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Texas’ Top Voucher Vendor Taps Abbott Allies in Contract Bid, Program Rollout

The New York firm Odyssey is now running the state’s lucrative voucher scheme with a little help from the governor’s friends.

Texas Observer

Billionaire Jeff Yass gives $100 million to University of Austin for free tuition

Yass, a school voucher supporter and an influential figure in Texas politics, said the only condition for the gift was for the school not to receive government funding.

The Texas Tribune

White House withheld names of some donors to Trump’s $300M ballroom, report says

A list of donors released by the White House omitted more than three dozen contributions and names of individuals and companies who are backing the project, the report claims

The Independent UK

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Texans could begin applying for school vouchers in February

Private schools looking to educate participating students may also have a chance to apply to the program before the end of the year. The post Texans could begin applying for school vouchers in February appeared first on The Texas Tribune.

The Texas Tribune

Texas selects company that will help develop its school voucher program

Finance and technology company Odyssey will help design the application process, manage payments and review complaints for the state’s education savings accounts.

The Texas Tribune

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

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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

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

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

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Texas Observer

‘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.

Barchart

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.

The Texas Tribune

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 Independent UK

‘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

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The Texas Tribune

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.

The Texas Tribune

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

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,…

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