If you enjoy all the wonderment of the Wisconsin's beautiful outdoors, we have some bad news and yeah, it's about money, because our lawmakers don't really think about investing. Then, the bringer of transparency and greatness that is DOGE, is gone...and at what cost? Next, Brenda Cárdenas is the 11th Poet Laureate for Wisconsin and she joins us to talk about how you become the Poet Laureate, what the title entails and her project which brings together artists of all kinds, even if you don't consider yourself one. Finally, in shocking news - one of the president's biggest supporters is stepping down because she wasn't MAGA enough? What does this means for the movement, the GOP and the job of being in congress?

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