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  • Mega donors fuel record-shattering $45M Wisconsin Supreme Court race

    04/02/2023 9:30:03 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 25 replies
    Channel 3000 News/Wisconsin Watch ^ | April 2, 2023 | Jacog Reznick/Wisconsin Watch
    Days before the Wisconsin Supreme Court election a major union representing transit workers wrote an $18,000 check to Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign. For the Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents bus drivers and mechanics, it was a huge donation compared with their previous donation to a Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate in 2018 for just $250. “There's a lot on the line with the Supreme Court race here,” said Donnell Shorter, head of the ATU Local 998 in Milwaukee. But that $18,000 is a drop in the bucket compared with the contributions of a few dozen ultra-wealthy donors. Recent...
  • Britain buckles before Saudi threats

    12/20/2006 6:28:38 AM PST · by Paul Ross · 15 replies · 833+ views
    The Financial Times ^ | 12/19/2006 | Phillip Stevens
    Britain buckles before Saudi threats Financial Times 12/19/2006 Author: Philip Stephens Consider the dry explanation of Britain's most senior law officer: "It has been necessary to balance the need to maintain the rule of law against the wider public interest." Now translate: "Faced with serious threats to the nation's security from the rulers of Saudi Arabia, I have decided to put aside the fundamental principles at the heart of our democratic system of government." Little wonder that Lord Goldsmith, the attorney-general, sounded almost contrite when he called a halt to the long-running criminal investigation into whether a British defence company...