Dan Schumacher
More Election Interference (Hour 2)
Republicans in Madison and Washington, DC are working overtime to interfere in elections that have been—and continue to be—safe, secure, and accurate. Wisconsin state senators are pushing ahead with an illegal effort to fire the administrator of the state Elections Commission. And House Republicans have announced an investigation into the Atlanta district attorney investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election—just as they’ve targeted the FBI and New York law enforcement for holding Trump accountable.
More Karma, More Howling from Conservative Justices (Hour 2)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering whether to fast-track a lawsuit challenging the state’s gerrymandered maps. The court’s right-wing justices, who have had no issue fast-tracking other cases with political overtones, have suddenly found reason to be against a speedy determination of whether Wisconsin voters deserve fair maps.
Even More US Supreme Court Corruption (Hour 2)
The reputation of conservative Justice Clarence Thomas has shifted further from careless beneficiary to callous freeloader, as dozens of vacations, private jet flights, resort stays, and VIP access are discovered—unreported in a way that would end the career of any other judge.
Mile of Music, Mountains of Memories (Hour 2)
We’ll learn more about this weekend’s “Mile of Music” in Appleton, known nationwide not only as a celebration for independent, unsigned bands, but for the tremendous support the community provides to individual musicians struggling to make a life on the road.
More Media Cheerleading for a Recession (Hour 2)
We talk to Mark Jacob about how national media outlets can’t stop rooting for a recession, despite no shortage of positive economic data. Are these newsrooms craving conflict or bending over backwards to “both sides” a healthy economy? Mark discusses his new column for Courier Newsroom, “Fact or Feelings? Inside the Media’s Misleading Economic Coverage.”
Supreme Court Says Racism Is Gone! (Hour 2)
Good news, everyone—the six right-wing justices on the US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that racism in the US is all gone, and it’s okay that college campuses are about to get whiter. We’ll talk to Mark Jacob about the affirmative action case and also get into how newsrooms fixated on division and cynicism can get their audiences to look at a growing economy and decide a recession is imminent.
Fair Maps, Fair Expectations (Hour 2)
Progressives are understandably excited for Janet Protasiewicz to be sworn in as a justice on August 1, a move that will tip the state Supreme Court to liberal control for the first time in more than 15 years. But a longtime advocate for ending gerrymandered political maps in Wisconsin wants to make sure people understand things like rigged maps and an 1849 abortion ban won’t be fixed in an instant. Plus media coverage of the latest discovery about corruption in the US Supreme Court.
Wolves and Sheep (Hour 2)
Sen. Tammy Baldwin is leading the latest bipartisan effort to find a practical middle ground in the debate over managing the population of gray wolves in Wisconsin. And we have our weekly visit with Mark Jacob about the national media outlets who seem so sheepish in covering the debt ceiling deal—choosing to “both sides” a hostage situation involving the US economy.
A Priority to Defend the Right to Vote (Hour 2)
The attacks on voting rights aren’t always overt. Sometimes they’re the subtle inconveniences that try to make you feel like voting doesn’t have to be a priority. We’ll talk to a leader in the national group Priorities USA about its commitment to protect voting rights from now through the 2024 elections.
