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Tracey Henley's avatar

Psst! It’s August 8th, not 10th!

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DeeceX's avatar

Thank you!

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Tracey Henley's avatar

#TeamBribe.

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Ross Ramsey's avatar

Quack, quack.

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DeeceX's avatar

I thought you'd say that!

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David Ferris's avatar

I am shocked...SHOCKED...to hear that a contribution to a slimy politician may have less than honorable motivation!

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DeeceX's avatar

"My friend, I hate to tell you this, but good government's gotten more expensive these days. It's gonna cost you!"

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CD Bush's avatar

Well said!

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MATX's avatar

There goes all hope of reform in Texas 2023.

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DeeceX's avatar

I'd already given up on 2023. What do you think about t2024?

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CD Bush's avatar

Way to go my friend!

These players don’t care about Texas Penal Code, they are creating their own laws with money!

I wonder would this fall under RICO?

Why would a Super PAC of Paxtons give Dan Patrick 3 Million dollars, other than, to manipulate rules of impeachment in the Senate?

Perhaps to manipulate the Senate Impeachment Rules?

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DeeceX's avatar

In my experience, people who believe in good government give $50 or $100 or $250 to a candidate: enough to feel they could make some difference without expecting anything back. People who give $1 million or $3 million want good government, too, and they have a very specific idea of what good government they want — and they expect to get it.

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CD Bush's avatar

You are correct! In the world of the very wealthy everything has a price! And they are buying!

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CD Bush's avatar

Sorry for redundancy at the end.

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

This whole thing is bananas!

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

Rotten bananas! Time to make banana bread.

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Tim Graves's avatar

Well done as always - the "Easter Eggs" section is priceless - a nice, stomach turning view of how low our leaders will go.

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DeeceX's avatar

Thanks, Tim. You and I have both seen terrible things done under the guise of some very innocent-looking language.

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Tim Graves's avatar

Reminds me of one my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies - “Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown …”

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