The final 22 days in this race

  

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We’re down to the final 22 days in this race, and all signs point to it being neck-and-neck. Here’s what we know right now – and why we’re asking everyone who can to pitch in $5, $10, or whatever you’re able: Elon Musk and his right-wing billionaire allies are pouring millions of dollars in special interest money into the state in hopes of buying this seat – and therefore control of the majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. We have 22 days to fight back. We absolutely can’t afford to wake up on April 2nd wishing we had done more – not with reproductive rights, fair elections, and so much more at stake. If we fall short, it won’t be for lack of trying – it will be because we didn’t have the resources to compete with Elon Musk’s millions. We’re counting on grassroots supporters like you to step up before it’s too late. Please, chip in whatever you can right now >> If you’ve saved your payment info with ActBlue, your contribution will be processed immediately.   Donate $10 right now Donate $25 right now Donate $50 right now Donate $100 right now Donate $250 right now Donate another amount Time is running out. Let’s leave it all on the field. Thank you, Team Crawford

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Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Race Could Decide the Future of Democracy—And Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy It

 

 DEFEAT MUSKRAT (Brad Schimel) IN WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT ELECTION! 

Watch now   Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Race Could Decide the Future of Democracy—And Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy It Judge Susan Crawford exposes how MAGA and Musk are using millions to try to install a far-right extremist. Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Mar 9 Let’s talk about the most important election in the country that you might not have heard about: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race. The outcome will determine whether the court maintains a pro-democracy majority—or if it becomes another rubber stamp for MAGA extremism. And guess who’s trying to buy it? Elon Musk. I sat down with Judge Susan Crawford, who is running to keep Wisconsin’s Supreme Court from falling into the hands of far-right Trump loyalist Brad Schimel. Musk has already dumped millions into deceptive attack ads against her. Why? Because Wisconsin’s courts matter—to Trump, to MAGA, and to Musk’s wallet. As Judge Crawford put it bluntly: “He doesn’t care about Wisconsin. He’s never been here. He doesn’t even know who he’s running these ads against.” And if you need proof that this is nothing more than a power grab, the first attack ad against Crawford used a photo of a completely different Susan Crawford—because these right-wing billionaires don’t care about facts. Brad Schimel isn’t just another conservative judge. He is a full-on MAGA extremist. He believes the Wisconsin Supreme Court "screwed over" Donald Trump by not overturning the 2020 election. He has openly stated he wants to be part of a "support network" for Trump. He is running with Musk’s millions behind him, because they know he will do the bidding of billionaires and far-right extremists, not the people of Wisconsin. Schimel’s election would mean a far-right Wisconsin Supreme Court, one that could gut reproductive rights, healthcare access, environmental protections, and public safety laws. This is about more than just one seat—it’s about whether Wisconsin’s highest court protects people or corporate power. It’s not just about politics—it’s about profit. Judge Crawford explained that Musk has personal financial interests in Wisconsin’s legal system, including a Tesla lawsuit trying to overturn state laws preventing direct car sales. He doesn’t want a fair court. He wants a bought-and-paid-for justice. And let’s not forget DOGE—Musk’s shadow government. His crew of unelected, unqualified lackeys is already invading people’s privacy, digging through medical records, tax information, and personal data. Wisconsin voters are furious at what Doge is doing—and if Schimel wins, that government overreach will get a hundred times worse. Judge Crawford isn’t running to serve billionaires or MAGA extremists. She’s running to be a fair and impartial justice who upholds the law and protects the people of Wisconsin. “I never lose sight of the fact that the decisions I make as a judge involve real people and real problems,” she said. “We need a Wisconsin Supreme Court that works for the people—not for Elon Musk, and not for Donald Trump.” Wisconsin’s election is April 1st—and it could decide the future of democracy in one of the country’s most critical swing states. If you live in Wisconsin, VOTE. If you don’t, help spread the word—because Musk and MAGA are already spending millions to take this seat. This is how we fight back. Watch my full interview with Judge Crawford above, spread the word, and consider joining now as a paid subscriber to help us meet our weekend goal. Meidas+ is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

MUSKRAT targeted agencies that were investigating him first. MICHAEL WHITAKER, head of FAA, had fined MUSKRAT because his SPACE X exploded over the Caribbean causing property damage & flights to be diverted. MUSKRAT thought it was great fun! Because of MUSKRATS failures, carelessness, MICHAEL WHITAKER grounded SPACE X. Clearly, you can't fault MUSKRAT even for his irresponsible conduct, so MICHAEL WHITAKER needed to GO! MICHAEL WHITAKER was replaced with the CLOWN SEAN DUFFY & then planes began to CRASH.... There was NO SINGLE PLANE CRASH while President Biden was in office, or when PETE BUTTIGIEG was in charge. 180 Republicans Voted Against Funding the FAA, the Agency That Keeps Planes from Crashing Trump selected eight of them to serve in his administration. Read this exclusive research and reporting on Meidas+. MeidasTouch Network Feb 1 … WaPo reported that Elon Musk called for Federal Aviation Administrator Mike Whitaker to resign right before Trump took office, which lead to his resignation on Trump’s first day. The FAA was about to fine Musk's company SpaceX $630,000 for violations related to its launches, and Musk threatened to sue the FAA for "regulatory overreach." … Sen. Tim Kaine: "Trump let Musk force the resignation of the FAA Administrator. He disbanded an aviation safety committee within DHS. He's got an OMB Director who is pushing a hiring freeze and saying, 'I want to traumatize the federal workforce'. He's got an anti-safety agenda. I think that's why he went the race-baiting route." … WaPo reported that Elon Musk called for Federal Aviation Administrator Mike Whitaker to resign right before Trump took office, which lead to his resignation on Trump’s first day. The FAA was about to fine Musk's company SpaceX $630,000 for violations related to its launches, and Musk threatened to sue the FAA for "regulatory overreach." … Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent out a memo to give priority grant funding to parts of the country with higher marriage and birth rates than the national average. The memo states that DOT will give "preference" for grant funding to "communities with with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average. … On anonymous DOT official told HuffPost: "Considering fertility rates when prioritizing federal grants? We obviously have no idea what the full impact of that will be. It’s absolutely creepy. It’s a little like the Chinese government. I don’t know where else I’ve seen a policy of ‘we need to incentivize baby-making." https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-61-13125

Firing people & you have no idea what they do? DUH? MUST WATCH in its entirety: Sean Duffy FAA ADM https://youtu.be/V-P7_vrQDrE?si=w04-LVucWXbqNeSM MUSKRAT targeted agencies that were investigating him first. MICHAEL WHITAKER, head of FAA, had fined MUSKRAT because his SPACE X exploded over the Caribbean causing property damage & flights to be diverted. MUSKRAT thought it was great fun! Because of MUSKRATS failures, carelessness, MICHAEL WHITAKER grounded SPACE X. Clearly, you can't fault MUSKRAT even for his irresponsible conduct, so MICHAEL WHITAKER needed to GO! MICHAEL WHITAKER was replaced with the CLOWN SEAN DUFFY & then planes began to CRASH.... There was NO SINGLE PLANE CRASH while President Biden was in office, or when PETE BUTTIGIEG was in charge. 180 Republicans Voted Against Funding the FAA, the Agency That Keeps Planes from Crashing Trump selected eight of them to serve in his administration. Read this exclusive research and reporting on Meidas+. MeidasTouch Network Feb 1

 

 

 

we can stop the MAGA nightmare from becoming a permanent reality

 

Since the election, thousands of people have donated to Public Citizen in response to our emails highlighting some of the ways we intend to confront a second Trump presidency and some of the ways we are already working together in fighting back.

First, our thanks to everyone who has contributed over these past few weeks.

Second, we want to address some questions and comments folks have shared.

What about the Supreme Court?

Our plans are heavy on challenging the Trump administration in court. And the current Supreme Court is tricky.

But only a tiny fraction of court cases go to the Supreme Court. The vast majority of cases never get that far. Public Citizen’s elite team of lawyers will be strategic about which cases we take and how we demonstrate where the law is on the side of everyday Americans.

We may not prevail in every case. But we won’t lose every case, either. Far from it. We have experience and expertise using the legal system to defend ordinary people and progressive values even when the playing field is not perfectly level.

How much can we really do when Republicans will control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives?

We have no delusions that we can stop every terrible thing Trump and his MAGA acolytes try to do legislatively.

But there have been many times throughout our nation’s history when the same party controlled the presidency and both chambers of Congress — a so-called “unified government” — and still wasn’t able to do everything it wanted to do.

Republicans controlled both the House and Senate for Donald Trump’s first two years in office. And yes, they passed a disastrous tax cut that benefitted billionaires and Big Business at the expense of the American people. But, quite famously, they failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) — even though it was practically the only thing some of them talked about (nearly to the point of foaming at the mouth) for years.

Even more recently, Democrats had a majority in both the House and Senate for President Biden’s first two years in office. Did every bill they introduced get passed? (The answer, of course, is no.)

Furthermore, it’s not like Republicans never disagree with other Republicans. They can’t even put aside their intra-party differences long enough to choose a Speaker of the House without devolving into farcical chaos and literal shoving matches.

On top of all that, the Republican majorities in both the House and Senate will be thin. With any particular bill in Congress, just a few Republicans in either chamber breaking from the MAGA party line — because what’s best for their constituents will sometimes (more like most times) not align with what’s best for Donald Trump, and they know it — can stop bad legislation in its tracks.

Can we rely on ineptitude and in-fighting alone to prevent Republicans in Congress from doing all kinds of damage? Unfortunately not. But those tendencies will slow them down and make at least some of them susceptible to public pressure.

And that’s where Public Citizen comes in. Putting pressure on members of Congress is our thing — it has been since our founding over half a century ago. We will sniff out fractures and we will do everything we can to crack them open.

We’re up against powerful people with so much money.

True.

For example, Elon Musk alone spent at least $133 million bankrolling Trump’s campaign. (And that’s just the money Musk spent that has been disclosed.)

Throughout human history, those fighting for justice and progress always have less money and power than the forces they are up against — pretty much by definition.

But by standing up, by working together, by insisting that the status quo is simply not good enough, we advance justice and make progress nonetheless.

It may happen slowly, perhaps achingly so. We may go through periods where it feels like “one step forward, two steps back.”

Yet somehow, things are better — far from perfect, but better — than they were a thousand years ago, five hundred years ago, a hundred years ago.

Why should this be the moment to abandon all of that history? Why should those of us here now be the ones to throw up our hands and say “we can’t do it”?

Like millions before us the world over — with a debt to them, in fact — we must choose to continue the fight against the rich and powerful, even if it feels like we’re losing ground.

All hope is lost. I’m giving up on politics. I’m leaving the country.

No!

Well, we can’t say whether or not leaving the country is best for any particular person. But a resounding “No!” to losing hope or giving up.

Look, it’s grim. There’s no denying it.

Donald Trump and the racist, misogynistic, sociopathic forces that he has exploited and emboldened (they were here all along — let’s be clear about that) are a very real threat to millions upon millions of Americans, to our democracy, to our planet, and to everyone on it.

That is scary.

Infuriating.

Sickening.

Sad.

It can also be tedious, draining, and debilitating.

We can and should feel those things.

But ...

Also ...

At the same time ...

The math is actually very simple:

If we lose hope, if we give up, if we allow ourselves to become resigned to it, the MAGA vision for America definitely wins out.

If we fight — with everything, every damn thing, we’ve got — we *will* prevent at least some damage, and there is every reason to think we can stop the MAGA nightmare from becoming a permanent reality.

This is the fight of our lives.

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