And over the years, Texans keep reelecting these people.
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Kerr County is not poor, from what I understand. The county could have chosen to spend their federal money differently, too. Conservative attitudes are killing Texans.
@ProPublica@newsie.social I support public loudspeakers in crowded public places (not quiet residential streets) for official government announcements, emergencies and missing kids, but my worry is that they will be used for propaganda and commercials, which is why I am skeptical of the idea.
@ProPublica@newsie.social Texas understands that disasters are PROFITABLE! Yay! Fuck the children that have the temerity to get injured or die...there's MONEY to be made!
@ProPublica@newsie.social Texas officials don't blink an eye when they have to send money to Netanyahu
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.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/big-oil-445m-trump-congress
@ProPublica@newsie.social They voted and continue to vote for this
@ProPublica@newsie.social It's Tex-Ass! Nuff said.
@ProPublica@newsie.social
Of course they did. Why? It wouldn’t be their problem. They had money and don’t depend on lowly public services…
@ProPublica@newsie.social That may be so, but they've done a bang-up job vilifying drag queens, so not all bad news.
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