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Paxton’s deposition was scheduled for Thursday. But on Tuesday the all-Republican court issued an order putting the deposition on hold and giving the parties until Feb. 29 to respond. The high court’s ruling came hours after former President Donald Trump called on the justices to stop the whistleblower case. “Enough time and money has been wasted forcing Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, to defend himself, instead of defending our broken Southern border,” Trump posted Tuesday morning on Truth Social

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The Texas Tribune reports that Dunn and Wilks have dropped $2 million into the new PAC, known as Texans United for a Conservative Majority. Money from the PAC is already being distributed to challengers seeking to unseat House Republicans who voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton last year. You will recall that until recently Dunn and Wilks had a perfectly functioning PAC for this kind of purpose called Defend Texas Liberty. But in October, Tribune reporter Robert Downen staked out the headquarters of Defend Texas Liberty and learned that its leader, Jonathan Stickland, had met for seven hours with Nick Fuentes, a fan of Adolf Hitler, a hater of Jews, and a denigrator of women. Stickland was demoted after Downen’s report on the meeting.

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SpaceX wants even more land for its operations and rocket tests in South Texas and is eyeing Boca Chica State Park as the place to do it.

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Gov. Greg Abbott received a $6 million campaign contribution last month, which his campaign is calling the “largest single donation in Texas history.” The check came from Jeff Yass, a national Republican megadonor whose priority issues include school vouchers. Abbott spent 2023 unsuccessfully pushing for a voucher program and is now targeting state House Republicans in the March primary who thwarted his agenda. Abbott accepted the $6 million donation — dated Dec. 18 — in a little-used account, suggesting he was setting it aside from funds raised for his reelection campaign. Yass is a billionaire from Pennsylvania who is co-founder and managing director of the Philadelphia-based investment firm Susquehanna International Group. He is also a top proponent of “school choice,” or programs that allow parents to use taxpayer dollars to subsidize private school costs.

When it comes to politics, Yass has also been a multimillion-dollar donor to the Club for Growth, the national anti-tax group that has boosted Texas Republicans like U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Austin.

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Antill remains employed at the district attorney’s office, earning about $113,400 annually, despite claiming on his job application that his employment at the sheriff’s office ended due to “leadership changes.” Antill’s job application states that “any false, misleading, incomplete or omitted information” will result in “ineligibility for employment or termination of employment.”

When asked about Antill’s false statement on his job application, Stinebaker said “we did not feel like it barred his continued employment.”

[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 49 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This comment is lit

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[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 56 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Reporter asks

We’ve talked about this a few months ago, and you told me then you thought Biden would win Pennsylvania and win the overall election. But things have gotten worse for him since. Trump is now ahead in many polls.

He responds

But that doesn’t really matter. There’s a whole lifetime in politics between now and next November as well. I’m not worried about that. And I’m very vocal about this, too, while there are Democrats that are being very critical about the president. ... I’ll use this [as] another opportunity to tell James Carville to shut the fuck up. Like I said, my man hasn’t been relevant since grunge was a thing. And I don’t know why he believes it’s helpful to say these kinds of things about an incredibly difficult circumstance with an incredibly strong and decent and excellent president. I’ll never understand that

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[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 73 points 6 months ago

https://lemmy-world.statuspage.io/#month

They do a lot to be transparent and monitor availability.

There is an big usage jump before Xmas, I assume because of the recent lemmy version upgrade that many admins are saying uses more resources.

Give em some time, I'm sure there will be a patch soon.

Best part of the fediverse is you can just use a less popular server until things calm down.

[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 48 points 6 months ago

Those were not rioters, they were insurectionists.

[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 87 points 6 months ago

Backup cameras are required on all 2018 or newer vehicles in the US and Canada, so you will need at least one in the back and a small screen for that, maybe hide that screen in the review.

This imaginary basic car should also come with a double-din radio so it can be upgraded like the old days.

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[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 72 points 6 months ago

Because I'm under the influence and shouldn't be driving.

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[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 65 points 7 months ago

I just used copilot for the first time. It made me a ton of call to action text and website page text for various service pages inwas creating for a home builder. It was surprisingly useful, of course I modified the output a bit but overall saved me a ton of time.

[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 94 points 7 months ago

Is that server rack bleeding?

Also what's with the cables on the floor? It's like this AI doesn't know what a datacenter is

[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 68 points 7 months ago

US stick driver here, equally disappointed in the picture.

[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 65 points 8 months ago

I will wait until the gimp version is released

[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 112 points 8 months ago

It's funny because the rich don't pay taxes.

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The 305s are too big with this offset so I've got to figure out ways to reduce rear end squat on big bumps. Next up is Adjustable shocks to reduce the compression stroke and a sway bar since the Stingray didn't come with one in the rear.

[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 66 points 9 months ago

Casinos run their IT with the cheapest, oldest technology available. Upgrading is expensive and cuts into profits, duh

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Tunnel or bed?

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Also, I highly recommend the factory tour, you get to see a C8 it all the various parts of the build out. $50 for the Tour and the Museum.

I don't recommend the Stingray Grill, get something before or after you visit.

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Doggo only gets to ride in the Ranger, but he doesn't mind. Do you let your dogs in your Corvette?

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