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Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos stopped by WISN’s UpFront on Sunday. Their conversation covered Vos’ plans for the next budget and how little he plans to give to education, Vos’ hopes that Michael Gableman is disbarred and prevented from practicing law ever again, and how he turned into such a die-hard Trump supporter. In his mile a minute ramble, Vos claims that the enormous spate of school...

Former Green Bay Mayor, Jim Schmitt is joined by Green Bay-area 30th District Senator, Jamie Wall. Jamie shares his experience during the political campaign and as a new senator, the causes. Then get to know Jamie Wall. Lean Local is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Sunday’s from 1-2 PM on WGBW . Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to be sure not to miss out on a...

Texas joins Oklahoma and Louisiana in pushing Christian faith and traditions in public schools. Just today, Texas’ education board approved a Bible-based curriculum , with a $40/student cash incentive for schools to adopt it. Not everyone in Texas’ Christian communities is on board. Religious studies professor at Southern Methodist University Mark Chancey firmly opposes the curriculum . He says th...

In New York, Judge Juan Merchan suspends sentencing for Trump’s 34 felony counts in New York. Closer to home, Hovde earned himself a “pants on fire” rating for his election claims as he conceded the Senate race to Tammy Baldwin. On the matter of militarizing police and using them against political opponents, Dom again recounts being unconstitutionally arrested in the Walker years. Back to the nati...

Jim Santelle cohosts today to cover legal matters in the news with Dom. First up, an update on Trump’s pending cases. In New York, Judge Juan Merchan weighs whether to freeze or dismiss the case against Trump . To refresh your memories, this is the case in which President-elect Trump has already been CONVICTED on 34 felony counts for financial crimes. And what about that Oklahoma case with Ryan Wa...

Jim Santelle cohosting today as a new unit of time just dropped! You can now measure time by 8-day units as a “Gaetz”. This, of course, in honor of the length of Matt Gaetz’ time as nominee for Attorney General of the United States. Today, just 8 short days after being named as Trump’s nominee for the position, Gaetz’ withdrew his name from consideration . So who will Trump pick next to lead the D...

Matt Rothschild cohosting with Dom today. They dig into Trump’s Cabinet picks . On Tuesday, Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern delivered a scathing screed against his “Republican friends” who plan to obey Trump in this new administration. Some Republicans are currently signaling they won’t be in lockstep with Trump. Like Nikki Haley, who let loose with her criticism of Trump’s Cabinet picks...

Matt Rothschild cohosts with Dom today. First, a survey of Trump’s nominations for Cabinet . This shouldn’t be surprising, but it’s still rattling: four of his nominations so far are accused of sexual abuse . Earl Ingram joins us for a segment to talk about the role racism played in the 2024 Presidential election. He sees this election as a serious rollback of social progress. And he’s right. The...

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters decreed that every public school classroom needs to have a bible. And not just any bible. The specifications he listed point to one glitzy faux-leather bound tome in particular: the Lee Greenwood/Trump Bible. How will this help Oklahoma dig itself out of their spot at 48th in the nation for education? Walters struggled to defend his position on CNN , and...

First, it’s Overtime with Maggie Daun! Dom and Maggie dig into Michael Gableman, former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice. Gableman faces a disciplinary filing for violating… well, just about every ethics standard our state has. Then, the two address South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace’s new measure to ban transgender people from using appropriate restrooms . The measure is a direct attack on Re...

John Nichols of  The Cap Times  and  The Nation  joins Dom to break down the weird reality we live in. Especially the 2024 election. First, Hovde finally conceded the Senate race to Tammy Baldwin, as we covered in the first hour. Then, what happened in the presidential race? It sure felt like an ass-whoopin. But looking at some numbers, it appears not to be quite so dramatic a “mandate” for Trump,...

Happy Monday! To welcome this new week, Eric Hovde finally concedes the Senate race to Tammy Baldwin. Despite continuing to push grievances, he at least concedes that Baldwin got more votes than he did! Then our favorite socialist joins us. Harvey J. Kaye is Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. And he thinks we should be embracing getting mo...

Jim Schmitt is joined by New Community Shelter Chief Executive Officer, Terri Refsguard. Terri shares why she is into the cause and shares how the New Community Shelter has a program to help the homelessness in Green Bay. Lean Local is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Sunday’s from 1-2 PM on WGBW . Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts to be sure not to miss out on...

What a week! Catch up on our best segments as we process our electoral bruises and look to what’s next. First, what the hell happened last week??? From Monday’s second hour , we catch up with our friend and favorite Democratic Socialist, Harvey Kaye. Did the Democrats forget to be the party that COMBATS inequality? Then, from Tuesday’s first hour , a chat with Maggie Daun as she works a bit of ove...

Jim Santelle cohosts for the day. In the 9 days since being called the winner of the Presidential election, Donald Trump’s nominations for Cabinet hit new lows for qualification. Among them, Matt Gaetz for Attorney General. Yes, that Matt Gaetz who has been under House investigation for sex trafficking , among other allegations. The same Matt Gaetz who c alled for the abolishment of the DoJ , whic...

Jim Santelle cohosts for the day. Amidst all the chaos, there’s some good news. The people, despite the enormously hot temperature of national politics, want civility. And at a townhall event in La Follette, WI , 400 Wisconsinites practiced it. In all of this week’s finger pointing of who to blame for Trump’s electoral win, we miss the biggest target. The people who voted for Trump . Because they...

Democratic political advisor and strategist Joe Zepecki joins Dom and Earl for a half hour digging into what the hell happened. Was it an uninformed public? A lack of focus on the reality of people feeling left behind by the economy? What about the mood that the Harris-Walz ticket embraced? Was their joy just too out of touch in a change era? And what in the name of Democracy do we do now? Well, w...

Earl Ingram cohosts for the day with Dom. Dom and Earl continue to discuss together and with our audience what led us here, with President-Elect Trump. Is it wrong to be woke? Hell nah! Dom and Earl begin to discuss Trump’s newest picks to fill his Cabinet. They’re… wild. From anti-vaxxer RFK for Health and Human Services to walking scandal Matt Gaetz for head of the Department of Justice . Join D...

In today’s second hour, Matt Rothschild sticks with Dom to cover the rest of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations that we know so far. Also, even though Trump hasn’t started his second term, he’s hinting to House Republicans that he may run for a third. Shocker. It’s almost like he told us that this was exactly the kind of nonsense he’d try to pull. All of this chaos begs the question: can we build...

Our friend Matt Rothschild joins Dom today to break some news: Matt Gaetz has been nominated as Trump’s Attorney General pick! He is only the latest unserious pick for a position he is wholly unqualified for. At the bottom of the hour, Dr. Tim Slekar of BustED Pencils joins us to talk about what the future may look like without the Department of Education. Education is the bedrock of democracy, an...

Since last Tuesday around 11pm, Dom and Jess have, like so many Americans, wrestled with a question. How in the hell did we get here? Among the many, many, MANY opinions swirling around: this is simply who we are. Dom and Jess were both struck by Elie Mystal’s article on Friday in The Nation. Elie’s piece, “There’s no denying it anymore: Trump is not a fluke- he is America,” has been rattling arou...

It’s Tuesday’s first hour, so we’ve got Overtime with Maggie Daun ! Maggie sticks around for a bonus half hour with Dom after her 2-4pm show to talk about what the hell happened last week Tuesday. In short, people were feeling deep existential angst, especially around the economy, and it turned out votes. Plus, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is hearing arguments regarding our current abortion law – f...

Harvey J. Kaye , Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, joins Dom to break down what the hell happened on Tuesday. Did Democrats abandon the working class people whose votes they needed as argued by Bernie Sanders? Or did Harris’ roadtripping with Liz Cheney hurt more than it helped? And more crucial than any of these questions: what do we do...

Jodi Habush Sinykin, Senator-Elect for Wisconsin District 8, joins Dom to talk about what’s next. With fairer maps reducing the Republican advantage in the district from 12 points to 6, Jodi won a narrow victory to bring much improved representation to the people of SD-8. She’s focused on what we do now to improve the lives of Wisconsinites, starting with building community. In the news today rega...