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Matt Rothschild joins us as cohost for the day. Turning away from national politics for a bit, we look at the race for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. This election is shaping up to be exorbitantly expensive, with millions and millions already raised by the two candidates. In 2015, Scott Walker signed a bill into law rewriting Wisconsin’s election finance laws. Now, money is speech in Wisconsin, and th...

Matt Rothschild joins us as cohost for the day. Every day of President Trump’s second term is apparently ‘bring your billionaire to work’ day. With Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, answering questions from press in the Oval, we’re wondering who the real president is. And Musk is already openly admitting to misleading the public- we call that ‘lying’ round here- on rationales for cutting life...

The last time Trump imposed tariffs and ignited a stupid, meaningless trade war, he paid nearly $30 BILLION to farmers who’d lost income– bigly– in China’s retaliation. Hell of a job, Negotiator… Now, with a 25% tariff on all imported aluminum and steel, we wonder how much he’ll have to pay off to manufacturers and beer canners, to name two impacted parties. We talk with our audience about the dev...

Maggie Daun joins us for a bit of overtime. We begin by picking up an audience member’s question from yesterday: do we want President Trump to succeed? Well, that depends on how you define “success”. Do we want Trump to be successful in subverting our constitution. No, we don’t. Do we want Trump to succeed in enacting hateful policies the bring social justice back decades? Hell no. Do we want Trum...

Harvey Kaye , Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at UWGB , and our favorite Delano Democrat joins us for the hour. As Trump pushes hard on what the chief executive of our country can legally do, we ask: are we watching a constitutional crisis unfold? Federal judge after federal judge continues to block unconstitutional executive actions for this administration. Breaking in this ho...

The race for Wisconsin Supreme Court heats up between Judge Susan Crawford and Judge Brad Schimel. Both candidates appeared yesterday on WISN’s UPFRONT for interviews . Each candidate discussed their views on recusal, money in the race, and hinted towards their views on abortion. In other Wisconsin news, President Trump’s financial decapitation of the National Institute of Health (NIH) will devast...

Former Green bay Mayor, Jim Schmitt is joined by Dr. K an ER Doctor. Dr. K has leaned into Ozempic, Dr.k wanted to lean into wellness and giving back to the community by opening a Ozempic store. Dr. K explains what this drug is and how it can help with diabetes and losing weight. 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...

Catch up on the best of this week’s shows! First, from Tuesday’s second hour with Nick Ramos . Why has the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign filed an ethics complaint against Judge Brad Schimel? Next, from Tuesday’s first hour with Maggie Daun. The upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election pits Judge Susan Crawford against Judge Brad Schimel. Maggie’s choice for Judge Crawford is quite clear, but not b...

Jim Santelle, host of Amicus: A Law Review guest hosts for the day. At the top, we conclude our discussion from last hour on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with breaking news. Federal Judge Carl Nichols issued a temporary pause on President Trump’s mass gutting of the agency . After that, we bounce to the Department of Justice, now led by Attorney General Pam Bondi....

Jim Santelle, host of Amicus: A Law Review guest hosts for the day. What is the United States Agency for International Development, USAID? And how does USAID further America’s goals and standing worldwide? Jim has personal experience with USAID, having served with the agency during 2006-2008 in Iraq. Today, Jim brings history and service together to share the mission and practice of USAID to us al...

Earl Ingram joins as cohost for the day. Today, President Trump announced that he’s establishing a task force to end anti-Christian bias. If that confuses you, join the party. In what part of the United States do Christians face discrimination? Certainly, there have been instances of vandalism of churches- but oh wait, that was the group once known as Proud Boys . And they were all just pardoned b...

Earl Ingram joins as cohost for the day. As President Trump’s administration seeks to break the system by bringing in non-experts to roles that require expertise, we’re grappling with what we can do. Wisconsin legislators are stepping up to protect the American people from the damage. Specifically, our elected Democratic officials seek to put guardrails in place to protect us from the unelected, u...

We carry over conversation from last hour on the tragic and preventable death of Cole Schmidtknecht, a 22-year old man living in Appleton, WI. Cole died of respiratory distress after being unable to afford an inhaler that his insurance ceased covering. In a lawsuit his family is filing against Walgreens and OptumRX, a subsidiary of United Healthcare, they claim Cole was provided neither proper not...

As the race for the next Wisconsin Supreme Court justice election heats up, we’ll keep you updated. This week, Judge Brad Schimel’s campaign released an ad with an altered image of Judge Susan Crawford . Schimel’s campaign says they wanted to make Crawford appear “ashamed”. We say, if they want to see shame, just look in the mirror. The case raises concerns over not only the legality of using cert...

Nick Ramos, executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign , joins us to break down their formal ethics complaint against judge Brad Schimel . Schimel is also, of course, a candidate for Wisconsin’s highest court. And he’s been going around ‘joking’ about begging on his hands and knees for campaign support. Meaning money. He’s ‘joking’ about begging for money. As a judge. In direct violati...

Maggie Daun joins us for a bit of overtime. First up, let’s discuss Brad Schimel’s shameful shill of a campaign to be a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice. A taste here and then we’ll get into it more in our second hour. Schimel’s been out and about ‘joking’ about buying up stores of kneepads in order to go around on his hands and knees groveling and begging for money to fund his campaign. Of course,...

Harvey Kaye , Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at UWGB , and our favorite Delano Democrat joins us for the hour. With chaos abounding from the national stage, we take this hour to talk history with Harvey Kaye. American history is complex. It’s messy. And it’s full of contradiction. Harvey urges us to grapple with all that American history contains. The good, the bad, and most c...

Let’s get this week going! In Wisconsin news, Governor Tony Evers’ announced that he will veto any bill that forces local sheriffs to coordinate with ICE or lose state funding. Defunding the police just wasn’t on our bingo card for the 2025 Republican-led state legislature, but here we are. With a Democratic governor seeking to preserve funding for the cops, and Republicans threatening to pull it....

Former Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt is joined by the current Mayor of Green bay Eric Genrich. Jim and Eric talk about The City has been receiving awards, best place to remote work, #1 place to live, #1 safest place to live. Good relationships with surrounding communities(Local Leaders) Concerns for Draft- No big concerns, how are people going to move through the community. Undersized transit system...

In today’s second hour, Dom continues to take your calls on GOP hypocrites like State Sen. Cory Tomczyk who want “In God We Trust” plastered prominently on public school walls. Dom also dives into when it is or isn’t appropriate to push back on religious beliefs or organizations. Sometimes, Dom can come off pretty harshly about religions, but ultimately, human society is very biased towards those...

Earlier this week, Dom brought us a story from Milwaukee about a Puerto Rican family allegedly detained by ICE for speaking Spanish in public. Earlier today, ICE themselves have reported the story to be false. We will keep you updated on this and similar stories as they develop. Our Republican legislators here in Wisconsin are always looking out for us. Not. Three WI lawmakers have proposed a requ...

Our friend Jim Santelle sticks around into today’s second hour. He and Dom continue the conversation about yesterday’s tragic plane and helicopter collision and the heartless response from President Trump. As the investigation continues, we will keep you updated on the REAL cause of the accident. Dom and Jim take your calls on this horrible disaster and our president’s subsequent blame game. Join...

Jim Santelle of Amicus: A Law Review joins Dom today to address yesterday’s tragic plane crash. In this time of national mourning, our president is further dividing us, blaming the disastrous collision on DEI. President Donald Trump has always used his time in the public eye to spew word vomit, but it’s particularly telling that he can’t even bring Americans together after the deadliest American p...

In hour two, Dom dives into some breaking (to him) news: people, American Citizens in Milwaukee, being rounded up and unjustly detained by authorities, for (the crime?) of speaking Spanish. With a caller, we take a look back at how crooks in government looted Orange County, California, and why Donald Trump will use it as a template to do the same thing in the federal government. Later, we return t...

Dom is joined by fill-in producer Sam, along with some callers as they discuss Karoline Leavitt, the new White House Press Secretary, and her blatantly false claims, such as that DOGE found $50 million worth of condoms headed to Gaza. Despite this, it is “her job” to convey “the truth.” Later, we dive into the chaos government and nation-wide caused by the order, then retraction of an immediate cu...