Texas is as corrupt as the #crypto IDU. Bitcoin miner Riot raked in $31.7M in energy credits from TX power grid operator ERCOT. In an Aug. heat wave, Riot voluntarily curtailed its energy consumption to take advantage of credits avail. by limiting use -benefiting from an alt. source of income at a time when losses: mounting * losing so much$ -counting on energy credits from selling power back to the TX grid to keep its costs under control. #CorruptGOP #CorporateCorruption https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/06/texas-paid-bitcoin-miner-riot-31point7-million-to-shut-down-in-august.html

Justice is served in Texas: A federal judge just ordered Texas to take down buoys from the Rio Grande River🚨 -state has to pay for moving them by Sept 15. The decision by US District Judge David Ezra of TX is likely to be appealed by the state, which for the past two years has aggressively pushed legal boundaries to curb the the flow of migrants under a sprawling mission known as Op. Lone Star. *Gov Abbott & his cronies should be ordered to pay.
#GOPRascism #CorruptGOP https://apnews.com/article/texas-immigration-barrier-border-d2a98fd0d9d9c65be1dcdd42a3a150f5

HSE is run by #GOPConspirators, but the Senate can investigate: #Kushner's PE fund -launched after #TFG left the WH -agreed to its 1st Israeli deal. Affinity Partners is backed by $2B from KSA's SW fund +believed to be the 1st Saudi-sponsored invest. in an IL co *HSE Dems continue to turn up the heat on JK over Affinity +ties to foreign govts, incl: KSA/QA/UAE. During #TFG's admin, Kushner's policy portfolio incl. ME diplomacy +Mnuchin: PE fund backed by KSA. #CorruptGOP https://www.axios.com/2023/09/06/jared-kushner-private-equity-israel-shlomo?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

"American authoritarianism is more than just Trump

Increasingly, it's a police state that kills too many civilians and arrests those who dissent."
-Will Bunch

Atlanta 'Cop City' Protesters Are Being Hit With RICO Charges.
#CorruptGOP #GOPFascism

US authoritarianism also means a police state: https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/police-state-surveillance-drone-gerrymandering-white-supremacy-20230905.html

The FF axis of evil supports a Republican president for 2024: Saudi Arabia & Russia have agreed to extend their voluntary oil production cuts through the end of this year, trimming 1.3M barrels of crude out of the global market & boosting energy prices🚨. This is why Pres Biden has aided increased domestic production in the US, while also increasing renewables, EVs... He knew that KSA & RU would likely decrease production to hurt him & Dems. #CorruptGOP #ClimateEmergency https://qz.com/saudi-arabia-russia-plan-to-extend-1-3-million-barrel-1850803809

House Republicans want to investigate international groups that committed fraud by plundering pandemic relief programs, but don’t have an interest in the domestic crimes. It’s likely that many of the fraudsters were tied to #TFG, Kushner & Republicans. #CorruptGOP https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-demand-answers-garland-covid-relief-fraud-rcna102298

The #GOPDeathCult is keeping kids in need, hungry: The expansion of child tax credits under the Biden admin’s American Rescue Plan halved child poverty. When the policy ended, child poverty shot back up. #GOPTaxCuts #CorruptGOP #ChildHunger #ChildTaxCredit https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/child-tax-credit-poverty/

McCarthy & GOP MOC will likely force a govt shutdown -withhold funding for FEMA, UA, IRS, DOJ... When more disasters hit the US (we've had 2 in the last 4 weeks), the$ may not be there bc of the #GOPDeathCult: Pres Biden called on Congress Thurs to pass $12B in additional funding for the disaster fund next month, at the latest, when hurricane season reaches its peak. “We’re going to need a whole hell of a lot more money to deal with all you’re taking care of." #CorruptGOP https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/31/fema-is-down-to-its-last-3point4-billion-as-maui-wildfires-storms-idalia-slam-us.html

The IRS is compromised. Hopefully Sen Warren & Rep Jayapal can urge MOC to help end the conflicts, fraud & abuse: The TIGTA found 496 employees who received paychecks from lg. accounting firms or cos.“ either prior to joining, during their time at, or after leaving the IRS.” The report comes after Sen Warren& Rep. Jayapal asked TIGTA to look into the “revolving door” b/w the IRS & the accounting IDU. #IRSCorruption #CorruptGOP #CorporateCorruption https://thehill.com/newsletters/business-economy/4177908-the-irs-revolving-door/

@realTuckFrumper
I've caught grouper that were more attractive than this GOP dweeb.
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#GOPCorruption #CorruptGOP

(22 Aug) - “Democracy needs its gatekeepers“: The Republican Party is too corrupt to care about the country https://www.salon.com/2023/08/22/democracy-needs-its-gatekeepers-the-party-is-too-corrupt-to-care-about-the-country/ #RepublicanCorruption #DemocracyGatekeepers #CountryBeforeParty #CorruptGOP #PoliticalAccountability #ProtectDemocracy #Politics #News https://mastodon.sdf.org/@uspolitics/110935065871954169

"Democracy needs its gatekeepers": The Republican Party is too corrupt to care about the country

https://www.salon.com/2023/08/22/democracy-needs-its-gatekeepers-the-party-is-too-corrupt-to-care-about-the-country/

#RepublicanCorruption #DemocracyGatekeepers #CountryBeforeParty #CorruptGOP #PoliticalAccountability #ProtectDemocracy #Politics #News

Sec Yellen may save us TRILLIONS of💰 from IRS modernization, while Rs want to starve the IRS of funds, not go after the tax cheats, provide poor service... TSY Sec Yellen says IRS efforts, funded by the IRA, will help reduce the fed deficit by $2.6T over the next 10 yrs -agency’s new program will help reduce the burden of processing the 200M paper docs at a cost of ~$40M/yr. They've already recovered ~$38M from about 175 delinquent tax cases for millionaires😃. #CorruptGOP https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/02/yellen-irs-paperless-system-will-cut-deficit-by-2point6-trillion-over-10-years.html?taid=64cacd90889a42000155d4bf&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter%7Cmain

GA's Election Board is so concerned by illegal bribes by Walker that they sent a letter. Thankfully, Rev. Warnock won Senate race: Handing out $25 gift cards at events promoting Walker’s run for the Senate didn’t amount to vote-buying, acc to the ST Election Board’s unanimous decision to dismiss a complaint. But the board’s CHM said that he found the campaign stunt “troubling"
& they voted to send a letter to the PAC *hosted the events, with an admonishment. #CorruptGOP https://www.ajc.com/politics/no-violations-found-in-25-gas-card-giveaway-for-herschel-walker/RDI4FYSQ4JCRVKF2XPIEB3B6AE/

GOP SCJ's truly believe they're above the law, & possibly 'chosen by God': Justice Alito tells the WSJ that Congress has no business policing SCOTUS. "I know this is a con­tro­ver­sial view, but I’m will­ing to say it... No pro­vi­sion in the Con­sti­tu­tion gives them the au­thor­ity to reg­u­late the Supreme Court—pe­riod." #LawlessGOP #CorruptGOP #CorruptSC #GOPSabotage https://www.wsj.com/articles/samuel-alito-the-supreme-courts-plain-spoken-defender-precedent-ethics-originalism-5e3e9a7

The Republican liars knew #TheBigLie was #TFG's strategy to assume power & justification for #J6. The vast majority of GOP MOC went along, didn't impeach him for #J6: For those that still believe there was widespread voter fraud, these people are admitting they lied to you. Most GOP leaders -who're all also lying through their teeth -like to pretend: TFG & his followers believed it. RG/MM revelations show the Big Liars can't hide behind "delusional" defense🚨 #CorruptGOP https://www.salon.com/2023/07/28/these-people-are-admitting-they-lied-to-you-trumps-own-men-undermine-his-delusional-defense/

GOP MOC are just as corrupt bc they did nothing to stop #TFG's profiteering & QPQ from his cronies in the ME: #TFG made ~$9.6M from countries in the ME during his pres. That means he pulled in at least 6X his official pres. salary in side income from the ME alone during his time in office. The total is likely much higher. After he was elected -made the unprecedented decision not to divest from his bus interests, & remained very much involved in the Trump Org-. #CorruptGOP https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/trump-made-9-6-million-middle-east-income-while-president/

#CorruptGOP: their donors, MOC, SCJs, judges, elected officials, govs... GOP donor & the SF Giant's part owner, Charles Johnson got an appraisal valuing his mansion at $130M *price higher than any publicly reported home sale in the US up to that time & 5X the $26M he/wife had reportedly paid 14 years earlier to buy & restore the prop. The IRS granted the FND tax-exempt status -allowed them to collect >$38M in tax savings from the estate over 5 years-. #GOPGreed #GOPFraud https://www.propublica.org/article/how-private-nonprofits-ultrawealthy-tax-deductions-museums-foundation-art?taid=64c26a5d84f2a80001e73b7b&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

#CorruptGOP: donors, MOC, SCJs, judges, elected officials, govs... GOP megadonor Johnson & part owner of the SF Giants *mansion *gotten appraisal for the value of the prop: $130M -price higher than any publicly reported home sale in the US up to that time, & 5X the $26M he/his wife, had reportedly paid 14 yrs earlier to buy & restore what then was a dilapidated prop. The IRS granted the FND tax-exempt status -Johnsons to collect >$38M in tax savings🚨. #TaxTheRich https://www.propublica.org/article/how-private-nonprofits-ultrawealthy-tax-deductions-museums-foundation-artover 5 yrs-.

I trust this five year-old wallet condom more than I trust any Republican politician.
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