I live in #Wisconsin and haven't seen nearly enough on this and I have minimal reach but fuck it, IF YOU FUCKING LIVE IN #WISCONSIN VOTE FUCKING _NO_ ON THE FUCKING #WISCONSIN STATE REFERENDUM TOMORROW, WHILST ALSO FUCKING VOTING _FOR_ SUSAN CRAWFORD AND JILL UNDERLY. Thank you.

Warum eine Richterwahl in Wisconsin für Aufsehen sorgt

In Wisconsin bestimmen die Wähler heute einen neuen Richter für den Obersten Gerichtshof. Mittendrin: Elon Musk, der Geldgeschenke in Millionenhöhe verteilt und dabei offenbar eigene Geschäftsinteressen verfolgt. Von Ralf Borchard.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/richterwahl-wisconsin-musk-102.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Wisconsin #Richter #Wahl #ElonMusk

🚨 Wisconsinites abroad, have you called your friends and family back home? Are they ready to vote?

If not, why not call 5 friends and encourage them to vote now!

Vote for Susan Crawford for #Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge, to protect the basic rights and freedoms guaranteed to Wisconsinites under our constitution!

#WisconsinVotes #Elections2025 #WI #DemocratsAbroad

Elon Musk Deletes Tweet Offering Voters $1 Million After Legal Scrutiny

https://meidasnews.com/news/elon-musk-deletes-tweet-offering-voters-1-million-after-legal-scrutiny

Musk has not said why

#Musk #Wisconsin #Twitter #election #press

Musk Pours Millions Into Wisconsin Court Race to Protect Rigged Maps for GOP

https://truthout.org/articles/musk-pours-millions-into-wisconsin-court-race-to-protect-rigged-maps-for-gop/

Musk also has a financial stake in the election, as the state’s highest court could rule soon over regulations on Tesla.

#musk #elections #gerrymandering #wisconsin #GOP #press

Again! Vote the way I want you to for 💵

"Musk..in #Wisconsin election to decide a crucial state Supreme Court seat — giving away $100 to registered voters who sign a petition against “activist judges.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5207071-elon-musk-wisconsin-court-election-giveaway/

Big March storm fans wildfires and flips trucks as forecasters fear weekend tornado outbreak

By RUSS BYNUM and SEAN MURPHY
Updated 9:02 PM EDT, March 14, 2025

"Tornadoes likely amid storm outbreak

"The Storm Prediction Center said fast-moving storms could spawn twisters and hail as large as baseballs Friday, but the greatest threat would come from straight-line winds near or exceeding hurricane force, with gusts of 100 mph (160 kph) possible.

"A #TornadoWatch was issued until 11 p.m. for central and eastern #Missouri, including St. Louis, as well as parts of #Illinois and #Arkansas.

"The National Weather Service said it observed an evening tornado in the south-central Missouri city of #Grovespring.

"Other areas at risk included parts of #Iowa, #Kentucky, #Tennessee and #Mississippi.

"About 47 million people faced an enhanced to moderate severe storm threat from Madison, #Wisconsin, to Birmingham, #Alabama.

"Forecasters grew increasingly worried that intense thunderstorms farther south will likely bring an even greater tornado threat Saturday.

"The Storm Prediction Center said parts of #Mississippi including Jackson and Hattiesburg and areas of #Alabama including Birmingham and Tuscaloosa will be at a high risk. Severe storms and tornadoes are also possible across eastern #Louisiana, western #Georgia, central #Tennessee and the western #Florida Panhandle.

"'We have a lot of confidence that we most likely will have a tornado outbreak tomorrow,' Storm Prediction Center meteorologist Evan Bentley said in an online briefing."

https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-tornadoes-fire-blizzard-be7fe7207d483252d9ff31df58209d2b?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#ExtremeWeather #Polycrisis #USWx #Tornadoes TornadoWarnings #TornadoOutbreak #BadDOGE #NWS
WE NEED #NationalWeatherService
#NoCutsToNWS #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Disasters

Elon Musk Turns His Eye—and His Wallet—Towards Wisconsin

For a kleptocrat w/endless ambition, the Wisconsin #SupremeCourt election is a bargain buy
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/elon-musk-turns-his-eyeand-his-wallettowards

"Musk has already spent more than $5 million on the 2025 #Wisconsin Supreme Court race... And the race is only now starting to heat up; in the end, #Musk could end up singlehandedly spending more on this #election than has ever been spent total on any judicial election in #American #history."

#Corruption #USPol #News #USA

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Race Could Decide the Future of Democracy—And Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy It

Judge Susan Crawford exposes how MAGA and Musk are using millions to try to install a far-right extremist.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/wisconsins-supreme-court-race-could #Wisconsin #SupremeCourt #JudgeSusanCrawford #payed #canvassing# #FarRight #BradSchimel #MAGA #Trump #Musk #Tesla #EveryoneHatesElon #politics

Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court

“His attack on democracy isn’t limited to gutting the federal government. He wants it all.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/elon-musk-is-trying-to-buy-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/

"a #DarkMoney group backed by #Musk, is spending at least $1.6 million in support of #Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel, a conservative judge in suburban Milwaukee running for an open seat in an April election that will decide whether #progressives or #conservatives control the #court."

#USPol #Corruption #News

Bice: An Elon Musk-backed group buys at least $670,000 of TV time to support Brad Schimel
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/02/17/elon-musk-group-buys-tv-ads-backing-brad-schimel-for-supreme-court/78976985007/

"an #ElonMusk backed #DarkMoney group, began buying TV time in #Wisconsin on Monday...

The conservative nonprofit has already purchased more than $670,000 of air time for the next two weeks on #TV stations throughout the state...

The amount of the group's buy is expected to rise in upcoming days."

#Musk #Money #Corruption #Politics #Ads #USPol #US #USA

Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy a Key State Supreme Court Election

Elon Musk’s PAC is dumping money into the crucial race.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191833/elon-musk-trying-buy-election-wisconsin-supreme-court

" #Musk is throwing big bucks behind the #Republican candidate in Wisconsin’s #SupremeCourt race...

That single seat on the 7 member panel will determine whether the #court is controlled by #Democrats or #Republicans, at a time when the judicial system has emerged as the only check on #Trump 's agenda"

#Money #Corruption #Politics #Wisconsin #US #News

Two years ago, Wisconsin liberals flipped the state Supreme Court, leading to expanded voter access. On April 1, control of the court is on the line again with the retirement of a longtime liberal justice, Ann Walsh Bradley. @bolts looks at the contest between local judge Susan Crawford, who as an attorney, helped lead the challenge to the state’s voter ID law, and Brad Schimel, the former Republican attorney general of Wisconsin.

https://boltsmag.org/wisconsin-2025-supreme-court-election-democracy/

#Wisconsin #WisconsinSupremeCourt #StatePolitics #USPolitics #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

Feather balls today #Wisconsin #February #Borb #BirdsOfMastodon #BlueJay #Junco #Goldfinch

https://www.ozaukeepress.com/content/massive-data-center-complex-planned-port

#Wisconsin #Cloud #Data #DataCenter #agi #ai #energy #EnergyTransition #RealEstate

Another day, another…

Police in Madison, #Wisconsin, said they're investigating a #shooting at Abundant Life Christian School. Multiple injuries have been reported, police said
#GunViolence
https://abcnews.go.com/US/shooting-reported-christian-school-madison-wisconsin-police/story?id=116835038

Three dead, six injured in Abundant Life Christian #SchoolShooting in Madison #Wisconsin
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg13lz9zn4o

No word on motive or anything about the #shooter, a teenage XTIAN SKOOL student, who self-destructed after emptying the clip of SOMEBODY'S 9mm pistol.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/16/us/abundant-life-school-shooting-wi#abundant-life-school-shooting-madison

A #wisconsin judge restored collective bargaining powers to public employees — a major win for the public workers and teachers unions #labor #union #unions #unionstrong https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/unions-score-major-win-wisconsin-court-ruling-restoring-116386320

The federal government provided $72.8 Million to the #wisconsin Department of Transportation to improve freight and passenger rail services in Wisconsin.

The funds come from the Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. #uspol #uspolitics #politics https://www.wdtimes.com/news/local/wisconsin-railroads-receive-72-8-million-grant/article_2893d552-9aef-11ef-881b-cf2d7f99ab50.html

Hoax bomb threats, many of which appeared to originate from Russian email domains, were directed on Tuesday at polling locations in five battleground states - #Georgia, #Michigan, #Arizona, #Wisconsin and #Pennsylvania - as Election Day voting was underway, the #FBI said.

"None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far," the FBI said in a statement, adding that election integrity was among the bureau's highest priorities.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fake-bomb-threats-linked-russia-briefly-close-georgia-polling-locations-2024-11-05/

#Ukraine #Russia #US #MAGA

Via Kyle Griffin:

#Wisconsin added more than 102,000 registered voters to its rolls just in the month of October, according to the state's election commission.

Dane County had almost 12,000 new voters register. Milwaukee County had more than 14,000.

#photography #fall #wisconsin

There hasn't been much positive on my timeline today. Given the tohu-bohu in the news, it's hard.

So here's a fall scene.