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Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey

Hosted by Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey, Point Taken is for the politically curious and self described political junkie. Steve & Kristin explore, debate, & offer insight into the world of Wisconsin & national politics.

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9:54

The Correlation of Political Parties and Market...

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/30

Annex Wealth Management CEO Dave Spano joins Steve remotely and they talk about political party and market performance. Has inflation been reined in?

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4:40

Countdown Day 35: VP Debate Hopes

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/30

The vice president debate is tomorrow. Steve hopes they mute the mics again but doesn’t care for either candidate as a potential president.

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31:29

Is It Really the Economy, Stupid? - Full Show

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/27

COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION: Steve asks political strategists Bill McCoshen on the right (and on the phone) and Joe Zepecki on the left and (in-studio) about how they think the election is going. Bill is hyped on the thinning margin between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris and Joe is as skeptical as always. What is this race about? The economy? Foreign Policy More? Joe says all the above and Bill agrees but with some stipulations of course. What exactly is the economy and what does it mean to voters

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3:42

Joe Keeps J.D. Vance...from 2020 - Political Junkie...

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/27

POLITICAL JUNKIE POWERPOINT Joe is keeping 2020 J.D. Vance where he admitted Donald Trump’s economic policy failed. Bill is keeping Brett Favre who recently announced his Parkinson’s diagnosis. Joe is junking Trump’s abortion bans after the fall of Roe v Wade. Bill is junking congresspeople’s ability to trade stocks.

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5:15

Countdown Day 38: The State of the Race with Bill and...

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/27

COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION: Steve asks political strategists Bill McCoshen on the right (and on the phone) and Joe Zepecki on the left and (in-studio) about how they think the election is going. Bill is hyped on the thinning margin between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris and Joe is as skeptical as always.

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3:14

Closing Arguments: The Ends Don't Justify the Means

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/26

New Segment!Former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Mary Kuhnmuench: The ends do not justify the means, it just creates more chaos; case and point the Mayor of Wausau. Former U.S. Attorney Jim Santelle: Tanya Chutkan teaches us a great lesson on civics in America.

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30:50

The Hard Hat Doesn't Legitimize It - Full Show

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/26

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

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7:05

Countdown Day 39: Forcefully Unsecuring Ballot Boxes...

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/26

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.

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31:45

Enter the Ballot Verifier - Full Show

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2024/09/25

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

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10:39

Congressman Tom Tiffany on the Latest Stop Gap Bill

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/25

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

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3:41

Countdown to the Election: Day 40 in Ada County, Idaho

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/25

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

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33:19

All Things Certain: Elections and Budgets - Full Show

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/24

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

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6:02

Do Celebrity Endorsements Matter? with Kristin Brey

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/24

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

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9:19

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Budget with Jeramey Jannene

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/24

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.

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14:12

Policy vs Personality with James Wigderson

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/24

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.

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33:55

The Rise of Pseudo-Journalists - Full Show

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/23

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

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2:56

ICYMI Bits: Rick Esenberg on 2024 Legal Challenges

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/20

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32:17

Promises, Promises - Full Show

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/20

Steve Scaffidi is joined by Democratic Strategist Joe Zepecki and General Counsel for Institute for Reforming Government Jake Curtis to talk about RFK wanting off Wisconsin’s ballot and the challenges and logistics of doing that and how his continuing presence on the ballot will affect the general election. Next, Mark Robinson, a Trump-endorsed gubernatorial candidate for North Carolina is under hot water for starring in porn, calling himself a “Black Nazi” among others. Promises, Promises: It’s

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5:04

Keeping owning Up for Your Mistakes - Political...

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/20

Political Junkie PowerPoint -Joe is keeping the woman who filed the “eating cats and dogs” comment who found her allegedly eaten cat in her basement and apologized to the Haitians that she filed the police report against and junking J.D. Vance holding on to the fake story despite Ohio Governor DeWine even saying it’s false. -Jake is keeping a challenge issued by IRG and WILL that deals with the governor’s veto power and junking the Tim Walz inability to meet with the press.

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30:58

An Hour on Election Integrity with Rick Esenberg

Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey ·

2024/09/19

Steve Scaffidi is joined in-studio by Rick Esenberg, President of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. They begin by talking about the debate and both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s performance, if it actually changed anything and Trump’s inability to listen to advice. Steve and Rick discuss the uneasiness of this election, election integrity in general and Wisconsin election laws. Steve recounts his conversation with Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Brian Hagedorn on the balance of power

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