The Dom Salvia Show

Self governance is a long game, and it requires each of our selves, constantly. With that in mind, a quick reminder! Our next election is April 1st, where our options for self governance in Wisconsin will include selecting a new state Supreme Court justice and State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Check your registration and all items on your ballot here! Part of self-governance includes holding your elected officials accountable. And those elected officials must submit themselves to OUR- We the People’s- reckoning. Yet following cool welcomes and constituent dissatisfaction, Republican lawmakers are counseled to cease holding in-person town hall events. And one of Wisconsin’s Congresspeople, Rep. Van Orden compares those upset constituents to Nazis… not a great look.

Self-governance is a radically new idea. And it’s one that We the People enshrined in a radical document in 1776, our Declaration of Independence. Now, our president wants to move that original document away from the public and into his office. Nu uh, says We.Sneaking in one last bit of news, some national Republicans are now admitting, Medicare cuts are absolutely in the cards. Why? Well, the system’s going bankrupt! Who’s saying that? Rick Scott, the richest senator and a guy who knows a thing or two about Medicare fraud. Since, y’know, he committed it.

Still, with all the *bleh* we end the day with something good! Something like this video of Jay Fergusun performing “Thunder Island.” That’s really good!

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Whatcha got planned for tonight? If you’re looking for something to do, why not listen to an old Jewish man rail against oligarchy with a message with incredibly consistency for damn near 50 years? Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is on the road, gathering with people who are all looking for “where we go from here”. Tonight’s stop brings him to Kenosha. Wisconsin’s Congressman Mark Pocan will join him for this stop, adding his voice- also remarkable for its consistency to fighting for We the Poeple.

In today’s political world, consistency is rare. So we celebrate Senator Sanders and Congressman Pocan. But that which we see on the Republican side is a consistency of dismissal of We the People. Take, for instance, national Republican leaders instructing their members to cease holding in-person town halls. You know, that cradle of democracy and representation. Why? Because they don’t like that constituents are frustrated with the actions of their elected officials. Imagine that!

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The Morning Show on March 7 featured the cast of, "Escanaba In Da Moonlight," presented by the Community Players of Southwest Wisconsin. Phil sat down with the cast to talk about the upcoming performances.

Earl Ingram joins us as cohost for the day. We all knew the cuts wouldn’t stop with foreign aid, disaster relief, or education. Now, veterans and their care land on President Trump’s chopping block. Today, the VA announced that- directed by Trump’s DOGE- they plan to reduce their workforce by more than 15%. There is no world in which decreasing the number of professionals dedicated to care does not also decrease the quality and availability of care. Is this what our veterans deserve? When President Biden took office, he increased funding to the VA in order to address pressing needs like long waits for critical care. In order to do that, the workforce expanded. These cuts seek to return the VA to 2019 levels- where they were when Biden addressed the needs of veterans. Significantly, the progress achieved through Biden’s landmark PACT act will likely be erased in these cuts.

The atrocious proposed cuts to vital funding for veterans deserve censure. But you know who doesn’t deserve censure? Representative Al Green of Texas, who stood up to protest massive proposed cuts to Medicaid during Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. Still, the House voted to censure him today. His response speaks volumes, and we applaud him for it.

Join Dom Salvia every afternoon from 4-6pm for news (some), humor (more), and great conversation (always)! Listen throughout the state of Wisconsin on the Civic Media network and worldwide on the Civic Media app. Call or text to join the fun at 855-752-4842. If you love our music and want to listen to our full bumper library, check it out!

Earl Ingram joins us as cohost for the day. In no surprise to any of us paying attention, the economy devolves into chaos after conflicting tariff decisions. 25% tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico and Canada. No wait, those tariffs are delayed. Or maybe they’ll never come. Perhaps they’ll be much bigger than that. In response, today’s volatility index shows over a 13% increase, an enormous jump. The markets reflect the volatility of our own federal government, where no group is safe from a sudden slash or funding freeze.

With chaos the only constant, it’s no wonder even Wisconsin’s own conservative US Senator Johnson expresses deep concerns over his party leader’s tariff indecisions. The volatility and chaos will bring pain. In fact, Earl’s friend and frequent cohost Sandy Williams, a trained economist, predicts a pending recession due to the uncertainty.

Join Dom Salvia every afternoon from 4-6pm for news (some), humor (more), and great conversation (always)! Listen throughout the state of Wisconsin on the Civic Media network and worldwide on the Civic Media app. Call or text to join the fun at 855-752-4842. If you love our music and want to listen to our full bumper library, check it out!

The Morning Show on March 6 featured dieticians from the Richland Hospital as they were on the program to provide health living tips during National Nutrition Month.

Matt Rothschild joins as cohost for the day. Over the past few weeks, the 47th POTUS’ administration has trumpeted their efforts to cut the federal budget down to a reasonable size through the unconstitutional DOGE. And as we’ve seen, DOGE not only lacks integrity and focus, they lack receipts for anything substantial. In fact, the only verifiable cuts amount to, well, budget dust. And the cuts to our federal income in the form of massive tax decreases for the wealthy will absolutely dwarf any supposed savings from DOGE.

Last night, President Trump delivered an address to a joint session of Congress. Read the transcript if you wish, but save yourself two hours if you haven’t already watched the sorry proceedings. More importantly, read fact checks, because the speech was- unsurprisingly- riddled with lies, falsehoods, and absolute bogus. And watch a real speech addressing the state of our union, delivered by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Because the needs of We the People are more than budget dust. And the cuts proposed to essential spending like Medicaid in the President’s “big beautiful bill” are far more than budget dust.

And of course, we end with something good. Matt, as always, brought a poem. Listen again to Joy Harjo’s “Remember,” and take time to recall the beauty and wonder of life.

Join Dom Salvia every afternoon from 4-6pm for news (some), humor (more), and great conversation (always)! Listen throughout the state of Wisconsin on the Civic Media network and worldwide on the Civic Media app. Call or text to join the fun at 855-752-4842. If you love our music and want to listen to our full bumper library, check it out!

Matt Rothschild joins as cohost for the day. In local inefficient news, US Rep. Van Orden (R- WI, 3) threatened a veteran with termination from the VA for inefficient use of his time. Why? Well because the employee sent a message to Van Orden over LinkedIn asking for assistance against the federal firing sprees. Oh and one note, the veteran had already been fired in the mass purge of all probationary federal workers when he messaged Rep. Van Orden…

Also in the local markets proving his true inefficient nature, the king of it all- Elon Musk. This week, a Musk-backed group dropped big bucks on ads aimed at influencing the race for Supreme Court in Wisconsin. With lies. The most inefficient of communications. We do hope they backfire and end up pulling in some disenfranchised progressives who actually believe in the positions they’re falsely tying to Crawford. It’s also disgusting just how MUCH money Musk can *legally* pour into this race. Read Matt’s take on that situation here. Regardless, remember that our next election is April 1st, when you can vote for our next SCoWis Justice, Susan Crawford! Check your voter registration and all items on your ballot at myvote.wi.gov.

Join Dom Salvia every afternoon from 4-6pm for news (some), humor (more), and great conversation (always)! Listen throughout the state of Wisconsin on the Civic Media network and worldwide on the Civic Media app. Call or text to join the fun at 855-752-4842. If you love our music and want to listen to our full bumper library, check it out!

The Morning Show on March 5 featured an update from the Riverdale School District. Students and staff joined Phil to talk about how the school year is going.

Jess P-S and Harvey Kaye, Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at UWGB, and our favorite Delano Democrat co-host the show today! In the first hour we discussed the vital matter of truth. Now, we turn to the true conflict in our country. It’s not a matter of Democrats vs. Republicans. The true conflict comes between We the People and oligarchs. We the People bear rights enshrined in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Oligarchs- those financial megapowers that seek to hoard wealth and power, who FDR called economic royalists- limit democracy. And they form the basis of the 47th President’s Cabinet and advisory team. That’s a scary thing.

So what can we do? Well, we can resist. We can resist by joining with our communities. Our resistance needs to start at the grassroots, but national organization certainly helps. Check out 50501– 50 states, 50 local organizations, 1 national peaceful movement. We can choose to listen to the voices of our history that proclaimed that We the People are entitled to economic safety, like FDR did in his 1941 and 1944 State of the Union Addresses. And we can choose to follow an alternative national address tonight as our current president speaks to a joint session of Congress. Instead of the pandering to oligarchs, check out 50501’s We the People address!

Join Dom Salvia every afternoon from 4-6pm for news (some), humor (more), and great conversation (always)! Listen throughout the state of Wisconsin on the Civic Media network and worldwide on the Civic Media app. Call or text to join the fun at 855-752-4842. If you love our music and want to listen to our full bumper library, check it out!