Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey

Steve Scaffidi was joined by Urban Milwaukee President Jeramey Jannene, and they began by discussing the boat that has been beached near Milwaukee's coastline. Steve and Jeramey then discussed school resource officers in Milwaukee Public Schools, how MPS is going to pay for the officers and if there would be a board that would “right the ship” for MPS.

WTMJ host Steve Scaffidi was joined on the phone by National Review writer Christian Schneider to talk about U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration, his executive orders, his pardons, former President Biden’s pardons and Trump’s other first day actions. Steve and Christian go more in-depth with Trump’s pardons, his swift un-banning TikTok (as well as the caveats that accompany it), the future of the application, the state of X and more.

WTMJ host Steve Scaffidi began the show by recognizing this day as soon-to-be-president of the United States Donald Trump’s inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Steve previewed the inauguration by going over the sequence of events. Steve went on to preview a lot of Trump’s promised policies and what it could look like and started with immigration policy and talked about the necessity of it with a look at border policy with Mexico and Canada as it existed at the time. Steve briefly commented on the things he was noticing on the television covering Trump’s inauguration proceedings. Steve went on to go over the quick un-banning of TikTok and the events that preceded it, the national security risks and those who rely on it for business purposes. Steve discussed pardons both those made by Trump, will be made by Trump and ones made by U.S. President Joe Biden. Steve recapped the show and gave his closing thoughts.

WTMJ host Steve Scaffidi was joined in-studio by Republican strategist Bill McCoshen and Democratic strategist Joe Zepecki, and they began by discussing Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers refusing to endorse current Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly and the people that would be running for her position in the upcoming April election. They briefly discuss the life and legacy of Bob Uecker, the soundtrack to their summers and went on about the state of Wisconsin DPI. Steve, Bill and Joe briefly mention the ceasefire deal going on in Israel between the country and the terrorist group Hamas. Next, they talked about the recent ruling by the United States Supreme Court upholding the TikTok ban in the U.S. which would go into affect on January 19th. LOVE AND RODGERS: Joe loved the in-fighting going in the Republican party. Bill loved Scott Bessent as the nominee Secretary of Treasury under President-Elect Donald Trump and how he handled his Bill was ditching Molson Coors for not letting the Leinenkugel family buy back their family brewery Joe was ditching the continuing resolutions to fund the government GRAB BAGS: Bill is going to Donald Trump’s inauguration next Monday and Joe thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for his service and Syeve gives one final fairwell to Bob Uecker.

Steve Scaffidi was joined in-studio by Fox, O’Neill & Shannon, S.C. attorney Matt O’Neill and they began by discussing United States Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith’s finding on former U.S. President and President-Elect Donald Trump and his role in the January 6th, 2021, insurrection riots in Washington, D.C. They move on to talking about what was going to be on the docket for the Wisconsin Supreme Court including an abortion case challenging Wisconsin’s 1849 law, Act 10 challenges on collective bargaining rights for public employees and more. Matt briefly explained to Steve about the chaos going on in the evenly divided state legislature in Minnesota. Matt explained more about Minnesota and Act 10 CLOSING ARGUMENTS: “Embracing Democracy” is Matt’s closing message and is keeping his optimism on Donald Trump’s second term.

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