We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staffâs emails with Elon Musk and Muskâs companies.
The governorâs office wonât turn them over, saying some contain âintimate and embarrassingâ information that is ânot of legitimate concern to the public.â
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-governor-greg-abbott-elon-musk-emails-foia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Texas Governorâs Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too âEmbarrassingâ to Release to the PublicWe asked Abbott for his and his staffâs emails with Elon Musk and Muskâs companies. The governorâs office wonât turn them over, saying some contain âintimate and embarrassingâ information that is ânot of legitimate concern to the public.â
it's part of the "for thee but not for me" part of legal enforcement. that's quite big in TX, particularly with the TX GOP.
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Yep.
âConservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind,
alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There is nothing more or else to it,
and there never has been."
~Frank Wilhoit, composer
https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
