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  • Musk flexes influence as Wisconsin Supreme Court race smashes spending records

    03/30/2025 6:50:48 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 22 replies
    Cnn ^ | March 29th 2025 | By David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews,
    CNN — Campaign spending has smashed records in Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court race, as megadonors from both parties are directing millions to the closely watched election that’s set to decide ideological control of the battleground state’s high court. And tech billionaire Elon Musk is flexing his growing political influence after his key supporting role in President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign. Musk announced Friday that he would travel to Wisconsin for an event on Sunday naming the winners of million-dollar giveaways orchestrated by his super PAC, reprising a controversial tactic he used in last year’s election. His personal contributions and spending...
  • Arnie Flexes His Liberal Muscles

    11/13/2003 8:40:37 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 101 replies · 279+ views
    AmericanProwler.com ^ | 11/13/03 | George Neumayr
    Sometimes party loyalty asks too much, John F. Kennedy once said. California Republicans could have adopted this line when Kennedy in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger presented himself as a standard-bearer to them. Instead, they shelved their conservatism and championed the Kennedy liberal for the sake of party loyalty and advancement. "The benefit of having this kind of change in the governor's office is worth swallowing hard and putting some of your old positions behind you," says GOP consultant Ken Khachigian to the Los Angeles Times. Putting some of your old positions behind you. What's the point of winning again? So you can...
  • Japan Flexes Its Muscles, Thinking The Unthinkable

    08/08/2003 5:05:33 PM PDT · by blam · 30 replies · 438+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 8-9-2003 | Colin Joyce
    Japan flexes its muscles, thinking the unthinkable By Colin Joyce in Tokyo (Filed: 09/08/2003) Japan is moving away from decades of pacifism to strengthen its armed forces with an elite commando unit, aircraft carriers and spy satellites. The wide-ranging rethink has been spurred by a series of declarations from its Stalinist neighbour, North Korea, which has made plain its determination to acquire nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. The escalating crisis has already caused Japan to promise pre-emptive air raids if it feels threatened, and analysts have begun publicly to discuss the ultimate taboo, the acquisition of atomic...