Jim Santelle
Breaking (down) the law with Jim Santelle (Hour 1)
Today, Jim Santelle of Amicus: A Law Review joins Dom to boil down some major national legal proceedings, including the impact of the presidential immunity decision. Join Dom Salvia every afternoon from 4-6pm for news (some), humor (more), and great conversation (always)! Listen throughout the state of Wisconsin on the Civic Media network and worldwide […]
Circus Journalism (Hour 2)
You can’t cover the circus if you’re sleeping with the elephants. That’s not the most elegant phrasing, but it leads into our discussion of how a prominent reporter known for her favorable coverage of Robert Kennedy, Jr. is suspended and accused of having a romantic relationship with her story subject. And we’ll discuss whether county […]
On truth and accountability- a review of cases against DJT (Hour 2)
Jim Santelle stays on for a second hour for an early Law Review before his Saturday Amicus show. He and Dom check in on the current legal cases facing former POTUS Trump. In Georgie, Scott McAfee dropped two charges related to conspiracy and election interference against Trump. Jim breaks down why, and why it’s probably […]
You gotta keep ’em separated (White House and DoJ edition) (Hour 1)
Former US Attorney and current Civic Media host of Amicus: A Law Review Jim Santelle joins us today to talk law. Jim and Dom spend some time checking in on Tuesday’s presidential debate- of course- before launching into a law review. Yesterday, Merrick Garland delivered an address to the workforce stating that the DoJ would […]
Better, But… (Hour 2)
This week’s presidential debate showed that moderators can do some fact-checking in real time—even if one of the candidates insists a story about pets being eaten is true because he heard someone say it on TV. Still, only a fraction of Donald Trump’s falsehoods were checked and there was zero success in getting the former […]
And now, some good news, thank goodness!(Hour 2)
Jim Santelle continues covering developing legal news as he covers the show for Maggie. For her weekly segment, Teri Barr brings local but overlooked news. Today, some good news from the region. First, putting the rad in radish, UW- La Crosse introduces a new major, Food and Nutrition Sciences. Next, did you know that Wisconsin […]
Yet another consequential decision for the history books(Hour 1)
Jim Santelle sitting in for Maggie today, covering developing legal news. Jim covers breaking news today with the Manhattan case presided over by Judge Juan Merchan. This is the state case in which Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts for document falsification and election interference. However, as announced today, the sentencing for these 34 […]
The Sanewashing Must Stop (Hour 2)
Asked in New York on Thursday for a policy to solve the childcare crisis, former President Trump offered two minutes of gibberish with no coherent ideas to address the problem. But you’d never know that from reading mainstream media write-ups. Mark Jacob and others are branding that kind of reporting as “sanewashing,” and they say […]
The Unconventional Convention (Hour 2)
From a history-making nominee to a first-of-its-kind roll call, we’ll sum up the Democratic convention as delegates head home from Chicago. Plus: Mark Jacobs reminds us that not all fact checks are created equal. And former US Attorney Jim Santelle has updates on legal cases in two states that affect November’s ballot. UpNorthNews with Pat […]
Beat the Press, Again (Hour 2)
Former President Donald Trump held something he described as a news conference on Thursday. Veteran journalist Jennifer Shulze created a media checklist to measure whether Trump was kept on message and held accountable or if he was allowed to ramble and lie and run out the clock. We’ll see how the press corps did. UpNorthNews […]
