wisconsin

Sam hosts Ari Berman, writer at Mother Jones, to discuss his the midterm elections and his recent piece “How Wisconsin Became the GOP’s Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy”. Then, Sam is joined by Aaron Kleinman, director of research for the States Project at Future Now, to discuss how Democrats did in the midterms at the state level across the country. First, Sam runs through updates […]
Sam breaks down the biggest headlines of the day. Sam begins by tackling the neck-and-neck midterm polling in Wisconsin and Nevada, Peter Thiel shifting his funding from JD Vance back to Blake Masters, and Dr. Oz and Herschel Walker both giving their opponents a boost in Pennsylvania and Georgia, respectively. He also dives into the United […]
Emma hosts Ruth Conniff, editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Examiner, to discuss her recent book Milked: How an American Crisis Brought Together Midwestern Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers. Emma also runs through recent news on Palin’s loss in Alaska’s special election (to Alaska’s first Native representative!), Mississippi legislators failing Jackson as it continues to go without running water, Israel’s crackdowns […]
Will Melania Trump’s nude pictures might finally hurt Trump with core Republican voters. Ari Berman author of “Give Us the Ballot”, Republican voting restriction laws are getting rolled back. The North Carolina Court decision that attacks Republicans efforts to undermine African American voting rights. The importance of finding “intentional discrimination. How many voters will be […]
Ted Cruz wins Wisconsin and the debacle that is coming up at the Republican convention. Republicans hate their choices. Trump plans a series of policy speeches and we all laugh. Trump buys fake Facebook followers. Bernie Sanders wins Wisconsin big and Democrats are getting more and more liberal. The minimum wage is raised to $15 […]
The Daily Beast’s London Editor, Nico Hines explains how in the 1980s the UK Government allowed for the growth of Pedophile rings in high level politics. How discrimination against Gay people led to the exploitation of young children by British politicians. When powerful politicians and Britain’s Intelligence services crushed press coverage of sexual abuse. How […]
The Nation’s Ari Berman explains a Wisconsin Judges striking down of that states Voter ID law, why the decision was sweeping and important, the right’s absurd voter fraud theories, what really motivates Voter ID laws, the importance of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, collecting data on Voter ID laws, why the burden of […]
Michael Powell’s role in undermining Net Neutrality, the distinction between common carrier services and information services, the growth of concentration on the Internet, Barack Obama’s former commitment to Net Neutrality, why all problems are solved by classifying the Internet as a common carrier, why the new FCC rules will lead to a two tier Internet, […]
It’s the day after elections in Wisconsin and the Supreme Court race is still too close to call! Political Editor from The Progressive, Ruth Conniff (@rconniff), will be calling in from Wisconsin to talk with us about the close Wisconsin Supreme Court race between David Prosser and JoAnne Kloppenburg.