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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    3 days ago

    that is exactly why we bare arms

    I don’t know how tank tops will stop trump but you do you. /s

    But hey, remember when the overturning of roe v wade was just fear mongering and they wouldn’t really do it? How project 2025 wasn’t actually what they planned to do? How the supreme court would never grant broad immunity to a president? At this point, assuming Trump would try to keep power past 28 is just good sense.

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      3 days ago

      Ok, I can see what you’re saying, but those things compared to Trump seizing control of the White House are much different things. I think yes, many idol worshipping Trumpsters would like Trump to take control, but that’s a small group compared to Republicans on the whole. Many Republicans own weapons for this reason. This is a democracy, everyone votes to choose our president. No wanna be dictators allowed.

      Trump understands all this, he’s not going to start a civil war. If he does anything, I think he might try to make a 3rd term a thing, but he would do it through legal channels.

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        much different things

        In scale maybe, but fundamentally it’s all about consolidating power and dismantling democracy.

        but he would do it through legal channels.

        Why start now? Also nothing short of a constitutional amendment can make that happen legally (unless the Supreme Court declares the constitution unconstitutional, hah). Even if he personally doesn’t retain power, I expect Republicans to dismantle the system to the point that they can just install another sycophant.

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          I don’t think you understand what exactly you’re suggesting. First, are you an American? It would be more understandable, maybe.

          Republicans aren’t taking over, Trump isn’t taking over. If they were actually trying to take over, the majority of actual Republicans wouldn’t have that.

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            Not sure if you’re trolling or not. They’re very obviously following Russia’s playbook of consolidating power, dismantling the state and handing it to oligarchs, and “flooding the zone” with bullshit so people believe what they want. They probably won’t outright claim they’re the King and there will be no elections, but they’ll probably rig the elections, at least in red states, so the Republican party has control of the federal government in perpetuity; similar to how Russia has “elections.” Any media that doesn’t toe the line will get labelled as “fake news,” and probably have “legal” and financial actions taken against them. I mean, a few days ago, and executive order was signed that, among other things, requires voters to show a birth certificate or passport which will disenfranchise many, many voters. So, no, we won’t explicitly have a king, but we will have a totalitarian one-party rule with oligarchs at the top, and an extensive propaganda machine to keep people confused and misdirected. I don’t expect voters like the one’s that wore the “better Russian than Democrat,” to organize in a large militia and fight homeland security, the national guard, or whatever other military the government would deploy on US soil (they’re “considering” invoking the Insurrection Act at this very moment). I suspect most Republicans would just be fine with their team being in power, no matter what the cost; and having propaganda legitimizing their beliefs just makes it easier for them. Republican voters surely won’t rise up to fight for a Democrat that “lost” an election.

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            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

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              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

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                  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.

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                    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.