Vos retires
We discuss the retirement of Speaker Robin Vos after a decade of ruthless control of the Legislature. Vos was the most powerful and successful state politician since Scott Walker, and one of the most ...
26 Helmi 49min
Remembering Jesse Jackson, Postpartum Medicaid victory, $20 Wage Legislation launch, and data centers public hearing
We remember Jesse Jackson for carrying the tourch for the multi-racial working class long after the hopes of the Civil Rights Era faded, his prophetic oratory which still speaks to us today, and his s...
19 Helmi 51min
Bondi Bombast Boomerang
Holy Bondi! Following a recap of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s surreal Congressional hearing, we dive into this week in the Trump Regime, including: ICE agents are flowing into Western Wisconsin; Tru...
12 Helmi 47min
Governor candidates embrace a BadgerCare Public Option
We discuss how Democratic candidates for Governor are competing with each other to embrace the BadgerCare Public Option bill, which will soon be introduced in the state legislature. We are joined by C...
5 Helmi 48min
The Bitter Fruits of Failing Democracy
This week we put the tragic events and courageous resistance to tyranny in the Twin Cities in the context of our failing democracy. A new report from the Urban Institute shows that Wisconsin has fall...
29 Tammi 50min
Freddy Peralta trade, wage floors, and the politics of MLB
The Milwaukee Brewers’ billionaire owner traded All-Star Freddy Peralta yesterday for prospects, leaving fans upset at the trade and the financing of Major League Baseball that created and normalized ...
22 Tammi 50min
Greenleaf Data Center: Organized People Win!
We applaud a victory for local democracy this week in little Greenleaf, Wisocnsin. When Big Tech came calling, local residents pushed back so quickly on a proposed data center that the developers imme...
15 Tammi 49min
Venezuela, ICE shooting and taxing the rich to fund schools and public goods
We lead off with Trump’s gun boat diplomacy in Venezuela and the shocking bloodshed perpetrated by ICE in Minneapolis. What does it mean and how is the resistance to authoritarianism responding so far...
8 Tammi 58min
