Daybreak w/ Brian and Jamie

Amy Barrilleaux from Clean Wisconsin tells us about the lawsuit that her Clean Wisconsin is part of against the Trump Environmental Protection Agency. The handling of various environmental issues has become much more difficult under this EPA. We also talk to Tracy Hunter from Voters First Wisconsin about the final five voting system and creating better election systems. We also have an update on o...

Charlie Carlin, director of strategic initiatives at Gathering Waters and part of Team Knowles Nelson, joins us to discuss the status of Knowles Nelson stewardship . He describes that much of the issue has to do with politics within the state capitol. Fears of ICE are growing in Wisconsin as ICE operations are surging into western Wisconsin, where communities are forming networks to monitor ICE ac...

Pro-Trump attorneys are pushing an executive order that would give the president power over elections, it’s a concept that is worrying for election security. Hillary Clinton addressed the media after her closed door Epstein files hearing answers. In her press conference she made it clear that there is GOP partisanship in the Epstein probe, with questions about pizzagate. Meanwhile, the vice presid...

In this hour we talk to Jeff Mangan, the founder and president of the Transparent Election Initiative . He tells us about how they are looking to prohibit corporations from donating to campaigns in Montana. The Wisconsin Legislature has approved a new tool for police that would allow them to use a new roadside drug test. This expands what officers would be capable of testing for and provide aid in...

Remember the “don’t follow illegal orders” video? The Pentagon and Pete Hegseth sure do, and they still aren’t happy about it. We give the latest news revolving around that failed legal case. Then we look at the news that broke yesterday that Cuban forces killed four people on a Florida registered speedboat. According to reports, the people on the boat were coming to Cuba with intentions of commit...

We are met with another round of Epstein fallout, more resignations have crossed the desk and today the Clintons begin testimonies. We talk about vaccines as we share the news that Wisconsin has joined a lawsuit challenging the CDC child vaccine schedule changes.  We also bring a few AI stories today. The first is from the company Anthropic, the one who was resisting Pete Hegseth and giving unrest...

There is plenty to get to in the State of the Union edition of Fact or Fiction. At the address, the USA men’s hockey team was applauded, however Jack Hughes and the team have faced scrutiny for laughing at comments made by President Trump during their postgame celebration at the Olympics. We also chat with Rep. Amaad Rivera-Wagner about legislation he is proposing to raise the minimum wage for Wis...

We take a look at statements from former ICE training instructor Ryan Schwank about the training for agents being inadequate. He says that the training curriculum has been changed in ways that make them less prepared than they need to be.  We are joined by general counsel at Law Forward Jeff Mandell to discuss a lawsuit that Law Forward is representing the plaintiffs in. The lawsuit says that...

We spend plenty of time talking about last night’s State of the Union address, although the address was the longest in history so we don't have enough time to really talk about it all. Sticking with the federal government, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is pushing a tech company to allow the military unrestricted use of their AI technology. Then, we touch on a Trump campaign attorney who is sti...

Executive director of Fair Wisconsin Abigail Swetz joins us to talk about GOP bills limiting youth transgender care and keeping trans kids out of sports. We also talk to Paul Kiefer from Wisconsin Watch about Air Wisconsin Airlines, the airline has seen financial struggles and it seems they have begun to work with ICE and DHS. In this hour we also discuss what will happen to the tariff money that...

We give a little preview of tonight’s State of the Union and we debate how long the president will talk. Also, on this fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine we talk to Yuri Rashkin , a news analyst covering the war. He gives us an in-depth conversation about Ukraine and how the country can move forward, as well as tells us about how the US is playing its role in peace negotiations. We close the...

Internationally, and a little within the US, we continue to see fallout related to the release of the Epstein files. We also talk about our approach to discussing the news – facts first – and how we need to respect everyone and all perspectives. Remember those classified documents that were discovered at Mar-a-Lago? Jack Smith’s final report on the investigation of that mishandling of documents is...

We take a look at our rights and how they have been contested by the Trump administration, as well as his immigration crackdown with ICE. Meanwhile Mexico’s most wanted cartel boss was killed, causing unrest and safety concerns in Mexico. With horrible winter weather on the east coast travel is being affected nationally, adding to that are changes to some TSA procedures. Closing the show, Greg Bac...

We’re joined by Michigan State University professor Russell Lucas to discuss the headlines surrounding Iran as well as get more context of Trump’s actions in the Middle East. In Wisconsin a bill was passed that would ban the use of SNAP FoodShare benefits on buying soda and candy. We discuss this change and why people take issue with it. We also lighten up the news by looking into some entertainme...

Welcome to the new look of the morning show! We kick things off with the president’s press conference after the Supreme Court ruled against his use of tariffs. We also take a look at what Wisconsin lawmakers got done (and didn’t) while they were in session. Also: YouTube’s first video is headed to a museum! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, hea...