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Thursday’s Great News That’s Terrible for Musk and Trump Onward! Scott Dworkin Apr 3 This is one of the worst weeks yet of Musk and Trump’s chaos, so I’m thrilled to share more good news with you today. I hope it shows you that there are incredible people fighting this tyranny alongside us, and gives you some relief—even if only for a moment. Susan Crawford’s decisive 10-point defeat of Musk and Trump’s candidate in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race was an enormous win for democracy. In her victory speech, Crawford said: “As a little girl growing up in Chippewa Falls, I never could have imagined I’d be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin. And we won.” Fmr. President Barack Obama congratulated Crawford, and praised Wisconsinites “for electing a judge who believes in the rule of law and protecting our freedoms.” Fmr. President Joe Biden said: “The will of the people prevailed, and Wisconsin demonstrated the strength of democracy to the nation … an important wi...

  Wisconsin for the Win Democrats nationally have reason for cautious optimism Dan Rather  and  Team Steady Apr 2   Judge Susan Crawford, flanked by Wisconsin Supreme Court justices, celebrates her victory (credit: Getty Images). Money can’t buy love, nor, apparently, a Wisconsin court seat. You may not have heard of Susan Crawford, but the Wisconsin judge, a liberal backed by Democrats, won a seat on the state Supreme Court last night. The victory means the court will maintain its 4-3 liberal majority. But this race was much bigger than Crawford, the court, or Wisconsin. It was seen as a national referendum on Donald Trump’s first 100 days and Elon Musk’s money. The voters’ verdict? Judge Crawford trounced her opponent by 10 points in a battleground state Trump won just five months ago. It was a rare bit of good news for Democrats, who’ve been downing sorrow by the spoonful of late. “In a moment of national darkness, Wisconsin voters lit a candle. Let the lesson of ...