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1. Boycott Capital Midwest Funds
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 08:24 PM
Friday

The article mentioned something interesting that caught my eye:

Milwaukee’s emergence as a target in voter fraud narratives accelerated in 2010, when dozens of billboards in the city’s predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods showed three people, including two Black people, behind bars with the warning: “VOTER FRAUD is a FELONY — 3 YRS & $10,000 FINE.”

Community groups condemned them as racist and misleading, especially for people who had regained their voting rights after felony convictions. Similar billboards returned in 2012, swapping the jail bars for a gavel. All of the advertisements were funded by the Einhorn Family Foundation, associated with GOP donor Stephen Einhorn, who didn’t respond to Votebeat’s email requesting comment.



I tried to find where he's getting his money from and I found this article (https://tfas.org/news/liberty-leadership-podcast-stephen-einhorn-on-climate-change-and-what-they-rarely-teach-in-college/) and it turns out that he's also a climate change denier (of course).

Anyway if you happen to do business with Capital Midwest Funds maybe find an alternative or urge him to stop funding racist ads and politicians who hurt everyone.

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