Elon Musk and President Trump say they’re going after wasteful spending, but the wrecking ball they’ve been taking to federal programs is having impacts in Wisconsin and across the country that are real and harmful and expensive in the long run. We’ll talk to Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil and Casey Harrison from Courier’s outlet The Nevadan. We’ll also have more hockey talk than has ever been heard on this show, thanks to a raucous 4 Nations Faceoff tournament final between the US and Canada.

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