Mark Jacob
The Right Way to Do Tax Relief (Hour 2)
We’ll talk to state Assembly Rep. Mike Bare (D-Verona) about Democrats offering alternatives to the Republican tax cuts for the very rich—expand the Homestead and the Earned Income Tax Credits so that working middle class families benefit from the state’s record budget surplus.
The Right Way to Do Tax Relief (Hour 2)
We’ll talk to state Assembly Rep.Mike Bare (D-Verona) about Democrats offering alternatives to the Republican tax cuts for the very rich—expand the Homestead and the Earned Income Tax Credits so that working middle class families benefit from the state’s record budget surplus.
Hey, Newsrooms: Stop Normalizing Authoritarianism (Hour 2)
It shouldn’t be this hard to recognize that not every American, whose life, liberty and pursuit of happiness is a product of our democracy, would protect and defend our democracy. Some Americans do want to overthrow free elections, and some of those people are in powerful positions. So why do newsrooms cover them as just another day in the modern Republican Party?
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.
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.
As Goes Kristin Brey… (Hour 2)
We’ll visit with a colleague of ours, who as a young woman who left Wisconsin to pursue life as an actress, comic, and filmmaker—then came home and started creating smart, funny videos about the news. All that work has led Kristin Brey to a statewide midday talk show that’s been named as one of the top programs on the Milwaukee radio dial. Also, Mark Jacob breaks down media coverage of this week’s Trump arrest and arraignment.
GOP Hearts Biden Broadband (Hour 2)
Republicans running the Wisconsin Legislature say they don’t like how President Biden spends money, but he seems to be their new best friend now that they’re relying on him for expanding high-speed internet in the state—and reducing their contribution to $0 on your behalf. We’ll discuss with state Assembly Rep. Melissa Ratcliff. Also, it’s been a head-spinning week for a major national newsroom. Mark Jacob will help us understand how CNN has fallen so far, so fast.
