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ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding.

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-inaction-state-legislature?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Texas#KerrCounty#Flood#Law#Emergency#Disaster

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lagaya
@carfreesince93@ohai.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@ProPublica That may be so, but they've done a bang-up job vilifying drag queens, so not all bad news.
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FIAR Light
@LightFIAR@med-mastodon.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@ProPublica Texas understands that disasters are PROFITABLE! Yay! Fuck the children that have the temerity to get injured or die...there's MONEY to be made!
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hellosilverpatriot
@hellosilverpatriot@social.vivaldi.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@ProPublica I support public loudspeakers in crowded public places (not quiet residential streets) for official government announcements, emergencies and missing kids, but my worry is that they will be used for propaganda and commercials, which is why I am skeptical of the idea.
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Jason
@AudioTinker@universeodon.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
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Of course they did. Why? It wouldn’t be their problem. They had money and don’t depend on lowly public services…
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Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦
@Yoshi@toot.community replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@ProPublica It's Tex-Ass! Nuff said.
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Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@ProPublica

The fossil fuel industry owns Texas.

The industry pays Republicans to ignore climate change, no matter the death toll.

Campaign finance since Koch Network bought Citizens United is public corruption on steroids.

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

Here's a list of who is paying off Abbott's corrupt GOP:

S. Javaid Anwar, Kenny Troutt, Jim Pitcock, Joe Gebbia, Alex Fairly, Jeff Yass
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/greg-abbott-peachtree-trust-joe-gebbia-20772497.php

https://www.governing.com/politics/texas-donor-pledges-20-million-to-create-true-republican-majority

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-14/billionaires-swoop-in-to-fund-abbott-s-texas-school-voucher-push

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/big-oil-445m-trump-congress

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Lucy B
@lucybeahere@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
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Kerr County is not poor, from what I understand. The county could have chosen to spend their federal money differently, too. Conservative attitudes are killing Texans.

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Alison Meeks
@Alison@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
@ProPublicahttps://www.snopes.com/news/2025/07/16/biden-kerr-county-flood-warning-systems/
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