NEW: Elon Musk’s lobbyists spent tens of thousands of dollars on things like gifts and meals for Texas elected officials this year. But, in most cases, state transparency laws do not require them to disclose which elected officials they wine and dine. With @kutnews.bsky.social & @texastribune.org
It’s Texas. Of COURSE they don’t require disclosure. Trumps whole agenda is to bring federal corruption policy down to the level of Texas (as well as tax, religious, race, and any other policy they can think of).
This man is an immigrant that wasn't born in the USA but he has more power than any USA citizen. What is wrong with this picture? Smells like Americans out billionaires in.
Ask Rupert Murdoch.
billionaires are bad for all life on Earth. they are bad for democracy. BRIBES need to be outlawed completely and enforced!
The things people do for a free lunch.
He'll buy any politician necessary to probably skirt any regulations (environmental, etc) that get in way of his businessses... and profit.
It's always sad to learn that legislators can be bought. It's soul crushing to learn how cheaply they can be bought. Seriously? A fancy dinner? Is it because they are frivolous with their votes or because they are ruled by their stomachs?
These whores will sell whatever you're willing to buy. It has no value to them (it isn't theirs) except for what they can get right now. Tomorrow, they'll give you a thousand acres of publicly-owned land for a bag of Cheetos.
Musk wanted “Starbase” to become a network state. It happened.
Meanwhile, any regular state employee can be fired for accepting any gift of minimal value. Because it's all about "freedom" 🙄 and transparency.
It’s rule for thee
Democracy’s biggest threat is corruption.
I thought he said he's getting out of politics when he left the WH
Elon also got Trump elected and for his trouble Trump wants to destroy his companies. Listen, fuck them both. I hope they destroy each other.
Ernst Rohm helped his friend Adolf get elected, and look what it got him.
Their Night of the Long Knives is coming.
And if I accept a gift from outside my organization I get fired
Probably by the same lock-step suits that voted for MAGAt Man. Hypocrisy is beyond their ken.
All that lobbying will go up in smoke when Trump tells Texas to turn on Elon.
Muskrat has money, but Dildo Donald has federal power. As is always the case with right-wing, partisan hacks, it'll be a race to the bottom.
But does state transparency law requires politicians who wined and dined them?
electiontruthalliance.org/mebane-pa-wo...
That's why he's there, the most corrupt duplicitous state in the union.