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Mary Trump - Targeted Interference
In anticipation of today’s Wisconsin State Supreme Court election, Elon Musk was in Green Bay over the weekend putting millions of dollars behind the right-wing candidate, Brad Schimel in what he called a town hall. What business he has holding such a thing is beyond me considering he is not an elected representative and has no legitimate role in our government.
He started off by saying:
They don't realize just how important [this election] is. They think it, well, it's just some kind of judicial thing that's not that important. But actually what's happening on Tuesday is a vote for which party controls the US House of Representatives. That is why it is so significant and whichever party controls the house to a significant degree controls the country, which then steers the course of Western civilization. So it's like, I feel like this is one of those things that may not seem that it's going to affect the entire destiny of humanity.
Before I comment on that, I want to pause for a second to say that it is absolutely grotesque that this illegitimate sociopath, who cares about nothing beyond his own wealth and power, is making these grand pronouncements about the future of humanity. It is, of course, orders of magnitudes worse that, because of his obscene wealth and influence he believes, rightly, that he can manipulate the course of events, at least to some degree. Worse than that, the megalomaniac believes he has the right to do so.
It is true that the outcome of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court election will be a leading indicator of where we may be heading as a people. As Americans, our humanity and the version of ourselves many of us have clung to, have taken a hit over the last eight years. We may have very few chances left to right the rapidly accumulating wrongs. What happens today in Wisconsin will have a huge impact on what happens in the 2026 House elections—as Musk said, the majority of the House of Representatives is at stake.
https://www.marytrump.org/p/targeted-interference