Amy Barrilleaux from Clean Wisconsin tells us about the lawsuit that her Clean Wisconsin is part of against the Trump Environmental Protection Agency. The handling of various environmental issues has become much more difficult under this EPA. We also talk to Tracy Hunter from Voters First Wisconsin about the final five voting system and creating better election systems.

We also have an update on our phone call to the president of Burger King! Turns out they really do listen so you can have it your way! We close out the week with a new segment that takes us around Wisconsin.

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Charlie Carlin, director of strategic initiatives at Gathering Waters and part of Team Knowles Nelson, joins us to discuss the status of Knowles Nelson stewardship. He describes that much of the issue has to do with politics within the state capitol.

Fears of ICE are growing in Wisconsin as ICE operations are surging into western Wisconsin, where communities are forming networks to monitor ICE activity. Other Wisconsin news includes the Green Bay Packers warning season ticket holders that if you don’t use em you’ll lose em.

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Pro-Trump attorneys are pushing an executive order that would give the president power over elections, it’s a concept that is worrying for election security. Hillary Clinton addressed the media after her closed door Epstein files hearing answers. In her press conference she made it clear that there is GOP partisanship in the Epstein probe, with questions about pizzagate.

Meanwhile, the vice president was in Wisconsin yesterday - we talk about his visit and his speech. Coming up in Wisconsin, you can see a “planet parade” this weekend, we bring you the details.

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In this hour we talk to Jeff Mangan, the founder and president of the Transparent Election Initiative. He tells us about how they are looking to prohibit corporations from donating to campaigns in Montana.

The Wisconsin Legislature has approved a new tool for police that would allow them to use a new roadside drug test. This expands what officers would be capable of testing for and provide aid in preventing impaired driving crashes. We also discuss the departure of a senior treasury official, and Trump donor.

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Remember the “don’t follow illegal orders” video? The Pentagon and Pete Hegseth sure do, and they still aren’t happy about it. We give the latest news revolving around that failed legal case. Then we look at the news that broke yesterday that Cuban forces killed four people on a Florida registered speedboat. According to reports, the people on the boat were coming to Cuba with intentions of committing acts of terroism. 

To close the hour we talk to Charles Franklin, the director of the Marquette Law School Poll. He gives us the rundown of their latest poll and what it shows about voters heading into this April’s election.

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We are met with another round of Epstein fallout, more resignations have crossed the desk and today the Clintons begin testimonies. We talk about vaccines as we share the news that Wisconsin has joined a lawsuit challenging the CDC child vaccine schedule changes. 

We also bring a few AI stories today. The first is from the company Anthropic, the one who was resisting Pete Hegseth and giving unrestricted access to their AI tech, but now the company is loosening their stance. Also in AI news, Marquette University will have an AI expert as their commencement speaker, which has left some students pretty unhappy.

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There is plenty to get to in the State of the Union edition of Fact or Fiction. At the address, the USA men’s hockey team was applauded, however Jack Hughes and the team have faced scrutiny for laughing at comments made by President Trump during their postgame celebration at the Olympics.

We also chat with Rep. Amaad Rivera-Wagner about legislation he is proposing to raise the minimum wage for Wisconsinites. After Rep. Rivera-Wagner gives us the details, we get a call from a veteran in Oshkosh who tells us about his struggles living on social security.

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We take a look at statements from former ICE training instructor Ryan Schwank about the training for agents being inadequate. He says that the training curriculum has been changed in ways that make them less prepared than they need to be. 

We are joined by general counsel at Law Forward Jeff Mandell to discuss a lawsuit that Law Forward is representing the plaintiffs in. The lawsuit says that the state is not doing it’s job of funding schools in Wisconsin.

We also have some fun with Swipe or Stay and we take a look at where the largest Kwik Trip is, and it isn’t where you would expect.

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We spend plenty of time talking about last night’s State of the Union address, although the address was the longest in history so we don't have enough time to really talk about it all. Sticking with the federal government, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is pushing a tech company to allow the military unrestricted use of their AI technology. Then, we touch on a Trump campaign attorney who is still hung up on the 2020 election and is trying to take down a pair of Wisconsin Supreme Court judges.

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Executive director of Fair Wisconsin Abigail Swetz joins us to talk about GOP bills limiting youth transgender care and keeping trans kids out of sports. We also talk to Paul Kiefer from Wisconsin Watch about Air Wisconsin Airlines, the airline has seen financial struggles and it seems they have begun to work with ICE and DHS. In this hour we also discuss what will happen to the tariff money that the Supreme Court said was collected illegally.

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