The world’s richest man isn’t hiding it: He’s trying to bribe as many Wisconsin voters as he can, offering $100 as part of a publicity campaign for state Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel. But while $100 is nice to have in hand, does it come close to offsetting the drip-drip-drip of what Trump’s trade wars will do to Wisconsin wallets? We’ll talk to the chair of the UW-Eau Claire Economics Dept. about that. And we’ll play some audio from a recent legislative hearing about anti-trans bills—featuring an older gentleman who came to testify for the bills, but changed his mind after hearing from its many critics.

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