News blurbs from Twitter
-The offices in the Capitol building are going to be closed at 6pm on Saturday, essentially kicking the protesters out of the building. Saturday's also likely to be damn crowded. Anyone else suddenly get nervous? This is ostensibly for safety reasons. Which makes PERFECT sense what with all the danger/safety issues there've been down at the capitol. I knew they were eventually going to try to shut that down(they've been slowly moving towards crackdowns all week), but now I'm nervous that this is where it'll start to get ugly, as the protesters plan to defy the order to vacate. Sen. Fitzgerald apparently announced this in the capitol. ETA: Source
ETA: Apparently the hallways and rotunda will remain open for people staying in the capitol overnight. Source
-Twitter gossip of the awesome kind. Walker tried to eat dinner at the restaurant Merchant. They refused to serve him.
-Madison Chief of Police would like Walker to clarify what he meant by saying he'd thought about planting troublemakers in the crowd. (Pssst, Walker? Inciting riots is not legal. You dipshit.)
-Due to a financial component in the voter ID bill, the Senate Dems are required for it to be voted on. (Fucking poll taxes and having to get around them, I tell ya.)
-Sen. Fitzgerald's wife got a layoff notice today. Those are apparently starting to make the rounds now. Her I can't really make myself care about, but everyone else....good luck to you.
-Troopers sent to all Senate Dems homes AGAIN on rumors that they're in Chicago by day and at home by night. *eyeroll* Come on guys, they're not half as stupid as that moron occupying the governor's office.
-Glenn Beck's radio show is dropped from Madison airwaves. Apparently he doesn't have a large enough audience to justify carrying it here anymore.
-A disability rights group is occupying the GOP headquarters in Madison until the medicaid provisions in the budget repair bill are removed.
-Senator Kohl is downtown with Tammy Baldwin. http://yfrog.com/h583enxj I think some people were wondering if he would ever show up.
Ok ok, I think I'm done editing this for awhile. Big news dump there.
ETA: Apparently the hallways and rotunda will remain open for people staying in the capitol overnight. Source
-Twitter gossip of the awesome kind. Walker tried to eat dinner at the restaurant Merchant. They refused to serve him.
-Madison Chief of Police would like Walker to clarify what he meant by saying he'd thought about planting troublemakers in the crowd. (Pssst, Walker? Inciting riots is not legal. You dipshit.)
-Due to a financial component in the voter ID bill, the Senate Dems are required for it to be voted on. (Fucking poll taxes and having to get around them, I tell ya.)
-Sen. Fitzgerald's wife got a layoff notice today. Those are apparently starting to make the rounds now. Her I can't really make myself care about, but everyone else....good luck to you.
-Troopers sent to all Senate Dems homes AGAIN on rumors that they're in Chicago by day and at home by night. *eyeroll* Come on guys, they're not half as stupid as that moron occupying the governor's office.
-Glenn Beck's radio show is dropped from Madison airwaves. Apparently he doesn't have a large enough audience to justify carrying it here anymore.
-A disability rights group is occupying the GOP headquarters in Madison until the medicaid provisions in the budget repair bill are removed.
-Senator Kohl is downtown with Tammy Baldwin. http://yfrog.com/h583enxj I think some people were wondering if he would ever show up.
Ok ok, I think I'm done editing this for awhile. Big news dump there.
