During President Trump’s first-term trade war, farmers in Wisconsin and nationwide got $23 billion in bailout payments but they would’ve rather had the $27 billion in export business Trump blocked. Now there’s discussion on another multi-billion dollar price tag to keep farmers afloat during a second trade war—but Congress has delayed some other farm assistance for years. So which will it be: another stiff arm and delays or another costly bailout? We’ll talk to a Wisconsin farmer and a top official with the National Farmers Union.

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We’ll discuss three stories about how the rule of law is a cornerstone of a free society, but it’s under attack like nothing ever seen in the US until now. There’s the Wisconsin bride recently freed after seven weeks in custody without a court hearing on immigration charges. There’s November’s state Supreme Court election in another state, where around 65,000 voters could have their ballots tossed out so that a conservative could steal a win. And there’s former Wisconsin Justice Michael Gableman, now facing a three-year law license suspension for his politically-motivated but botched “investigation” of the 2020 election. And from Cherita Booker: Who’s up for some ice cream with pieces of fudge… and walleye?

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Our guests this hour are from the Chippewa Valley Healthcare Cooperative, a group of western Wisconsin citizens trying to build a new hospital—after an out-of-state corporation abruptly shut down hospitals in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls last year. What can their experience teach us about the healthcare environment elsewhere in Wisconsin?

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Early indications from Asia project another terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day for Wall Street, as a big chunk of the planet wonders if the President of the United States has any plan beyond a devastating trade war. The shock to people’s investments only encouraged massive turnout in protests across the country on Saturday.

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Welcome to another edition of our Best Of Episode for UpNorthNews Radio and this week, Pat is talking to Greg about his new adventures in the land of CPAP. As you may know, Wisconsin had a big election and Todd Allbaugh is here to talk about how big a night this was for the state and what it means going forward. Then State Senator Mark Spreitzer stops by to talk about everything he's working on in Madison, including work to protect Trans kids in Wisconsin.

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Congressman Mark Pocan joins our week-in-review panel to talk about this week’s events in Washington, DC. It was a short week for Congress, as the Speaker of the House chose to send everyone home early rather than adopt a bipartisan proposal to make life easier for new parents serving in the US House.

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Who’s ready to party like it’s 1979? President Trump’s over-the-top trade war caused the stock markets to have their worst day since the early COVID phase of 2020. (Who was president back then?) Now there are fears of the worst economic double-whammy short of a depression. Could we really see “stagflation,” a period of high prices and high unemployment? Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil has more about the impact of Trump’s tariffs at the local level.

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This hour’s guests each have reason to not be pessimistic about politics right now, but that’s no reason to put their guard down. Gov. Tony Evers’ veto pen and this week’s state Supreme Court win mean the most extreme conservative proposals won’t be enacted—though it’s not like Republicans won’t stop trying to remove women’s healthcare rights, enact anti-trans laws, and pass tax cuts for the very wealthy.

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With great fanfare and more than a little misinformation, President Trump unveiled new tariffs that surprised even the most jaded observers. The resulting trade war will result in a “Trump tax” as consumer prices rise—provided the goods consumers are looking for can be found at all. Also: Joe Zepecki’s analysis on what Susan Crawford did right, what Elon Musk did wrong, and what this week’s results tell us about Wisconsin voters in 2025.

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Wisconsin voters send a clear message to Elon Musk and President Trump by electing Susan Crawford to the state Supreme Court and returning Jill Underly as state superintendent. We’ll break down the reasons for the overwhelming margins and look at whether it means the Trump train has derailed before it can do more damage.

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