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
- 509
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Justice Crawford
Why does Senator Cory Booker’s filibuster this week matter and how is it connected to the Wisconsin election this Tuesday?
We take a deep dive in the epic State Supreme Court election that saw a la…
00:49:53 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
Rural Wisconsinites fight Medicaid Cuts
It’s time to get out the vote in Wisconsin for the Spring Election. We review news that the state supreme court race will shatter all spending records for the prized judicial seat that will determine…
00:52:39 |
Thu 27 Mar 2025
Adults not listening
Can Congress get away with taking away health care from millions to fund huge tax cuts for the rich? We preview Medicaid Town Halls in Wausau, La Crosse and Eau Claire that will help organize resista…
00:52:16 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Congressional cowards hiding from constituents over Medicaid cuts
Wisconsin Republican members of Congress are running scared from Medicaid cuts and the cowards are starting to do virtual town halls from bunkers, ducking open face-to-face dialogue with their own co…
01:00:51 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
People power at the Capitol
This week Citizen Action hosted a major news conference at the State Capitol with Legislative allies and Citizen Action members from around the state to unveil the Climate Accountability Act. The bil…
00:58:00 |
Thu 06 Mar 2025
Plundering Medicaid for the wealthy
This week the plundering of Medicaid commenced, as Trump, Musk, and their dutiful Republican Party “leaders” in Congress and the Wisconsin Legislature started their assault – all to fund more outrage…
00:52:33 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Evers’ bold budget
We review the Spring Primary victory by Jill Underly in the State Superintendent of Public Instruction election and the real challenge to public education that is posed by the well-funded voucher adv…
00:53:58 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Vote for Jill Underly in Tuesday’s Primary Election
We announce Citizen Action’s endorsement of Jill Underly’s re-election as Superintendent of Public Instruction. There is a primary election next Tuesday, February 18th. Please make sure you vote.
Ne…
00:47:13 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Week three
In the 3rd week of the Trump Regime the pace of disruption continues to intensify with escalating attacks on the Constitutional order and the President’s outrageous ethnic cleansing proposal for Gaza…
00:54:09 |
Thu 06 Feb 2025
The health of mothers, children and democracy
We continue to highlight that Boss Vos is blocking bi-partisan health care for children and mothers for the first year of the child’s life and is creating a wedge among Republican Legislators. Is thi…
00:54:01 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
The State of the State in Trump’s America
Welcome to Trump’s America. We review the first 72 hours of manic action by the Trump Regime. We commend the moral courage of the pastor that stood up to Trump on behalf of the most vulnerable among …
00:49:55 |
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Susan Crawford for State Supreme Court
We announce Citizen Action of Wisconsin’s endorsement of State Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford. Robert discusses the stakes of the race for Wisconsin, the difficulty for voters in assessing Su…
00:54:09 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
America’s Fire
We open reflecting on the horrific climate generated fires burning in Los Angeles as we record the show. The scale of the fires is unprecedented, yet they are already being politicized by Donald Trum…
00:50:32 |
Thu 09 Jan 2025
Welcome to 2025
Welcome back! We head into 2025 with our eyes wide open and ready to organize for the future Wisconsin communities need.
We begin with a discussion of the tragic violence in New Orleans on New Years…
00:56:58 |
Thu 02 Jan 2025
GROWWING Organizing
We open with a discussion of the latest horrific school shooting, this time, it’s in our backyard.
We also discuss the significance of the latest Enbridge oil pipeline spill, Attorney General Josh K…
00:49:37 |
Thu 19 Dec 2024
Organizing for change
We start with discussion of the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealth. We talk about at the immediate public response, connect to the unaddressed healthcare crisis, and the proliferation of guns in Ameri…
00:55:05 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Predicting 2025
As we prepare for Trump 2.0 Robert and Matt project some of the most important federal and Wisconsin battles of early 2025. From collective bargaining rights to health care to climate change, there w…
00:50:39 |
Thu 05 Dec 2024
Thanksgiving Special Interviews
Before we welcome our two guests, Matt and Robert discuss the state of Wisconsin’s long term revenue crisis. This week we learned that Wisconsinites pay less of their income in taxes than ever in the…
01:12:41 |
Tue 26 Nov 2024
Climate organizing opportunities
Following a discussion of Trump’s selections for agency appointments and the recent spate of new union organizing in Wisconsin, we dive into a discussion with two guests on immediate climate organizi…
00:50:06 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
Old School Organizing
Senator Chris Larson joins us to commemorate the life of a major figure in Democratic politics who passed this week, former State Representative and Judge Fred Kessler. Fred was one of the great pol…
00:54:53 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
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