Battleground Wisconsin

We discuss President Obama’s visit to Milwaukee this week to celebrate the city’s victory in the Healthy Communities Challenge to sign up residents for the Affordable Care Act. The panel unpacks news that the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) dissuaded WEDC from contacting Kraft Heinz before the company announced it was closing the Oscar Mayer plant in Madison. We look at Russ Feingold’s effort to expose Sen. Ron Johnson’s support for bad trade deals. We also discuss whether the modern Republican Party is imploding or simply morphing into the “Party of Trump”. “Paul Ryan Watch” finds Trump threatening Ryan that he will pay a “big price” for not getting along with dear leader. Finally, progressive State Senator Nikiya Harris-Dodd announces her retirement from the legislature. intro music by purple-planet.com