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CBS News
30-03-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Wisconsin Attorney General asks state Supreme Court to stop Elon Musk's $1M payments
Wisconsin's attorney general on Sunday asked the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters , a request that came hours before Musk planned the giveaway at an evening rally. Two lower courts already rejected the legal challenge by Democrat Josh Kaul, who argues that Musk's offer violates a state law prohibiting giving anything of value in exchange for a vote. "Wisconsin law prohibits offering anything of value to induce anyone to vote," Kaul argued in his filing. "Yet, Elon Musk did just that." Wisconsin's tightly contested Supreme Court election, where ideological control of the court is at stake, is on Tuesday. The race, with the assist from Musk, has become the most expensive judicial election in American history, with more than $81 million in spending. Liberals currently hold a 4-3 majority. But five of the court's seven justices have endorsed a candidate in the race, raising potential conflicts for them to hear the Musk lawsuit. The court's liberal justices have endorsed Dane County Judge Susan Crawford, the Democratic-backed candidate. One of the court's conservative justices has endorsed Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel, who also has the backing of President Trump and Musk. Schimel wore a "Make America Great Again Hat" while campaigning Sunday. "That's exactly what I've committed to anybody, whether it's President Trump, Elon Musk or any donors and donors or supporters or voters in Wisconsin. That's my commitment," Schimel told "Fox News Sunday." Schimel has not said whether he would attend the rally. Crawford's campaign declined to comment on Kaul's legal filing. Musk's political action committee used a nearly identical tactic before the presidential election last year, offering to pay $1 million a day to voters in Wisconsin and six other battleground states who signed a petition supporting the First and Second Amendments. A judge in Pennsylvania said prosecutors failed to show the effort was an illegal lottery and allowed it to continue through Election Day . Musk on Friday initially said in a post on his social media platform, X, that he planned to "personally hand over" $2 million to a pair of voters who have already cast their ballots in the race. Musk later posted a clarification, saying the money would go to people who will be "spokesmen" for an online petition against "activist" judges. After first saying the event would only be open to people who had voted in the Supreme Court race, he said attendance would be limited to those who have signed the petition. Also on Friday, Musk's political action committee identified the recipient of its first $1 million giveaway — a Green Bay man who had donated to the Wisconsin GOP and the conservative candidate in the court race, and who has a history of posting support for Trump and his agenda. The judicial election comes as Wisconsin's highest court is expected to rule on abortion rights, congressional redistricting, union power and voting rules that could affect the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election in the state. There will also be congressional elections held Tuesday in Florida that have attracted big fundraising. Florida's 6th District was vacated when National Security Adviser Mike Waltz joined Mr. Trump's Cabinet, and the 1st District was held by former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who resigned to join the Trump administration as Attorney General. He eventually withdrew his name from consideration, but he had already vacated his seat. Both districts voted for Mr. Trump by 30 points or more, but Democrats have dominated fundraising.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Are we great again . . . yet?
A supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump wears an oversize "Make America Great Again Hat" as he waits for the start of a "Keep America Great" rally at Southern New Hampshire University Arena on Feb. 10, 2020 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Photo by Drew Angerer | Getty Images) By now it's clear that neither the U.S. nor Montana are becoming 'great again' under one-party Republican government. In short, sorry MAGAs, but you've been had, played like a fiddle, suckered for every dollar you could or couldn't spare, and now — ta-da! — you get nothing you were promised and far too much you weren't. Let's see — how are the promises doing? Did those grocery prices come down on 'day one?' No? Gosh, well, you know what they now say in the Oval Office, 'Once things go up it's very hard to bring them down.' But don't despair, there are synthetic egg substitutes these days totally unaffected by the bird flu the administration won't mention as the next pandemic looms. Or what about 'America First?' Dang but that sounded good until the White House started talking about taking over Canada, Greenland and Panama…and didn't rule out using military force to do so, despite campaigning on a 'peace' promise. But won't it be great to resurrect the Crusades, invade and occupy Gaza once we disperse what's left of the former Palestinian population, bulldoze what's left from Israel's genocidal bombing campaign (with U.S. bombs), and turn the 'highly desirable waterfront property' into the 'Riviera of the Middle East' — no doubt complete with some Trump Towers. Tricked again, eh? Or how about allowing Elon Musk — the world's richest man who tossed a mere $260 million to Trump's campaign — to wade into all the nation's top secret national security, personal, business and financial information, and give kids barely out of high school authorization to rewrite the computer codes! All very secure, of course! What's that, Grandma didn't get the Social Security check she relies on to live — oh gosh, must have deleted her! They canceled her Medicare, too? Oh well, just a bump on the road to reatness, eh? But take heart, we now have the Gulf of America!! Is that great or what! Meanwhile, here in Montana the GOP-controlled Legislature is pulling their own version of MAGA's phony promises by, of all things, becoming 'tax and spend' Republicans. Just think how great Montana will be when we get slapped with Sen. Gary Parry's, R-Colstrip, new 10% tax on energy produced from clean and renewable sources – 'water, wind, solar' according to his bill — while exempting energy produced by the massively polluting coal plants at Colstrip. To take us to true greatness, the measure also slashes the severance tax on coal that goes into the Coal Tax Trust fund and funds a wide range of resources for citizens, local governments and education. Or how about Sen. Greg Hertz's proposed $200 'marijuana identification card' that requires individuals to pay $200 to apply for or renew mandatory registration with the state to buy recreational marijuana? What, you thought we'd left Reefer Madness paranoia and prosecutions behind because Montana's voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana? Guess not, eh? What's next, the mandatory $200 alcohol registration card to buy micro-brews, wine or spirits? You gotta love the GOP's definition of 'freedom' and less government interference in our lives. One of the inescapable traits of one-party government is there's nobody else to blame. That's a big headache for the GOP since they have routinely blamed the hapless Democrats for every perceived or real problem in the world, nation and state. But they can't do that now. And that's a problem increasingly exacerbated when coupled with failed promises to the people in the MAGA hats — who now, along with the rest of us, have ever more reasons to wonder: Are we great again yet?
