What's going on in Wisconsin?

First, the state legislature is totally illegitimate. Reps won like 70% of the seats with less than 50% of the popular vote in 2018 because they redrew district maps in their favor back in 2011, when Koch-stooge Scott Walker was still governor.

It’s so gerrymandered that a suit made its way to the SCOTUS two summers ago claiming that the partisan maps obviously disenfranchised Wisconsin voters.

The SCOTUS remanded the case, citing insufficient evidence; sympathies were split 5-4, as usual.

Meanwhile, in 2018, Walker narrowly lost his seat to Tony Evers, whom Rs pledged to obstruct before his first day in office.

Now, as the state figures out how to hold an election during a pandemic, tensions between to two camps—toxic byproducts of 2010—are coming to the fore.

This isn't just a primary in Wisconsin. A range of offices, from school board members to sheriffs, are on the ballot. Most importantly, a seat on the state Supreme Court—which includes two Walker appointees and has supported the R's obstruction of Evers—is up for grabs.

In short: the election in Wisconsin is a big deal. It will decide the makeup of the state Supreme Court, which, in turn, will probably decide whether Rs manage to maintain their undemocratic stranglehold on state politics.

Last week, Evers tries to extend absentee voting to all Wisconsinites to protect the integrity of the election. The Rs oppose him. Then, yesterday, he tries to postpone the election until June. The R-controlled state Supreme Court overturns him.

As this is happening, voters are requesting absentee ballots—more than officials can handle. The DNC files suit in federal court seeking relief from some absentee ballot requirements—e.g. when they must be postmarked—to ensure voters aren't disenfranchised.

The RNC opposes.

A federal district court rules in the DNC's favor. The RNC appeals. A circuit court upholds the district court's ruling. The RNC appeals. The case makes its way to the SCOTUS last night, literally hours before the election in Wisconsin.

In a 5-4 decision, the SCOTUS overturns the two prior rulings. Now, voters in Wisconsin who requested an absentee ballot before election day but receive and send it late because officials are inundated with requests will *not* have their vote counted in today's election.

It's minority rule in Wisconsin, at every level. And it isn't just Wisconsin. What's happening here is a dark harbinger of things to come. Bet on it.