NEW: Elon Musk is trying to buy Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, spending millions to install bought-and-paid-for MAGA extremist Brad Schimel. Today, @WisDems launches a campaign to punch back: The People v. Musk.🧵 - ThreadSky

whatpagepaige.bsky.social•6 hours ago

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fel421.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Bravo!! 👏 👏 👏

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jakemadtown.bsky.social•6 hours ago

This is exactly the type of message that is needed. Oligarchs want to be immunized from accountability and rules, and Schimel is the type of willing GOP hack to do that.

It's time they have to be put in line like everyone else. And voting Crawford does that.

POUND IT.

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irvineghost20.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Exactly. Everyone's exhausted and Wisconsin Dems have been demoralized from November's loss but making Elon the face of this race gives it a focus it was missing. Crawford will protect us from Musk's efforts to destroy our constitution etc etc

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sciencemermaid.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I hope Elon is an albatross around Schimel's neck. The anger towards Musk (even in deep red areas, from those who went for Trump) cannot be understated. He is a liability. I hope they continue to draw a line from Musk to Schimel, on loop.

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kennypowers55.bsky.social•6 hours ago

There we go. This is going to be very effective.

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toddkbailey.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Which party does Brad Schimel belong to? That’s a rhetorical question. Just really unclear why in the world you don’t call him a Republican (which he is) extremist (which he also is) instead of choosing a euphemism that has no formal designation.

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toddkbailey.bsky.social•5 hours ago

You’re an official member of the Democratic Party. It’s ok to be partisan and it’s ok to call these people what they are…Republicans. The use of maga undermines our ability to hold the people responsible for our problems accountable. The Republican Party. Drop maga…that’s their branding.

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climatedefender.bsky.social•1 hour ago

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banner19.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I’ve been writing postcards to WI voters for weeks to vote for Judge Susan Crawford 💙 Let’s Go #Wisconsin❗️

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myheartandwords.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Wisconsin should update their election laws to prevent people like musk from interfering in their elections! Show Musk that Wisconsin is not for sale!
Also, Trump just signed an executive order to clear 280 M of forests. Protect your land from Trump before he destroys it.

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libranan.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Nice job. We’re rooting for you Wisconsin 💙⚖️🕯️

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birdy123.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Go, Ben!

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lauriespivak.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Excellent ad! Please include a link where we can donate to help get it in front of voters.

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cbear3.bsky.social•6 hours ago

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/peoplevmusk?amount=%2425&refcode=kickoffthread

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sevendogs.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Finally fighting back

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bpaige.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Ben has been fighting back for 10 years. As have every democrat that warned you about Trump. Stop blaming democrats

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agelessfashionista.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Ads only do the minimum. Get out there and go do townhalls listen to needs etc everywhere in WI. Make SURE people understand REPUGNINAZIS SUPPORT BILLIONAIRES NOT YOU.

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rebfalk.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Love it!

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jcubquack.bsky.social•6 hours ago

You should be the DNC chair

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brewtowne.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Ah well, let's win this one!✌🏻

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kap-py.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Ken Martin has the same perspective as Ben Wikler! Wikler is such a strong figure for the WI Democratic Party that it would be best for him to stay there until the state is solidly blue. Believe me, Martin is not going to give up the offensive nationally, just like Wikler won’t give it up in WI

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spooley2.bsky.social•5 hours ago

#RESIST

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secretoriginz.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Are you guys using microtargeted ads? I'll bet Musk is.

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revjoey.bsky.social•5 hours ago

You can bet JOHN ROBERT MENARD JR is backing him with plenty of disposable income ($24 BILLION NET WORTH).

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figmore.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Why not Ben, "Leon-Neon(the Apartheidian)"has already "PURCHASED"the Presidency(for two years)&,some news sources are reporting that,he only $PAID 1/5th of the amount he pissed away on twitter&at any rate/$s,"CHEETOLINI"sold us"ALL"out to a"Pro-Putin"NAZI adjacent misanthropic Grifter? Ic-yall-mi?

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pegbear.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Wisconsin, please head this warning!

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alex08071996.bsky.social•3 hours ago

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alexmabroad.bsky.social•5 hours ago

good ad!

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chrislmarch.bsky.social•6 hours ago

📌

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nth1973.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Thank you!

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e-five.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I remember when Laverne and Shirley sang about him.

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glenjackson.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Reposted

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wicrone.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Yes!!

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debbietart.bsky.social•3 hours ago

These are Acts of War Against Americans NOT Governance! Fight Musk Back!

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pity63.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Using taxpayers money to buy the criminals and destroy our constitution !

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capemaydave.bsky.social•6 hours ago

somehow I get the sense there will never be a Musk Foundation

(maybe a 1 man fertility clinic, though)

https://rockinst.org/

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concerned2.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Wisconsin vote 🔵

Unless you like living on the handmaid's nightmare

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ktimes2101.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Corruption out of control

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jonsternfeld.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Ben, you should be running the whole party!

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brewtowne.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Ah well, let's win this one!✌🏻

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coolrickjd.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Great ad!

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bombaycrone.bsky.social•5 hours ago

#Wisconsin
#WI
Do you really wnt to hand your courts over to a man like Elon Musk who doesn't care wht jobs he takes fr you,wht unions he shuts down,tht you pay more at the grocery store;who just does not fucking care? Really? Trump is a figurehead,Musk is running this country. Remember that.🇺🇸

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saltyvet.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I think it would be in Wisconsin's best interest to do that election old school. I know it sounds like a pain, but paper ballots counted by hand, not electronically, are pretty damn hard to hack. Trump already boasted during his inaugural speech about Elon rigging the election. Keep that in mind.

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dasisonline.bsky.social•5 hours ago

now see that's an attack right there

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jerryaulik.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Ben, Musk has a serious drug problem. I don’t see enough ads linking Musk and Schimel.

They are clearly partners and Dems need to put those two together.

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ouroburros.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Let me know if anyone knows of any good Crawford yard signs, hopefully similar to something like "Fuck elon musk, Vote Crawford"

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kraigpeck.bsky.social•24 minutes ago

I’m so glad I pitched in $$ to pay for this DEmocratic ad for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. It’s great! I hope others pitch in too.

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/wisdems-june2024?refcode=digital-website-toprightbutton&amount=27&_gl=1*1dk4qk7*_ga*MjUzNjE3NzM3LjE3NDExMjM4NTY.*_ga_QFLV0H7FV6*MTc0MTEyMzg1Ni4xLjAuMTc0MTEyMzg1Ni42MC4wLjE4ODEwNDYyMTE.

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theprogvet.bsky.social•6 hours ago

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mike-in-wisko.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Get this motherfucka Ben.

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antiquequaalude.bsky.social•4 hours ago

So help me god this all better result in removing money from politics. This is fucking disgusting.

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irvineghost20.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Love this!!!!!!

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n83z01qbui.bsky.social•1 hour ago

#MoronMusk #ElonFungus

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jpabbott.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Elon Musk needs to get the fuck out of America.

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kootafoot.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Don't take anything for granted like the Democrats did with Harris. White women still did not come to vote for her as expected and it was their bodies. Hit the rural areas hard. People aren't stupid just uninformed and drowned in Fox and conservative radio podcasts.

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ktap33.bsky.social•6 hours ago

This has juice

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thereallajones.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Not JUST a Nazi...a mentally DEFECTIVE NAZI. 🤬

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recordeer.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Aren't they all? Nazis, that is?

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thereallajones.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Egon is a NAZI. 🤬

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daemonikira.bsky.social•2 hours ago

https://youtu.be/AWSWqn7UHYM?si=_vf4qL1M6khS7hme

We need an audit/investigation into the 2025 election. @electiontruth.bsky.social (Election Truth Alliance) has been analyzing the data and found multiple extreme instances of "anomalies": evidence Republicans rigged the election in favor of Trump. #VerifyTheVote

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bannerite.bsky.social•6 hours ago

April 1st is the day for WI to elect Susan Crawford!

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nalyd620.bsky.social•6 hours ago

He's going to try and hack any software that votes

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you-cant-eat-money.bsky.social•6 hours ago

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yoshjosh.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Good ad. This is the right message.

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any1face.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Good. Keep it going!

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lisatetzloffwi.bsky.social•4 hours ago

This is a fantastic ad! Happy to see the Dems putting Musk front and center.

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cwabadger.bsky.social•1 hour ago

I hope this is playing on targeted social media, as well as tv. Most non-boomer voters don't watch cable tv

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marksquared.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Fight the oligarchy

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bibliobelle.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Spending this evening writing postcards to mail in support of Judge Susan Crawford instead of listening to you-know-who. Protecting democracy one campaign at a time.

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delawaresue.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I just did some for my DE Indivisible group for her race.

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ogblockhead.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Maybe you could whisper into Crawford's campaign manager's ear that they should follow Protasiewicz's playbook. I was at a meeting recently with one of their reps and it was weak sauce.

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klikklak.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Wisconsinites ask Brad why he associates with Nazis.

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alex08071996.bsky.social•3 hours ago

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drgrat.bsky.social•5 hours ago

That’s how it is done, Ben.

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analisaswan.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Donating and supporting!

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benwikler.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Musk can buy a lot of ads. In fact, in its quest to put Schimel on the court, Team GOP is now outspending Team Dem.

But Judge Susan Crawford—the candidate Dems support—has an advantage GOP money alone can’t fix…
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-money.html

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benwikler.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Voters are FURIOUS about Elon Musk.

What Musk is doing (which Trump and just about every Republican elected official is publicly supporting!)—to Social Security, the Veterans Administration, health care, and so much more—is absolutely toxic.

That's why we're unveiling this: https://peoplevmusk.com

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carriesweet.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I just donated! WI has been the battleground for years and the Wisconsin Dems deserve our support.

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elibarbee.bsky.social•6 hours ago

He is no one, all of them afraid to speak up against their pay off dude ?

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brendanamartin.bsky.social•6 hours ago

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brendanamartin.bsky.social•6 hours ago

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darthelmet.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Lest we forget, it’s not just Musk. The Heritage Foundation gave him the roadmap. Musk will take the fall, but we need ALL of them far away from government.

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blandphilosophy.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Ben, can you level with us on what you need from folks *outside* Wisconsin? We want to help, but also don't want to be seen as carpetbaggers or whatever.

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gingernorth.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Get busy whipping your party, because other than AOC, Crockett, Ellison, and Raskin — actions aren’t inspiring confidence that you’re rising to the occasion.

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henchman1.bsky.social•6 hours ago

IT CAN'T BE ONLY VOTERS!

Citizens!

This is not an issue that can allowed to linger and fester for 2 or 4 freaking years.

Musk and Trump can't be allowed to destroy the system illegally, in the hopes that an election will be held and then adults can rebuild.

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merri24.bsky.social•6 hours ago

More people need to be doing more things that include action… Especially Congress! Issuing statements does jack shit

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kootafoot.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Make sure you keep Trump's picture aligned with his So people keep that relationship at the top of their mind. Chaos Twins. Get a comedian who can rip them constantly!

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susiec.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Just donated!

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joeliza.bsky.social•6 hours ago

This will be my first donation since the election because Wikler gets it. Big mistake not having him as party chair.

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benwikler.bsky.social•6 hours ago

In our internal polling, among Democrats likely to vote in the spring Supreme Court election, 1% approve of Elon Musk.

How many disapprove? 94%.

I’ve never seen *anyone* so loathed.

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aanrflyer.bsky.social•4 hours ago

i bet Ron Johnson is close! ha

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intelati.bsky.social•5 hours ago

More

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juliadilliard.bsky.social•5 hours ago

The other 5% must live under a rock.

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njcnlr.bsky.social•5 hours ago

What about Republicans likely to vote?

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donek311.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Please do a good job, Wisconsin. We're moving there to get away from maga PA.

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fdrobovelt.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Feel the Bern. 😉

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heffbombs.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Maybe we could run on that?

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aidenilkhani.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Give it another month, 100% is totally doable.

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itsnotbread.bsky.social•5 hours ago

People don't enjoy elon

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charliepurcell112.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I look forward to a piece in 6 months wondering why trump and musk are so despised

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tlworrall.bsky.social•2 hours ago

You need more than Democrats to win that seat. So what are independents saying?

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shitzu-interrupted.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Why isn’t it 100%?

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nachyocheese.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Sometimes it's hard to admit that you were wrong.

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mialp.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Are the 1% allowed out on their own??

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uaeeconomist.bsky.social•5 hours ago

There's always someone who misreads the question or fat fingers an unintentional choice.

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clwaryas.bsky.social•3 hours ago

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coombutt.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Get him the luigi special

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bbincleveland.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Until Republicans loathe him, he'll continue his rampage.

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wtfusa2025.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Maybe Hitler, Mao, Stalin….
We need a democratic daily response that is unified with a face or group of faces. My suggestion…AOC, Crockett, Sanders, Kinzinger, Mayor Pete. Strong and clear voices. Stop asking me for money until you make that shit happen Ben.

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oldehippi.bsky.social•5 hours ago

MUSKOLINNI & DUMPSTER are Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee.

They are both Greedy Fools and they both Hate America.

Time to IMPEACH the nonsense 'holding up' in our White House.

##TrumpIsaTraitor

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starlightwishes.bsky.social•4 hours ago

And believe it or not, it's going to get worse.

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lunatic546.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Get our party together and start town halls or peaceful demonstrations that cannot be infiltrated by the right or I guarantee we will lose EVERYTHING! Stop being passive aggressive NOW! Indivisible and 5050/1 is doing your job.We need leaders showing support like AOC or Liz Cheney! MEET THE MOMENT!

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protestspb.bsky.social•just now

What AOC did during Jan6?🤔

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asseenoncctv.bsky.social•5 hours ago

wait you have AOC in a list next to liz cheney and AOC is the name you do the little 🤔 about

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patronzo1.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Susan Smith had higher approval numbers

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protestspb.bsky.social•just now

Who are the 6% not ready to fight the Nazis?

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tomscud.bsky.social•5 hours ago

that's below the "i can beat up a grizzly bear with my bare hands" mark

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kathmarval.bsky.social•3 hours ago

How many of the 6% understood the question?
How many of the 6% even know what a bear is, let alone a grizzly bear?

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nachyocheese.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Define "unarmed". Do I have a trashcan lid and a shovel?

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ponsterm.bsky.social•5 hours ago

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baconsoylatte.bsky.social•4 hours ago

The 1% must enjoy some excellent recreational self-medication to approve of Chairman Musk.

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philliefan99.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Oly-hay it-shay.

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miked5287.bsky.social•5 hours ago

What about republicans and independents? Paint the full picture here.

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kelpkelpkelp.bsky.social•5 hours ago

He is the most loathsome individual on the planet.

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kevtherev.bsky.social•6 hours ago

His reputation is deserved.

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turbineseaplane.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Destroying the country for his personal gain doesn't poll well.

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nachyocheese.bsky.social•4 hours ago

What about among all voters?

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imesoamericano.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Musk did everything but shoot my mother and break my arm to develop a strong dislike for the guy. So multiply that by hundreds of millions...

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fletch-o-matic.bsky.social•5 hours ago

WE NEED PEOPLE IN THE STREETS by the tens of thousands to fill the streets in DC and State Capitals. We are in TROUBLE. I Don't want to hear talking, we need actual physical ACTION because nothing else is going to stop this runaway train. Please USE YOUR INFLUENCE to help organize this!!

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08mms.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I’m very excited to see the highly competent WI Dems field test an anti-Musk strategy. Hopefully the rest of Dem leadership is taking notes.

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dmaesesq.bsky.social•3 minutes ago

And this is why we need to put musk around Trump’s neck every time

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erikday.bsky.social•5 hours ago

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davidberti.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Finding it hard to believe that 1% approve. Did someone forget the decimal point?

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mobyhick.bsky.social•5 hours ago

To be fair, no one has tried so hard before.

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themidnightoil.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Who the fuck is that alleged Dem who approves of Musk?

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bbqtiki.bsky.social•5 hours ago

As the old joke goes - why does everyone immediately hate him? Because it saves time.

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gpthacker.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Why the hell didn’t the DNC pick you instead of that pathetic coward Martin.

Oh yea it’s because he’s a pathetic coward.

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chief1970p.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Yet your party is afraid of him. You gotta fix that in like the next 10 minutes.

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the-downballot.com•5 hours ago

Backed up by data from @civiqs.bsky.social. Nationwide, Democrats give Musk a 2% favorability rating, vs. 96% who view him unfavorably: https://civiqs.com/results/favorable_elon_musk?uncertainty=true&zoomIn=true&annotations=true&net=false&party=Democrat

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collaterly.bsky.social•5 hours ago

every day we wake up hoping he didn’t

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conaturephoto.bsky.social•5 hours ago

The bigger question is how many Republicans are upset with Elon Musk. I think some people are starting to see issues, but I also think a big percentage of the right are still drinking Kool-Aid. We have a huge problem of NIMBY in America and people give a giant runway before they'll wake up.

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realguyfawkes.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Not even Trump?

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mattimack.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I wonder if even Hitler scores this poorly

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campcarma.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Just turn your back on the guy, Dems. Boo him. Hiss. Give him the thumbs down. 👎🏼 If you have to attend make it all about the push back. This guy is obsessed with making "Good television" for his MAGA base. Don't help him out.

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benwikler.bsky.social•6 hours ago

If Brad Schimel wins the Wisconsin Supreme Court Court, Musk—and Trump and their friends—will have unchecked power in Wisconsin.

They’ll overturn elections. Rig maps. Unleash the 1849 abortion ban—a law Schimel supports.

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stitchingtwitcher.bsky.social•5 hours ago

You’ve got to ensure Schimel’s name becomes synonymous with Musk.

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felieze.bsky.social•5 hours ago

DEMAND VOTES ARE HANDCOUNTED!!!!!!!!!
Otherwise he will steal AGAIN

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benwikler.bsky.social•6 hours ago

If Susan Crawford wins, then Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will continue deciding cases based on the law, instead of the whims of far-right billionaires—and we’ll know that, in the nation’s tipping-point state, voters—not judges—will determine who wins elections.

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pault00.bsky.social•5 hours ago

A political and politicised justice system. Really not a clever idea, America. A little bit of an oversight in your constitution.

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benwikler.bsky.social•6 hours ago

We have to elect Susan Crawford and beat Brad Schimel because it affects the future of Wisconsin, and the fate of American freedom and democracy.

But there’s something more, too.

We can demonstrate that fighting back against Musk is powerful politics.

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rickpapa.bsky.social•6 hours ago

People of Wisconsin, you are so much better off without this Schmuck Schimel. Get out and vote!

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uaeeconomist.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Yes, money can't fix the loathing. But is loathing enough? It's safe to assume, for now, that his ads will increase the turnout of Republican voters. The question is if the loathing by Democrats (and independent voters) will be enough to drive enough of them to the polls.

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uaeeconomist.bsky.social•4 hours ago

["for now" because it's in the realm of the possible that the willy nilly cuts by DOGE will touch the lives of Republicans.]

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sponica.bsky.social•5 hours ago

He makes Ted Cruz's approval numbers look high 😂

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egality.bsky.social•5 hours ago

This is going to do zero to help us.

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dkschmidt.bsky.social•3 hours ago

There’s no quicker way to lose all credibility than to associate with trump.

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dennis-see-sea.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Even with a cowboy hat and the "I just had cataract surgery" killer shades?

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gusto1904.bsky.social•5 hours ago

It was really nice to see all the dem leaders get on TV this morning and thoroughly denounce what trumpmis doing and all the actions they are gonna take to help stop this nonsense.

..oh wait, that never happened.

Who cares about a damn poll.

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patrickrcrotty.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Someone should do an approval poll of Elon Musk versus the Ebola virus.

I strongly suspect Ebola would win handily.

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flsseaton.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Who are the 1%? I need answers.

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theshawnmorris.bsky.social•6 hours ago

People who read the question wrong lol

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flsseaton.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Jeez, I hope so. 😁

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roadiusmaximius.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Would you be able to give the numbers for Republicans and Independents? That’s really gonna be key

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trythisagain.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Action is good.

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mikeshipley.com•6 hours ago

I got excited thinking there was some kind of actual fight being brought to the ring but no. It's just a more elaborate Democratic fundraising email.

I do hope y'all win. But you should fire your consultants. The way to ignite the working class is to WORK FOR US.

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