It's the Democracy, Stupid | April 4, 2026

On this week's show: – James Santelle, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (2010 to 2015), 30-year veteran of the Department of Justice, now engaged in private (nongovernment) civil litigation in a variety of civil rights, housing, education, prisoner, and children’s matters– Brian Finucane, senior adviser with the U.S. Program at the International Crisis Group and a former attorney-adviser at the U.S. Department of State– Andrea Pitzer,  journalist and author of “One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps”– Dean Baker, co-founder and senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research Catch “It’s the Democracy, Stupid” Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/edwin).   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.