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How Greg Abbott took a flailing school voucher movement and turned it into a winning issue

Abbott tapped into a powerful national conservative movement and his own campaign war chest to turn legislative races into multimillion-dollar affairs.

The Texas Tribune

Packed Pacs: how billionaires in the US are bankrolling Republicans at the state level

Republicans are relying on ‘nameless’ donors who want to push a rightwing agenda and gain long-term hegemony

The Guardian - US

Tom Cotton gingerly steps on Trump’s toes as he eviscerates TikTok in book

Republican seeks to shine light on major threat to US interests in Seven Things You Can’t Say About China – but may come to regret his moves as missteps

The Guardian - US

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Who Really Benefits from School Vouchers?

I do not pretend to know the motivation of Jeff Yass. But I do know that Mr. Yass is not a Texan, and I also know that Texas is not for sale.

Texas Observer

What is Trump’s game with TikTok?

This is what crony capitalism looks like. Trump’s delay contravenes the law Congress passed last spring

The Guardian - US

Why is TikTok working again in the US as Trump takes office?

App has resumed operations after saying it received assurance over de facto ban, but its future remains uncertain

The Guardian - UK

Trump Invites TikTok CEO to Attend Inauguration the Day After App is Set to Be Banned in US

President-elect Donald Trump invites TikTok CEO Shou Chew to his inauguration as the app faces a U.S. ban.

Latin Times

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TikTok might survive its U.S. ban thanks to Trump’s cozy relationship with billionaire mega donor Jeff Yass

Trump now backs TikTok, likely thanks in part to Jeff Yass. But does that change the app’s fate?

Fortune

Dawn’s Early Light by Kevin Roberts review – weird vibes and pyromania from Project 2025 chief

Head of Heritage Foundation wants to burn it all down in his new book and won’t shut up about it

The Guardian - US

‘They Bought a Legislature’: What the GOP’s Gains Mean for Vouchers in Texas

Republicans nearly ran the table in state House races, shoring up Governor Abbott’s school voucher majority for the 2025 session.

Texas Observer

Snag This Biotech Stock Before November, Here's Why

With Viking Therapeutics making a splash in the weight-loss drug arena, one analyst is encouraging investors to snap up the stock before a November catalyst.

Barchart

Jeff Yass, billionaire school voucher advocate, gives Greg Abbott another $4 million

The donation follows another $6 million Yass gave Abbott in January, which the governor’s campaign said was the largest single donation in Texas history.

The Texas Tribune

‘Brazen corruption’: Donald Trump is selling policies for a second term to the highest bidders

Desperate to return to the White House, Trump is selling off his legislative agenda to donors — even when that means reversing old promises. Richard Hall and Andrew Feinberg report

The Independent UK

How Texas Speaker Dade Phelan turned the tide to keep his seat

After coming in second in the primary, Phelan was at a disadvantage heading into the runoff. With record breaking cash infusions, Phelan blanketed airwaves and hired an army of campaign staffers.

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Texas House runoffs bring wave of GOP incumbent defeats, give Abbott votes for school vouchers

Six of eight GOP incumbents lost their races. Gov. Greg Abbott declared he “now has enough votes to pass school choice.”

Salon

Summer Lee beats Jeff Yass-backed rival

The progressive "squad" member defeated Bhavini Patel, whose campaign was supported by a Jeff Yass-funded PAC

Salon

Trump donor funding Summer Lee attacks

"Every cycle Republican billionaires find a new Super PAC to spend millions of dollars against me," Lee told Salon

The Guardian - US

Trump got some good financial news this week. But there’s a dark side

I worry about national security amid Trump’s money ups and downs – they make way for influence-peddling and mischief

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Salon

GOP donor linked to Truth Social deal

Jeff Yass, a TikTok shareholder, was biggest institutional shareholder in company that merged with Trump Media

Evening Standard

OPINION - Donald and the dictators: how Trump is turning sweet on the autocrats (including, allegedly, Hitler)

Donald Trump has a campaign song that is every bit as iconic as Will.i.am’s Yes, We Can anthem for Barack Obama. You might not find it very uplifting, but it moves the audience to tears of pride at his rallies. It’s called Justice for All by the J6 Prison Choir,…

Roll Call

TikTok bill heads to House floor as Trump backs away from ban - Roll Call

The legislation would require TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to divest its U.S. subsidiary within six months of the law taking effect.

WEKU

House GOP moves ahead with TikTok vote as Trump voices opposition to possible ban

House Republicans move ahead with a bill that would require Chinese company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban in the U.S. even as former President Donald Trump voices opposition to the effort.

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump flip-flops on TikTok and now rails against a ban

Ex-president’s newfound support comes after Joe Biden said he would sign legislation that could ban the app in the US

International Business Times

TikTok Dragged Into US Election As Trump Opposes Ban

In a major reversal, former US president Donald Trump on Monday said he was against a ban of TikTok as the fate of the popular video-sharing app was dragged into the US election campaign.

The Guardian - US

The far-right financier giving millions to the Republican party to fight ‘woke communists’

Financier Thomas Klingenstein has become one of the largest donors to the party and has increasingly used his resources to pursue a hard-edged version of rightwing politics

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