Keya Vakil
Big Cuts or Just More Gridlock? (Hour 1)
We’ll discuss the new Congress with Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil, focusing on whether it can be effective at implementing the right-wing Project 2025 agenda or if it will get bogged down in intraparty squabbling, courtroom setbacks, and an inability to figure out how to pay for everything they want without looking painfully obvious […]
Made with Love (Hour 1)
Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz calls in to talk about her husband’s run for vice president and what makes her great-grandmother’s cookie recipe so popular. Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil talks about the widening gap between the unity sounded by Kamala Harris and the dark rhetoric of Donald Trump—plus a reminder not to let […]
The Other Shoe Dropped (Hour 1)
Two political bombshells in 24 hours in Wisconsin—first the Republican mayor of Waukesha, and now the Legislature’s longest serving Republican, state Sen. Rob Cowles, endorses Democrat Kamala Harris in the presidential election. Also: Keya Vakil helps us turn the corner from the pessimism of an endless campaign to the optimism that the finish line is […]
Just Gibberish (1st Hour)
While Donald Trump was rambling through an interview answer that blamed Ukraine for Russia’s invasion, Vice President Kamala Harris made three stops in Wisconsin to ask voters to take the country in a more stable direction. Harris was accompanied by entrepreneur Mark Cuban, who described Trump’s plan for massive tariffs and trade wars as “just […]
Trump’s Dogwhistle Is a Bullhorn (Hour 1)
Donald Trump ripped the city of Detroit on Thursday—while speaking in Detroit. He also renewed his criticism of Milwaukee. He spent the week referring to Kamala Harris and Whoopie Goldberg as stupid. And he questions the genetic makeup of immigrants. Sounds about white. Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil tells us about new Trump revelations in an […]
I’m All Out of Love (Hour 1)
Pat describes hearing about the Brewers playoff elimination while (yes, this is weird) singing along at an Air Supply concert in Milwaukee. Former US Attorney Jim Santelle gives us background on the new filing from special counsel Jack Smith on former President Trump’s federal election interference case. And Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil shows […]
Typical Tiffany (Hour 1)
Keya Vakil gives us analysis of this week’s national news, including our country’s most dysfunctional Congress passing another short-term spending bill. Still, Sen. Ron Johnson and US Reps. Derrick Van Orden and Tom Tiffany voted against it, preferring a government shutdown with barely a month until a national election. In a separate story, Tiffany spread […]
The Crazy Train Picks Up Speed (Hour 1)
Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil takes us on a trip through this week’s top political headlines, including how the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina apparently liked to refer to himself as a “Black Nazi” and say many other extreme things on the message boards of a pornography website. UpNorthNews with Pat Kreitlow […]
Hold My Rake (Hour 1)
Donald Trump stepped on so many rakes during this week’s debate that Eric Hovde started getting jealous. Not to fear, Hovde has a new batch of ads that once again pretend to feature “regular folks” but are deep within the party-faithful. And Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil tells us about how more political issues […]
Rural Respect (Hour 1)
While Donald Trump is promising tariffs and trade wars that could cripple American agriculture, President Joe Biden told a crowd in western Wisconsin on Thursday about the next round of investments he’s making to expand the rural economy. We’ll also talk to Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil about the growing number of lifelong Republicans […]
