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John Jon Stewart, in the video embedded at this Talking Points Memo item (check out the comments), said that there was nothing in common between the Wisconsins gathered in Madison and the Egyptians who gathered in Cairo.
He has a point, certainly as regards the severity of grievances.
Nevertheless . . .
If you are in the Capitol attempting to access the internet from a free wifi connection labeled “guest,” you cannot access the site defendwisconsin.org. The site has been used to provide updates on what is happening, where you can volunteer, and where supplies and goods are needed to support protesters. Administrators of the website were notified on Monday that the page is being blocked. Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate says that the site was put on a blacklist typically used to filter out pornography sites so that protestors inside the Capitol could not access this key site.
Via The Richmonder.
