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Ian Saint retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: Texas has been considering selling Boca Chica State Park to Elon Musk texasmonthly.com/news-politiâŚ
Ian Saint retweeted
Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state.
The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the schoolâs on-campus polling site. (video via @tmsimmons) greensboro.com/news/local/goâŚ
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NEW: Megadonors have now poured *2.3 billion* into the midterm elections.
Leading the pack is Elon Musk, the world's richest man, who is now the biggest individual political donor in American history.
Six donors have given $100M+. Read here:
washingtonpost.com/electionsâŚ
Ian Saint retweeted
Q: Can you name a time when you voted against your party and President Trump and it changed the outcome?
SUSAN COLLINS: At one point, I had organized people to vote against Secretary Hegseth. As you undoubtedly have read, at the very last minute one of our Republicans changed his mind. Otherwise he would've been defeated for that job.
Q: So it didn't change the outcome
Ian Saint retweeted
NEW: A $3 million renovation is being sought at the @txcomptroller's exec suite
It comes as @DonHuffines campaigns on ending wasteful spending
Docs show the state's Trust Co. would pay for the renos
Comptroller & Trust didn't answer Qs
Gift link: dallasnews.com/news/politicsâŚ
Ian Saint retweeted
Lots of tough talk in recent weeks from Abbott and Paxton over getting data centers to report water consumption.
But the penalty for noncompliance?
$500.
via @alereports
texastribune.org/2026/10/14/âŚ
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Ken Paxtonâs records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan.
propublica.org/article/ken-pâŚ
Ian Saint retweeted
In the summer of 2023, after he was impeached on charges of abusing his office for personal gain, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was suspended and barred from conducting any official business for more than three months while awaiting trial in the state Senate.
So, he traveled.
Paxton, a Republican who is now running for U.S. Senate, took at least 17 trips over three months, including to resort destinations Park City, Utah, and Vail, Colorado. He visited the Oklahoma town where he owns a vacation lodge and a Utah community with a golf resort, where he later bought four condominiums.
State police joined him each time, costing taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars for trips unrelated to his job as attorney general. The Texas Senate ultimately acquitted him on the impeachment charges.
Ken Paxtonâs records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan.
propublica.org/article/ken-pâŚ
Ian Saint retweeted
No more cheap airlines, we are paying through the nose for flights now -- and, under Trump, all the consumer protections we had are gone. This doesn't hurt wealthy people; it only helps airlines that overbook their flights and create havoc that leads to delays.
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A defense contractor CEO and his close associates donated nearly $900,000 to dozens of politicians and got over $40 million a year in government funding.
He told the FBI that Sen. Susan Collins was his most important patron.
youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7âŚ
Ian Saint retweeted
Starting Oct 19, the Trump administration is rolling back Biden-era airline passenger protections, and airlines will no longer have to provide stranded passengers with meals, hotels, or other assistance for delays or cancellations.
Airlines are no longer required lodging, meals, or other assistance when delays or cancellations.
Starting October 19, under 14 CFR 234.4, rule is to reduce the number of disruptions for which airlines provide amenities or compensation.
federalregister.gov/documentâŚ
Ian Saint retweeted
SCOOP: Rep. Max Miller's girlfriend of nearly two years was just indicted by a grand jury on three charges, including grand theft. motherjones.com/politics/202âŚ
I had a blast interviewing @paulwallbaby, who headlines @StateFairOfTX Chevrolet Stage in Fair Park Coliseum on Texas vs Oklahoma football night! đď¸đ¨âđ¤đĄ
âPaul Wall talks State Fair of Texas, forming his band, âGrillz,â BeyoncĂŠ & eyeing the Grand Ole Opryâ buddymagazine.com/paul-wall-âŚ
Ian Saint retweeted
New: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. propub.li/4AVW3SL
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Texas AG Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips with a taxpayer-funded security detail â including travel to 36 states and 19 countries. We found just 1 in 6 had a documented state business purpose. propublica.org/article/ken-pâŚ
Ian Saint retweeted
The Steely Danđźrabbit hole, is Deep!!...
I would start with the Raw Funk, of *Show Biz Kids* or the Melodic Hypnosis, of *Rikki Don't Lose that Number*
Your Turn...
Ian Saint retweeted
Tim Walz says the Harris campaign chased the wrong voters â Dick Cheney Republicans: (Lever)
âItâs pretty hard to deny that one of our base was fractured â the American Jewish community and the Muslim community, over Gaza and the intolerable assault. In retrospect, we should have spent time there â not courting a nebulous group of Wyoming Republicans who werenât going to vote for us.â
He is arguing the Cheney swing was a dead end â and the split over Gaza was the real problem.
The rest of the postmortem is just as blunt. Harris never broke from Biden â the DNC autopsy said the White House never positioned her to run her own race. Walzâs early âtheyâre weirdâ line got benched for a big tent with Cheney, Bernie, and Taylor Swift. And the partyâs own report skipped Gaza and Bidenâs age â the two fights that actually split the ticket.Did they lose the base trying to rent Liz Cheneyâs?
xitter.cf/LeverNews/status/21080âŚ
.@GovTimWalz says Democratsâ 2024 strategy of campaigning with @Liz_Cheney risked losing sight of their own base.
Asked whether @KamalaHarrisâ appearances with Cheney misread who the real swing voter was, Walz said yes.
Ian Saint retweeted
NEW @TexasTribune: Ken Paxton privately suggested he'd support cutting federal benefit programs, per new leaked audio.
Asked about reducing the deficit, he said: âMaking some reasonable cuts to mandatory spending - you're gonna have to do it."
"We have to suck it up."
Ian Saint retweeted
Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has a message for Michiganders struggling with higher prices: Just relax.
Coffee costs more? âOh my gosh, coffee went up. You know, horror.â
Gas prices rising? âWeâre gonna be fine, we got plenty of oil.â
metrotimes.com/news/price-hiâŚ
