We’re joined by Assembly Assistant Minority Leader Kalan Haywood for his perspective on Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address and the Republican response. And we’ll talk Mark Rice of the nonprofit group WISDOM about their efforts to reduce mistreatment of inmates in Wisconsin prisons. 

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We’ll review what Gov. Tony Evers had to say in his annual State of the State address and whether some of his proposals will attract new Republican support in an era of fairer legislative maps. We’ll get analysis from Democratic strategist Joe Zepecki. And we’ll question what made management at a Milwaukee TV station think it was a good idea to fire a well-liked meteorologist after she criticized Elon Musk for his Nazi-adjacent salute at the presidential inauguration.

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State Rep. Francesca Hong is going to try again to get Republicans to support the simple concept of guaranteeing “Healthy School Meals For All” Wisconsin schoolkids. It’s a group of GOP lawmakers led by an Assembly Speaker who has made clear that he is once again also going to block a plan to give new moms some more stable, affordable healthcare during baby’s first year.

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This week’s Climate Check reviews the significance of President Trump taking us out of the Paris Accords to help stop doing damage to the climate—and maybe there’s a reason why it won’t sting so badly the second time around. Also: There’s a theme centered on pride rather than pity when it comes to dealing with another round of Trump. We’ll hear from folks who attended an event designed to lift the voices of people who face being attacked and marginalized over the next four years.

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The new president, as promised, made a mockery of “law and order” in one of his first actions Monday, undoing the work of police, legal authorities, judges, and juries who brought consequences to those who took part in the deadly attack on the US Capitol. We’re still looking for a connection between the pardons and the price of groceries that he’d promised to lower on Day One. Also: The “broligarchy” arrived in our nation’s Capitol on Monday—tech billionaires with the power to alter what kinds of news and information reach us. Congressman Mark Pocan talks to us about spending the day working with groups likely to be hurt by Trump’s hate-based actions.

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We’ll take a break from talking about the dangerously cold weather and the Trump inauguration by acknowledging a basic truth about Wisconsin’s people: You sure love your local pizza joints! All we had to do was ask, and you responded with an avalanche of ideas for anyone seeking a new favorite spot or pizza type. And we’ll talk about that other depressing stuff as well.

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Once the new president takes office, the challenge will be to stay on top of what he’s doing to our country and inform others without letting it consume too much of our valuable time and headspace. So we’ll introduce our new “Cussin Jar” to keep us focused on what’s important here in Wisconsin. And we’ll send off the outgoing president with a reminder of what President Biden accomplished during his term. It’s still a head-scratcher as to why he and his team couldn’t craft a message that resonated with voters, but history will look back fondly on a historic economic rebound and long record of consumer protection.

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The “experts” tell Donald Trump’s critics not to use words like “oligarchy” to describe what’s coming because it’s not a word most folks use in their everyday lives. Don’t worry—they will. In the latest demonstration that a handful of really wealthy individuals and companies controls more of our own government and economy, Tik Tok pretended to go dark over the weekend only to turn up again a few hours later with a banner on every user’s device thanking the president-elect for… not really doing anything substantive. Get used to it, but don’t normalize it.

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Happening Saturday all across the country, including in at least a half-dozen Wisconsin communities, the  People’s March is a national show of defiance against those who want Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday to usher in an era that rolls back rights for workers, women, immigrants, the LGBTQ community, communities of color, and voters. We’ll talk to an organizer of the march in Eau Claire. And our Friday panel assesses the Trump transition and reminds us that on Monday’s Martin Luther King Day, we shouldn’t let conservatives continue to misuse MLK’s “content of their character” line.

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Affectionately known as Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker put 70 of his 90 years into professional baseball—the last 54 as a broadcaster for his hometown Milwaukee Brewers. We’ll remember a Wisconsin icon, a national celebrity, and —by his own account— a lousy ballplayer! And we catch up with Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil, who had to evacuate temporarily last week during the tragic southern California wildfires. He’ll join us along with Cam Stevenson of the Copper Courier in Arizona to discuss some of this week’s big stories.

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