A Texas Congressman Is Quietly Helping Elon Musk Pitch a $760M Plan to Build Tunnels Under Houston to Ease Flooding
For years, experts in Houston have been studying the idea of building massive tunnels to divert floodwaters and save lives and property. Now Elon Muskβs tunneling company wants a piece of the project.
NEW: Internal records show how Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt has worked to get Elon Musk access to state and local officials ahead of a formal bidding process for a Houston flood project.
Both stand to benefit should Musk be selected.
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Portland ICE goons violently slam a protester πͺ§
30.07.2025 00:33
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He called his 17 year-old daughter βa piece of assβ, so, yes.
18.07.2025 00:34
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This Stephen Colbert monologue from Monday night, followed by a bit about the MAGA contingent calling for Trump to release the Epstein files, is the reason why Paramount fired Colbert and canceled his show.
That, and the Midterm elections are coming up, and he would continue to go after Trump.
18.07.2025 00:37
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Insanity. Sheer insanity.
22.04.2025 14:13
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Sen. Jim Banks on the job held by a fired federal worker he mocked: "It was a woke job."
Then in the next breath Banks admits he doesn't know what his job actually was.
02.04.2025 21:43
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FACT: You don't destroy the CDC unless you want people to die in large numbers.
01.04.2025 23:48
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A π§΅ to explain his plan and how we fight back.
03.04.2025 03:29
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Closing rural post offices will do the same thing that closing rural schools has done: Empty out rural towns.
Why? To sell off farmland for rock bottom prices to the oligarchs. Water and mineral rights and CAFOs polluting with impunity.
Itβs been the plan for decades.
27.03.2025 13:12
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The fact that the Department of Justice has not, and will never, launch an investigation into this massive national security breach tells you all you need to know about this lawless and profoundly corrupt Administration.
27.03.2025 10:49
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Russia kidnaps Ukrainian children and gives them to Russians to erase their heritage and demoralize Ukraine. Over 20,000 so far. And the US just stopped helping track these kids and likely deleted the database of all the research. Pure evil, right maga?
20.03.2025 01:13
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ICE Barbie Kristi Noem is cosplaying as a Coast Guard pilot today.
18.03.2025 16:02
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This isn't going to stop. This country is a powder keg about to blow and this is just a sign of it. You cannot move this quickly to dismantle democracy and expect people not to react.
18.03.2025 17:52
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Illinois leads the nation in many areas, but none more so than being the number one producer of soybeans, horseradish, and pumpkins.
Our ag traditions are passed down through generations β 96% of our farms are family-owned.
Happy #NationalAgDay to them and all of our state!
18.03.2025 17:18
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Sometimes I wonder if people take me literally when I refer to Trumpβthe main subject of my professional research as a journalist and historian for ten yearsβas a lunatic.
Please take me literally. This is an unwell man whoβwithout $410+ million his dad gave himβwould have ended up living in a box.
18.03.2025 17:43
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This guy co-sponsored a bill to have "Trump Derangement Syndrome" classified as a mental illness YESTERDAY.
18.03.2025 17:55
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He still hasnβt ended the war in 24 hours like he promised, but apparently he is setting up hockey games with the guy who is murdering civilians, torturing prisoners, and kidnapping children.
18.03.2025 17:57
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Friendly reminder that the monster criticized by Chief Justice Roberts was created by Chief Justice Roberts.
18.03.2025 18:10
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10.03.2025 01:41
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Sorry not sorry.
07.03.2025 18:05
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From Scotland for ya Donnie
07.03.2025 18:14
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The Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University.
This "immediate cancellation" violates the law. If the Admin thinks Columbia has violated Title VI by being deliberately indifferent to antisemitic harassment, it has to give Columbia a chance for a hearing first, make findings on the record, & wait 30 days.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
07.03.2025 18:27
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A tweet from John Cusack featuring an edited image of a red Tesla Cybertruck with a swastika on its side. The image includes bold white text reading "SWASTICAR" and a subheading in red stating "...THE FASCIST THING ON FOUR WHEELS."
At least the memes from this era will be killer.
07.03.2025 18:30
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Editorβs Note | Why the Mississippi Free Press is Leaving X
Twitterβs time as a useful news-sharing tool has passed since it transformed into the toxic wasteland known as X.
"There are so many stories we never could have told if not for the connections we made on Twitter. But that bird has flown the coop," Ashton Pittman writes.
Hereβs why the Mississippi Free Press will no longer post on X: www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note...
07.03.2025 18:38
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In case you missed my latest: Vandal Strikes Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, Rebrands It βFat Nixonβ
07.03.2025 18:43
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