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Shell_Seas

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Mon Nov 11, 2024, 07:35 PM Nov 11

Tim Dunn Loyalists In The 89th Texas Legislature

Bought and Paid For: The politicians answering to Tim Dunn, not Texans.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/tim-dunn-loyalists-in-the-89th-texas



Tim Dunn is an oil billionaire from West Texas who has a sick interpretation of what society and government should be. He practices and believes in the Seven Mountains Mandate, which states that Christianity should control government, media, education, and business. In Texas, for Texas Republicans, taking Tim Dunn’s money means you enact anything that Tim Dunn wishes.

If you haven’t already seen the CNN documentary about Tim Dunn and Ferris Wilkes, Deep In The Pockets of Texas, it’s well worth the watch:


Tim Dunn has his thumb on 26 Texas House members, six Texas Senators, and the Lt. Governor this election cycle—which may be the most power he’s had in the Texas Legislature to date. But let’s be clear. These Republicans he’s financed are entirely beholden to him and his agenda—not their constituents, not the people of Texas, but to Tim Dunn alone.

Based on Tim Dunn’s priorities, much of which overlaps with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, which he finances, and with Project 2025, we know what Tim Dunn loyalists’ policy agenda will be in the 89th Legislature:

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