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Controversy has engulfed #Wyoming’s state legislature after a conservative activist was photographed👉 handing checks to Republican lawmakers on the state house floor,
in an incident that has highlighted intra-conservative divisions and the role of money in the Cowboy state’s politics.

The political storm started on 9 February, when Karlee Provenza, a Democratic lawmaker,
took a photo showing Rebecca #Bextel, a conservative activist and committeewoman for the Teton county Republican party,
handing a check to Darin #McCann,
a Republican representative, on the legislative floor.
Marlene #Brady, another Republican representative, stands in the photo’s background, a similar piece of paper pinched between her fingers.

“You have a person from the richest county in the country coming down to Cheyenne to hand out checks on the house floor,” Provenza said. “I have never seen something so egregious.”
#paytoplay #MoneyIsNotSpeech
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/wyoming-republican-lawmakers-checks-house-floor?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Twice as big as the White House itself, looks like. The #WhiteHouse is 55K sq ft, the new wing will be 90K, with a double-height glass-enclosed walkway connector.
Who's to stop the next president (in 2041) from tearing it down, restoring everything to the way it was?
Would you prefer we erase this revision, or would you say "it's done, let's leave it"?
#OurPutin #ballroom #money #laundering #bribery #extortion #PayForPlay #PayToPlay #president #transparency #private #funding #sponsorship

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-tariffs-exemptions-pet-lobbyists-asbestos-confusion-secrecy

Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion

#cronyism #political #trump #cronies #tariff #exemptions #taxes #lobbyists #tariffs #tax #transparency #corruption #incompetence #paytoplay #economy #economics #layoffs #business #TariffExemptions #trade #USChinaTrade #TrumpTariffs #PoliticalConnections #china #us #corruption #SpoilsSystem #SpecialFavors #BigBusiness #TechLobby #EconomicInequality #Accountability #TradeWar #exports #imports #goods #agriculture #farming

Cameron's $2 million donation to Rebuilding America Now made him the fourth largest donor to the organization. The group's top donor, Linda McMahon, was rewarded with a cabinet position. #PayForPlay #PayToPlay #Pay4Play #Pay2Play #BigDonersOverAmericanVoters #TrumpDonorsBeforeAmericanVoters