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As today's news broke about the legislation passed by the Wisconsin Senates's Republican majority and scenes from the swelling Capitol crowds began to pop up on the Internet, it reminded me of the last mass movement I witnessed in Madison as a student journalist. The one from election night in 2008 when hundreds of students and residents took to the street for a historic moment, though in a starkly different mood.

My thoughts are with those same Wisconsin voters tonight. In two short years, it seems a completely different place all together.

I commend the local press and student journalists who are reporting at all hours of the day so this Badger alum can have a closer eye on what's happening.

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