There are lots of holiday gifts you can wrap, but others you need to experience. We’ll talk to Sheila Everhart of the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association about giving the gift of events in rural Wisconsin. We’ll also hear from Hans Breitenmoser about last weekend’s Wisconsin Farmers Union annual convention.

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As we often say here: Those who hate government the most should be trusted the least to run it competently. The latest example comes from Republicans in the Legislature who refused a request to allocate the funds to speed up customer service for professional licensing. It’s easy to say government doesn’t work when you’re the one throwing sand in the gears. Lawmakers also announced an “investigation” into Attorney General Josh Kaul, conveniently timed to happen during an election campaign.

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The CEO of WisconsinEye talks to us about the network going dark — unable to continue its work of covering state government due to a lack of funding. We’ll ask why such a vital service has to beg for financial support.

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Former GOP Congressman Reid Ribble joins us to talk about the lack of a serious Republican healthcare plan — something he says shouldn’t be the case. We’ll hear his suggestions to his old colleagues.

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CBS could have used their time Saturday to honor Dick Van Dyke on his 100th birthday, given his many shows over many years. Instead, the new right wing regime chose to turn the airwaves over to the widow of Charlie Kirk.

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A lot of Wisconsin political insiders sure like asking questions about Mandela Barnes: Can he win a general election? Can he raise $50 million to run for governor? Is the attention he’s getting from Republicans a sign of weakness or strength? How about if we ask him directly — because he joins us live this morning. Also: Mike Clemens previews the Packers in Denver on Sunday… and then playing again six days later in Chicago.

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We’ll ask our Week In Review panel about some of the headlines of the past few days. Republicans had to back off their desire to force grieving women to scoop up the remains of a miscarriage and put it in a medical waste bag. President Trump lost two more court cases involving persecution without due process. And is the White House ever going to live up to its promise to tackle inflation — or will they stick with the laughable argument that affordability worries are just a hoax?

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Some of us are old enough to remember when the United States Senate had a vaunted reputation as the world’s greatest deliberative body. Weighty issues would be debated by senators with the security of six-year terms, resistant to the political winds of the moment, and grand compromises could be achieved. Those days, of course, are gone — put on display most tellingly Thursday when a majority of 51 votes still wasn’t enough to stop Republicans’ plans to make Americans pay exhaustingly higher health insurance premiums, just to make a political point. Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil gives us a summary.

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With Joel Brennan joining the race for governor, we’ll ask political strategist Joe Zepecki if there’s anyone else in the pipeline or are we seeing the likely field of candidates between now and the primary next August. He’ll also react to another “interesting” week in Washington, DC.

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