The Recombobulation Area is a 19-time 21-TIME! Milwaukee Press Club award-winning opinion column and online publication founded by Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer.
Congressman Mark Pocan of Wisconsin’s 2nd District hosts a podcast called “With Liberty and Justice for Some,” which features a variety of guests on state and national politics.
This week, Dan Shafer joined the show to talk about the results of the 2026 midterm election in Wisconsin, David Crowley’s victory, Democrats flipping the state legislature, and much more.
Pocan called The Recombobulation Area “one of the very best places to find out what’s happening in Wisconsin politics.”
Listen here for our conversation on the election and what’s ahead.
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Dan Shafer is an independent journalist from Milwaukee who writes and publishes The Recombobulation Area. He worked with Civic Media from 2024 to 2026. He’s written for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Heartland Signal, Belt Magazine, WisPolitics, and Milwaukee Record. He previously worked at Seattle Magazine, Seattle Business Magazine, the Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Magazine, and BizTimes Milwaukee. He’s won 24 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards. He’s on Twitter at @DanRShafer.
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