KPFK ‘BradCast’: Scott Walker’s Corruption Case is MUCH Bigger Than Scott Walker

GUEST: Brendan Fischer of Center for Media and Democracy...

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The case against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), charging that he ran a “criminal scheme” by coordinating his 2012 recall election campaign with about a dozen “outside” groups, is about much more than just Walker and his corruption.

On this week’s BradCast on KPFK/Pacifica Radio, I spoke with Brendan Fischer, general counsel at the Center for Media and Democracy about what could be the very last piece of campaign finance law to fall in the wake of 2010’s Citizens United and 2014’s McCutcheon rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. Depending on how the challenge against the case against Walker goes, there may be nothing left that keeps candidate campaigns from putting unlimited, undisclosed millions to work in buying our elections. In short, as I discussed with Fischer, democracy could well become even more hosed than it already is in this country. Who knew that was even possible, at this point?

Also, on this very busy BradCast on a very busy day: “the most prolific multiple voter in memory” (a case of massive GOP voter fraud in WI); the shadowy Photo ID initiative that went down in flames in CA; the terrible “recount” bill in CA that has now been (largely) killed following BRAD BLOG’s recent exposé; a word or two about the latest absurdity in the GOP’s pretend IRS “scandal”; and, as usual, Desi Doyen with the latest Green News Report and a some utter nonsense from Fox and Friends.

All of that and more (seriously) in this week’s insanely busy BradCast! Enjoy!

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The BradCast with Brad Friedman 6/26/2014
KPFK ‘BradCast’: Scott Walker’s Corruption Case is MUCH Bigger Than Scott Walker  |  GUEST: Brendan Fischer of Center for Media and Democracy...   · · · · ·   KPFK ‘BradCast’: Scott Walker’s Corruption Case is MUCH Bigger Than Scott Walker  |  GUEST: Brendan Fischer of Center for Media and Democracy...
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KPFK ‘BradCast’: Scott Walker’s Corruption Case is MUCH Bigger Than Scott Walker

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    Robert said on 6/28/2014 @ 5:04pm PT: [Permalink]

    Walker thinks case if over… It’s not, it’s now in a higher Federal Court… The 7th Circuit Federal Appeals Court. it was only temporally stopped by a partisan Republican Judge in the lowest of the three levels of Federal Courts.

    Norm Goldman gives us his legal analysis on what’s going on in Wisconsin Scott Walker John Doe Case

    http://normangoldman.com/upload..._Free-Hour.mp3

    For those who want to jump right to it, it begins about 10 minutes into the podcast… note timer and scroll bar to slide or jump ahead on the audio bar.

    PS: Battle in the Badger State

    https://sites.google.com/site/t.../home#games-on

    Correction, it begins about 9 minutes into it…

    having said that, I think this link may be on topic as well

    Gov.Scott Walker faked a “budget Crisis”
    https://sites.google.com/site/t...es/home#walker

    Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/lo...#ixzz35yvzkoZc

    On my PS of my post I’m replying to, regarding Scott Walker FAKING a Budget Crisis, I forgot to mention that he did it TWICE ! … ONCE in Milwaukee AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE and then AGAIN as Governor… BOTH times it was Ginned up as a false pretext to do away with unions and union workers as Rachel Maddow explains in her Wakenhut video the link takes you to.

    Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/lo...#ixzz35MhVjAvE

    https://sites.google.com/site/t...s/home#endstop

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    grover5995 said on 7/3/2014 @ 8:54am PT: [Permalink]

    This case could lead directly to DC insiders like Karl Rove. That is likely why the WI Club for Growth is so desperate to stop this investigation before it reaches a grand jury.

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