Randy Hopper
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/recall-momentum-continues-dems-collect-huge-number-of-signatures-to-recall-randy-hopper/2011/03/03/AFlxBtvC_blog.html

ActBlue:  "Wisconsin 14" T-shirts
https://secure.actblue.com/page/wisconsin14tshirt

Office of the District Attorney Sheboygan County accuses Governor Walker of intimidation
http://thewheelerreport.com/releases/April11/0407/0407sheboygancountyda.pdf

LGBT Break the Silence Wisconsin March - Facebook event
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150227628356979

Uppity Wisconsin:  Pssst...Gov: Kloppenburg Won About Half of the Counties and 84% of Her Support Came from Outside of Madison
http://uppitywis.org/blogarticle/pssst-gov-kloppenburg-won-about-half-counties-and-84-her-support

Dane101: Analyzing Tuesdays' Election Results
http://dane101.com/current/2011/04/07/walker_analyzing_tuesdays_election_results

Oshkosh - State Budget Public Hearing - Facebook event
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115258171886797

Boycott WMC (Wisconsin Commerce and Manufacturers) Board Members page
http://boycottwalker.bsharp.org/wmc.html

Defend Wisconsin: Data entry Volunteers Needed
http://www.defendwisconsin.org/2011/04/07/data-entry-volunteers-needed/

4 Quarters, 10 Dimes David McKay:  Let the Predictable Begin.
http://4quarters10dimes.blogspot.com/2011/04/let-predictable-begin.html

High turnout for court race shows voters engaged, partisan
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119373804.html

The big chill?  UW's Cronon sees "intimidation" in GOP records request
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/university/article_474631d2-6068-11e0-b25d-001cc4c002e0.html

PRWatch: Court Race Throws a Spanner in the Works of Wisconsin Wingnuts
http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/04/10545/court-race-throws-spanner-works-wisconsin-wingnuts

Nobel Economist Joseph Stiglitz;  Assault on Social Spending, Pro-Rich Tax Cuts Turning U.S. into Nation "Of the 1 Percent, by the 1 Percent, for the Percent"
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/7/nobel_economist_joseph_stiglitz_assault_on

How can Wisconsin protesters remain active in protecting workers' rights?  - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1IBM_2k5as

PolitiScoop:  GOP Bait and Switch?  Trust the Lies not Their Truth
http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/178-gop-bait-and-switch-trust-the-lies-not-their-truth.html

Kevin Spacey on President Lincoln and the Arts - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMrNvtT0dBM&feature=share

It's academic:  Kloppenburg/Prosser Supreme court election results
http://ericcompas.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/kloppenbergprosser-election-results/

John Boutelle:  Lack of respect for dedicated public workers troubling
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/mailbag/article_efb41c85-272d-51a5-8493-3949a186ec3a.html

The Capitol is Coming to Milwaukee!  Testify and Rally!  - Facebook event
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=204355942923104