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
Green Jobs Bill in first 100 days?
We discuss President Trump’s latest impeachment, shocking new details of his failed insurrection, and the Wisconsin Republicans who are aiding and abetting the violent overthrow of American democracy…
00:45:48 |
Fri 15 Jan 2021
The power behind the insurrection
We give our reactions and initial analysis of the unprecedented Trump insurrection at Congress. What does it mean for American democracy? We dig into how the shocking events at the Capital lay bare o…
00:44:52 |
Thu 07 Jan 2021
Will Gov. Evers’ budget invest in green jobs
We review Congress’ inadequate COVID relief bill that was immediately trolled by Trump, calling it a disgrace and demanding $2000 relief checks he has previously opposed. The Fox con has now cost the…
00:46:07 |
Wed 23 Dec 2020
Sinking Snake Oil Ship
We check in on the federal COVID-19 debate in Congress. After months of failure, are the nation’s lawmakers about to deliver meaningful relief? Claire presents new research quantifying the deep finan…
00:44:43 |
Fri 18 Dec 2020
Trump enablers scheme & sue to overturn election
We review a surreal week that saw Texas and 17 states sue Wisconsin and other states where Trump lost narrowly to overturn the election. In Wisconsin, Rep. Tussler, the chairman of the Assembly Elect…
00:45:05 |
Thu 10 Dec 2020
Vos’ COVID-19 plan fails Wisconsin
We discuss the adolescent and divisive COVID-19 legislation introduced by Robin Vos and Assembly Republicans that cuts funding for school districts and fails to address the historic pandemic bludgeon…
00:44:06 |
Thu 03 Dec 2020
Team Biden vs the Radical Right
On a special Thanksgiving edition of Battleground Wisconsin we dig into the question of how Joe Biden can govern effectively in the face of a Republican Party whose base is supercharged and will do e…
00:44:08 |
Thu 26 Nov 2020
Trump & Republicans Attack Wisconsin Election Workers
We have a special interview with Wisconsin Election Commissioner (WEC) Mark Thomsen about Trump and the GOP’s baseless accusations that every Wisconsin election clerk conducted illegal election activ…
00:47:29 |
Thu 19 Nov 2020
Looking Forward
As COVID-19 surges dangerously out of control, we look forward to national and state course corrections. Next, we discuss the prospects for national healthcare reform in the coming Biden/Harris Admin…
00:45:45 |
Fri 13 Nov 2020
All In WINsconsin
We review this week’s historic election that saw huge turnout nationally, including Wisconsin. We discuss how the blue wave this year was met by an almost equal red wave resulting in some disappointi…
00:45:05 |
Fri 06 Nov 2020
Election of the Century
We discuss the big election and the prospect of making major Democratic gains in the State Legislature. Next, we dissect Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’ 11th hour turnaround on addressing the raging COVI…
00:44:58 |
Fri 30 Oct 2020
Can You Hear Us Now?
We welcome documentary filmmakers, Susan Peters and Jim Cricchi, who will be debuting their outstanding film “Can You Here Us Now?” next week on Wednesday at 6pm. The film looks at the ways that year…
00:45:44 |
Fri 23 Oct 2020
Driftless Wisconsin
Another week, another set of record COVID-19 infections, deaths, and hospitalizations in Wisconsin. Will the do-nothing Republican Legislature start doing its job at this moment of great perril, or i…
00:48:05 |
Fri 16 Oct 2020
Visioning a healthy Wisconsin
We discuss the continued failure to control the COVID-19 outbreak in Wisconsin, including the deliberate Republican state legislative effort to undermine any state response. We debrief the new MU Law…
00:45:56 |
Thu 08 Oct 2020
Democracy Trumped?
We debrief the presidential “debate” this week, discuss the potential of a Trump strategy to use the state legislature to overturn electors and appoint new electors that support Trump, and sound the …
00:44:47 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
Taking Back The ‘Burbs
We discuss the grossly insufficient indictment brought against only one of the Louisville police officers who killed Breonna Taylor. We welcome Citizen Action president Mark Thomsen to educate our li…
00:44:11 |
Thu 24 Sep 2020
COVID-19 and the Sickness of Democracy
We discuss Wisconsin’s rapidly rising COVID-19 infection rate supercharged by the ill-conceived reopening of colleges and K-12 schools. We talk about the role of individual responsibility in containi…
00:45:54 |
Fri 18 Sep 2020
Building A Better State Legislature
Our panel discusses this week’s revelation that Trump knew the coronavirus was ‘deadly stuff’ in February and lied about it to the American people. Next we dig into the explosion of positive COVID te…
00:46:22 |
Fri 11 Sep 2020
The cynical politics of Kenosha
We discuss the electoral politics of the Kenosha controversy and the push for meaningful action against structural racism with our regular panel and special guests Supreme Moore Omokunde and State Re…
00:42:35 |
Thu 03 Sep 2020
Will a Biden Administration (if elected) be Progressive?
We are on tape from last week's from the Democratic National Convention, in our long planned counter programming to the proto-fascist Republican National Convention. Will not be able to comment on th…
01:16:45 |
Thu 27 Aug 2020
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