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===February 2015===
*'''February 28, 2015''' In February 2015, presidential hopeful Scott Walker told a CPAC audience that his fight against unions in Wisconsin prepared him to fight the terrorist group ISIL, prompting U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren to tweet:
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===September 2015===
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* In '''September 2015''', presidential candidate Scott Walker announced a $7 million Iowa ad blitz with an ad featuring the WI Wisconsin protests. The video argues that his push to lower wages and end the collective bargaining rights of Wisconsin teachers, nurses, snowplow drivers and other public workers prepared him to run for President.{{clear}}
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*On '''Labor Day 2015''', President Obama gave a speech in Boston announcing that he was signing a new executive order to extend paid sick days to federal contractors. As part of the talk , he referenced Walker's comments on ISIL. {{clear}}
==2011 Wisconsin Protests Daily Live Reporting from CMD==Beginning on February 14, 2011 the Center for Media and Democracy reporters provided live coverage of the historic protests in Madison, Wisconsin and related legal and political battles. The coverage focuses focused on the corporations and spinmeisters pulling the stringsincluding the involvement of the Koch Brothers Americans for Prosperity Group and Wisconsin Club for Growth. The Center for Media and Democracy ended their daily live coverage on July 13, 2011and these columns are archived here. <ref> [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/06/9944/live-reporting-wisconsin-protests Live Reporting from the Wisconsin Protests], [http://www.prwatch.com PR Watch], June 7, 2011 </ref>
*[http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/02/10081/wisconsin-protests-wednesday-february-16-2011 Wednesday, February 16, 2011]
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