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Since Scott Walker signed his anti-worker budget into law this June, Wisconsin has had massive jobs losses for five months in a row. The numbers show that as a direct result of Scott Walker's regressive policies, more than 34,900 Wisconsin workers have been sent to the unemployment lines.

Despite the numbers, Scott Walker continues to claim that his "reforms" are working and that the state is making "progress."

The reality is Scott Walker's so-called "tools" and "reforms" have attacked middle-class families and have led to a mass exodus of good-paying jobs. Wisconsin workers are being laid off at an alarming rate while neighboring states, such as Illinois and Minnesota, are experiencing job growth.

Charlie Sykes is a bully with a bullhorn and the other day we called him out on it. You can listen here.

For years, he's used WTMJ 620 as a platform to dishonestly advance an extreme and divisive agenda - and carry water for Scott Walker.

Day-after-day, 365 days a year, WTMJ 620 radio, the biggest station in the state, amplifies radical Sykes-Walker talking points in what amounts to millions of dollars of in-kind contributions to the Republican Party.

From day one you’ve been on the front lines in the fight to defend our shared Wisconsin values from Scott Walker's unprecedented assault on the working people of our state.

Your efforts have been directly responsible for helping collect us more than 507,533 signatures to recall Scott Walker in just one month.

But we can't stop and we can't let up. We have to reach our goal of collecting more than 720,000 signatures before January 17th.

While thousands of grassroots supporters from all over Wisconsin joined us online to announce that more than a half-million people have signed a petition to recall Scott Walker for his extreme agenda that has sent 34,900 Wisconsin workers to the unemployment line, Scott Walker quietly submitted his fundraising report to the Government Accountability Board.

Initial analysis shows that Scott Walker seized half of his $5 million from outside of Wisconsin, including a $250,000 check from mega-millionaire and right-wing extremist Bob Perry.

Earlier today, along with our partners in the grassroots, we announced something truly amazing: In just one month, in just 30 days, in less than half the time granted, your strength and determination has helped us collect more than 507,000 signatures to recall Scott Walker. We are now well on our way to beating our internal goal of collecting more than 720,000 signatures!

Watch the update at noon at: http://www.WisDems.org/Live

We want you to be the first to know about a special update regarding our grassroots effort to recall Scott Walker.

Will you join us for a live online recall update at 12:00 PM tomorrow?

We want to thank you for your incredible response to our urgent request for financial help.

In just 6 days more than 5,200 grassroots donors chipped in with an average donation of $28 to help beat our goal of $150,000 in record time.

Your enthusiastic support is what is fueling our grassroots campaign to take Wisconsin back for the people. Your donations are directly responsible for keeping more than 42 recall Walker offices open across Wisconsin. We really couldn't have kept all these offices open without you.

Yesterday, Scott Walker used his official gubernatorial Twitter account to make a very campaign-esque proclamation about how his administration balanced the budget using only “structural reforms.” Nice try, Scotty.

In late September, Governor Scott Walker called a third special legislative sessions that was supposed to focus on job creation. Rather than focusing on legislation that would help kick-start job creation, the Republican-controlled Legislature used the sessions to push a radical right-wing agenda that threatens Wisconsinites young and old while still remembering to cater for Big Money special interests.