Brutkey

Laffy
@GottaLaff@mstdn.social

This exactly.

I've been redundant daily in sounding alarms about MAGA-GOP doing everything they can to predetermine the outcomes of elections.

Add this to the list.

β€ͺMax Berger‬:

Let's be clear about what's happening: the Republican Party is trying to rig the mid-term elections, so voters can't decide who we want in power.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to arrest every opposition party state legislator. They're trying to make the US a one party dictatorship.

Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social

@GottaLaff@mstdn.social

It's called The Texas Model.

Trump took the version of corrupt oil oligarchy that billionaires created for Greg Abbott & Dan Patrick, and made it national.

https://prospect.org/power/2025-01-29-texas-model/

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/donald-trump-promoting-texas-style-policies/

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/18/greg-abbott-texas-fundraising-governor-donors/


Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social

@GottaLaff@mstdn.social

The real reason Trump is going after Brazil; his fossil fuel megadonors want control of Brazil's natural resources.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/04/bp-makes-major-oil-and-gas-discovery-off-coast-of-brazil-santos-basin

https://www.desmog.com/2025/08/01/blackrock-pivots-from-sustainability-evangelists-to-fossil-fuel-funders/

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/amazonian-indigenous-leaders-say-no-to-fossil-fuel/