In hour two, we dive into the Big Story: the SAVE Act, which would require citizenship when voting (and aimed at disenfranchising married women), would not be valid in Wisconsin, at least for the upcoming election - yet its being used as a scare tactic. We check in with our WMDX meteorologist Brittney Merlot for a look at the weather, and chatter about balloons! Later, we welcome in to the new studio Mike McCabe, who discusses his latest article on Substack. He begins with the analogy of Nero, the ancient Roman emperor, "fiddling" while the city burned, for the state of the country. The downfall of megalomaniacal Nero (and the ruling class of modern America)? A united working class.

Read Mike's blog at mikemccabe.substack.com

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