“Proliferation of guns” Battleground Wisconsin Podcast
We welcome State Representative Supreme Moore Omokunde as a guest panelist for a serious discussion of the proliferation of guns and lack of political courage to do anything real about it. With our government ground to a standstill on everything that matters to voters, can democracy survive? We break some news, as Rep. Moore Omokunde gives us a preview of a a game changing Climate and Jobs package to be released next month. Can it get Wisconsin on a course to meet the climate crisis and finally begin to address the twin evils of income inequality and racial inequality? Next, we talk about the surprising resignation of Republican Dean Knudson’s from the Wisconsin Election Commission for lack of GOP support for free and fair elections. Will it lead to MAGA control of Wisconsin election apparatus? We close with Eau Claire city council member Kate Beaton to discuss a California company’s effort to grab access to Eau Claire City water. Has the looting of Wisconsin’s water resources begun, or can an engaged public push back?
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Show links:
- Timeline: How Texas elementary school shooting, deadliest since Sandy Hook, unfolded. A detailed breakdown of how events unfolded as an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
- Wisconsin Democrats call for stricter gun laws, GOP candidate Nicholson seeks more armed security after Texas school shootings.
- Frustrated Democrats call for GOP help on federal gun laws after mass school shooting.
- Wisconsin Democrats call for stricter gun laws, GOP candidate Nicholson seeks more armed security after Texas school shootings.
- Beto O’Rourke confronts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at Uvalde press conference: “This is on you”.
- For a gun safety activist turned lawmaker, a grim reminder of why she ran. Partisan divide has made passing new measures all but impossible in Wisconsin.
- Republican state elections commissioner Dean Knudson abruptly resigns, rebuking his party’s embrace of Trump’s false election claims.
- WEC delays election of new chair following resignation of Republican commissioner.
- Company looks to build water bottling facility in Eau Claire.
