Civic Media Spotlight

Maggie kicks off the hour joined by Amy Hanauer, Executive Director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). They break down ITEP's analysis of Donald Trump's tax plan and its disastrous outcomes.

Then, she is joined by Kiera Butler, author and journalist at Mother Jones, to talk about the rise of Christian Nationalism among a sub sect of white millennial men. They dive deep into the dangers of the leaders in these movements and their unhinged beliefs. Kiera has written two recent articles pertaining to this movement, one detailing JD Vance's connection to it's leaders and another laying out how Christian Nationalism has begun to seize political power.

Maggie wraps up the show dispelling the misinformation surrounding FEMA now being spread by Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde.

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For today's edition of Maggie and the Millionaires, Maggie is joined by Amy Hanauer, the Executive Director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP). They talk about how the tax plans put forth by Donald Trump would simultaneously raise taxes for the average American and balloon the national deceit. You can check out ITEP's analysis here.

In the first half of the hour, Maggie goes deep into two major wrongdoings of Donald Trump's Presidency. She starts out detailing the Trump administration's efforts to obstruct the FBI investigations of Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation proceedings. Then, she briefly touches on new information out of Bob Woodward's upcoming book that former President Trump routinely has private communications with Russian dictator Vladmir Putin.

At the bottom of the hour, Maggie is joined by General Counsel for Law Forward, Jeff Mandell. They talk about the strength and integrity of our election system as well as the baseless lawsuits being filed across the country by Trump and his supporters.

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Special Guest: Morris Pearl

Morris Pearl is the Board Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. Previously, Mr. Pearl was a managing director at BlackRock, one of the largest investment firms in the world. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Pearl had a long tenure on Wall Street where he invented some of the securitization technology connecting America’s capital markets to consumers in need of credit. He co-authored Tax the Rich: How Lies, Loopholes and Lobbyists Make the Rich Richer, and the upcoming Pay the People: Why Fair Pay is Good for Business and Great for America.

For today's edition of Maggie and the Millionaires Talking Money, Maggie interviews Morris Pearl, the Board Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. Previously, Mr. Pearl was a managing director at BlackRock, one of the largest investment firms in the world. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Pearl had a long tenure on Wall Street where he invented some of the securitization technology connecting America’s capital markets to consumers in need of credit. He co-authored Tax the Rich: How Lies, Loopholes and Lobbyists Make the Rich Richer, and the upcoming Pay the People: Why Fair Pay is Good for Business and Great for America.

At the bottom of the hour, Dom Salvia joins Maggie to talk about Mike Johnson's recent interview with George Stephanopoulos. Just like JD Vance, Johnson refuses to answer the most important question: will he acknowledge that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election?

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Kicking off today's show, Maggie is joined by Teamsters Local 344 President Bill Carroll! As an organized labor expert, he walks through the impact Project 2025 would have on our rights as employees. Donald Trump is promising to remove taxes on tips and overtime, but that's just a sneaky way to remove overtime entirely.

At the bottom of the hour, we're thrilled to welcome Devon Ombres, the Senior Director for Courts and Legal Policy for the Center for American Progress Action Fund. He and Maggie discuss the start of the new US Supreme Court term and what their upcoming cases mean for the average American. Judicial activism in the Supreme Court has a bigger impact on our daily lives than ever before, and the consequences of this term may be dire. However, the future is not written in stone. Devon Ombres walks through what needs to change to protect our people.

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Kicking off the hour, the Chad Holmes Show discusses the Wausau Ballot Drop Box being returned and we discuss where we stand and where we go with Nancy Stencil.

Then, in honor of playoff baseball, Maggie talks with the youngest living player to run the bases with the Negro Leagues, Dennis Biddle. Mr. Biddle shares some of his most impactful experiences on the diamond and in his life since. He started Yesterday's Negro league Baseball Players Foundation in 1996 to support players and their legacies.

Next, Charles Franklin Professor of Law and Public Policy and Director of the Marquette Law School Poll joins the Dom Salvia Show for a half hour the day of his most recent poll dropping. Charles brings some good news for the Harris-Walz ticket and for Tammy Baldwin in the most recent poll.

Finally, writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Comedian, Paul Mecurio joins Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba. Paul talks about working on a sports show, working on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and his show Permission to Speak, that is coming to Milwaukee.

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First, Earl expresses his frustration and confusion over the number of everyday union workers who are supporting Donald Trump. He goes over who the union's have historically voted for and points out the clear reasons why voting for Trump is anti union.

Then, education author Elizabeth Berkshire shares how voters in battleground states like Wisconsin are pushing back against efforts to weaken or privatize our public schools. And we’ll hear from Harris-Walz battleground director Dan Kanninen about the path to victory in his home state of Wisconsin.

After that, Leigh McGowan aka IAmPoliticsGirl joins the show to talk about her book "A Return To Common Sense", as well as the landscape over the next 36 days on Matenaer On Air.

The hour wraps with Mandy Kimes, Executive Director of the Ripon Area Chamber of Commerce, talking with Todd about the history of the Little White Schoolhouse. One particularly fun story revolves around a community baseball game with team names of Democrats vs Republicans to raise money. The game even ended in a tie!

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Special Guest: Stephen Prince

Stephen Prince is the Vice-Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. Born poor in Waycross, Georgia In 1993, he founded National Business Products – now known as Card Market, Inc. – as a gift card and in-store marketing material production company. Basically he sells gift cards, a lot of them. Since selling the majority of his company in 2019, Stephen has focused on his real estate investments, traveling, and his efforts to make the USA what it was before, in his words, greed and short-sightedness took over the country.

For today's edition of Maggie and the Millionaires Talking Money, Maggie is joined by Stephen Prince! Stephen Prince is the Vice-Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. Born poor in Waycross, Georgia In 1993, he founded National Business Products – now known as Card Market, Inc. – as a gift card and in-store marketing material production company. Basically he sells gift cards, a lot of them. Since selling the majority of his company in 2019, Stephen has focused on his real estate investments, traveling, and his efforts to make the USA what it was before, in his words, greed and short-sightedness took over the country.

At the bottom of the hour, WMDX Manager Kathryn Lake fills in for Teri Barr on what's great, local and overlooked! Kathryn gives us some great places to enjoy the Fall colors, as well as some of Wisconsin's plentiful festivals.

To wrap up this week, we share a special new Harris campaign advertisement: an endorsement from The Boss, Bruce Springsteen!

The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 2-4 pm across the network. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Maggie and the show!