Battleground Wisconsin
Battleground Wisconsin is Citizen Action of Wisconsin’s weekly podcast that features the latest political news from the front lines in the embattled state of Wisconsin.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 510
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Republicans embrace anti-vaxxers & the "Big Lie"
We discuss Legislative Republican’s scheming with their corporate patrons such as Wisconsin Manufactures and Commerce (WMC) to gin up a fake “worker shortage” to punish the unemployed. Does Robin Vos…
00:45:17 |
Fri 04 Jun 2021
This is not that, This is the Battleground Wisconsin Podcast
We welcome Citizen Action’s Movement Politics Director, JoAnna Bautch, to discuss Citizen Action's new podcast, This is NOT that, which premiered this week on the 1st anniversary of George Floyd's mu…
00:45:19 |
Thu 27 May 2021
Evers calls BadgerCare Special Session
Our panel discusses Gov. Tony Evers’ declaring a special legislative session on BadgerCare Expansion with Shawn Phetteplace of the Main Street Alliance of Wisconsin. We also deconstruct a Republican …
00:45:42 |
Fri 21 May 2021
Anti-Vax Ron Johnson
Our panel discusses Senator Ron Johnson’s continued anti-vaccination lies while the county struggles with slowing vaccination rates. How many will die because of Johnson’s political ambitions and loy…
00:45:19 |
Fri 14 May 2021
COVID vaccine waiver
We discuss the partisan vote in Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee which removed 280 publicly popular items from their state budget, including BadgerCare Expansion. Does this end the budget fight or i…
00:44:22 |
Thu 06 May 2021
Historic Investments
Our panel discusses President Biden’s American Family Plan which makes historic investments in paid leave, child care, and tax fairness, but misses an opportunity on prescription drug affordability. …
00:45:52 |
Thu 29 Apr 2021
A verdict on America
We welcome JoAnna Bautch, Citizen Action’s Movement Politics Director, as a guest panelist. The panel responds to the guilty verdict in the Derrick Chauvin trial and puts it in perspective. We discus…
00:45:13 |
Thu 22 Apr 2021
Structural racism demands structural solutions now
We discuss the Daunte Wright murder by Brooklyn Center police, the announcement that Jacob Blake’s shooter will face no consequences, and a state Department of Public Instruction finding that the Bur…
00:45:01 |
Thu 15 Apr 2021
Public schools win in a landslide
We review the huge victory for public education in the Department of Public Instruction race, and the immediate threat by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to take it out on our schools. We discuss the shoc…
00:44:14 |
Thu 08 Apr 2021
Building 21st Century Infrastructure
We dive into the exciting details of President Biden’s historic Build Back Better plan released Wednesday. Will it pass? Does it go far enough? Back in Wisconsin politics, we discuss next Tuesday’s S…
00:45:37 |
Thu 01 Apr 2021
Ron Johnson running with Q’Anon
We look at Sen. Ron Johnson’s lockstep alignment with Trump’s Q’Anon base, and his new found national infamy among moderates and progressives. Has he gone off the deep end or is this smart politics i…
00:44:14 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
“Avoiding target fixation on the filibuster…so we don't crash”
We weigh in on two national issues, first the horrific shootings in Georgia that appears to be yet another hate crime against the AAPI community, and the looming battle over the Senate filibuster and…
00:45:07 |
Fri 19 Mar 2021
Biden Just Made it Harder for GOP to Turn Down BadgerCare Expansion
This week we discuss the historic passage of the American Rescue Plan, universal GOP opposition, and its implications in Wisconsin. In addition to the massive aid it provides to working people, the n…
00:45:49 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Busting the filibuster or bust
This week the U.S. House passed a landmark voting rights bill, which will could set up the first major filibuster fight in the U.S. Senate. Are progressive Democrats ready for this fight and similar …
00:44:53 |
Fri 05 Mar 2021
Ron Johnson & Legislative Republicans embrace conspiracy and voter suppression
Sen. Ron Johnson gushed bizarre conspiracy theories during a closely followed Senate hearing on the Capital insurrection, bringing national shame to himself and the Badger State he purports to repres…
00:44:39 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
Evers’ Bold Budget
We discuss the bold two year state budget released this week by Governor Evers which includes major healthcare proposals like a BadgerCare Public Option, Climate reforms, and other major progressive …
00:44:27 |
Fri 19 Feb 2021
Ruthlessness: The 10th Anniversary of Act 10
During the tenth anniversary of Act 10, we consider its legacy, what it says about the ruthlessness of modern conservatism, and the continuing ramifications of historic protests it sparked. We dig in…
00:54:51 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
Making Change in Washington. Can Progressives Co-Govern with Biden?
Progressive have more influence in the Joe Biden’s Washington than we have had since the 1960s, but are we prepared to translate our outside power into the governing power we need to win bold reform?…
00:45:46 |
Fri 05 Feb 2021
Wisconsin Republicans fight for anti-maskers
We discuss the horrific vote by Senate Republicans to cancel the state health emergency and the mask mandate while also nixing COVID-19 relief. The panel welcomes State Senator Chris Larson to talk a…
00:54:08 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
46th President looks to future; Wauwatosa Police look to stone age
We discuss the historic inaugural week of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and Biden's flurry of executive orders and an exciting new immigration bill. We look behind the organizi…
00:54:54 |
Fri 22 Jan 2021
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