Fraley speaks to Sykes about his Open Letter
On Tuesday, Milwaukee talk radio host Charlie Sykes interviewed me regarding my open letter to RNC delegates.
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The 9er Episode 3
Is there still a need for Courtroom Sketch Artists? Should there be a test before you can qualify to be one? Why are we still having this conversation in 2017? Also: You name one other podcast that can tie today’s political tribulations to the hit(ish) early 80’s TV show Benson. Dan, Lisa, and Brian take…
Outside the Bubble, Featuring Charlie Sykes
In his most extensive interview since leaving 620 WTMJ in Milwaukee, conservative author and pundit Charlie Sykes sat down with me for the latest episode of Outside the Bubble. Now a fixture on national news programs, including MSNBC, Sykes reflects on his first year away from his Milwaukee radio talk show and reacts to his…
Half Hour Happy Hour with Dan O’Donnell
This week, Journalist and Talk Show Host Dan O’Donnell from NewsTalk 1130 WISN in Milwaukee sits in the interview hot seat and Nik Nelson of Open Box Strategies joins Edge Messaging President Brian Fraley for the weekly rundown.
The Wheelercast: Episode #21
Mining moratorium repeal. The Foxconn contract. Restructuring of Assembly Ways and Means Committee. This week’s episode is jammed packed with news from the State Capitol, including Gwyn Guenther’s interview with Rep. John Macco. https://audioboom.com/posts/6461968-the-wheelercast-11-06-17
Update on the Dump Trump Efforts
The effort to deny Democrat Donald Trump the Republican nomination for president continues. It most certainly remains a long shot, but it is not an impossibility. I spoke with one of the #FreeTheDelegate leaders here in Wisconsin, Dane County’s David Blaska. He’s an alternate delegate from the 2nd Congressional District and has long fought the…
Previewing tonight’s debate…
Earlier in the week a reporter asked me a series of questions about tonight’s GOP Debate. Here is what I sent her in response…
Trump will consume all of the oxygen in the room, and will be rewarded with a majority of the post-debate press coverage no matter what actually happens Thursday. With Trump in the debate, the regular expectations of debate decorum are out the window. That’s in part why the media loves Trump and gives him so much coverage. It will be interesting to see if any of the competitors try to mix it up with Walker, or if they ignore him. Trump has tried to say that Wisconsin is a mess, but his reliance on failed, generalized lefty talking points hasn’t hurt Walker. Perhaps Trump or others seize on specifics to which Walker would feel compelled to react. How he responds is important.
The Wheelercast: Episode #25
Gwyn Guenther calls in from the road to give us an update on a brewing controversy over teacher licensure. We have the latest on the new Assembly Ways and Means subcommittees, plus this week’s Women in the Capitol series features Rep. Amy Loudenbeck. https://audioboom.com/posts/6533990-the-wheelercast-12-04-17
The 9er – Episode 47 – 07.02.18
France! Australia! Spain! Columbia County, Wisconsin! It’s the international topics edition of The 9er! Check out this episode!
The GAB Partisan Hacks Were Worse Than Imagined
Hundreds of thousands of electronic records seized, mishandled With the release of the Wisconsin Department of Justice findings regarding illegal leaks from the John Doe investigations, we now know that the partisan hacks at the GAB were even worse than imagined. I will write more about this next week, however I spoke with Steve Scaffdi…