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Elon Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him (apnews.com)

submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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Summary

Elon Musk handed $1 million checks to two Wisconsin voters at a Sunday rally supporting conservative court candidate Brad Schimel ahead of the state’s pivotal Supreme Court election.

But the state Supreme Court, which is currently controlled 4-3 by liberal justices, declined to take the case as an original action and gave no rationale for its decision.

Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul argued the payments violated election law.

Musk’s groups have spent over $20 million in the race, which has drawn more than $81 million in total spending.

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[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 76 points 11 months ago

Exactly the bullshit verdict expected.

[–] IAmLamp@fedia.io 60 points 11 months ago

Cowards! Do your jobs! Should have taken inspiration from the French.

[+] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 49 points 11 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Stop thinking liberals are on your side. They will never stand up to fascism.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

40% identify as conservative, 40% as moderate, and 20% (25 in a good year) identity as liberal.

Like it or not, your leftist agenda can only be achieved by working with those you'd rather not. Refusing to do so and not formulating a strategy to get them onboard with your agenda is detrimental to every goal you have.

[–] 7toed@midwest.social 16 points 11 months ago

Hell most 'liberals' i know don't even know what political theory matches their alignment. I wholly doubt that 20% polled are completely okay with this court giving up.. critique of liberal institutions and representatives is a completely different matter than trying to talk down to people who may not fully understand or comprehend even their own positions, even if well intentioned.

The elder liberals I talk with are not filled in, still obtaining most of their knowledge of events through corporate media. That isn't their fault, but that won't keep me from vehemently criticizing, for example, liberal MSNBC and their coverage over say a particular conflict in the middle east. Now when they do coverage of Trump, again i will be noting their passiveness and complicity, even when agreeing with their notions. Those disagreements from a fundamentally human point (say war not generally being a good thing) are usually something liberal individuals completely agree with, but do not have an alternative narrative to fall to once they start taking apart and questioning what they've been told, therefore they're less likely to begin with.

The liberals of our representatives, like Chuck Schumer, have absolutely no excuse to turn their back on their constituents, but they have an interest in 'business as usual'. We should not hold back in our push to remove such spineless, uncaring, nihilistic representatives as soon as possible. And frankly, if you haven't at the bare minimum written to your representatives, i don't want to hear what your idea of a strategy is.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml -4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why would any of those people ever help with my leftist agenda? I'm not going to work with fascists or other genocide-enjoyers just to have someone to work with. I'm just hoping that well meaning libs will eventually get tired of having the rug pulled out from under them by the people they elect.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hope is not a strategy. If someone came to you looking for a business loan and they said 'we are going to hope people get tired of drinking soda which is terrible for them and switch over to our carrot juice' - would you give them the loan?

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml -4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Failing the same way over and over again isn't a strategy either.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Then change your approach. Instead of trying to black pill every leftist on lemmy like you have been - go post in liberal or moderate social media circles and try to hone your message into something that is effective.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago

This is my changed approach. I used to do what you're suggesting and it didn't get anywhere either. It just left me frustrated and worn down. Nowadays I put my actual effort into organizing on the ground in my area. Anything I do online is for my own satisfaction.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well then, you're certainly never going to accomplish anything. Just have a fake sense of moral superiority as everything is taken away from you.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What is it with you liberals not understanding that the moral superiority isn't fake?

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's the important part to focus on.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What you're doing isn't working either, but at least I haven't failed and given up my principles!

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Uh huh

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago

Aw yeah

[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 47 points 11 months ago

A million that was not randomly given, but presented like it was.

[–] Gointhefridge@lemm.ee 40 points 11 months ago

I know our elections are bought and sold but this feels a little…. On the nose.

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 40 points 11 months ago

Anyone look into the recent finances of the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the state Supreme Court, which is currently controlled 4-3 by liberal justices, declined to take the case

Fucking Liberals being Liberals 😮‍💨🤬

[–] Retreaux@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Paid to lose.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why does the SC have to take anything for charges to be brought?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It was a civil suit, not criminal charges. And the suit has been brought and argued, and appealed once, this was another appeal that was declined.

Edit: actually it wasn't. The article says they "declined to take the case as an original action", probably because it belonged in the lower courts first, then appealed to the higher court.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That’s sorta my point. Fine that they wanted to block the payment from ever occurring. It still seems like a valid criminal case.

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

They can't do anything until it affects the outcome of the election so once the nazi judge is on the bench they will take the case and find him not in violation of the constitution because the people decided

[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Money

[–] WuceBrillis@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago

Why not Luigi?

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

Liquidate Musk

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

Lock him up!