Daybreak w/ Brian and Jamie

In this hour’s headlines the Senate has approved a funding bill for most of the Department of Homeland Security but not for immigration enforcement, meaning TSA agents will get their paychecks. We also give you all the info about how you can watch the Brewers on TV. Then we cover a bipartisan bill that would put a cap on insulin prices even for people on private insurance. 

Later, we chat with Emily Tseffos who is running for Wisconsin Senate District 19, but is also fundraising to support the unpaid TSA agents who have been struggling during the partial government shutdown.

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We cover various headlines from Iran and back here in the states before we talk to Civic Media reporter James Kelly who tells us about the upcoming No Kings protests this weekend. He shares details about what will be happening in the Chippewa Valley. We also take a look at the news that the Justice Department is close to a deal that would hand Homeland Security states’ voter roll data.

We have plenty of fun this hour as we play Swipe or Stay with some good stories from senior producer Frank. Later we give away some more Brewers tickets by playing Song Strikeout.

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Our morning starts off with a little conversation about Opening Day and whether or not it should be a national holiday. We also touch on how affordable sports are. Sticking with sports we shift into the news with eight of 11 Wisconsin tribes urging the governor to sign the online sports betting bill. Later we revisit betting with a reminder that it is illegal to bet on elections in the state of Wisconsin. In national news, 

In national news, a federal judge has blocked the Pentagon from labeling the AI firm Anthropic as a supply chain risk. We go over the judge’s reasoning, which hits the nail on the head of what has happened throughout this story.

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This hour’s headlines include news that Trump showed people a highly classified map on a plane in 2022. We also spend time with Milwaukee news that a proposed ban on ICE members wearing masks is being put on pause for more legal review.  Later we discuss the TSA wait lines that have hit airports around the nation as an effect of the partial government shutdown. During the hour we hit the breaking news about trans athletes at the Olympics.

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We open the hour with headlines from Iran, continuing our ongoing conversation of who can we trust when getting information about the conflict. Sticking with foreign policy, we talk to Francis Rooney, a former US ambassador to the Holy See. He helps us understand how differently the Trump administration treats diplomacy compared to others, as well as gives us insight into what it is like working with nations.

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Opening Day is here! We talk about getting to the ballpark today and discuss our favorite Opening Day memories. After we talk about our Milwaukee Brewers (those teams down in Chicago) we shift over to the police in Milwaukee who have been failing their fitness tests.

In some state news, the anti-SLAPP legislation in the state senate failed and the bill was opposed by one senator who has a history using SLAPP. Also, a handful of Wisconsin companies have been named some of the most ethical in the world.

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Ground forces are being brought to the Middle East even though President Trump says we are in talks with Iran. We also focus on a Minnesota lawsuit directed at the Trump administration over federal officer shootings investigations. Remember that conservative group, the 1776 Project PAC, that we talked about yesterday with the Wisconsin school board races? Turns out they are spending well over $100,000 on Wisconsin school board races.

We bring a great reminder that Brewers baseball is tomorrow! Brewers COO Marti Wronski joins us to tell us about what’s new at the ballpark. We finish up the hour talking about your favorite breakup songs.

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We are joined by Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll, to talk about the latest polling info that reveals that many people aren’t engaged in the upcoming election.

We go through the day’s headlines, including some in the hypocrisy category. We also tackle news that the USDA is cutting millions of dollars from a program that was helping often underserved farmers buy land, it’s another attack on DEI. Also, we discuss a supermarket getting sued by the government over employee discrimination.

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We bring you the latest headlines, which includes election news from Florida where a Democrat has flipped the district that Mar-a-Lago is in. The main resident of Mar-a-Lago, President Trump, and his administration say that they’ll use taxpayer money to not pay a French company $1 billion to not build wind farms. This change goes hand in hand with re-aiming where we spend money on energy.

We discuss an interesting, and concerning, story out of Milwaukee. Senators are calling for traffic cameras in an effort to make the streets safer. We also take a look at new emergency relief coming from DoorDash for its gig workers who are facing increased gas prices.

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To kick off the hour we cover the issue of ICE funding and how that has driven a wedge between the president and Congress in regards to a DHS funding bill. We also share the facts about who pays TSA agents since they have been a hot topic that most people aren’t familiar with. 

In Wisconsin news, polls show that voters are beginning to weigh property taxes over funding schools. It comes during a time of various economic hardships. Also, in a Germantown school election, mailers are the focal point of a big issue.

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