UpNorthNews Radio with Pat Kreitlow

UpNorthNews reporter Salina Heller has a story about the important role to be played next month by college students. Once seen as an apathetic block barely worth candidates’ attention, today’s generation of students can be true difference-makers—they know it and are politically active in a way that hasn’t been seen in a couple of generations. Also: Donald Trump and Eric Hovde play the “they/them” card in a way meant to divide rather than unite voters tired of political mudslinging.

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We’ll review Sunday’s victory by the Green Bay Packers over the LA Rams and how Aaron Rodgers still isn’t making the Packers’ job any easier. Kristin Lyerly will join us as we discuss the hurricane of lies being told by Donald Trump and many other Republican politicians about the response to Hurricane Helene, even as Hurricane Milton bears down on central Florida.

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Journalist Mark Jacob has the latest examples of major media “sanewashing” the dangerous ramblings of former President Trump and running mate JD Vance, including the newest round of obvious lies that are making it harder to conduct rescues and organize recovery from the Hurricane Helene catastrophe. And we’ll talk sports with Dan Schumacher, including a preview of the Packers-Rams matchup and reliving the way a dream season for the Milwaukee Brewers became another postseason nightmare with one swing of the bat from the New York Mets.

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Pat describes hearing about the Brewers playoff elimination while (yes, this is weird) singing along at an Air Supply concert in Milwaukee. Former US Attorney Jim Santelle gives us background on the new filing from special counsel Jack Smith on former President Trump’s federal election interference case. And Courier Newsroom national correspondent Keya Vakil shows us how Trump-backed Republicans are already laying the groundwork to undermine election results in November.

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We have our weekly Women Win Wisconsin segment, powered by Motherhood for Good, with state Senate candidate Sarah Keyeski. But we also make some time for the gentlemen, starting with former state Assembly Rep. Joe Plouff, who is seeking to return to his seat from the Chippewa Valley. Plus we look ahead to tonight’s deciding game of the Wild Card playoff between the Brewers and Mets with Luke Mathers.

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Vice President Kamala Harris is appearing in Ripon, WI today—birthplace of the Republican Party—with longtime Republican Trump critic Liz Cheney, to send a message that it’s not enough to sit out this election; there needs to be an overwhelming rebuke of Donald Trump. And Joe Zepecki reviews the new Marquette Poll to explain whether “the math is mathing” for a GOP that has cheesed off so many women and motivated them to vote in November.

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Education author Elizabeth Berkshire shares how voters in battleground states like Wisconsin are pushing back against efforts to weaken or privatize our public schools. We’ll hear from Harris-Walz battleground director Dan Kanninen about the path to victory in his home state. Todd Allbaugh has his take on the debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance. And we’ll have debate reaction from one of the watch parties with reporter Elisabeth Montemurro.

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We’ll sum up the vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance, which featured Sen. Vance repeatedly claiming Vice President Kamala Harris should have done all she wants to do during the past three years, forgetting Donald Trump had been president for the four years prior. In our Climate Check, Melissa Baldauff talks about the hurricane-fueled disaster in the southeast and how a changing climate made things so much worse—despite Trump’s wild claims otherwise. And the Milwaukee Brewers open up the postseason—sadly picking up where they left off in last year’s postseason.

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Naturally, with Dan Shafer appearing from The Discombobulation Area, we had to research the etymology of that special word, only to end up down the rabbit hole of early 1800s mock-Latin as a source of humor. Hey, anything for a quick diversion from politics, of which Dan will share aplenty. Also, White House senior advisor Neera Tanden recently spoke in Chippewa Falls about more Biden-Harris investments in rural Wisconsin. We’ll cover her remarks with dairy farmer Hans Breitenmoser.

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A lot to talk about this morning: The Brewers begin the postseason with a best-of-three against the New York Mets. Pete Rose, baseball’s all-time hits leader, passes away. Former President Jimmy Carter turns 100 today. Another former president, Donald Trump, is telling outright lies about the hurricane disaster in the southeast. We’ll preview tonight’s vice presidential debate. Wausau’s purloined absentee ballot drop box has been returned to duty. And we’ll check in with the social media manager and community editor for UpNorthNews.

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