Dan O'Donnell

Dan O'Donnell

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Just Three Weeks Until Election Day

With just three weeks to go until the 2026 midterm, Dan spends Tuesday's "Dan O'Donnell Show" breaking down the state of play and finding that things might not be as bad for Republicans as the media is making it seem. Plus, an interview with Rep. Bryan Steil and the wild story of a sane, normal lib from Kewaskum who mailed poop to Tom Tiffany (seriously).

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Did Crowley Direct Federal Grants to His Wife's Nonprofit?

On Monday's "Dan O'Donnell Show," David Crowley faces new questions about his administration directing more than $15 million in federal money to a nonprofit that partnered with Milwaukee County immediately after he was elected County Executive and then hired his wife. She got a big promotion just as that nonprofit got big bucks from the county. Was this self-dealing? Crowley won't say.

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Yet Another Inmate Uses His Crowley-Issued iPad to Commit More Crimes

On Friday's "Dan O'Donnell Show," another inmate is caught abusing the free tablets that Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley authorized (and made taxpayers foot the bill for). Plus, the vile Green Party congressional candidate makes an even bigger fool of himself and a Dem smear against Tom Tiffany backfires rather spectacularly.

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Local Lib Goes on Truly Unhinged Antisemitic Tirade

On Thursday's "Dan O'Donnell Show," Dan breaks another massive exclusive: Green Party congressional candidate Matthew Arndt is caught on video going on a vulgar antisemitic tirade against a father who had an anti-Hamas bumper sticker on his car. Plus, Dan plays Marco Rubio's incredible Athens speech in its entirety and reflects on its timeless, universal themes.

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David Crowley Didn't Just Want to Defund the Police, He Lobbied to Get Cops Out of Schools

Dan breaks yet another big exclusive on Thursday's "Dan O'Donnell Show": Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley used taxpayer money to hire lobbyists to support a bill that would have removed school resource officers from the most dangerous Milwaukee Public Schools. Plus, a major update on the Winneconne Community School District's secret social transitioning scandal.

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The Winneconne School Scandal Gets Much Worse

On Tuesday's "Dan O'Donnell Show," Dan breaks another big angle to the growing Winneconne Community School District scandal: A SECOND family has come forward with evidence that the district socially transitioned their daughter at school without the parent's knowledge and against their specific wishes.

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How a Secret Social Transition Destroyed a Small-Town School District

On Monday’s “Dan O’Donnell Show,” Dan breaks a major story in the Winneconne Community School District. After the high school secretly used a male student’s preferred female name and pronouns against his parents’ express wishes, the fallout led to firings, surprise resignations, and the attempted recall of two school board members who tried to stand up for parental rights.

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David Crowley's Criminal Justice System Again Fails Milwaukee County

On Friday's "Dan O'Donnell Show," a Milwaukee County judge endorsed by County Executive David Crowley frees a man who shot up a police station (and very nearly killed an officer) just four years into a 30-year mental health facility commitment. Plus, Dan cuts through the spin and presents the actual evidence in the "Cornell 7" case that the whole country is suddenly talking about...and, of course, the left is lying about.

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As a Candidate and County Exec, David Crowley is a Fiscal Disaster

On Thursday's "Dan O'Donnell Show," Dan tears Crowley's new county budget and campaign finances to shreds, pointing to a massive increase in property taxes and new fees to use county parks (seriously) Crowley is imposing to cover his own mismanagement of county finances. And he's also complaining about his gubernatorial opponent Tom Tiffany's fundraising because he can't raise campaign cash at all and manages it about as well as he manages the county budget.

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