The race for the national Democratic Party chair is heating up and Wisconsin's own Ben Wikler is emerging as the frontrunner. Jane and her co-host for the day, Civic Media's political editor and founder of the Recombobulation Area, Dan Shafer discuss the contest between Wikler and Minnesota's Ken Martin before talking about new transportation secretary Pete Hegseth's peculiar plan to award more infrastructure funding to areas with higher birth rates. Then, Dan and Jane are joined by Journal Sentinel investigative reporter John Diedrich to discuss his on going series on gun violence in Wisconsin.

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