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Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-inaction-state-legislature?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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[–] Npars01@mstdn.social 1 point 1 year ago

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The fossil fuel industry owns Texas.

The industry pays Republicans to ignore climate change, no matter the death toll.

Campaign finance since Koch Network bought Citizens United is public corruption on steroids.

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/18/greg-abbott-texas-fundraising-governor-donors/

Here's a list of who is paying off Abbott's corrupt GOP:

S. Javaid Anwar, Kenny Troutt, Jim Pitcock, Joe Gebbia, Alex Fairly, Jeff Yass
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/greg-abbott-peachtree-trust-joe-gebbia-20772497.php

https://www.governing.com/politics/texas-donor-pledges-20-million-to-create-true-republican-majority

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-14/billionaires-swoop-in-to-fund-abbott-s-texas-school-voucher-push

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/big-oil-445m-trump-congress

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