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
Treasurer Godlewski is Back!
We welcome the return of State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski to the show. Sarah talks about the importance of paid family leave policies and the new state task force she is leading on retirement security…
00:44:35 |
Thu 14 Nov 2019
Movement wins on Election night
We discuss this week’s election results from around the country, and what they portend for 2020. We look at the significance of high profile victories in the Kentucky and Virginia and highlight some …
00:45:17 |
Fri 08 Nov 2019
Robin Vos doesn’t know if climate change is real… probably
We lead off with Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' dangerously ignorant statements about climate change this week. Is the right-wing of the Republican Party the greatest threat to the survival o…
00:45:15 |
Thu 31 Oct 2019
The con continues
We discuss this week’s impeachment news, including the storming of a closed hearing by right-wing Members of Congressmen. Foxconn announced this week that their highly touted “innovation centers” in …
00:45:28 |
Thu 24 Oct 2019
Impeachment
We discuss this week’s surprising House of Representatives vote where 129 House Republican members voted to rebuke Trump on Syria and will it lead to more movement for the impeachment of Trump. Rober…
00:47:16 |
Fri 18 Oct 2019
King Vos grabs more power & uses Rep. Jimmy Anderson as his pawn
We discuss the latest power grab by Speaker Vos which would allow an unlimited number of veto override votes in the Assembly. Even more shameful is Vos’ petty maneuver to pair the motion with an unre…
00:44:36 |
Fri 11 Oct 2019
Medicare & Socialist Destruction
We discuss President Trump’s new “Protecting Medicare from Socialist Destruction” health plan announced Thursday. We dig into Trump’s health care record, and what to expect in the impeachment debate.…
00:44:43 |
Thu 03 Oct 2019
Examining police cooperation with ICE
After discussing our national emergency with President Trump, we welcome Wisconsin Examiner journalist, Isiah Holmes, to discuss his investigation into local police department’s cooperation with ICE,…
00:44:16 |
Thu 26 Sep 2019
Working Families Party endorses Elizabeth Warren
Working Families Party’s Rebecca Lynch leads our discussion on the controversial Working Families Party endorsement of Elizabeth Warren. Then we welcome UAW Local 722’s Steve Frisque, live from a Wis…
00:45:07 |
Fri 20 Sep 2019
Opioid dealer settlement
We talk about the continued lame duck session fallout, including Wisconsin not being among the two dozen states reaching a tentative settlement agreement against opioid seller Purdue Pharma. We also …
00:45:51 |
Fri 13 Sep 2019
Sensenbrenner to retire
We discuss the surprise announcement that Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner is retiring after 40 years in Congress, setting off CD 5 candidate speculation. We take stock of his fractious legacy. The panel revie…
00:43:48 |
Fri 06 Sep 2019
Time to Retire
We review the big news that Rep. Sean Duffy is resigning from Congress, sparking widespread speculation about the election to replace him. Guest panelist Claire Zautke and Robert discuss comments by …
00:45:32 |
Fri 30 Aug 2019
We are the caring majority
Guest panelists Claire Zautke, Citizen Action’s healthcare director, tells us about this week’s national day of action to lower prescription drug costs. We also discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ creation of a…
00:45:23 |
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Boss Vos
The panel talks about Boss Vos’ stubborn unwillingness to accommodate State Rep. Jimmy Anderson, a legislator with a disability. We discuss the news that state leaders met with Foxconn officials this…
00:44:44 |
Fri 16 Aug 2019
White Supremacist terrorism
We discuss the growing death toll of white supremacist terrorism, last week’s mass shootings, and the tepid response from Wisconsin GOP leaders. State Senator Jon Erpenbach joins us to talk about thi…
00:45:21 |
Fri 09 Aug 2019
Gerrymandered
Wisconsin Fair Election Project Director Sachin Chheda joins us to discuss new state legislation for fair legislative maps and the possibility GOP leadership could attempt to dodge Gov. Evers to gerr…
00:44:28 |
Fri 02 Aug 2019
Amanda Stuck steps up
We discuss Donald Trump and his campaign doubling down on racist, white nationalist appeals this week. Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy says Trump’s tweets were not racist and denies calling four con…
00:44:17 |
Fri 19 Jul 2019
Lights for Liberty
We welcome Citizen Action co-op member Mireya Sigala-Valadez to discuss the Lights for Liberty national day of action event she is helping organize in Eau Claire where people will gather in solidarit…
00:45:05 |
Fri 12 Jul 2019
Budget Endgame
We analyze Gov. Evers’ big budget decision. How did he use his veto pen, and what prompted his decision not to engage in budget brinkmanship? We also discuss next week’s start of oral arguments in th…
00:48:44 |
Thu 04 Jul 2019
Gerrymandered democracy
We discuss the new Supreme Court decision to rubber stamp partisan gerrymandering and its link to the bad budget that just cleared the State Legislature. We game out the potential next steps for Gove…
00:45:13 |
Thu 27 Jun 2019
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