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Yesterday, Trump’s White House released a memo ordering a freeze of up to $3 TRILLION in federal funds. Thankfully, a federal judge issued a stay until next Monday. To add to the federal shenanigan regarding ‘efficiency’ Trump has ordered all federal employees to return to the office. His administration is now offering buyouts for federal employees who don’t want to return after being successful a...

Maggie Daun joins us for some overtime to start the show. Yesterday, Trump’s White House released a memo declaring a freeze up to $3 TRILLION in federal loans and grants. For a full breakdown and Maggie’s legal analysis, check out her second hour today . U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan for the District of Columbia issued a hold on the memo until next Monday . Still, so many organizations are...

Harvey Kaye , Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at UWGB , and our favorite Delano Democrat joins us for the full hour. First, is there a glimmer of unity among national Democrats? All Senate Democrats- Fetterman with some nudging- signed on to a one sentence resolution denouncing President Trump’s pardons for those who violently assaulted Capitol Police on January 6th, 2021. Not...

Happy days, y’all. It’s a Monday and we’re diving right into it all. Despair can leave us frozen. So let’s focus on what we CAN control, eh? This past week, many local Wisconsin communities’ law enforcement agencies declared they would not participate in deportation efforts from the federal government. In response, Republicans in Wisconsin’s legislature announced they will introduce a bill to forc...

Former Green bay Mayor, Jim Schmitt is joined by Chris Bivins Associate Director Program development for Center of Suicide Awareness. Chris talks about how her text line ( Hopeline ) was created in Kaukauna, WI. Chris and Jim talk about relationship issues, between Families, Friends, Co workers.  It’s the elephant in the room, we are Midwest nice we don’t talk about the dark . Chris shares how you...

Catch up on the best of this week’s segments First, from Tuesday’s second hour , listen to John Nichols and Dom discuss Biden’s legacy and their takeaways from the inauguration. The oligarchy is here, and it’s not shy. Next, from Thursday’s second hour , hear about how to navigate the firehose of Trump’s, shall we call it ‘guano’, to focus on what matters with Bill Press. Then, from Wednesday’s fi...

Jim Santelle, former US Attorney and host of Amicus: A Law Review joins us as cohost for the day. In alarming news, the 47th President’s Justice Department ordered a freeze on ALL civil rights cases currently in progress. DoJ officials may not file any new civil rights briefs, complaints, or court papers “until further notice.” Also alarming, United States citizens have already been caught up in I...

Jim Santelle joins us as cohost for the day. We begin by checking in on the firing of Milwaukee meteorologist Sam Kuffel for her privately shared opinions . Sam, like so many of us, noted with disgust and horror Elon Musk performing a Nazi salute– multiple times!– at the inauguration. And she did exactly what we hope anyone would do. She called it out and denounced it in the strongest terms. Next,...

Earl Ingram joins us as cohost for the day. At the top of the hour, Bill Press – pundit, podcaster, prognosticator, and pal of the show- joins us. Bill, a longtime California resident, weighs in on the LA area fires. He’s also an extremely experienced navigator of Trump’s BS. Bill shares some guidance on how to sift through the firehose of executive orders, meandering social media policy announcem...

Earl Ingram joins us as cohost for the day. At the top of the hour, we talk with Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul. On President Trump’s first day back in office, he issued an absolute slew of executive orders, some within the bounds of Presidential authority, some not. Amongst those orders was one that attempts to strip citizenship from some children born in the United States. Now, the 14th Am...

Matt Rothschild joins us as cohost for the day. President Trump seeks to change the US Constitution by executive order, a clear violation of that very document. On the first day of his second term, he ended birthright citizenship by executive order. Granted, over 20 states immediately filed lawsuits and the negation of the 14th amendment’s granting of citizenship to all those born on US soil won’t...

Matt Rothschild joins us as cohost for the day. We need to talk about hand signals and the meanings they carry. Like we frequently recognize a welcoming beckon or a dismissive shooing, there are certain unmistakable things we can do with our hands. No one in our culture would mistake an extended middle finger on an otherwise closed fist as anything other than rude- potentially unless among very cl...

John Nichols, journalist for Madison’s Cap Times and The Nation magazine, joins us. We haven’t talked with John since before the election, so we start catching up. Top of mind for us today is The Great Grift, how Trump’s second presidency is shaping up to be one big scheme for the rich to pilfer the poor of even more money. Not to mention foreign entities, who can now buy Trump directly through hi...

Maggie Daun joins us at the top of the hour for some overtime. This hour, we’re locked in on the slew of pardons issued by President Trump for those who engaged in a violent insurrection against the United States of America on January 6th, 2021. Of those pardoned, 11 are Wisconsinites. These 11 Wisconsin residents participated in the most overt attempt to disrupt our Union since the Civil War. Sev...

Harvey Kaye , Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at UWGB , our favorite Delano Democrat , joins us to break down the news of the day. Today, Donald Trump was inaugurated as this nation’s 47th President. It feels like a dark moment for our country, especially with the lineup of billionaire oligarchs immediately behind him for the event. Further darkening the moment, aspiring shadow...

Well, it’s here. During summer we had so much hope. Coming into November we really believed. And now here we are. The Lions have lost their shot at a championship. Of course, today is also the second inauguration for Donald Trump, now the 47th President of the United States. We take time to listen to some of the lowlights from his speech. So Trump’s second presidential term begins. What will succe...

Jim is joined by James Anderson, deputy director of Parks dept. of Green bay, Mary Rhode from On Broadway, and Jennifer Metcalf from Downtown Green bay. Mary, James, and Jennifer talk about the preparations the city is doing for the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay. Mary shares some events that are taking place before the Draft around Green Bay, like the field fest at historic City Stadium. To see all...

Catch up on the best of this week’s segments and join us on Monday for more! First, Jack Smith’s report on the January 6th insurrection and Donald Trump’s role in it, with Maggie Daun from Tuesday’s first hour . Then, how bad of a problem is wealth inequality? Hear from our favorite Delano Democrat Harvey Kaye from the s econd hour of Monday’s show. Next, on Wednesday, the warring parties in Israe...

Earl Ingram joins us as cohost for the day. The federal minimum wage, on this day in 2025, is $7.25. Just as it’s been for the past 15 years. That’s a shameful legacy for America. Today in the rush of Senate confirmation hearings of this week, Senator Bernie Sanders pressed the Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent on raising this pitiful standard. Bessent declined . Turning to our environment,...

Earl Ingram joins us as cohost today. Today we say goodbye to Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker. Bob was the voice of Milwaukee baseball- and lent his talents to nationwide baseball media- for decades. His love for the game infused each of his broadcasts, bringing joy to untold millions of listeners. To the end, Bob did his city of Milwaukee proud . Mike Clemens, Civic Media sports reporter, joins us at th...

Matt Rothschild joins us as cohost today. Today, Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s pick for Attorney General faced Senate questioning. Unlike the nominee for Secretary of Defense, Bondi actually seems to possess the necessary skills and experience to fulfill the leadership position. Unfortunately, just like her fellow Cabinet nominee, Pam’s primary qualifying merit for the position is her undying...

Matt Rothschild joins us today as cohost. Today, the combating parties in Israel and Gaza reached a historic ceasefire agreement . The ceasefire agreement, brokered with mediators from the United States, Qatar, and Egypt, follows President Biden’s proposed plan from May 2024 . After over 15 months of devastating war, we take a few moments to cherish this relief. If followed to completion, this dea...

The United States Department of Defense is a massive, complex organization that employs over 3 million Americans with an annual budget of nearly $1 trillion. The person to lead this machinery must have extensive experience with managing vast groups with competing needs. They must have strength of character to represent our country at home and abroad. In short, they must not be Pete Hegseth, who fa...

Starting off with some Overtime with Maggie Daun , we’ve got a busy day. Finally, after long delays and foot dragging, we now have access to HALF of Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s felony indictments. You can read for yourself Jack Smith’s final report on the January 6th, 2021 insurrection instigated and authorized by the 45th and soon to be 47th President. The document itself is unprecedent...

Harvey Kaye , Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at UWGB joins us for the hour. We begin by addressing a caller from the end of last hour who asked, regarding funding disaster relief for the victims of the California fires, are we all in this together or not? Harvey, in classic Delano Democrat fashion, replies with wisdom from FDR’s presidency. In his New Deal, FDR instituted the...