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Take it away, boys.
Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, but you said some dolls are gonna cost
Maybe he thinks everybody buys 30 dolls for their kids every Christmas maybe or maybe they think that you know the parents and then relatives buy all these dolls for the girls right in the family That's the way it is.
Yeah, I don't know.
I don't know what's wrong here.
This is just really really pathetic, you know,
that's
Don't your kids get Christmas gifts in bulk?
You buy everything in Costco.
I know,
That's
out.
Okay.
This week got a lot of attention.
You were at your cabinet meeting.
You said, quote, I'm going to quote what you said.
Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls.
Yeah.
And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.
Sure.
are you saying that your tariffs will cause some prices to go up?
that an acknowledgement that some prices will go
when you say they could have three dolls instead of $30
Americans could cease empty store shelves.
No,
okay to have objects beer and store shelves just as long as and everybody's not getting $30 or pencils for that matter unbelievable
Don't know what about the crayons.
I don't know.
Yeah You know for some reason I ended up with thousands and thousands of Crayola colored pencils really and I have no idea how we ended up getting so many of them It's like in that they use one or two a lot and then you buy a whole new packet and we just have
like thousands of those.
By the way, they're great colored
mind?
He proves on a daily basis that he's far more complex than we ever And I'm gonna ask you something.
I need some help with this.
I really do.
Okay, what party has traditionally just hated Hollywood elites Hollywood everything about it and now He's gonna come to the rescue of Hollywood in the movie industry and put tariffs on foreign
I
Another one from the what Ben?
I mean, I mean, back in the fifties, they were after like, you know, Henry Fonda and, and Robert Mitchum and, and, and, and, you know, I'm saying Republicans in general don't like Hollywood elite, Jane Fonda.
Right.
And now he's going to ride in on the horse and save Hollywood.
Yeah, he doesn't want, he's going to tariff 100%, I believe.
Hollywood.
Foreign films?
Hollywood Studios going to different countries to film their movies.
Again, I can't imagine James Bond.
not going to another country.
That's what he does.
And you know, they're filming all of this stuff all around the world.
I mean, it's a global industry.
And we're the envy of the world.
Hollywood is the envy of the world.
And having Hollywood go out to these different countries and using their locations is just a fantastic thing.
And now Trump wants to stop that.
He wants to just film here on studio sets, I guess.
That's more original.
That's the way he wants it.
And destroy everything about Hollywood just because he's got this inclination.
Who is this guy?
What is wrong with him, right?
No idea.
Oh, I'm glad you brought that up, Dick.
That's a really good point.
That was one of the big stories we're going to cover this morning.
But we have a different one to cover and that is Governor Evers.
Now last week we played a cut from a web wisdom, this guy who found out about a memo that Governor Evers released to public employees and that's cut 34 on.
We'll listen to that cut 34.
We have some breaking news right now.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has instructed state employees to limit cooperation with ICE officials.
Folks, this is significant and this comes one day after FBI agents arrested a Wisconsin judge over allegedly obstructing an ICE arrest.
So this is the memo that was sent out from the state of Wisconsin Department of Administration to state employees instructing them about how to act if state employees encounter ICE or other federal agents.
at their workplace.
You can read the full memo here, but it's also online.
There are serious concerns after this judge was arrested both in Wisconsin and across the country about ICE agents interrupting official state business.
And while now Governor Evers, who is a Democrat, is stepping up to ensure that ICE does not dictate what happens within the state of Wisconsin.
It'll be curious to see whether or not other states follow suit.
and I couldn't
find the actual story any place, but it turns out to be real Yes, and that's why I played it, but at the same time then Borders are Tom Holman
came out with a very threatening uh uh uh edict for everyone out there listening and that was for governors elected politicians anyone resisting ICE including governor evers okay now governor evers took it seriously and he took it personally and uh he has a uh uh a message
for the state, but we'll get to that in a moment because there's a coalition of advocacy organizations on Saturday that expressed support for evers and they wrote, to threaten our governor over his legal direction is gross overreaction by our federal government and is not occurring in a vacuum.
They continued warning that the administration's rhetoric and actions represent a chilling attempt to normalize fascism.
Now, this is really scary stuff.
This speech, I'm going to play the whole thing because this is really important.
This is Governor Evers, and thank God he is our governor at this point.
But here he is.
Let's listen.
Governor Tony Evers here.
Speaking to you today as your governor, but also as a concerned American, yesterday as Trump administration official, and not so many words, apparently threatened to arrest me for distributing guidance.
That asked state agency employees to consult with an attorney if federal agents show up at state buildings with legal documents.
The goal of this guidance was simple, to provide clear, consistent instructions to state employees and ensure they have a lawyer to help them comply with all federal and state laws.
Nothing more, nothing less.
But Republicans and their right-wing allies, including Elon Musk,
Light about this guidance, spread misinformation, accuse me of doing things I didn't do or say, and fuel the fake controversy of their own creation.
Now, I'm used to Republicans and the right wing lying about me.
It comes with a job.
But this time, these lies came at a cost.
I haven't broken the law.
I haven't committed a crime.
and I've never encouraged or directed anyone to break any laws or commit any crimes.
But when President Trump's handpicked appointee, Tom Holman, was asked about me in this guidance after he apparently threatened to arrest elected officials across the country, he said, wait till you see what's coming.
Wait till you see what's coming.
Overnight, Republican lawmakers piled on encouraging the Trump administration to arrest me.
showing threats like this should be of concern to every Wisconsinite
and
We live in the United States of America, folks.
We are a country of laws.
The rule of law matters following the law matters.
In this country, the federal government doesn't get to abuse its power to threaten everyday Americans.
In this country, the federal government doesn't get to arrest American citizens who have not committed a crime.
In this country, we don't threaten to persecute people just because they belong to a different political party.
These threats represent a concerning trajectory in this country.
We now have a federal government that will threaten or arrest an elected official or even everyday American citizens who have broken no laws, committed no crimes, and done nothing wrong.
And as disgusted
as
I've never once been discouraged from doing the right thing, and I will not start today.
You know, I swore an oath when I took this office to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Wisconsin, and to faithfully discharge the duties of this office to the best of my ability.
I will never waver from that promise.
I hope and pray every elected and appointed official in this country, including the President of the United States of America, will do the same.
Forward and for Wisconsin always.
Tony Evers, Governor of Wisconsin.
Extremely important speech.
I'm surprised the media nationwide hasn't picked up on it.
Again, this is a threat toward a state governor.
Yes.
And it's huge.
This is really big and this is blown up on a proportion simply because a few right-wing radio announcers in Milwaukee brought attention to the judge and then took that and then they managed to expand it to include anyone now, anyone who resists odds.
And they can, they don't have to help.
As a state,
Again, this is not a sanctuary law.
There's no such thing.
It's just that they don't necessarily have to cooperate with them in regards to it.
It's a federal government thing.
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Good to see you guys.
Good morning.
Thanks for coming in.
The sun is shining this morning.
having
a
good day.
The overview of
So we are a grooming salon for mostly dogs.
So we service all dogs, all sizes.
We focus on kind of making it a good experience, a bit of a spa day for the dogs.
So we do kennel free.
for when they're there.
They're not sitting in a crate.
Everyone's not barking at them.
And then we have we have two locations now, a third opening this summer.
Don't have a date yet.
it'll be in the Middleton area.
Yeah, the far west side.
Yeah.
Yep.
Yep.
Yeah, it's right off American Parkway.
Okay.
Yeah.
Oh, okay.
So I've been grooming for 20 years professionally, started showing dogs, well, about seven years before that.
So
doing my own dogs before that.
And then I've been, I opened Serenity, it was 10 years ago in September.
So yeah, about 10 and a half years.
Yeah.
while I do a cat, if it's a good cat.
Well, if they bite you, you go to the hospital.
yes.
Well, also, a lot of the cats don't like our shop because of the dogs kind of being kennel-free.
So it has to be a cat that will tolerate dogs walking around them.
And most cats are like, I don't want any part
Yes.
the dogs all
day, every
day.
sleep, my hands fall off.
No,
I
actually have a training program.
So I bring in people who want to learn to groom and they start off kind of learning the basics, the foundations as I like to call them of bathing, how to get a dog clean, how to treat a dog, how to understand their behavior.
Because understanding their behavior is
the biggest part of being a good groomer.
Because if you can't tell if that dog is stressed, uncomfortable, and pain, just overexcited, if it's going to be aggressive, it's not safe to be a groomer for either the groomer or the dog.
So I have my own training program, which is going really well.
Yeah, and it really depends on what the issue is because sometimes dogs are just a little bit of like a separation anxiety because they're used to being
owners all the time.
They just need to like decompress.
Some of them have had past experiences where maybe an inexperienced groomer did something that made them uncomfortable or made them scared or some are just a little kind of bullies.
and they don't want to do something, and maybe they got away with it once, so they're like, I can get away with it every time now.
So it really just depends.
You have to understand where that dog's coming from.
It's just like having a toddler.
Like, you have to understand why is that toddler having a tantrum?
Is the toddler hungry?
Is it tired or is it scared?
Is it angry?
You know, so I'm calling kids an it now.
know, so you really have to understand that.
And there's plenty of times that we send a dog home without grooming it because
ready for it that day.
And we set him up with like a rehab program to get comfortable with us with us and build trust.
it's
permissive of a pet parent
different.
See, every dog has their own personality and
own techniques needed.
Just even my own dogs of the same breed, I have different personalities in each one of them.
So you really have to kind of cater to that.
And one of the biggest mistakes people can make is if their dog doesn't like grooming, they avoid the groomer.
So
all
that does is create more of a stressful situation when ultimately they need to have it done.
So it's nothing but a negative experience.
For dogs that don't like the groomer, I recommend going more often.
Because the
more often
they can go, the easier it is on the groomer, the easier it is on the dog, and the more they start getting used to it.
They're never going to love it, but they can at least be like, okay, this is what happens here.
Nothing really terrible happens.
I know this person, I trust them and like, I'll just, let's just get it over with.
They kind of get that like, let's get over it mentality.
them.
I don't use treats mainly because.
you know, we're not dealing with dog one-on-one.
If we were doing the dog one-on-one, I could give it that treats.
time we let treats in the shop, somebody never fails, they steal it.
So when we have dogs that come in that have allergies to certain things and we don't want any dogs going home sick, so we don't really use any treats, we just try to do it mostly on praise and play.
So
they're getting rewarded with play, they're getting rewarded with, you know, attention because we have more time to spend with them than a vet.
A vet kind of needs to make a friend as fast as possible.
Yes.
Where we have the method.
shop a couple hours so we can let them just sort of get to know us a little and get comfortable and get a little praise and attention as their reward.
I mean everything.
So
So well, actually the most specialized piece of equipment we have is it's called a thera clean machine.
It's a micro bubble system.
what it does is it creates microscopic bubbles that go underneath the dog's skin and release any of the allergens
that are
underneath the surface.
So a lot
of
like your shampoos, they just kind of put a bandaid on any skin issues.
And this goes underneath the skin and pushes it out.
So that's
That's like our most specialized piece of equipment we have that most people don't, but it works really good for any of the dogs with major skin issues and arthritis.
We have a lot of old dogs that come in and it's almost like a massage.
It feels really good.
We put our hands in it all the time.
But yeah, it's a really cool little system.
time?
So a lot of shops, I feel like especially in this town, a lot of shops do dogs like straight through.
And
there are situations where that's good for some dogs that they like just kind of a quiet one-on-one thing, either like a mobile groomer or a smaller shop.
We cater more to the dogs that need a little energy to take off.
They need to settle in for a little bit
first.
And so we're able to let them hang out and play.
We give them breaks between every step and just spend a little bit more.
time with the dogs, because I mean, ultimately, that's why we work with dogs is because we like them.
So so they get especially the puppies were like, no, you cannot have your puppy back in an hour.
We want to play with it.
So yeah.
Our website is always the best place to start.
It's serenitypetspommadison.com and then you can kind of select your location.
You can reach us directly through there.
Email is always great because our phones ring like crazy and we're busy dealing with dogs.
So we try not to spend time on the phone.
And
We're always
people, especially the new location coming.
So we're always looking for people that want to learn to groom and
Or just want to play with dogs all day and just become bathes because we have some people that I just want to be bathers like and they
don't
really grow you know go past that But we have people we always have spots for people that want to learn to groom and we're always hiring and yep
Added three people last week
or last month.
So
I got a I got a question You sort of alluded to this earlier.
You said you've been professionally grooming for 20 years and showing dogs for seven before that
And I think on your website, it mentioned that you've been in dog grooming competitions.
What is a dog grooming competition look like?
So a dog grooming competition is basically you go into this ring and there's like 40 plus tables in there and they're
all
set up and everyone shows up.
Their dog is clean and bathed and it's combed out, but it's got all this hair growth on it.
So at least like six weeks of hair, which is kind of common rotation for most dogs.
So
enough to make a big difference.
So you show up in the ring and you have to groom it on a time frame.
And then the judge comes through and they comb every single hair and they find everything you miss
because there's always something.
And so they comb through and then they judge you based on how well you groomed the dog to that standard.
But yeah, I know I'm currently number two in the country
right now.
But I haven't been competing a lot this year.
The knee surgery
kind of took me back a
little bit.
But yeah, so I'm currently number two.
And I was on a groomed team USA last year.
We went over to.
Belgium for the World Competition.
No kidding.
I didn't realize this was such
a
That's amazing.
Yeah, there were about, I think, 46 countries represented at the World Show.
26 competed, I think, with a team.
So, like, it's a four-person team, and they compete in, like, the different classes, and you get ranked, and it's a whole crazy thing.
So, yeah, it was quite an experience.
right?
That's the one.
Absolutely.
Very good.
That's Liz Johnston from Serenity Pet Spa.
Thanks.
All right.
Yeah, that's wild stuff.
Yeah.
Interesting.
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Steve Hunt-Mart Horb says, I need 32 by four studs to complete a project.
Trump thinks that I only need a couple.
Prices have already gone up, and we're talking about, of course, the 30 dolls instead of just two very expensive dolls.
You can build a garage
with
studs.
we
You know, I'm not taking a lot of this seriously.
Spending air time.
of Trump's doll theory is amusing, but it's a win for Trump creating distraction while his administration is piece by piece dissembling the country.
And he also wrote back again, in the last week, Trump has signed executive orders to end NPR and the endowment for the arts.
This is not a distraction.
So, you
know, he's
And
morning.
Leftovers.
Leftovers for a week and a half.
can't
And he's saying that he wants to authorize the Department of Commerce and the U.S.
trade representative to begin the process of instituting a 100% tariff on any and all movies coming into our country that are produced in foreign lands.
What is this about?
I have a couple questions, but just what's your first reaction to that?
It's unclear how this would be enforced, but it's really interesting on two levels.
Number one, there's something known as runaway production in Hollywood.
This started actually literally in Hollywood when filmmakers would go in other parts of California to make their movies.
Now, runaway production is a global phenomenon.
Filmmakers go to Canada, to Great Britain, to other countries to make their movies because there are tax incentives and there are other reasons why it's more cost-effective.
Location.
So I think Trump is responding to that phenomenon, which is very real.
a big problem for U.S.
entertainment companies.
And I think he's also reacting to China because in recent weeks, China has said that it's going to release fewer U.S.
films in Chinese theaters.
That was one way for China to retaliate against Trump's tariffs.
So Trump here using the American movie industry, trying to say films should be made here in the U.S.
and trying to punish filmmakers who are making films outside the
Yeah, it's interesting because you have to think again, we're just trying to kind of sort.
through this, there's a lot of film studios out there right now or producers, directors that are scrambling going, we're supposed to, we're set to film wherever.
Canada, like you
said,
or maybe if it's, you know, you think about Harry Potter shot in Great Britain.
What does it, would it affect them as well?
I mean, those are American made movies by American studios, but they're shot somewhere else.
Right, that's partly what's so interesting about Hollywood.
Hollywood is a foreign export, you know, and every other country wants a version of it, you know.
There's so much envy of the American movie industry, even as the American movie industry is increasingly multinational and happening all around the world.
So Trump is saying the actual production should be in the U.S.
How this would be implemented is unclear.
And I think, you know, it does raise questions about productions that are happening right now, for example.
There have been talk, though, in recent months about tax incentives, other ways to encourage U.S.
production.
What he's trying to do here is punish the outside the U.S.
production as a way to incentivize production at home in the U.S.
I don't think he's even been to a movie in years.
Now, let's get to a big story, and this is huge.
Go ahead.
Yeah.
Kristen Welker on NBC heard Trump say he has a voter permission to deport immigrants without due process guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment.
Apparently voter permission supersedes any old constitutional mumbo jumbo.
Voter permission.
And besides, there are too many deportees, and that would take forever to prosecute and give due process.
Here's Cut26.
This is Kristen Welker with Trump.
Your secretary of state says everyone who's here, citizens and non-citizens, deserve due process.
Do you agree?
I don't know.
I'm not I'm not I don't know
you're
We have
worst people
and I was
but
Even given those numbers that you're talking about, don't you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?
I
I'm an immigration attorney and just the blatant disregard that this administration has had for very clear court orders has been absolutely terrifying.
What's your take on the president invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798?
When you
look at the history of the times, we've used that law in our country.
and it's not exactly, you know, a gleaming point in our history.
Why is it important to protect people that do have a legal status, even if they did come into this country illegally?
If one person doesn't have due process, none of us do.
Under the Constitution, everybody has due process, not just citizens.
So it's not as if, you know, citizens are in our own special category.
Like, no, it is due process for all.
So due process for losing it for one person means that it's at risk for every single one of us.
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