Early Voting, Late Results
What to know: Will Wisconsinites know which candidates win the primary elections? Probably not. The Wisconsin Senate doesn’t have the votes to pass a bill requiring county clerks to process early voting ballots before Election Day.
The TPPF take: TPPF’s Sharon Bemis was a municipal clerk and handled many elections.
“Without early processing days, clerks are forced to process absentee ballots during the chaos on Election Day while voters are voting in-person, last minute absentee ballots are being returned, and observers are attempting to track all the activities going on,” Sharon explains.
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Social Media Malaise
What to know: The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on social media and censorship this week.
The TPPF take: Texas and Florida have both sought to hold Big Tech accountable for the content on their platforms and to empower users to think critically and make decisions with a fuller understanding of the truth.
“If we are not allowed to think freely—and hear a variety of viewpoints and perspectives, including ones that may initially seem unpalatable and difficult to hear—then we are authoring our own demise,” says TPPF LLC member Amanda Rose Moreno. “If we do not hold those who are in power accountable, then one day it will be too late.”
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It’s the Snacks! They’re to Blame!
What to know: President Joe Biden has a new villain to blame for Bidenomics: snack and chip companies that cut costs by cutting the amount of product in their bags. “Shrinkflation” is a huge conspiracy among Big Snacks, Biden contends.
The TPPF take: The problem isn’t shrinkflation.
“Shrinkflation is a byproduct of high inflation, which was the predictable result of a massive government spending overreaction to the pandemic, according to economists,” says TPPF’s Brian Phillips. “While Biden is busy counting chips, America is looking at everything else on their grocery list. Our friends at the Heritage Foundation crunched the latest consumer data. Poultry, dairy, lunchmeat, juice, baby food and formula prices have all jumped more than 20 percent since Biden took office. Eggs are up over 35 percent.”
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