Walker has closed down the Capitol. Only Fox News has been allowed in for coverage.

Lockdown at Wisconsin Capitol doesn't keep out public passion

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until the police have to empty the Capital Building. There are hundreds of people (if not thousands) inside. Watching the live feed now.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/afl-cio-2010-rally

All feeds are saved below on their page, if you want to watch them.

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Right now, police have been ordered to institute a "2 out 1 in" policy to get people out of the Capital building. Don't know what this means for long-term protesting.

Things I'm stumbling upon and sharing ( Read more... )

I'm going to come right out and say it, although I imagine it's largely preaching to the choir amongst the people who might see this ( Read more... )

Summation of today's rallies by the Green Bay Press-Gazette:

Madison police: Saturday protest 'one of the largest' they've ever seenI checked the live feed just two minutes before it was done transmitting for the night. The crowds had thinned (I believe they're clearing out the Capital building per new legislation) and things looked to be winding ( Read more... )

Rally inside the Capital Rotunda ( Read more... )

Some retroactive information, and some food for thought.

Putting a face on this for a moment.

You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

We Are Wisconsin from Finn Ryan on Vimeo.

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The actual bill - all 144 pages of it. (The one that, incidentally, was given out one day, if I recall correctly, before a vote was expected on it. How fast can you read through it?)

"AN ACT relating to: ( Read more... )

Not a surprise, but the Assembly has passed the bill. Also not a surprise, they did it while several Democrat officials were out of the room and couldn't vote.

It still has to get through the Senate, and Democratic Senators are still out of state.

Reuters article here:

Wisconsin Assembly approves plan to curb unions(link: Read more... )

Moar info. Not cutting because this is important, dammit.

The direct link I should have posted a while back - http://host.madison.com/

The latest flap - a prank call that brought a few things to light. New York Times article here. (link: Read more... )