How the Wisconsin Election Might Determine the Survival of the United States
I'm tired of having our elections bought by people who don't even live in the state... or the country
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Hello Friends,
I realize that we say that every election is the most critical election of your lifetime, but that’s because we keep losing! It’s also the TRUTH. EVERY ELECTION IS CRITICAL but the one looming in Wisconsin on April 1st, 2025 is HUGE!
Before you get discouraged, understand that it’s not our fault that we keep losing. The deck is stacked against us because that’s the way Republicans play. We need a win. Oh LORD do we need a win! If we win on April 1st, it will be a bigger win than might be initially apparent.
The thing is, Republicans depend on the general public to be apathetic about Supreme Court elections. Let’s face it, Supreme Court elections are not sexy elections. But they are EXTREMELY important and they have MAJOR ramifications.
Just look at what’s going on in North Carolina where the Republican candidate who LOST on November 5th, 2025 is STILL trying to get votes thrown away so he can declare himself the winner.
Perhaps the worst part about what’s going on in North Carolina is that it’s eating into the term of the rightful winner. These deny, delay, deflect and WHINE tactics of the Republican party are never ending, and nobody ever calls them out on it.
They’re the most disrespectful and lawless political party in the world, and our media has been allowing them to get away with it for decades. At some point they just decided they could throw a temper tantrum every time that they lost and the American public would just let them have their way.
Then, once they get their way, they rob us of our Social Security and our healthcare and our national security and the education of our children (the list goes on and on).
These are awful people and all they know how to do is lie, cheat, steal, and complain.
I’m sick of it.
I think the majority of the US population is sick of them too!
So why can’t we win elections? The reason is because of state Supreme Courts. This is why Republicans fight tooth and nail even when they rightfully lose. Election denial is just part of a multifaceted strategy of voter suppression.
You see, when you win the state Supreme Court, the GOP sees that as a “mandate” to gerrymander all the state districts. Yeah, yeah, you’ve heard that term before and it’s boring, so let me provide you with some nice illustrations with a lot of color.
Let’s say red and blue represent the Democratic and Republican voters in a state. This map shows a distribution of about 66% Democratic and 33% Republican. If you draw the districts like this:
The result is 6 seats for the Democrats and 3 seats for the Republicans. That’s totally fair right? That represents the will of the people.
Republicans look at a map like this and go, “Well, that’s completely unacceptable.”
Then they draw something that looks like this:
In this result, you have 3 seats for the Democrats and 6 seats for the Republicans. It’s a complete inversion of what the people want. Republicans look at this, lick their lips, and say, “Screw the people.”
This is seriously what goes on in the US. I’m not even making this up.
The worst part is that the feckless Democrats have been watching it happen. Perhaps even worse is the fact that the Democrats say, “Well, we can’t be like them,” so even when they win a state Supreme Court they draw fair districts rather than gerrymandered districts.
Honestly, I wish they’d just play the game the same way the Republicans played it. If the voting public gives power to the Democrats, then draw district lines that represent the will of the people!
The strategy of stacking various Supreme Courts has been the Republican game plan for decades. They fill seats with radical judges who don’t seem to understand the basic functioning of the Constitution. This is a neat and tidy way for the Republicans to circumvent the will of the people and plunge us into an authoritarian state.
Wake up people, it’s working.
Even worse, in the state of Wisconsin there’s this disgusting anti-abortion law that was written in 1849 that conservatives are drooling to enforce. This is a law that basically regards women as farm animals, it’s awful. It has no consideration whatsoever for women’s health or personal autonomy.
In fact, it’s disgusting that we live in a society where people could express their support for that law and not be subjected to public humiliation. Sadly, not only do people loudly support the dehumanization of women, they also often win seats of power in general elections.
So, if you want women to be treated like ACTUAL HUMAN BEINGS, and retain their access to LIFE SAVING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE, and you want FAIR REPRESENTATION AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL…
VOTE FOR SUSAN CRAWFORD!
VOTE FOR SUSAN CRAWFORD!
VOTE FOR SUSAN CRAWFORD!
VOTE FOR SUSAN CRAWFORD!
Voting for her opponent basically means you want to turn over the state treasury to some jerk with a failing electric car company, and you want to deprive women of their basic right to humanity.
Please do the right thing and vote for Crawford!
The other critical race on the ballot is for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Wisconsin has actually been fortunate in that we currently have a former State Superintendent as our governor in Tony Evers. He cares about education. He’s done a good job, and it’s thanks to him that my children have access to a decent school system.
I’m very grateful for his efforts!
He could have done more, but we’ve got gerrymandered districts that allow the anti-education Republicans to control the state legislature and impose their odious ideology of religious/authoritarian indoctrination.
Evers has been fighting the good fight, but it sure would make his life (and the lives of my children) a lot easier if we had a responsible, qualified, and effective state superintendent. So…
VOTE FOR JILL UNDERLY!
VOTE FOR JILL UNDERLY!
VOTE FOR JILL UNDERLY!
VOTE FOR JILL UNDERLY!
Early voting is already available for the April 1st election in Wisconsin. Ballots will be different depending on where you live in the state, so go check your ballot here.
It’s critical to get Crawford and Underly elected.
It’s rare that you can make a billionaire squirm. You can do it with your vote! Even going in to vote is a win.
I keep saying this and the warning keeps becoming more and more ominous: THIS MIGHT BE YOUR LAST TIME TO VOTE!
Please, please, please get this done! We need a win. Oh do we need a win!
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Walter I so wish I was back in Wisconsin right now to vote for Susan Crawford. As for your comment about Tesla, have you read Will Lockett's latest article about Tesla on Medium? It is eye opening. https://medium.com/predict/teslas-missing-1-4-billion-could-be-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-6261be7523ce
Wish I could vote. Musk pouring 17 million into the Wisconsin election already is going to make it tough. Jim Acosta had Henry Dunn ( former capitol police officer) on the show. He is in Wisconsin to attend rally’s and help get the vote out. It’s funny, but Wisconsin is the one state that is not represented in my subscribers. Hope you have many!