Dom
Dominic was born in metro Detroit Michigan and grew up in the Wisconsin countryside before attending UW – LaCrosse where he received his BS in Marketing. During college he met Mike Crute and started to engage in the political and philosophical conversations that have continued over the past 20 years. A self described social liberal and fiscal conservative, Dominic has been at odds with many tenets of the two main political parties.
Mike
Mike grew up in Madison, the son of a dynamic, liberal mother; who acted as an unpaid lobbyist for the State of Wisconsin foster parent association. Mike created a live call-in show for cable, worked for ABC-WXOW during and after graduating from UW-Lacrosse. Mike found his progressive voice and reactivated his passion for broadcasting by joining close friend Dominic Salvia in their daily production of the “The Devil’s Advocates.”
The Devil’s Advocates
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“In response to various acts of racism, sexism, bigotry and violence, President Barack Obama used the phrase “That’s not who we are” so often — at least 46 times, as compiled in one video montage — that it had the unintended result of upending his assertion. Maybe that’s exactly who we are: a country that is frequently racist, sexist, bigoted and violent.
So, to the Baraboo superintendent: If your defense is, “We’re a hate-free environment,” but there’s a photo of 60 of your students Sieg Heil-ing on the steps of the county courthouse, then maybe you should consider the possibility that you are, in fact, a hate-filled environment.
You should also consider the possibility that a useful response wouldn’t be to deny it but rather to interrogate it. Maybe something like: Our students did an awful thing. We’re trying to figure out why, and how we can have the conversations to help make sure they never want to do it again.”
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/thats-not-who-we-are-sixty-nazi-saluting-boys-in-baraboo-s...
Perspective | ‘That’s not who we are’? Sixty Nazi-saluting boys in Baraboo suggest otherwise.
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Officials insisted the Wisconsin school is “a hate-free environment” — a response that’s depressingly familiar, and wrong.Merry Christmas, have a gun?!?
#Crute is not sure giving my “guys” each a #HandGUNfortheHolidays is Christ-like (or smart, since some disgruntled #grumpyGary is pulling the #SantaShift!)
www.wisn.com/article/the-perfect-gift-wisconsin-company-gifts-employees-guns-for-christmas/25052389
'The perfect gift:' Wisconsin company gives employees guns for Christmas
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A Wisconsin glassmaking firm wanted to avoid the impersonal touch of a cash bonus that might be used to pay bills and instead opted to buy handguns for each and every employee."Roberson — a father, a church musician, and a uniformed working and licensed gun carrier — did nothing wrong. He was the hero in the room that night, leaving the cops who shot him, along the the department they represent, with nothing to say but the usual empty promise, "We are conducting a investigation." Meanwhile, as expected, President Trump and the NRA remain silent."
The NRA doesn’t care about black heroes: Jemel Roberson was “the good guy with a gun”
salon.com
A black security guard subdued an active shooter in an Illinois bar. When the police arrived, they shot him"The recent election in Wisconsin for attorney general introduces potential uncertainty into defendants’ future litigation strategy. Permitting the Assembly to intervene now would help minimize any disruption or delay in the proceedings in the event that the new Wisconsin attorney general takes a different approach to the case," the judges wrote.
Federal court allows Assembly to intervene in Wisconsin's gerrymandering case
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A panel of federal judges allowed the state Assembly to intervene Tuesday in a long-running lawsuit over Wisconsin's election maps."The growing budget gap means the Treasury must borrow more to keep the government running. The Treasury expects to borrow a total of $1.338 trillion from global investors this calendar year. That would be 145 percent higher than the $546 billion the federal government borrowed last year. That would be the highest level of borrowing since 2010, when the American economy was struggling to recover from the great recession."
Trump’s Tax Cut Was Supposed to Change Corporate Behavior. Here’s What Happened.
nytimes.com
Nearly a year after the tax cut, economic growth has accelerated. Wage growth has not. Companies are buying back stock and business investment is a mixed bag.