Earlier this week, all American eyes were on Wisconsin as two judges duked it out for a seat on the state’s supreme court — a race that Elon Musk poured millions into. @bolts’s Alex Burness wrote the definitive story on what happened and what it all means. “Today should be a breaking point for our state. Even if your preferred candidate wins, … every single Wisconsinite should be alarmed at this grotesque billionaire arms race,” Nick Ramos, executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Center, told Bolts late Tuesday, before the result was announced. “The past two months have shown us a terrifying preview of what’s coming: an America where billionaires run the show, and the rest of us are just spectators.”

https://boltsmag.org/wisconsin-supreme-court-result-2025/

@resistancewins This is a BFD for Wisconsin #wisconsinsupremecourt #susancrawford #FairMaps #congressionalredistricting #abortionrights #laborrights #spillslaw #pfas #environment https://wisconsinwatch.org/2025/04/heres-what-susan-crawfords-state-supreme-court-win-means-for-wisconsin/

@briankrebs

>> The Flight and Fall of #Icarus

Not sure if the timing of #Trump telling his cabinet thet #ElonMusk's wings will be clipped (if the glue holding them doesn't come off spontaneously) is related to #Musk's failed bribery gambit in #Wisconsin.

#SusanCrawford
#BradSchimel

"And earlier he choked up on Fox News talking about the protests against Tesla and the impact it's having on the company's valuation. Both these things demonstrate the limits of his power and the scope of our power. The Tesla protests are working. People have the power."

#Musk #Trump #Wisconsin #SusanCrawford #resistance
/5

"Elon Musk has helpfully just proven how resistible power is, or the folly of confusing mountains of money with outright power. He had an apparent meltdown last night over his failure to buy the Wisconsin supreme court election, in which his candidate didn't just lose but lost in a landslide."

~ Rebecca Solnit

#Musk #Trump #Wisconsin #SusanCrawford #resistance
/4

https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/people-have-the-power-week-whatever-of-the-stupid-coup-and-the-pushback/?ref=meditations-in-an-emergency-newsletter

"[Musk's] loss signals that money and messaging cannot dominate the deep and growing sense of dissatisfaction with the direction of the country, and with Musk in particular."

#Musk #Trump #Wisconsin #SusanCrawford #resistance
/3

"In some states, it is illegal to give water to voters waiting in line to vote, but Musk can give $50 for someone waving a photo of his preferred candidate. His preference for money shows a deep distrust of democracy, assuming the best way to shape it is by paying voters rather than by the power of ideas.

~ Don Moynihan

#Musk #Trump #Wisconsin #SusanCrawford #resistance
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https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-biggest-loser-in-wisconsin

Loser says what?

#ElonMusk is so full of crap, he claims that the #Wisconsin #VoterID requirement on the ballot “was the most important thing.”

It literally was already required of Wisconsin voters, the amendment merely codified it.

They are incapable of admitting when they lose.