Matt Rothschild joins us as cohost for the day. We begin our news coverage in Milwaukee. Well, at least in the conspiracy that somehow, in each election, shenanigans occur in Milwaukee that causes *some* Republican candidates to lose. Judge Brad Schimel, candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, began laying his election rejection seed corn based on this tired old trope. Of course, we hear this any time a Republican fears they may lose- or after they DO lose- the state. Because of a law that prohibits the counting of absentee ballots until election day. Milwaukee has a large population of absentee voters, and represents a very liberal region. These two factors combine to cause the appearance of a "ballot dump" late into election night as the absentee ballots are finally fully counted and reported. This doesn't need to be a problem. There was a bipartisan bill in the state legislature to address it. Republicans killed it.

In the bottom of the hour, Julie Bomar- executive director of Wisconsin Farmers Union- joins us. Wisconsin farmers will once more face steep consequences due to this round of Trump Trade Warring. Cancelling grants that supported Wisconsin farmers who grew food for nutrition assistance programs will make this worse. Another dark trope we could do without repeating.

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