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August 18, 2026 - Fulltext

A federal judge refused to throw out a fraud lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of rigging a $1 million voter payout he publicly promised would be random.

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin denied the Tesla and SpaceX CEO's bid Tuesday to have the case thrown out before trial — a motion called summary judgment — on the fraud claim, according to his order filed Monday.

The ruling allows an Arizona voter's proposed class action lawsuit, which could represent more than 1 million petition signers, to move toward trial.

Musk launched the daily giveaway at an October 2024 rally in Pennsylvania, telling the crowd he would pay $1 million every day to registered voters in swing states who signed America PAC's petition supporting free speech and gun rights.

America PAC, the super PAC Musk founded to support President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential run, amplified the promise on X within hours of the rally.

"We're gonna be awarding a million dollars, randomly, every day from now until the election," Musk said at the event, according to the America PAC post.

But days before the Texas lawsuit was filed, Musk's own lawyer admitted in a Philadelphia court that the winners were not chosen at random.

"The $1 million recipients are not chosen by chance," the lawyer told a Philadelphia judge on Nov. 4, 2024, according to the complaint. "We know exactly who will be announced as the $1 million recipient today and tomorrow."

Pitman was unpersuaded by Musk's argument that the word "randomly" was too vague to be proven true or false.

"This argument warrants little analysis," the order said.

"A jury could surely conclude that America PAC's process of reviewing a 'vetting document' to make the 'best selection of someone who ideologically aligned with America PAC' — which included 'everything from criminal background history to age, marital status, children' and social media content — was far from random," Pitman wrote.

The order also found that Musk himself was deeply involved in the program, undercutting his claim that he did not know the selection was not random.

Musk "participated in high-level discussions about establishing America PAC" and "participated in high-level discussions with Young and certain America PAC independent contractors about America PAC's projects," the order said.

The Texas ruling is the latest in a string of legal setbacks for Musk over the giveaways.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 in July to refer Musk to a local prosecutor for possible election bribery charges over similar cash giveaways during Wisconsin's April 2025 Supreme Court race, CBS News reported.

I live in Mesa and write a policy newsletter. This is my own analysis. Sources at the bottom.

H.R. 1 (better known as 'The Big Beautiful Bill') changed SNAP eligibility and pushed part of the program's cost onto states. Arizona has lost roughly 437,000 recipients since July 2025, the biggest drop of any state in the US. DES reports caseload by county every month, but there's no official figure for Mesa or for any Arizona city. So I estimated one for all 397 places in the state by splitting each county's reported caseload using Census SNAP household shares. These are estimates, but they are based on real county-level and state-level data.

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The first figure is the map. Mesa is one of the larger blue circles in Maricopa County. An estimated 25,000 Mesa residents lost food assistance between July 2025 and June 2026, which is 4.9% of the city's population. About 9.9% of Mesa residents participated in the SNAP program last July and 4.9% this June. About 1 in 10 people here, down to about 1 in 20.

The second figure ranks places by how many people lost benefits. Mesa is third in the state behind Phoenix at 114,637 and Tucson at 49,936, ahead of Glendale, Chandler, and Yuma. Each bar splits adults and children. Roughly 11,000 of Mesa's are children. Statewide the child figure is over 200,000.

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The third figure shows the twenty Arizona communities where SNAP reached at least a third of residents last July. Mesa is not on it, since more rural Arizona communities are the places that are more dependent on SNAP as a percentage of total population. Only one Maricopa County place is, and that is Guadalupe which went from 41% to 20%.

Mesa's estimated loss is $58.4 million a year in benefits, again third in the state. That is $114 per Mesa resident in grocery spending that was happening here and is not anymore.

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United Food Bank's director of agency network said this spring that the warehouse is at capacity and distribution is up 10 to 12% every month. How does Mesa feel about the SNAP cuts? Know any of the 437,000 people in Arizona or the 25,000 in Mesa who have been impacted?

Method and the full table for all 397 Arizona cities, towns, and communities: Arizona's SNAP Collapse in 397 Cities, Towns, and Communities

• Who it covers: renters in Phoenix ZIP codes 85008, 85040, 85041 and 85042 (highest eviction rates in the County).
• How much: up to $3,200, up to two months of rent.
• Funding: the Board of Supervisors budgeted $800,000 for the pilot this fiscal year, which at the maximum award is roughly 250 households.

Apply: https://www.maricopa.gov/evictionprevention

This isn’t getting nearly enough press. These people in TX received higher sentences than any of the J6ers. Share widely.

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Arizona Prop. 141 is going before voters in November 2026. It bans taxes on vehicle mileage. BUT - Arizona doesn't have any taxes like that. So why are we voting on this? 2 words: Conspiracy Theories.

✊👊ACTION ALERT: Please share this with everyone on your own socials. Get the word out: Vote YES to Prop. 212 (for voucher reform) and vote NO to all the other sneak sneaky propositions on the ballot in November 2026.

For more information on this Proposition - and others - see: https://azfemmeaction.substack.com/p/arizona-proposition-141-what-kind

Proposition 141 is an odd bill. The text calls for a ban on taxes based on vehicle mileage.

So basically - NO TAXES ON TESLAS.

However - Arizona has no tax like that. And so far, no legislator has even submitted a bill proposing a vehicle mile traveled (VMT) tax.

No state has enacted a VMT yet, or seriously considered it. Some pilot projects in cities and counties have been proposed or tried with the goal of reducing traffic congestion and pollution (see how congestion pricing efforts are going in NYC, for example). Those pilot projects have used GPS tracking, odometer readings or odomoter photos.

Why would a VMT tax be considered in Arizona?

Right now, Arizona pays for road and bridge repair through a maze of gasoline taxes, vehicle fees and taxes and federal sharing revenues. Some of the large counties also pay for road repairs with excise taxes.

The gasoline tax has not been changed in decades - while Arizona continues to grow in population. The Trump regime has made it clear that states are going to get much less revenues to pay for roads. And the costs of construction and road repair materials have exploded, amidst tariffs, the Iranian war and higher fuel costs, along with a lack of construction manpower. VMT has been floated as an option, as well as using vehicle weights, to help get $$ for roads.

So why the opposition? Apparently, a snake nest of conspiracy influencers have cooked up some interesting ideas about VMT taxes, globalist theories and environmentalist groups.

Holy Cow. A Poop-Fest of Wacky Conspiracies here!

*please note - No sources are linked here because frankly - that would just boost these conspiracy theories even more with the AI search algos. *

• Big Brother government is going to require every car to carry some kind of tracker to follow the mileage and where people travel
• Globalist forces like the World Economic Forum (WEF) or the United Nations (see UN Agenda 21/2030) are plotting to eliminate private car ownership entirely
• Evil environmental activists, under the guise of urban planning and encouraging walk-able cities, are plotting to restrict travel, penalizing long-distance or rural travel to enforce “climate lockdowns.”
• Those same diabolical environmental activists are trying to force Americans to use public transit by stacking a VMT tax on top of existing taxes and fees, with the goal of making car ownership unaffordable.

From a post on fb ...by Jimmy Arwood, an advocate for schools ... (thanks for the great explainer!)

TL;DR: All the propositions on the Arizona November are tricks -- except for Prop. 212 (Protect Education/voucher reform). Vote NO on all but Prop. 212.

Action Item: Share this information with your community groups and on your own socials. Prop. 320 will mean closing a lot of neighborhood schools that our communities rely on ...after districts will be financially unable to keep them open.

Why is Proposition 320 a Trick?

It has to do with wording.

Today, AZ school districts spend 68% of the dollars they receive on the classroom. This includes teacher pay, math and literacy coaches, special education professionals etc.

They spend 12% on maintaining facilities, 5% on transporting students, 5% on preparing and serving meals. School districts spend the final 10% on administration.

Not only is the spending on administration lower than states like Texas and Florida, Arizona spends the least on administration in the country.

So if Arizona spends less than any other state in the country on administration, and spends nearly 7 in every 10 dollars on the classroom, why should it be so hard to spend 60% on direct instruction as Prop 320 requires?

Wording. Direct instruction vs. classroom spending.

Prop 320 states that AZ’s Auditor General is to define direct instruction. However, the auditor general currently defines classroom spending and direct instruction DIFFERENTLY- by excluding many pieces that are considered classroom spending.

So what does the auditor general exclude that are considered classroom spending?

Special Education professionals? Auditor General excludes this from direct instruction.

Counselors and nurses? Auditor General excludes this from direct instruction.

Librarians, teacher training, technology for the classroom? Yeah those are all excluded too.

Math and Literacy Coaches that are there to help students perform better? You guessed it - excluded.

But lots of things are excluded that are necessary for schools too that aren’t considered classroom spending:

Transporting students to school, or school sports and maintaining sports venues? Also excluded.

Even just feeding kids or repairing a broken A/C? That is excluded.

Even worse yet -

School security, and school safety? These are excluded.

Prop 320 wants to make it seem like 60% of direct instruction should be simple and easy for schools to meet.

The reality?

It’s downright dangerous for kids.

While the state average for classroom spending is 68%, the state average for direct instruction is 52%.

This means that districts would have to cut close to 20% of the ENTIRE rest of their budget in order to meet the mandate of Prop 320.

And if schools don’t meet it?

The fund that helps pay teachers called the classroom site fund?

Yeah so that gets slashed 25% every year, and by year 4 of non-compliance, it would be zeroed out.

Vote no on Prop 320.

Oh and if you don’t believe me? Here’s a screenshot where you can see it for yourself on the Arizona Auditor General’s website.

I’m happy to answer any questions.

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This is a national event and doesn’t require DSA membership to get involved.

Now that Flock is gone, local residents want to make sure that another ALPR company, such as Axon, can’t take Flock’s place. “We don’t want the police to just continue this mass surveillance system under the name of another company,” said Taylortaft, “which is why we’re pushing for an ordinance to prohibit the city from using ALPRs in any way.” He says that could include stopping the city from contracting with a company for the purpose of using ALPRs, both fixed, like traditional Flock Falcon cameras, and mobile, such as those mounted to police vehicles, in addition to prohibiting accessing ALPR data from ALPRs on private property, such as those located at a Home Depot or Lowe’s location, or those used by HOA’s.

From the article itself:

Before she was detained, Saenz, 26, spent a year as one of the most vocal advocates for Arbella “Yari” Marquez, a longtime Phoenix resident locked away in a notorious ICE detention camp in Eloy, where she was suffering dangerous health complications, including leukemia, and reportedly losing more than 70 pounds. Marquez is lesbian, and for Saenz, a trans woman, the fight to try to free her was deeply personal. Saenz helped organize the campaign for Marquez, arranged visitations, was a contact for politicians and the media and fought tirelessly to publicize the conditions inside the camp, especially for LGBTQ+ people.

….

A week later, she said, after a whirlwind of deprivation and transfers, she tested positive for COVID-19 and found herself in isolation in the same detention center as Marquez — just a few hundred yards from the person she’d been fighting to free for a year and yet unable to directly communicate with her.

Thought this was good news!

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57 minutes of your time. See and understand the parallels to today’s environment in the USA under Trump.

Two J6 election deniers.