Daybreak w/ Brian and Jamie

We take a look at some of the key takeaways from the US primary elections that took place Tuesday. Texas takes the spotlight, but other states like Arkansas get some attention as well. This sparks a conversation about centrist versus radical within the democratic party. Over in the Department of Justice, officials have confirmed that over 47,600 of the Epstein files have been taken offline, pushing lawmakers to make more calls for proper release of the files.

In Wisconsin. Brad Schimel is “blindsided” by Tammy Baldwin opposing his appointment… We play clips of Schimel from the last year that show exactly why he shouldn’t be blindsided by that. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Jill Karofsky has criticized Maria Lazar’s past work for acting in the interests of the right-wing.

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We are joined by Brian Reisinger, author of “Land Rich, Cash Poor,” to discuss farmers and how they are reacting to tariffs and how they’re being affected. He tells us the realities of family farms and their struggles to stay afloat.

Yesterday Kristi Noem was in a hearing where she was questioned about ICE activity in Minnesota. We look at the mental gymnastics she is using to try to defend herself. In that hearing she was grilled by some Republicans. We also look at another Trump administration flip flop, this one regarding challenges to executive orders.

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The Trump administration can’t get their lies straight. We play clips of various Trump officials, and the president himself, contradicting each other and even contradicting themselves.

Criminal charges are being recommended by Wisconsin election officials in the case of Trump supporters trying to recall Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. We bring you the details on that, as well as what may happen to gas prices in Wisconsin given the strikes against Iran.

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We look at the updates from Iran, including claims from American service members that this is being framed as a holy war. Just before the strikes on Iran began, Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI counterintelligence agents who were involved in the investigation of the mishandled classified documents that were found at Mar-a-Lago.

In Wisconsin news, Governor Evers has officially called a special session on gerrymandering. We also bring you a civics lesson about referendums. Why are we telling you about that? Because Wisconsin schools have needed to use a lot of referendums in recent years, this April there are 72 across the state.

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Allison McManus, managing director of national security and international policy at Center for American Progress, talks to us about the war against Iran from the perspective of how America is using its military power and what this tells the world.

More Wisconsin sheriffs are agreeing to work with ICE, 19 of 72 counties in the state are agreeing to a program that allows local law enforcement to work with ICE. The presence of ICE in the Chippewa Valley is especially apparent, so we talk to Gerardo “Lalo” Licon from the advocacy group El Centro de Conexion de Chippewa Valley.

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The Trump administration has had some mixed messaging on the war with Iran in these first few days of the war. We listen to Trump himself, Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio all give different perspectives of why and how long this will go on.

We talk about Bill Clinton’s hearing on Epstein files after full videos of both his and Hillary Clinton’s hearings were released. Later we look at the record setting spending in today’s Texas senate election.

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We bring you an update on the showdown between Anthropic and the Pentagon over AI, it turns out the tech company is holding their ground. We highlight that while it may seem like a small thing, this story could actually be a big deal in the realm of surveillance and weapons. We also revisit Minneapolis as news of state investigations into Greg Bovino and federal agents regarding ICE agents comes forward. Also, Kristi Noem thinks staff installed a software to spy on her.

In Wisconsin news, though we focus on Milwaukee’s experience, grocery stores are leaving at an alarming rate. It is creating food deserts in towns around the state, as well as hurting jobs, health and more.

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We’re joined by UW-Madison professor emeritus Howard Schweber about the constitutionality of war on Iran, specifically about whether a president can do this.

We give updates on the breaking news that is quickly coming out of Washington DC as well as out of the Middle East. One of the ways that Americans may feel the price of this conflict is at the gas pump, we discuss how oil prices may be affected.

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We continue to discuss the attacks on Iran, which has now led to a handful of US troops dying. Russell Lucas, professor of international relations at Michigan State University, joins us to tell us about what is to come internally for Iran after the death of the supreme leader and other leaders in their government. 

Swipe or Stay breaks things up as we talk about a little pop culture news.

To end the hour we talk about how we are dealing with this all emotionally. The news is constantly hard to deal with, so we discuss how we can handle it.

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Over the weekend Trump and Israel started a war against Iran. We question the leadership in the US and the poor use of diplomacy. We discuss our own reaction as well as the reactions of lawmakers and listeners. Lawmakers are upset with the way that this attack happened, Trump again bypassed getting approval from Congress, so a War Powers Act vote will come to Congress this week.

Meanwhile, Scouting America has altered their policies in order to maintain support from the US military.

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