Musk Throws Millions Into Wisc. Supreme Court Race

马斯克百万资金投入威斯康星州最高法院选举

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2025-03-31

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Wisconsin voters will head to the polls Tuesday (if they haven’t already) to choose a new member of the State Supreme Court. The race between two state circuit court judges — liberal Susan Crawford and conservative Brad Schimel — is now the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history, in no small part because the winner will decide control of the key swing state's highest court. But also because Elon Musk and his allies have been pouring millions into the race. Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, explains what's at stake in Tuesday's race. And in headlines: President Donald Trump called up NBC to say some crazy shit, Iran rejected direct negotiations with the U.S. over its nuclear program, and the death toll from a massive earthquake in Myanmar climbed to around 1,700.
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  • It's Monday, March 31st.

  • I'm Jane Coston and this is what a day.

  • The show that can't wait for April 2,

  • when according to National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett,

  • all of the reciprocal tariffs will go into effect and something will happen.

  • And so President Trump has a long run vision of a golden age of America and we're working really,

  • really hard to get it out there in time.

  • But I can't give you any forward looking guidance on what's going to happen this week.

  • The president is has got a heck of a lot of analysis before him and he' make the right choice upshore.

  • File me under less sure.

  • On today's show,

  • President Donald Trump tells NBC some crazy shit and Iran rejects direct negotiations with the US over its nuclear program.

  • But let's start in the great state of Wisconsin, home of badgers,

  • cheese curds and a big election this week that could swing the state Supreme Court.

  • Tomorrow, Wisconsin residents will head to the polls,

  • if they haven't already, to choose a new member of the high court.

  • Currently, liberals hold a 4:3 majority,

  • but liberal justice Anne Walsh Bradley decided not to run for reelection.

  • Now voters are choosing between two county judges to replace conservative Brad Schimmel,

  • who also served as the state's attorney general, and liberal Susan Crawford.