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Billionaires Intervene in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race | Bill Murray

2025/3/28
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Ronny Chieng discusses the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election, highlighting Elon Musk's significant financial involvement and the influence of billionaire donors on the race. The segment explores the implications of such funding on local elections.
  • The Wisconsin Supreme Court race could be the most expensive judicial election in U.S. history.
  • Elon Musk has invested over $20 million in support of conservative candidate Brad Schimel.
  • Attack ads funded by billionaires are targeting the wrong Susan Crawford.
  • Grace Kuhlenschmidt humorously reports from Wisconsin on the lavish influence of billionaire money.

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Ronny Chieng covers the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election, including Elon Musk’s $20 million intervention in Republican Brad Schimel’s campaign, attack ads against the wrong Susan Crawford, and alternating pro-pedophilia smear campaigns. Plus, Grace Kuhlenschmidt sees how billionaires are turning elections into games.

Ronny Chieng on JD and Usha Vance’s big trip to Greenland, where native protestors are chanting "MAGA: Make America Go Away."

Bill Murray sits down to discuss his latest film, “The Friend,” as well as his legendary career in TV and film. Murray talks about his philosophy of trying to stay in the moment, why he moved to France with his family after starring in a string of comedy blockbusters like “Ghostbusters,” his pivot to working with independent filmmakers like Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch, and Sofia Coppola, and what he gained from being a part of comedy institutions at The Second City and “Saturday Night Live.” He also praises Naomi Watts’s performance in “The Friend,” and the extraordinary Great Dane who is so good in the film, people speculate it’s AI.

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