Podcast appearances and mentions of marina dimitrijevic

We discuss what's next for the Build Back Better agenda and breaking news on Citizen Action's upcoming Congressional Week of Action. The panel talks about a bombshell New York Times report that Wisconsin was at the epicenter of the plot to send fake electors, a key piece of Donald Trump's insurrection plot. In the Legislature this week Republicans introduced a series of bills to rig future elections, while Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley announced her retirement. We close with an interview of Marina Dimitrijevic, Citizen Actions' newly endorsed candidate for Milwaukee Mayor.

Supervisor Dimitrijevic discusses her bid for Common Council seat, vision for the city.

We discuss the current very open state of the Democratic gubernatorial primary race and the news that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and and progressive talk radio celebrity Mike Crute may enter the crowded field. Marina Dimitrijevic from the Wisconsin Working Families Party joins us to discuss the Wisconsin Choice campaign to focus the primary on bold progressive issues, and to give activists the opportunity to vote in a straw poll on the candidates. Finally we welcome members of the savestjoes.org coalition (Arkesia Jackson from BLOC and Nate Gilliam from WI Federation of Nurses & Health Professional and Katie Dunn from Citizen Action Healthcare for All Organizing Co-op) to discuss the news that Ascension will pause its plans to close much of the critical safety net hospital. The coalition is hosting a community meeting on April 24th, 6pm at Parklawn Assembly, 3725 N. Sherman Ave. in Milwaukee.

Nomiki Konst (TYT Politics) interviews interviews Working Families Party representatives, Marina Dimitrijevic and Max Love.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The panel reviews the huge snow-covered protest of Paul Ryan's murderous health care plan that took place this week outside Paul Ryan's Racine office. Ryan has now become the central character in an plot to take take health care away from 24 million Americans. We also welcome economics professor Dr. Michael Rosen, president of AFT Local 212, to discuss Trump’s plan to cut aid to college students. Robert interviews Tony Evers, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, about his important upcoming April 4th general election against ethically challenged conservative Lowell Holtz. Matt talks with Wisconsin Working Families executive director Marina Dimitrijevic about the effort elect pro-public education school board members in Milwaukee on April 4th.

We are joined by the State Director of the new Wisconsin Working Families, Marina Dimitrijevic, to discuss the new independent political organization’s launch and plans for future. Sen. Dave Hansen tells us about his new legislation to ban companies engaged in outsourcing from WEDC taxpayer assistance. We also pick up on the important conversation between #BlackLiveMatter and white progressives that was sparked last week in Seattle at the Bernie Sanders event.