The Dom Salvia Show

Maggie Daun joins us for the top of the hour, as does Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul. Dom, Maggie, and Josh dig into the differences between voter fraud and election fraud. Voter fraud- when individuals commit fraud by casting non-legal votes- is exceedingly rare. Election fraud on the other hand- when groups or organizations work to stop legal votes from being cast- abounds. In fact, Trump-appointed election officials declared our electoral systems entirely secure.

Next, Dom checks in on Trump’s rally today in Waunakee, deep in blue blue Dane County. Shockingly, Trump presented lies after falsehoods alongside complaints about crowd sizes. We’re trying to find a balance between sane-washing and giving free air time to this wannabe dictator. This past weekend, Trump went even further than before in his hatred-fueled ranting. Looking for someone else who refuses to simplify what Trump says? Check out Aaron Rupar.

Join Dom Salvia every weekday 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.

To start today’s second hour, Dom dedicates some time to covering the devastation of Hurricane Helene. The destruction is widespread, and the death toll is catastrophic. President Biden and FEMA are doing their best to provide disaster relief. Unfortunately, Donald Trump is using this tragedy as a political football, despite his poor track record when it comes to dealing with natural disasters.

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.

Over the weekend, Donald Trump appeared in Prairie du Chien, WI. As always, his rhetoric was full of personal attacks and calls for violence. Dom shares some of the lowlights.

At the bottom of the hour, trade expert James Vanderloo of OEC Group joins Dom to talk about rising tensions in American shipping ports. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) will begin a strike tonight or tomorrow due to breakdowns in collective bargaining. The impact that this will have is absolutely tremendous, and James walks us through the likely consequences of these failed negotiations. He also explains the detriments of Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs.

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.

To begin this hour, we go to the Maggie Daun Show for her interview with historian and author Heather Cox Richardson to have a conversation about how we got to where we are today as a nation, the history of the founding of our country, and the issue of defending democracy. This is the first portion of a two part interview.

Then, the Todd Allbaugh Show has been covering the closure of 2-year UW campuses since the beginning of the debacle, and today, Ken Brosky joined the show to talk about it. He directed a documentary on it called CLOSURE, and there are some great moments in the discussion.

Following that, Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba is pleased to welcome legendary actress Charo to the show. Charo shares how excited she is to perform in Baraboo, Wisconsin and to try cheese curds. Charo shares where Cuchi-Cuchi came from and her times on The Love Boat.

To close out the week, the John and Gordy Show talk the Big Story on Thursday: That Wausau Mayor Doug Diny illegally removed the city’s ballot drop box, and posed for a photo while doing so.

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Kicking off this weekend's edition of Spotlight,  Jane, Greg and Calvin welcome Dr. Mara Karlin is a Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, Department of Defense and represents National Security Action. Dr. Karlin joins the show to talk about the harm of Project 2025, the importance of NATO and why having qualified people in positions of civil service keeps this country moving forward.

Then, Donald Trump wants to bring back tariffs, but we’ve already gone down this road with him and it cost Wisconsin farmers dearly so Pat Krietlow shares his thoughts on UpNorthNews Radio. Plus, Trump wants to wield those tariffs individually, like a dictator, because he’d get to bully specific industries while dumping income taxes for the very wealthy.

After that, Bill Carroll- President of Wisconsin Teamsters Joint Council 39- joins the Dom Salvia Show. Wisconsin Local 39 of the Teamsters chose to endorse Kamala Harris. This, despite the national Teamsters organization refusing to give either major party candidate their endorsement. So why did the national Teamsters abstain from endorsing and why are Wisco Teamsters charting their own course? Tune in to find out.

Last for this hour, the Earl Ingram Show talks about a Republican plan to cut SNAP benefits and the hold up of the farm bill, Earl decides that he can no longer call conservatives "the right" when they are so clearly in the wrong.

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Catch up on the best segments of the Dom Salvia Show for this week!

First, from Tuesday: An update on the federal case being prosecuted by Tanya Chutkan against Trump for inciting a violent insurrection on January 6th, 2021.

Next, from Wednesday: A response to Trump’s comments this week about being a “protector” of women, insisting that women will “no longer be thinking about abortion”. Producer Jess delivers a dramatic reading of Alexandra Petri’s (Washington Post) satirical piece, “It is so much nicer to be a woman in Trump’s world”.

Then, from Monday: A conversation with Harvey Kaye, Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Harvey shares his astonishment regarding Mark Robinson’s (R, NC) candidacy for Governor.

Finally, from Thursday: Some thoughts on Wausau Mayor Doug Diny’s “philosophical difference” as he opposes drop boxes.

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Jim Santelle joins us for the top of the hour to dig into another legal case. Current New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, faces criminal indictment for public corruption charges. Adams is the first sitting mayor of NYC to face indictment. The trial will begin soon, and as we learn more, we’ll bring updates!

A caller diverts us to talking about immigrant crime. However, every bit of information we have shows that immigrants of all documentation status commit crimes at lower rates than US born citizens. The rate comparison is even more stark when comparing documented and undocumented immigrants.

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Jim Santelle joins us to talk through some legal news.

The University of Wisconsin- La Crosse fired Joe Gow this week for his extracurricular activities. Again. Joe and his wife, on their own time, recorded and posted sex acts to several pornographic websites. The board of regents ousted Joe from his position as Chancellor late last year. Now, they’ve fired him from his tenured teaching position as well. Joe announced that he will sue the school under ground that his First Amendment rights were violated.

One person whose actions definitely do not fall under the canopy of First Amendment protections? Wausau Mayor Doug Diny. He claims that he removed a ballot box from outside City Hall due to a “philosophical difference” concerning voting. However, the right and responsibility to place drop boxes lies with the city CLERK, not the mayor.

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New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, spoke out today about the newly unsealed federal indictment against him. Adams faces charges related to soliciting and accepting financial contributions from foreign nationals in exchange for favors as well as stealing public funds. Meanwhile, Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins sets new lows for behavior and new highs for how much racism the Republican party tolerates with comments about Haiti and Haitian immigrants. Mayor Adams is a Democratic- no Democratic leaders have denounced the investigations or indictments against Adams. Higgins is a Republican- and the Republican Speaker of the House was quick to defend his fellow Louisianan. The contrast forces us to ask: are Republicans living in a post-shame society? A caller suggests with his behavior that perhaps we are…

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.

Pat Krietlow, Civic Media radio host of Up North News, joins Dom to talk ballot drop boxes in Wausau. He kicks off our conversation for the hour on Wausau’s mayor Doug Diny removing a ballot drop box. Pat’s comments on the Diny’s anti-democratic criming made it all the way to the Raw Story, so we asked him for a few more words of wisdom.

Earl Ingram Jr. joins us at the bottom of the hour to continue the conversation. Callers weigh in on what consequences Mayor Diny should face. One particularly good recommendation: a public apology picnic.

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.