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sorry.
Yes.
That's it.
That's packaging it in a way that sells.
Spinning it.
Good morning.
All right.
Well, hey, good morning to everyone out there today.
Happy Wednesday, John Peterson.
Yes, it's the third day now, past my birthday.
We're still celebrating though, all week long.
We're still thinking about it.
And my wife's birthday as well, we can't forget that.
She had her birthday on
Yeah.
Okay.
Did you do anything special?
We went to the movies and saw Superman.
How was it the the new Superman from the Warner Network the DC Universe and my family just loved the movie
Just loved it.
You included?
She wants to own that movie now.
Really buy it?
That's how we decide whether we like a movie or not.
We're going to buy the 4K version of it.
You know, we're tired of depending on reruns or streaming networks to play these movies.
We're going to have the movies ourselves watch them when we want to watch them.
And we'll have them forever.
So you like the movie?
I like the movie, yeah.
Big thumbs up?
Well, kind of a thumbs up, yes.
Kind of.
I had
that
Okay.
And Jimmy Olsen.
Cute character, interesting character, I liked him.
Here's the thing that I just loved in the movie and I was laughing out loud in the theater at the time.
In fact, my wife was too.
You know, I have a Kraken, I have a border collie, a little over two years old now, completely uncontrollable, not like the two...
previous border collies that were male.
This is a female and boy completely out of control.
We have tried.
We have tried.
We're really good at training border collies, but not this time.
And every time once in a while we sit around the house, we're thinking, yeah, she's a good girl.
She's a good girl.
And then we kind of, we slant off and going, well, she's not that good.
And I guess she's not a, not a really good dog.
So, so we say that.
Well, she's not that really good, that really good.
And then Superman said the same thing about crypto.
Okay, all right
I'm just going to let everybody know I don't like saying crypto.
It is a con.
It is used by thieves.
Oh, OK.
But OK, anyway, crypto is a CGI dog in this movie.
And it is just as cute as hell.
It is completely out of control.
It is just like my border collared power.
Really?
No kidding.
So yeah.
It's, it's amazing.
And when they said, it's not really a good dog.
We just broke up because that's how we describe her.
That's
You get any popcorn?
No, any food?
Yeah, I was a popcorn.
Oh yeah!
Well, that's a big, that's a big problem in our family.
Really?
Yeah, we can never get one of our Gen Zers out of the house on time.
So we're always kind of really late.
Even though we're still in the preview section, you know, the previews are still up.
But we never get there in time to stand in line to get the popcorn.
We
get free
of Marcus
Club.
So we get the free popcorn.
We just never make it in on time to stand.
there and get the damn popcorn.
And we mentioned that last night.
Can we ever get here early just to have the popcorn?
Now, they're complaining to me that they're not getting the popcorn.
They're the ones that are at fault.
I'd take the popcorn in the end of the week.
I'd get there early if
Oh, no.
But it's wonderful.
I mean, I have it on high tension.
I don't know what they really call it.
High tension.
You can set the car to generate a lot of electricity.
with a little more higher tension or friction.
So when you take your foot off the accelerator, it really slows down dramatically because it is creating more friction in order to create and generate
electricity,
is that?
Do you have a
Oh.
He'll be in talking about his new article on Substack and then Judy Davidoff from Ismus.
We'll join us a little bit later.
Interesting article, her editorial on public radio.
I know it.
Well, there's a big vote coming up before the Senate on public broadcasting and
Yeah.
It's going to be very warm, very humid, and we're going to get some showers and thunderstorms, looks like, this afternoon, and highs in the mid-80s.
What is your Samsung WMDX watch tell us as far as the current temperature?
I have 70 degrees.
Really?
Officially.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
From Charlie Shortino.
That's perfect.
Yeah, thunderstorms are in the mix for this afternoon.
That's right.
But still, the sun will set at 834.
OK.
Set your chronometers, okay So what else we got cooking today Dom let's get to what is it?
It is yes.
We have what is it today?
What's going on with where is it a thing or not a thing?
I don't know.
know,
my
You have to breathe through your mouth.
I mean, cool off through your mouth.
All right, very good.
I'm going to have to get this regeneration lift your foot off the accelerator.
Is that really what it's called?
Regeneration.
Yeah, regeneration, yeah.
When you lift your foot off the accelerator of an EV.
Yep.
Regeneration.
Why?
I have it set at the highest level of regeneration.
So I have no idea what you're talking about.
Well, you'll find out.
Explain it to me.
You'll find out when you get behind the wheel and try.
I'm going to try peeling off right on State Street.
There's
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What did I say?
We just got a text that's kind of funny.
I'll read it.
You want to say it?
Just say it.
Just say it.
Yeah, it's from my neighbors.
They live two doors down.
No offense.
First of all, it says hi.
Yes.
No offense.
But we would rather.
You go back to what happened in history
or anything else.
day calendar just to see if we were missing anything.
We should be talking about like donut day.
Everybody wants to know about donut day because it's an excuse to go out and buy donuts.
Right.
You need excuses to do these things and nationally calendars often give you that excuse to do what you wanted to.
Well, kind of break down that wall.
Maybe we could combine the two somehow.
all right back to you know they brought it up here and you know the AI thing yeah AI day now here you you can't appreciate it if it's used in a way that you can appreciate but other in other ways it isn't something you can appreciate remember we tried creating a John and Gordy jingle
They didn't work out real well.
The Jingles didn't sound
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What's that?
Oh, no, he needs a few months.
He wants a case airtight, no bumps.
His A.G.
Pam Bondi says files on her desk, and Magga's got binders.
They can't
attest.
He's releasing the file to catch all the pedophiles.
Never met Epstein or touched any team.
He's draining the swamp with Epstein's name offscreen.
Yeah, that it is Trump's Epstein files song you'll get that on YouTube It's called releasing the files, but I think you use all of that and you'll get the video Yeah, that just came out.
But here's the thing, you know, we listened to it We watched it and the video is kind of fascinating.
Yeah, but I played it last night for my Gensie my Gen Z sons what did they think and they hated it?
They thought it was awful.
Why just they couldn't even stand it
They don't like AI at all.
They're not tolerating it.
I mean, the video is very impressive.
I thought it was really impressive.
Yeah, they did that.
Yeah.
Well, anyway, it's just a Gen
morning.
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We're seeing bright, beautiful sunshine this morning, but we'll get more clouds and some showers and storms on the way this afternoon.
Highs in the mid-80s today.
Right now, 70 degrees, and it's going to feel kind of muggy.
All day long.
Boy, I wish they'd stop talking about the Epstein
You know, I just wish they'd stop talking about it.
They're not going to stop anytime soon.
No, actually, I don't want them to stop talking about it.
Yeah.
It's about time.
You know, we heard about this list for years.
Exactly.
They ran on this thing.
Right.
And then they take it back.
Yeah.
Well, there's nothing there.
Don't worry about it.
Well, John Stewart had a comment about that.
Okay.
He's back again.
And this is what transpired on the Daily Show.
Let's listen.
This guy's been talked about for years.
Are people still talking about this guy, this creep?
That is
unbelievable.
Unbelievable?
You guys ran on it.
Remember this?
We need to release the Epstein list.
That is an important thing.
This Epstein sex ring operation, I'm not letting it go ever, ever.
Put on your big boy pants and let us know who the pedophiles are.
And that was before the Trump administration took power.
And by the way, they were still hyping the Epstein files after they took power.
We have flight logs.
We have information, names that will come out.
President Trump has given a very strong directive and that's going to be followed.
So
Oh, Donald Trump doesn't make empty promises.
All right.
Two of his wives and 10,000 unpaid contractors
They tried to blame Pam Bondi right away and dropped it in her lap.
But then she never backed down on this thing.
So now she's getting tips from Trump on how to handle this thing.
And it's so ridiculous.
It's so pathetic.
We know that Trump is on the list a thousand, hundred thousand times and he is hiding it.
But you know the whole thing is credibility.
Release what you want but nothing with my name on it.
Might as well have said that.
Well, it wasn't just the Epstein list You know, I mean you could extend it to the fact that Liberals and woke people were grooming children for for sex, right?
I mean they went sex they went well beyond the Epstein list and they used all of that to attack
their opponents.
So now they're backing down and they want us to just forget about it.
Yeah.
All right.
Not gonna happen.
No, not at all.
And we had to come up with a little X files ish sounding intro about the Epstein list.
Yeah, right.
We got we have to do that because we're not going to stop talking about it.
Not one bit.
Good well now that we're done talking about it for now Turn the page temporarily
And again, this is probably on the docket.
The shadow docket.
The shadow docket.
And they don't give a reason why.
And the only person giving a reason why they're dissenting is Katanji Brown Jackson.
She's very outspoken on this.
And they're acting like, well, she's a little oppity.
That's the language.
And you know what?
It bothers me because she is the one speaking truth to power in all of this.
Absolutely.
And the Supreme Court, I don't know if you've heard about this, but it was an eight to one ruling allowing, and this is just outrageous, allowing the president to proceed with reducing the federal workforce on his own.
He can do it without Congress.
Right.
And you can't do that.
You can't usurp the power of the Congress.
You can't.
Do it.
And Katanji Brown is saying you can't do this.
She's just trying to get this message out there.
Please, will somebody listen to me, you know?
Well, that's it, yes.
And she says here, well, the court stated, because the government is likely to succeed on its argument that the executive order and member random are lawful.
Why would they succeed in that?
And because of the factors bearing whether the grant to grant this stay or not, we're going to grant the application to allow him to do whatever he wants to the U.S.
government by executive order.
This completely blows my mind.
Kataji Brown Jackson is saying, let me see who this is, her comment, at bottom.
This case is about whether that action amounts to a structural overhaul that usurps Congress's policy-making prerogatives.
And it's hard to imagine deciding that question in any meaningful way after those changes have happened.
Exactly.
So we're making the changes.
It's not part of the Constitution.
They're just giving it to them.
And we've got two liberal justices on the bench going along with this.
I don't
I think this is the second time they've gone along with something like this.
Yeah.
So I don't know.
You know, we've got the voice in the wilderness, Katanji Brown Jackson saying something about it, saying what we all think out here in the Hindrelings.
I mean, we're not...
Law professors, we don't know the law, but we know the Constitution says that Congress has this particular power.
Exactly.
Well, speaking of judges and justices, a candidate to become a federal judge is refusing
to reject the idea that Trump should serve a third term.
Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Emil Bovi submitted a questionnaire to a Senate panel in order to be considered for a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.
In the questionnaire, he declined to deny the possibility of Trump serving a third term as president.
No kidding.
Yeah.
It says here as a nominee in the Third Circuit, it would be appropriate, not appropriate for me to address, on how the amendment would apply in an abstract hypothetical scenario.
Wait a minute,
it's not so
Go ahead.
this morning, but have you guys talked about the 500 metric tons of emergency food that Trump has ordered to be incinerated?
No.
Rather than shipping out.
I caught that story last night that apparently it's, I might understand why I thought quickly last night, because it was pretty ticked off when I read it, but apparently it's sitting in a warehouse in Dubai.
It was originally supposed to go to Afghanistan to feed starving children there, starving people there, but apparently Trump has decided that, well,
We're not going to ship it out and now apparently it's reaching its expo, supposedly the expiration date.
So rather than shipping it out, you know, and getting people to feed them, it's, they're actually going to incinerate it and it's going to cost us, you know, well, an accessible $100,000 to destroy
Yeah.
That was outrageous.
I saw that story too.
We were going to have it on the show, but you have just.
You have just grossed that something.
That is 500 metric tons of emergency food aid, enough to feed 1.5 million malnourished children for a week, and it's going to be incinerated tomorrow.
Is that tomorrow or today now, rather than be distributed?
Well, it's probably today, I mean.
today.
I left a message at Ron Johnson's phone and said, you know, what the hell are you going to do about this?
should actually be screaming bloody murder about that but of course they're not going to be on it is just it just shows the heartlessness and just complete
criminal that the food is just going to be destroyed
but you know what they're just high-energy biscuits intended for children under five living in war and disaster zones are currently being stored in a warehouse in Dubai the sheer
scale of waste is unprecedented.
Despite repeated assurances from the administration not to eliminate food aid, U.S.
warehouses around the world currently house 60,000 tons of food, including peas and cereal, originally bound for famine-stricken Sudan, which the administration is now unable to deliver, even if it wanted to, after gutting USAID and firing logistical experts.
That's what the story says.
There you go.
Ah, I know I saw the story too.
My heart just dropped.
I understand this.
This, you know, just the story alone would sink a presidency.
Right.
Normally.
Would normally have sunk a presidency.
This is just another story.
right, Mark.
I just think that probably should just say, just the big cost orders and just that we're shipping it out.
Yeah.
That's just the damn consequences.
Right.
All right, Mark, thank you.
Okay, thanks, brothers.
Yeah, I appreciate it.
Thank you.
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Good morning.
of
At least
I see that now, too.
So, you know, the whole thing here is based on the fact that media has become so... I mean, there's so many...
media outlets now that you really don't need NPR anymore or federal funding for it.
You know, we can go any place we want for the media that we prefer.
So let's get rid of NPR and just, you know, go with all the alternative podcasts and Breitbart and all the ones that people are depending on more now than ever.
Joe Rogan.
Yes, Joe Rogan.
So you have
Yeah, well, I focused pretty narrowly, at least in this column, on the recent cuts at Wisconsin public radio.
You know, they announced that for
you know, pretty popular, yes, standing programs.
Yeah, we're going to be cutting, including to the best of our knowledge
sort of a pastor on your health.
And, you know, I think some people were kind of shocked, but, you know, in talking to Sarah Ashworth, who's at the helm of WPR now, she talked to it's really not just the the looming cuts at the federal level.
It's also about
how people's listening habits have changed.
And so, you know, one of the, I think it was, um, and strange champs from to the best of our knowledge who said, um, do you know anyone who has a radio?
Um, still, of course I do.
And I, and I know, you know, some people do, but yeah, there are so many people who are just, you know, going, um, listening to things, um, online.
Um, so, um,
you know, that cuts into the bottom line of public media.
Yeah.
You know, I listen to those programs many times.
They're weekend programs and they're just fantastic.
You know, I mean, you just can't.
believe that they would cut something like that.
And now, with the possible cuts, the clawbacks of funding, I can't imagine what's going to happen to all of these stations.
You know, a lot of these public stations are all through the state and they cover certain areas, geographic areas that people can't get other media.
from.
So this is really truly an important time in history.
This could be it.
This could be the way it completely clears out all the public radio stations in this country.
It's not all of them, but just a few will be left.
Yeah, no, I mean, and then there's money for these emergency alerts.
You know that originate at least
public media Yeah, it's it's very very concerning and very unfortunate because of course, you know, we get great news reporting out of you know, both NPR and Wisconsin public radio
well as you know, the others
Well, you know, one of the, one of the great stories you have in here is downtown Madison fills out.
I mean, this is really fantastic.
You know, I took a walk down state street.
Uh, I was at three or four months ago and a lot of storefronts were empty, but they're filling up the past 26 new businesses.
Yeah.
Isn't
that
Yeah.
It's quite a turnaround.
I mean, anyone who was around five years ago, the combination of COVID and some of the protests that did result in vandalism, stores were boarded up.
And people, of course, weren't going after in that time.
And there really has been a renaissance.
But people have been working very hard to get people back in the stores.
foot traffic.
Tourism is booming.
I think it's still recognizable the difference at lunchtime, at least for those of us who work downtown, that a lot of the office workers
Have not returned.
So there's a little bit of a different vibe around the Capitol.
I think yeah around lunchtime,
place.
I know
I believe that all past last night.
Last night, yes.
But Judy,
it.
one.
Thank you so
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