Stories by Mary Bottari

Mary Bottari is the Director of the Center for Media and Democracy’s Real Economy Project and editor of the www.BanksterUSA.org site for bank busting activists.subscribe to Mary Bottari's rss feed

Secret Email System Revealed in "John Doe" Probe of Walker Staff

Posted on Feb 15, 2012, Source: PR Watch

The evidence of illegal campaigning is getting closer to Scott Walker's blackberry.

Save Democracy: Tell Corporations to Dump ALEC

Posted on Jul 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The Center for Media and Democracy discovered ALEC is behind corporate political control, and now is the time to fight against the sale of our democracy.

Progressives Win in Wisconsin, Thwarting Koch Conservatives -- But Recount Assured

Posted on Apr 6, 2011, Source: Center for Media and Democracy

In a state that has never unseated a conservative Supreme Court justice, people power fueled a concentrated effort to deny the Imperial Walker one branch of government.

Where Do These Wisconsin Republicans Get off? They Actually Believe Their Actions Are "Immune" to Court Decisions

Posted on Mar 23, 2011, Source: PR Watch

Welcome to Wisconsin, where Republicans' novel interpretations of long established law are a daily occurrence and the billable hours are stacking up.

Scott Walker and Wisconsin GOP Continue Lockdown in Contempt of Court; Issue Unconstitutional 'Arrest Warrants' for 14 Democratic Lawmakers

Posted on Mar 4, 2011, Source: PR Watch

Republican leadership issued an unprecedented series of new rules, some of which were quickly assessed by lawyers as flatly unconstitutional.

Walker's Disastrous New Budget Could Devastate Schools, Cities Across Wisconsin

Posted on Mar 2, 2011, Source: Democracy Now!

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has unveiled a budget slashing aid to schools and local districts, cutting an estimated 12,000 jobs.

Hilarious Koch Prank May Reveal Serious Ethics Violations By Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

Posted on Feb 24, 2011, Source: PR Watch

Governor Walker likes to complain of "outside agitators." Hard to imagine an agitator with more influence and money than the Koch-family.

Live Reporting from the Massive Protests in Wisconsin -- Over 30,000 Assemble at the Capitol

Posted on Feb 17, 2011, Source: PR Watch

Live updates from the ground.

JP Morgan Making a Fortune Off of American Poverty

Posted on Feb 7, 2011, Source: Bankster USA

JPMorgan Chase is the largest processor of food stamp benefits in the US. They are paid per customer; when the number of food stamp recipients goes up, so do JPMC profits.

America's 50 Attorneys General Have the Power to Stop the Banks from Kicking People Out of Their Homes -- Will They Use It?

Posted on Feb 2, 2011, Source: Bankster USA

How you can push the attorney generals to do the right thing.

Twitter Trades: Wall Street's Latest "Innovation" Is Yet Another Scam

Posted on Jan 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet

In an era of inexplicable flash crashes, reckless commodity speculation and “too big to fail” taxpayer guarantees, do we really need to be trading on Tweets?

What Does Wikileaks Have on Bank of America?

Posted on Jan 17, 2011, Source: Center for Media and Democracy

Reports suggest that BofA is now moving into high gear on damage control, creating a "war room" to fight off an upcoming release of WikiLeak documents.

8 Scenarios for Financial Catastrophe in 2011

Posted on Jan 4, 2011, Source: AlterNet

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