As the gentle reader is well aware, we here in Wisconsin have been to Hell and are trying to climb our way back up.

Scott Walker has, in fifteen months, undone a century and a half of proud tradition, vibrant success and and exalted status. He’s sold us out to his special interest/corporate/fascist supporters, destroyed our education system, attacked the rights of workers, of women, of children, of the elderly, of the disabled, of the poor and just about everyone but the privileged elite class, commonly referred to as the 1%.

Firedoglake’s news roundup continues while dday is covering Yurp, this week French elections. Today’s stories include French elections, Egypt, Israel, student loans, Wisconsin, anti-abortion laws, Mitt Romney, Poland, Brazilian tribes, and much more.

Seriously, what is it?

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s first ad of the gubernatorial recall election in Wisconsin begins by asking the question, “isn’t it time to end the civil war in Wisconsin?” He was referring to Scott Walker and the war on public employees, but he could be referring to the battle among Democrats over the next month, since unions have endorsed Kathleen Falk instead.

he Michigan Constitution explicitly states that all laws passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor will go into effect 90 days into the next calendar year. The only way you can speed that process is through passing an “emergency measure” by a two-thirds vote that puts the law into effect immediately. Over 95% of Michigan laws have been passed that way, through “immediate effect,” since Republicans came into the majority in the legislature in 2011.

But the twist comes at around the 9 minute mark: in fact, practically none of those laws which got “immediate effect” received a two-thirds vote. House Republicans are just holding a separate “immediate effect” vote on these bills, with no roll call, and graveling in passage by eyeball of the chair three seconds after the vote gets called. They’re just lying to accelerate the process, violating the state Constitution.

You may remember Waukesha County (Wisconsin) Clerk Kathy Nickolaus. Last year, she miraculously found thousands of votes in a state Supreme Court election two days after the balloting, which threw the race to incumbent David Prosser over JoAnn Kloppenburg. A subsequent investigation showed that Nickolaus violated state law on her reporting of election results. Also, [...]

The arrest made in the bombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Wisconsin has led to federal charges against the suspect. He has a significant criminal record and a possible history of anti-abortion protests, according to local authorities. He may have participated in demonstrations against this particular Planned Parenthood office. His prior arrests are unrelated to any anti-abortion activity.

Tonight is the primary in Wisconsin Maryland and the District of Columbia. Wisconsin is the big fight today and Mitt Romney holds modest edge in all the polling. You can find my primer for tonight here. The primary states’ poll closing times (Eastern): 8:00 PM: DC and Maryland 9:00 PM: Wisconsin Real time results can [...]

Voters are currently going to the polls to vote in the Republican primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia. So far it looks like it should be a very good night for Mitt Romney. He has overwhelming leads in Maryland and D.C. and a modest lead in Wisconsin, which now looks like a must win for Santorum to stop Romney’s growing inevitability.

A homemade bomb struck a Planned Parenthood office in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, on Sunday night. According to a local news report, the perpetrator placed the bomb on a window sill, which started a small fire when it exploded. There are no reports of injuries, but the terrorist implications are profound.