Introducing "NOPE NOT MY PRESIDENT" Sparkling Water

A clean, honest beverage for our new weekly segment "Detox Tuesdays"

Hi Everyone,

Kirk Bangstad here, owner of the Minocqua Brewing Company, and I wanted to introduce you to NOPE, NOT MY PRESIDENT Lemon-Lime Sparkling Water.

We came out with an earlier version of this product before the election called "NOPE #NEVERTRUMP," but of course the "#nevertrump" part didn't come to pass.

I took a look at the old label a few weeks ago, and still in disbelief that Trump was actually ALLOWED to run for office after all the crimes he committed. I realized that there could be a time when his enablers re-write history to exclude all the institutional failures that occurred since the January 6th insurrection that allowed him to remain on the ballot.

I refuse to let that history die, at least in my small orbit, so I asked my team to create a new label for this crystal clear sparkling water that would be CRYSTAL CLEAR about how we were let down by the United States Department of Justice and our Supreme Court.

Here's what is written on the back of the can:

"In November, 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as independent special counsel to oversee two criminal investigations into Donald Trump…2 years too late to stop him from becoming president.

In December, 2023, The Colorado Supreme Court removed Trump for their state’s ballot, ruling that the US Constitution forbids people who engage in insurrection from running for federal office.

The Supreme Court overruled that decision in March, 2024, and then ruled in July, 2024 that an American President has immunity from the law, in direct contradiction to the intentions of our Founding Fathers, who wrote that “all men are created equal” in our cherished Declaration of Independence.

Had our Attorney General and Supreme Court delivered timely justice and upheld our Constitution, Trump would not be our current president.

We hope that “NOPE, Not My President” lemon-lime sparkling water reminds Americans of this dark history so it isn’t forgotten."

I think this sparkling water would be a GREAT ADDITION to your holiday festivities this year. Your relatives can read the can while keeping hydrated and many might even want to take it home as a keepsake to remind themselves and their families of how we stumbled as a nation.

This sparkling water is only available online (imagine trying to get a grocery store to carry it), and if you order now, you'll get it before the holidays.

"If a tree falls in the forest and there's nobody around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

"NOPE NOT MY PRESIDENT" Sparkling Water will serve another function as well. It will be the "sponsor" for what we're going to call "Detox Tuesdays," where we hand over our email list to a journalist or activist to debunk (detox) a lie that is being spread by conservative media.

I'm hoping to focus mainly on lies concerning the environment, food safety, vaccines, healthcare--basically anything that involves human health or the health of our planet.

If anyone out there reading this message would like to help us debunk disinformation, please email us at info@minocquabrewingcompany.com. My network of scientists and environmentalists is smaller than politicos and journalists, so my team could use some help filling the roster of writers for Detox Tuesdays.

We will pay a portion of all sales of NOPE sparkling water to the person or organization who writes the articles.

I'm hoping that through the sale of this water and through our weekly emails, we can make sure that if a tree falls from pollution or someone gets hurt because the regulatory agencies created to protect us have been corrupted, SOMEONE IS THERE TO HEAR IT.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for sticking with the Minocqua Brewing Company.

Together, we'll do our best to fight disinformation and keep ourselves "clear-eyed" over the next four years, one can of non-alcoholic sparkling water at a time.

Kirk Bangstad
Owner, Minocqua Brewing Company
Founder, Minocqua Brewing Company Super PAC