Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey

COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION: DAY 39 – The non-partisan but still Republican-backed Mayor of Wausau was caught moving a ballot box because it wasn’t secured. Steve Scaffidi has his legal experts, former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Mary Kuhnmuench and former U.S. Attorney Jim Santelle weigh in. More on the Wausau Mayor and the mock trial from the council president. Sheriff's are also getting a little too partisan when it comes to elections. Jack Smith has a new presentation with Judge Tankya Chutkan. Jim and Mary analyze the situation. The Mayor of New York City is being indicted. Steve and his experts discuss the implications and the gravity of the situation CLOSING ARGUMENTS -Mary: The ends do not justify the means, it just creates more chaos; case and point the Mayor of Wausau -Jim: Tanya Chutkan teaches us a great lesson on civics in America

The non-partisan but still Republican-backed Mayor of Wausau was caught moving a ballot box because it wasn’t secured. Steve Scaffidi has his legal experts, former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Mary Kuhnmuench and former U.S. Attorney Jim Santelle weigh in.

COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION, Ballot Verifier, a new program being introduced in Ada County, Idaho and everyone’s applauding it and isn’t matching votes to name U.S. Congressman Tom Tiffany joins Steve Scaffidi on the phone to discuss election integrity and brings up the recent duplicate ballots discovered in Dane County and the role of the Wisconsin Election Commission and making sure only U.S. citizens vote in Wisconsin. -Steve asks Congressman Tiffany about the stop gap bill that will help avoid a government shutdown We play excerpts from Steve Scaffidi’s Decision Wisconsin podcast conversation with Wisconsin Democratic Chair Ben Wikler on his perspective on the election and Kamala Harris’s policies.

U.S. Congressman Tom Tiffany joins Steve Scaffidi on the phone to discuss election integrity and brings up the recent duplicate ballots discovered in Dane County and the role of the Wisconsin Election Commission and making sure only U.S. citizens vote in Wisconsin. Steve asks Congressman Tiffany about the stop gap bill that will help avoid a government shutdown

COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION, Ballot Verifier, a new program being introduced in Ada County, Idaho and everyone’s applauding it.

Steve Scaffidi is joined on the phone by political writer James Wigderson to talk about the upcoming presidential election and the complications that exist in the electoral process and potential challenges from Republicans. -Steve and James continue the conversation on Kamala Harris’s campaign as well as other Democrats and their chances in Wisconsin and the “personality versus policy” debate with the presidential candidates. Urban Milwaukee president Jeramey Jannene joins Steve Scaffidi in-studio to discuss the Milwaukee County budget, jobs and resources that could be at stake, those in need of recruiting, amendments and more. Spanning the State host Kristin Brey joins Steve in-studio to discuss celebrity endorsements and how influential they are.

Spanning the State host Kristin Brey joins Steve in-studio to discuss celebrity endorsements and how influential they are.

Urban Milwaukee president Jeramey Jannene joins Steve Scaffidi in-studio to discuss the Milwaukee County budget, jobs and resources that could be at stake, those in need of recruiting, amendments and more.

Steve Scaffidi is joined on the phone by political writer James Wigderson to talk about the upcoming presidential election and the complications that exist in the electoral process and potential challenges from Republicans. Steve and James continue the conversation on Kamala Harris’s campaign as well as other Democrats and their chances in Wisconsin and the “personality versus policy” debate with the presidential candidates.

Steve Scaffidi is joined by reporter Mary Spicuzza and columnist Daniel Bice, both from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and they start by talking about the rise of pseudo-journalists with ties to political campaigns. Speaking of these pseudo-journalists, Steve Mary and Dan discuss one of them: Olivia Nuzzi. She worked for the New York Post and did great work but had a relationship with RFK Jr. Steve asks Dan and Mary if they are worried about journalists. People are speculating Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are going to be the key swing states for the November election. Steve, Mary and Dan discuss. They also talk about North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson and believing polls. Steve asks Dan and Mary next what the biggest story in politics is right now. Dan argues for stories not a lot of people are covering like asking senate candidates stance on different issues; Mary likes those gotten from tips. Lastly, Steve asks Dan and Mary what stories they are working on.