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“Everything going on in Wisconsin right now is really blazing new territory,” said Nation contributor John Nichols last night on the Ed Show. In the next sixty days, he says, progressive activists will need to obtain 540,000 signatures in order to force a special election—and recall Governor Walker once and for all. You can read more of John’s coverage of the fight for labor rights here.

—Teresa Cotsirilos