Voting for Shimel is like voting for Elon Musk for being on the Supreme Court

 

A vote Shimel is a vote for Elon Musk

New York Times

Reid J. Epstein has covered Wisconsin politics on and off since 2002.

Feb. 26, 2025

A super PAC funded by Elon Musk has in just the past week spent $2.3 million on text messages, digital advertisements and paid canvassers to remind Wisconsin Republicans about the April 1 election, which pits Brad Schimel, a judge in Waukesha County and a former Republican state attorney general, against Susan Crawford, a Dane County judge who represented Planned Parenthood and other liberal causes in her private practice.

The spending by Mr. Musk, the tech billionaire who is leading President Trump’s project to eviscerate large segments of the federal government, comes as Judge Schimel and his Republican allies have spent more money on television ads than Judge Crawford and Democrats have — a remarkable turnaround in a state where Democrats have had a significant financial advantage in recent years.

 Voting for #Shimel is like voting for #Elon #Musk for being on the  #WI #SupremeCourt

A #vote NO #Shimel  - It is a vote for #Elon #Musk

J. D. Vance thinks he can take Donald's Superman Cape !

Why was Zelenskyy insulted by Vance in the White House on Friday!

Long term positioning whether Trump knows it or not.  Vance wants to inherit MAGA.

Doesn't J.D. look like a 'Donald'.  So tough!

Executing the 25th Amendment is going to be real tough.  Autocrats tend to prefer dynastic succession plans if at all, even those tend to make them a little more paranoid

#Vance wants to inherit #MAGA. Long live the ...

#Vance wants to inherit #MAGA. Long live the ... think he can pull off the #25th ...

Do you think the " politicians " have figured out what the billionaires are REALLY afraid about? I don't!

What is your "one" word guess ... and it is not "entitlements"!

Do you think the " politicians " have figured out what the billionaires are REALLY afraid about?  

Reflect: The Ugly American - Irony

 

Reflect: The Ugly American - 1958 Irony 2025

"The Ugly American" The history of a phrase tells us much about the collapse of US foreign policy Dan Gardner Feb 04, 2025

In the form of a novel, Lederer and Burdick were making a policy argument — that the United States was doing foreign affairs in south-east Asia all wrong. Set aside smug superiority, they urged. Stop lecturing. Be curious. Learn. Be helpful. Make a real difference. That is how — to borrow a phrase from a later era — America will win hearts and minds.

          And keep the Communists out.

...

The controversy wasn’t limited to foreign policy circles, however. The Saturday Evening Post — the magazine of middle America — serialized the novel. The Ugly American became a huge bestseller, eventually selling more than four million copies.

A young senator by the name of John F. Kennedy was particularly taken with the novel. He bought copies to give to every one of his colleagues in the Senate.

 

When Kennedy became president in 1961, he created the Peace Corps to advance the vision of Lederer and Burdick. He also collected the various foreign aid programs developed under Dwight Eisenhower and consolidated them into a new agency called the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID.

 

That’s right. The same USAID Trump, Musk, and Musk’s minions are carving up without so much as a cursory policy review.

Reflect: The #UglyAmerican - 1958 Irony 2025 - US foreign policy

Hansel and Gretel : Connecting the Crumbs or Podcasts or Dots - February 2025

 

Connecting the Crumbs or Podcasts or Dots:

All you have to do is look around ... satire and humor

Elon is not 150 years old but he may become COBOL immortal!

[D]epartment [o]f [G]overnment by [E]lon DOGE

ANI News

Added 2/18/25 - Mistakes "error coding" for his birthday

GZERO Media - Ian Bremmer on Tariffs - Business Perspective

Added 2/3/25:  Policy seems strange - 25% on Canada and Mexico; 10% China

Rachel Maddow Show clip - from 2/4/2025

Added 2//5/025: Perspective on what is going on - A Coup?!

Mary Trump Media ... always something current and NEW!

Added 2/1/25: So #Trump did know about #Project2025

#Trump -Hansel and Gretel : Connecting the Crumbs or #Podcasts or Dots - February 2025

#DOGE is another #TLA +1 which is translates to

"Department of Government by #ELON"

Brooke Harrington - Trump’s “Broligarchy” of Tech Billionaires | The Daily Show

 

Brooke Harrington - Trump’s “Broligarchy” of Tech Billionaires | The Daily Show

#BROliogarchy #Billionaires - #DailyShow #Harrington #Wealth Privilege hath Responsibility - Capital Without Borders

#BROliogarchy #Billionaires - #DailyShow #Harrington #Wealth Privilege hath Responsibility -  Offshore

#Trump should read the #Constitution - says David Cay #Johnson ...

 

Another Trump perspective by a long time journalist, best selling author and now Professor.

The Mark Thompson Show

#Trump should read the #Constitution - David Cay #Johnson ...
The Mark Thompson Show (Podcast)

#Trump should read the #Constitution ... and today tried

to ignore Constitutional Article II and NOT spend dollars

appropriated by Congress as directed according to law

Peter Hegseth compared to Donald Rumsfeld -- What do you know?

 

There is a tendency for public statements to be too clever!  

Donald Rumsfeld was Secretary of Defense during the 9/11 crisis!

He is famous for the line, "You don't know what you don't know."

Pete Hegseth, during 2025 Senate confirmation hearings to become Secretary of Defense, for Donald Trump, should become famous for uttering, "I know what I don't know!"

Really, how do you do that?  That says it all.  Perhaps Hegseth will use the 'defense' -- 

"That is an anonymous smear."

Peter #Hegseth compared to Donald #Rumsfield  --  What do you really know? Senate #ConfirmationHearings for head of #Defense Department.  Hope Hegseth becomes #anonymous !

"You don't know what you don't know." - Donald Rumsfield

"I know what I don't know." - Pete Hegseth

Americans are following the news less closely than they used to By Naomi Forman-Katz - PEW

 PEW - Americans are following the news less closely than they used to By Naomi Forman-Katz

In 2016, 57% of Republicans and independents who lean Rep­­ublican said they followed the news all or most of the time. In the 2022 survey, 37% said the same, a decrease of 20 points. By comparison, the share saying this among Democrats and Democratic leaners dropped by only 7 points, from 49% to 42%.

#Americans are following the #news less closely than... is the default to be #uninformed

#Americans are #StovePipes - following the #news less closely than... is the default to be #uninformed

Beware the 'Aberrant Personality' !

 

What does aberrant mean?  

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ab·er·rant

/ˈabərənt,əˈberənt/

adjective

1. departing from an accepted standard.

   "this somewhat aberrant behavior requires an explanation"

   Similar:

   deviant

   deviating

   divergent

   abnormal

   atypical

   anomalous

   digressive

   irregular

   nonconformist

   rogue

   transgressing

   strange

   odd

   peculiar

   uncommon

   freakish

   eccentric

   quirky

   exceptional

   singular

   twisted

   warped

   perverted

   Opposite:

   normal

   typical

   
   

Know anybody like that?  Whose name should be on this page?!

I say aberrant personality as it relates your first impression of of something unusual about another person.  This "impression" can be positive or negative but for some reason you reacted to noting something out of what you consider the "ordinary".  Of course this can be problematic if you have have an "aberrant personality".

Beware the 'Aberrant Personality' !  #Deviant #Eccentric #Uncommon #Odd #Transgressing - Who would you tag ?

Know any Narcissists?  Beware the 'Aberrant Personality' !  #Deviant #Eccentric #Uncommon #Odd #Transgressing - Who would you tag ?