On today's show....crime is rising, yet 80% of people support their local police. Vicki and retired Milwaukee police detective Steve Spingola sit down to analyze why. Then Brett Healy, president of the MacIver Institute, calls to unpack current education spending. Next, author and podcaster Robert Bryce joins the show to discuss the scam of wind power and the backlash against Big Wind. He's followed by Jeff Stier, senior fellow at Consumer Choice Center, who talks about the origin story of COVID-19 through the lens of health bureaucracy, and Rich Noyes, research director for Media Research Center, to talk about the same story through the media lens. And wrapping things up is Mike Hammond, legislative council for Gun Owners of America, joins to examine David Chipman, the man the Biden Administration wants to lead the ATF.

On today's show....VIcki addresses being called a Nazi (again). Dr. Duke Pesta from UW-Oshkosh and FreedomProject Academy discusses how everything is a vector to promote left-wing policy. Rick Esenberg, president and general council for Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, joins the show to discuss details in DPI's decision to make Critical Race Theory ubiquitous in Wisconsin schools and what, from a legal standpoint, can be done about it. US Rep. Glenn Grothman (Dist. 6) immigration and crisis at the US/Mexcio border. Marc Morano, founder of ClimateDepot.com, calls to talk meat, energy producers and how international lawsuits can affect the US. And Wisconsin State Rep. Janel Brandtjen (Dist. 22) joins to talk about all new information regarding irregularities in the 2020 election.

On today's show, Vicki talks with retired Sheriff David Clarke on what the Republicans are NOT doing - pushing bills that don't mean anything - and what they SHOULD be doing - setting up legislation to prep for the next election cycle. Then it's on to DPI, which is peddling Critical Race Theory in very rural areas of Wisconsin, and MacIver Institute's Abbi Debelack joins the show to give an frank assessment of what's going on and how entrenched CRT has become. Next, Ken Cuccinneli, who was Acting US CIS Director under President Trump and is now working on voting reform, calls to criticize Republican failure to take a stand, defend that stand and explain that stand, as well as set the table for the next gubernatorial candidate for governor. Horace Cooper, co-chairman of the Project 21 National Advisory Board at the National Center for Public Policy, talks CRT, bigotry as educational policy and the misuse of public schools. WI State Rep. Barb Dittrich (Dist. 38) calls to talk about her Protecting Women In Sports Act. And Erik Kaardal, special council for The Amistad Project, calls to discuss the filing recently announced against the City of Madison, accusing the city of "inviting improper outside influence" during the 2020 election in Madison.

On today's show, Vicki is back in the studio after a long weekend exercising her 2nd Amendment rights and her first guest is Julie Kelly, political commentator and senior contributor to American Greatness, who is one of the few reporters covering what happened to the people arrested after the Jan. 6th protest. She explains where they are, what they're charged with and why they can't get bail. Next is US Sen. Ron Johnson, who gets put on the spot to answer some pressing questions about those Jan. 6th prisoners before getting to talk about the FDA's recent statement insisting that those who caught COVID still need the vaccine. Then Judge Jim Troupis joins Vicki in the studio to talk about the police - what's happening to them, the lack of Democratic support for law enforcement, what crime is going to look like when the force is completely defunded and a long discussion of where this "defund the police" attitude came from.

On today's show, Matt Kittle, executive director of Empower Wisconsin and Wisconsin Spotlight, once again stands in for Vicki, who is taking some well-deserved R&R. Conservatives are making strides on school boards and city councils in the Badger State, but there’s a long way to go to bring back reason to local governance. Mark Jefferson, Executive Director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin stops by to go over the lay of the land in local politics. Heritage Foundation senior fellow Mike Gonzalez calls to talk about Critical Race Theory and his book, "The Plot to Change America: How Identity Politics is Devising the Land of the Free." Wisconsin Attorney General conservative candidate Ryan Owens joins the show to talk about what people really want out of their local government. And Christian Toto of the fantastic conservative entertainment review site, Hollywood in Toto, checks to talk stars who incite violence and the double standard that is Tinseltown.

Also, Matt opens the phone lines with: "Barney Miller is the best cop show. Change my mind."

Matt Kittle (Empower Wisconsin/Wisconsin Spotlight) once again finds himself behind the mic when Vicki decides to take a couple of days off. He talks with State Rep. Janel Brandtjen (R-Menomonee Falls) on Tosa's involvement in Zuckbuck “WI-5” election scandal. Wisconsin Spotlight has obtained more emails — this time on Tosa’s involvement. Then Mark Meckler, president of Citizens for Self-Governance joins the show to talk about a new poll showing strong U.S. Support for Israel and discuss what the Convention of States movement looks like in Wisconsin. Preya Samsundar, spokeswoman for the GOP, calls the show to untangle the mess that is the Biden Administration. And Poynette parent David Pinheiro joins the show to talk about what’s going on in schools from Poynette to Cumberland with masks, CRT, parents, students and teachers.

Also, a frank discussion of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who isn’t talking to white reporters and Matt tries to get to the bottom of a burning question about Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald"

John Lott, from The Crime Prevention Research Council, joins Vicki to discuss guns and crime. Luke Berg, Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, talks with Vicki about trans gendering in schools and the lawsuit W.I.L.L. has filed. Brian Schimming is in studio for a review of recent news. Doctor Pierre Kory joins Vicki to talk about being vaccinated and why you shouldn't

Jessica McBride and Jim Piwowarczyk of Wisconsin Right Now the beating of a police officer.

Jay Richards chats with Vicki about his book, "The Price of Panic". Will Hild describes how his organization is fighting back against woke America. Seton Motley joins Vicki and Duke Pesta examines socialism and school.

Wesley J. Smith on The Vicki McKenna Show on Monday, May 17, 2021.

One today's show: Dr. Duke Pesta: Brett Healy, president of the MacIver Institute: Wesley J. Smith, The Epoch Times and Discovery Institute; Grover Norquest, founder, Americans For Tax Reform; and Judge Jim Troupis.