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Published February 11, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:25

Now a lot of people are saying that cable news is dying. That cable news is is on its last legs, that it is taking its last desperate gasp for air. Right after the presidential election, MSNBC was in such a ratings decline that its parent company Comcast was openly talking about possibly spinning it off. selling MSNBC essentially for spare parts. It just wasn't a profitable business model anymore. CNN has retooled itself multiple times. (00:25–00:38)

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Asserts that MSNBC faced a significant ratings decline post-presidential election, leading Comcast to consider selling it.

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Dan O'Donnell

“CNN has retooled itself multiple times.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 00:46-00:50
“As soon as they hosted a Donald Trump town Hall in 2023, the staff revolted and that was the end of the fair and balanced, non biased news…”
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“Newsmax which just reported today, another ratings increase.”
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“He [Elon Musk] is standing next to the Resolute desk with one of his kids, talking about the various efforts to rein in wasteful spending…”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 04:37-27:32
“Hundred thousand plus leftist protests. Protesters descended upon the Wisconsin Capitol to protest what was then known as the budget repair…”
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“Public sector employees were finally going to be asked to pay even 12.6% of their health care premiums.”
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“They would be forced to pay half of their contributions to their pensions.”
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“Act 10... survived legal challenges and has been the law of the land for the last 14 years.”
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“Democrats have abandoned their attacks on Trump.”
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“Democrats lost the popular vote, something they didn't think was possible when running against Trump.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 09:48-09:59
“The most influential book outside of the Communist Manifesto for the Modern American Left was written by Saul Alinsky.”
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“The Treasury Department confirms neither Elon, nor Balls nor anyone else on the Doge team has access to [Social Security numbers].”
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“Trump's appeal has extended way beyond the MAGA base.”
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“A winter storm warning will be in effect for Milwaukee, Ozarki, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha, Racine and Kenosha counties from noon…”
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“There will be a winter weather advisory for Jefferson, Dodge, Walworth and Fond du Lac counties from 9am tomorrow until 3am on Thursday.”
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“It's going to be somewhere between 4 inches and 9 inches [of snow].”
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“Expect 3 to 5 inches out of the system.”
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“A lake enhanced band will develop and that'll add 1 to 2 inches more in spots.”
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“Highest totals are expected to be near the lake, between 5 and 7 inches.”
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“Democrats are employing their rules for radicals [against Elon Musk].”
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“Democrats have also employed Rule for radical number eight, keep the pressure on.”
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“The final rule, pick a target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it, has been the operating strategy of pretty much every Democrat…”
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“They were actually having a serious discussion and a serious movement was afoot to try Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, George Bush…”
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“The ninth rule for radicals is the threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.”
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“There is absolutely nothing terrifying about Elon Musk right now.”
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“Bird flu is spreading nationwide, driving up egg prices.”
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“The power of the executive branch is vested in the president.”
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“Congress is giving broad allocations to, say, social justice in Kuala Lumpur.”
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“USAID is commonly called USAID because it's the world's largest distributor of charitable aid.”
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“Congress is not itemizing, okay, U.S. aid, we will give you $500,000 to do a transgender opera in Serbia. But that's exactly what happened.”
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“The president, the man with the ultimate oversight and responsibility for the functioning of the executive branch, the execution of all laws…”
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“Jamie Raskin [...] is openly suggesting impeaching [Elon] Musk because Musk is acting like the president.”
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“Republican lawmakers now want to stop [state employees working from home].”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:02:43-1:02:47
“They have been circulating a bill that would be forcing state agencies to send their people back to work.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:02:48-1:02:59
“A Legislative Audit Bureau report released in December of 2023 found most workplaces were all but abandoned.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:03:55-1:04:11
“Auditors found the average proportion of workstations in use ranged from 34.5% to 0.0% at 15 agencies in four state buildings.”
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“The Department of Public Instruction had by far the fewest workstations in use with an average of 5.3 workstations in use.”
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“Employees at 12 agencies used their key cards at buildings where they were headquartered an average of 1.9 days or less per week.”
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“UW System Administration employees used their key cards at two buildings where they were headquartered an average of 2.6 days or less per…”
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“Assembly Speaker Robin Voss said in December that he was going to make it a priority to include in the upcoming state budget a provision…”
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“Both major studies that were conducted to determine whether employees really were more efficient or less efficient during the COVID 19…”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:09:11-1:09:23
“The IZA Institute of Labor Economics put out in May of 2021 a study entitled Work from Home and Productivity Evidence from Personnel and…”
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“Working from home rose fivefold from 2019 to 2023, with 40% of US employees now working remotely at least one day a week.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:10:48-1:10:59
“Fully remote work is associated with about 10% lower productivity than fully in person work.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:11:03-1:11:12
“Science says that workers are 20% less productive.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:11:57-1:12:04
“I say our workers here in the state of Wisconsin are 20% more productive.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:12:03-1:12:12
“Rex Heuerman's case is being adjourned.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:17:35-1:17:37
“The Burlington Area School District was the very first to call [a closure].”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:18:04-1:18:13
“The Whitewater Unified School District followed shortly thereafter [in announcing closures].”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:18:17-1:18:23
“There will be no Milwaukee Municipal Court [sessions].”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:18:22-1:18:27
“If we can't predict 24 hours out how much snow we're going to have, what the temperature is going to do, how can we possibly predict a…”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:20:03-1:20:17
“Lake Michigan does make it hard [to predict weather accurately].”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:21:44-1:21:46
“Arrowhead going to referendum for the second time since November and spending proposed $136 million is actually going to save you Arrowhead…”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:34:38-1:34:59
“Arrowhead voters split on two referendums. The only referendum in southeast Wisconsin that actually failed out of 17 across 13 school…”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:35:48-1:36:06
“It's going to cost $136 million to tear down an existing school and then add on to the current school.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:38:01-1:38:14
“There aren't enough kids to justify two campuses, two school buildings.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:38:29-1:38:35
“We're going to spend 130 million. We are going to increase your property tax payments.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:39:24-1:39:30
“Four months after we just asked you for a quarter of a billion dollars to build us a shiny new school.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:39:34-1:39:43
“Cindy Dukau and Chris Cappinga Senator Chris Kappinga Duko of the State assembly have put forward a new proposal.”
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“The proposal would require any school funding increases through referendum be limited to four years.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:40:00-1:40:18
“If you are in Waterford, know that they are trying to sneak in a referendum on the primary.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:41:13-1:41:25
“George Soros just gave a million bucks to the Wisconsin Dems to give to [Susan] Crawford.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:48:23-1:48:23
“A conservative is actually raising money and accepting money from a political party [in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race].”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:56:51-1:57:03
“Justice Daniel Kelly did not want to appear partisan [in the last Supreme Court race].”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:57:02-1:57:13
“Janet Protestewitz got millions of dollars in pass through donations from the Democratic Party.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:57:21-1:57:34
“Democrats were able to gerrymander the heck out of the Wisconsin in legislative maps.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:57:36-1:57:43
“The woman who kept saying the maps are rigged on the campaign trail was going to vote to overturn them.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:57:43-1:57:52
“George Soros has gotten involved in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race donating a million dollars to the Wisconsin Democratic Party that was…”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 1:59:46-2:00:01
“The Wisconsin Democratic Party, according to campaign finance reports that were released yesterday, has given Crawford a total of $3 million…”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 2:00:01-2:00:16
“Republican Party of Wisconsin has given Brad Schimmel $1.7 million.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 2:00:16-2:00:23
“Democrats gained four seats in the state Senate, they gained 10 seats in the state assembly, and they are poised to take over both chambers…”
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“Republicans in the House hold just a 218 to 215 advantage.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 2:01:54-2:02:00
“If Democrats take those two seats, they will win the House.”
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“We have been reporting for weeks now. That Crawford attended a meeting, a virtual zoom call, with the express purpose of getting her on the…”
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“Groups like that, it was the Democratic Party, that, that, that's who the group was.”
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“Susan Crawford has promised to overturn the congressional maps and that Democrats are funding her because they know she will vote to do…”
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“This meeting may be about how we can all get together to, quote, put two congressional seats back in play in the midterms.”
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“Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimmel's campaign has taken in a massive, record-breaking $5 million in donations.”
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“The Republican Party contributed a little more than half of what the Democratic Party contributed to Susan Crawford's campaign.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 2:16:12-2:16:22
“She attended an event in which she was with the Wisconsin Democratic Party chair and the invitation explicitly said, help put two…”
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“The Wisconsin Supreme Court is taking up an appeal of a ruling that a Dane county judge, who serves with Susan Crawford currently, who…”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 2:19:36-2:19:50
“Rebecca Dalit and Janet Protosiewicz, both got caught promising to strike down Act 10.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 2:21:16-2:21:23
“According to the McIver Institute, Act 10 has saved taxpayers $31 billion since it was enacted in 2011.”
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“That is an average of $20,000 for the average family of four.”
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“Dane county judges are going to do whatever they want.”
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“We weren't in a constitutional crisis when the President of the United States, Joe Biden, was openly bragging about defying the United…”
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“The President of the United States in one of his final days in office via a tweet, said we now consider the Equal Rights Amendment to be…”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 2:38:12-2:38:27
“The power of the Executive branch is vested in only one person, the President.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 2:39:54-2:40:03
“The President has the right to and is expressly authorized to organize his executive branch however he sees fit.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 2:40:27-2:40:47
“This notion that, that somehow money authorized by Congress is not going to be spent is just not true.”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 2:41:20-2:41:30
“A temporary pause in all outlays to ensure that the money that was authorized by Congress is actually being spent for the purposes that…”
The Dan O'Donnell Show New Target, Same Old Rules for Radicals | Uploaded February 11, 2025 | 2:41:29-2:41:49
“Every single time school districts across Wisconsin made the early decision to shut down for a snow day, we got absolutely no snow.”
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“We have had barely any snow this year.”
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