We’ll talk to Joe Zepecki about today’s visit to La Crosse by Vice President JD Vance, another effort to spin the narrative on what’s in the Republicans’ package of massive cuts and record deficit spending that are being used to deliver lots of tax goodies to the very wealthy. Like his buddy, US Rep. Derrick Van Orden, expect lots of forceful denials, sarcasm, and namecalling, but we’ll help you keep an eye on those pesky facts that keep getting in the way of their brand of performative politics.

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