The endless angles to Wisconsin's failed $1.8 billion budget surplus deal

We break down the endless angles to a failed bipartisan deal to spend $1.8 billion in budget surplus property tax relief, rebate checks, education funding and no tax on tip/overtime. The deal was negotiated behind closed doors by three retiring politicians — Gov. Tony Evers and the Republican leade…

Sara Rodriguez and her run to be Wisconsin's next governor

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez stopped in La Crosse to discuss why she's running for governor of Wisconsin and some of the issues happening in the state and beyond. We got to know some of Rodriguez's backstory in the healthcare field and discussed some of the things she's both seeing with healthcare and w…

Cue the fake GOP outrage as Virginians vote to redraw the maps for Democrats

Donald Trump's gerrymandering war intensified last week and the fake outrage by Republicans is deafening. Democrats keep fighting back against the GOP rigging the 2026 election and Republicans don't know how to take it. In a recent special election, Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendm…

Joel Brennan on why he's running for Wisconsin governor

Joel Brennan joined to talk about why he's running to be the next governor of Wisconsin. We get to know a little about where he came from, how he got into politics, his time in government and beyond, and then policy. We hit on things like the budget surplus and how to spend it, as well as big polic…

When Wisconsin Republicans aren't happy the White House is picking their US House Rep.

We dissect why Republicans in Wisconsin's 7th US House District of aren't happy about the White House picking their candidate. Donald Trump has endorsed 26-year-old Michael Alfonso, who is Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's son in law. Duffy, a former US House member, is also funneling $1 millio…

The new La Crosse County Democratic Party chair, Wyatt Molling

Wyatt Molling, the new La Crosse County Democratic Party chair, stops in to tell us about himself, how he got into politics and what he'd like to do with his new position. We also get into a recent complaint the party filed with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission over illegal campaign finance use by t…

We could only cover a few of the lies from Trump's State of the State

It was the longest-ever State of the State address and it may have had — if not the most lies ever, perhaps the least "truths." We break down some of the biggest and most ridiculous lies President Donald Trump gave during his State of the State address. Also, this was recorded on Friday afternoon, …

David Crowley on running for governor of Wisconsin

Wisconsin candidate for governor, David Crowley, joins. The Milwaukee County Executive discusses his motivations for running, his vision for the state and the importance of addressing key issues like affordable housing, education, and healthcare. We ask Crowley how he can bridge the rural-urban div…

How quick the GOP is to flip on the 2nd Amendment

A bit of a precarious position Republicans have put Democrats in with the ICE killing of Alex Pretti — a 37-year-old ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA and a lawful gun owner from Green Bay. To defend Pretti's death, the GOP has abandoned the one thing they claimed to be most loyal to — the 2nd Amendm…

Wisconsin Republicans put 3 more ridiculous constitutional amendments on ballot

They fly under the radar until they end up on the ballot. The 2026 midterm elections will see three more Wisconsin Republican constitutional amendments for voters, trying to rile up their base with culture war nonsense. We discuss the absurdity of each amendment, the word salad written by the GOP t…