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Retired financial systems consultant. Researcher @kay4bluetexas.bsky.social #TaxTheRich #StandWithUkraine #EndGerrymandering #PeopleFirst #MoneyOut
IRS staffing and funding cuts have likely resulted in about $861 billion in decreased revenue. DOGE alone is responsible for an estimated $597.8 billion in decreased revenue over the next 10 years, according to the Yale Budget Lab. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/weake…
A Texas House committee voted along party lines Friday to force Democratic members who broke quorum to pay thousands in fines and penalties that the full chamber had imposed on them last year. The House Administration Committee voted to decrease the original assessment of $9,200 per member to $8,354, factoring out two Sundays during the quorum break. bit.ly/4vttAB8
This is Orbán’s ‘LA PIOVRA’ ecosystem. Bear with me. The pipeline begins with the Hungarian taxpayer. The Hungarian government allocates massive sums of money from the state budget directly to the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office (headed by Antal Rogán, who oversees government communications and messaging). Rather than funding international media or think tanks directly (which would be highly transparent and subject to standard state audits), the Cabinet Office transfers these public funds to a middle-man entity: the Batthyány Lajos Foundation (BLA). The legal loophole: In 2021, the Orbán government elevated the BLA to a special legal status known as a "Public Interest Asset Management Trust" (KEKVA). Under Hungarian law, this status allows the foundation to "perform a public function independently of any government." Consequently, the state can endow it with massive amounts of public money, such as €23 million in 2023 and over €27 million in 2024, while shielding the subsequent distribution of those funds from traditional public scrutiny. Once the public funds are inside the BLA, they are no longer legally classified as standard "public money" in the same way, but rather as the foundation's independent assets. The BLA acts as a grant-making body, distributing millions of euros to a highly curated network of pro-Fidesz think tanks, institutes, and publications. Notable recipients alongside The European Conservative include the Center for Fundamental Rights (which organizes CPAC Hungary) and the Danube Institute. The corporate entity that publishes the magazine, European Conservative Nkft., applies for and receives operational grants directly from the BLA. Because of the foundation's structure, the magazine's operations are heavily, if not entirely, subsidized by the initial state funds. Investigative reporting utilizing public interest data requests revealed that European Conservative Nkft. received a direct grant of €1.8 million from the BLA specifically to cover its 2024 operational costs. english.atlatszo.hu/2024/05/30/cpa…
Bannon to Farage in 2018 explaining his far right populist movement “You’re the guy.., we get Orban… some kind of coven ing authority” And they did Look at Reform and its Hungarian connections
⚡ A Russian ship carrying over 43,000 tonnes of suspected stolen Ukrainian grain has docked in Israel after being held at sea for weeks. united24media.com/latest-news/sh…
Reporter: Have you ever engaged in any inappropriate sexual misconduct or behavior towards your staff, other staff, other women outside of your marriage? Gallego: No
NEW: Raskin, w/ 50 House Dem co-sponsors, formally introduces a bill which would create a commission to assess Trump's fitness for office under the 25th Amendment. Bill text here: documentcloud.org/documents/2804… Story TK
By a party-line vote of 53-47, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Christopher Wolfe to be US District Judge of the Western District of Texas.
