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EPISODE · Mar 26, 2025 · 31 MIN

Billionaires Funding Supreme Court Races, Thanalysis and Builders Movement Creating Powerful Conversations on Gun Control

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1:14- Elon Musk has now broken the record on the amount of money spent by an outside group campaigning for a U.S. Judicial Race in the United States. Kristin and Brian speak to President of American Bridge 21st Century and leading expert in opposition research and political strategy, Pat Dennis to understand why billionaires care so much about state supreme courts. Dennis shares, if this amount of spending really helps secures elections, if the spending impacts turnout, what role do congressional maps play for the candidates and backers and if there is a return to normalcy when electing non-political roles like supreme court seats. 1:41 - Last year Kristin and Brian interviewed participants of The Wisconsin 14 a 3-day “solution Session” where 14 different Wisconsinites gathered to find common ground on abortion and recommend policy solutions that everyone could agree on. Through this experiment two contributors formed a friendship and a new group, "Builders Movement". They join the show to talk about their collaborative event discussing Gun Control. Builders Movement Communications Lead Tori Larned and Clinical Mental Health Counselor Bria Halama share what their event will be like, what inspired them to create the event, if there has been movement form the policies the Wisconsin 14 developed and their work with Builders Movement.

1:14- Elon Musk has now broken the record on the amount of money spent by an outside group campaigning for a U.S. Judicial Race in the United States. Kristin and Brian speak to President of American Bridge 21st Century and leading expert in opposition research and political strategy, Pat Dennis to understand why billionaires care so much about state supreme courts. Dennis shares, if this amount of spending really helps secures elections, if the spending impacts turnout, what role do congressional maps play for the candidates and backers and if there is a return to normalcy when electing non-political roles like supreme court seats. 1:41 - Last year Kristin and Brian interviewed participants of The Wisconsin 14 a 3-day “solution Session” where 14 different Wisconsinites gathered to find common ground on abortion and recommend policy solutions that everyone could agree on. Through this experiment two contributors formed a friendship and a new group, "Builders Movement". They join the show to talk about their collaborative event discussing Gun Control. Builders Movement Communications Lead Tori Larned and Clinical Mental Health Counselor Bria Halama share what their event will be like, what inspired them to create the event, if there has been movement form the policies the Wisconsin 14 developed and their work with Builders Movement.

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