Hi Folks,

Kirk Bangstad here from the Minocqua Brewing Company.

In last night’s Up North Podcast with Senator Chris Larson, Wisconsin’s American Federation of Teachers President Jon Shelton, WHBY’s Ben Cominos and WCPT’s Patti Vasquez, we talked about about what to do to prepare for election treachery next November.

I’d encourage you to watch the whole show above, but if you can’t, here are the most important snippets:

In this first clip, I summarized an article by ProPublica about Trump officials attending a summit on how to hijack our elections next November.

In the next segment, I outlined how Cleta Mitchell, who was once a partner at the Wisconsin law firm Foley and Lardner, and who is still on the board of Wisconsin’s Bradley Foundation, is organizing these “election hijacking” summits.

What she’s doing certainly sounds like seditious conspiracy, which is defined:

“18 U.S.C. § 2384) is a serious federal crime involving two or more people conspiring to overthrow, destroy, or oppose by force the U.S. government, or to hinder the execution of its laws.”

Here’s the clip listing all they seditious things that she’s conspiring over:

I then called for Attorney General Josh Kaul to prosecute Cleta Mitchell and the Bradley Foundation for seditious conspiracy, because it’s also a felony in our state. Under Wis. Stat. § 946.03, it is classified as a Class F felony to “attempt, conspire, or advocate for the overthrow of the U.S. or Wisconsin government through the use or threat of violence, conspiracy to do so, or advocating for the necessity of such an overthrow.”

Here’s the clip:

Finally, if Trump succeeds—with the help of Cleta Mitchell and a co-conspiratorial, spineless Republican Congress—in hijacking this fall’s elections, the only non-violent tool America will have left to get our country back is to strike.

Jon Shelton updated us on what’s happening at the national level on the topic of striking:

I then reminded the audience about “May Day Solidarity School,” an event happening this Saturday in Madison to build power for the May Day mini-strike “structure test.”

Last but not least, among many “action items” listed as to what listeners could be doing to advance the conversation about strikes and election protection, Senator Larson mentioned that we all should be going to candidate forums and asking progressives running for any election this fall what they plan to do if Trump steals our elections. They should have an answer for you, and if they don’t, you shouldn’t let them hear the end of it.

Thanks for watching these snippets and for pushing these conversations about striking and protecting elections in your communities. We can’t shy away from these scary topics and must start being proactive NOW.

Kirk Bangstad

Owner, Minocqua Brewing Company/ Minocqua Marketplace Publisher, Minocqua Brewing Company Times Founder, Minocqua Brewing Company Super PAC

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