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Summary

Elon Musk handed out $1 million to a voter to boost Republican support in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, backing GOP candidate Brad Schimel against Democrat Susan Crawford.

The donation is part of Musk’s America PAC efforts to flip the court and counter "activist judges."

Musk has invested over $20 million in Schimel’s campaign, with more surprise donations promised before the April 1 election.

The race is seen as a pivotal political battle, while Tesla faces legal challenges in Wisconsin over direct car sales.

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[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Republicans aren't taking over, Trump isn't taking over.

They're currently deporting permanent residents with no due process in defiance of court orders, ICE arresting citizens, dismantling the epa, social security, replacing the highest levels of government with sycophants, purging govt employees that investigated Jan 6, and of course the aforementioned packed supreme court that has already done incredible damage. There's more but that's just off the top of my head.

If they were actually trying to take over, the majority of actual Republicans wouldn't have that.

Yeah, the peasants are mad. The leopards are eating their faces and they're crying about it in town halls across the country. The representatives don't give a fuck.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5221643-indiana-republican-spartz-town-hall-doge-musk/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-advised-avoid-person-town-halls-confrontations-cuts-go-vir-rcna194689

[–] Letsdothisok@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What can I say, or what could I say? You drink from the fountain of invisible agendas. Nothing I could say would convince you much of anything. Enjoy your journey

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Letsdothisok@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think this would be the best outcome, honestly. Despite the extremely loud, louder than ever detractors, MSM, anti trump at whatever cost folks with TDS... despite them, most Americans watch, see, hear, and understand the good trump is doing. And I could imagine a majority of Americans voting for him a third time. I would, I've decided.

If you are unable to see, understand, and admit any good trump is doing, your opinions are omitable, in my opinion. Many and most educated in America recognize that MSM anymore is controlled by those with anti-American socialist and communist idealization.

Phew... I'm gonna get feel the heat from this one.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You went from denying trump would even do such a thing to pledging to vote for him for an unconstitutional third term, and somehow I'm the deranged one. You're going to be real upset when you learn how tariffs actually work.