This week’s CouleeConservatives.com Weekly Recap is packed with big questions about Wisconsin’s future—and a challenge to every citizen who believes liberty is worth defending.
Chris draws on 30 years in information technology to explore what he sees as one of the most consequential developments of the 21st century: next-generation nuclear power. With electricity demand climbing alongside AI, data centers, electrification, and an increasingly digital economy, he looks at emerging small, scalable nuclear reactor technology and argues that America may be approaching an energy revolution capable of reshaping how communities power themselves.
Then the focus turns squarely to Wisconsin following the August primary. Chris digs into the gubernatorial results, the upcoming Van Orden–Cooke rematch in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District, questions surrounding polling and election results, the political battle over SNAP, and the stakes of control of Congress. He also highlights Congressman Derrick Van Orden’s work on increased Medicaid funding for Wisconsin hospitals and expanded hunting and fishing opportunities on federal refuge lands.
Closer to home, Chris celebrates the Holmen Kornfest Parade, where volunteers joined 94th Assembly candidate Keith Purnell and lieutenant governor candidate David Varnam, and he calls on listeners to become more involved in their own communities—including an immediate opportunity for residents of Onalaska’s District 3 to apply for a vacant Common Council seat.
Running through the entire episode is one central message: citizenship is not a spectator sport. From voting and joining your county GOP to walking in a parade, volunteering with the Victory Squad, or simply sharing information with a neighbor, Chris argues that preserving liberty requires sustained participation long after Election Day.
Technology. Energy. Wisconsin politics. The outdoors. The November election. And a call to get off the couch and into the arena. This is a wide-ranging episode about the choices being made today—and the Wisconsin and America we will leave to the next generation.