Daily Dispatch 12/6/04: Elon Musk Paid a Quarter Billion Dollars For Second Trump Term, and More

Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas: New figures reveal that Texas transplant Elon Musk spent over $250 million - over a quarter-billion dollars - to help put Donald Trump back in office: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-rbg-election.html ...Musk's Twitter has harbored four virulent and influential literal Nazi accounts, three of which are revealed to have Texas ties - one of them is a VP for J.P. Morgan Chase in Plano: https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-operators-neo-nazi-x-accounts/ New Democratic minority leader Rep. Gene Wu's work is cut out for him - he must unite his caucus to maximize their influence on the selection of next session's Speaker: https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2024-12-06/texas-house-democrats-pick-rep-gene-wu-as-caucus-chair-what-does-this-mean-for-the-speakers-race ...Hopefully that also spells influence over the likely-radical Republican agenda next year, which may include an attempt to kill no-fault divorce: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article296585124.html ...And an ever-more-ruthless agenda aimed at erasing transgender people from public life altogether: https://www.chron.com/culture/article/texas-anti-trans-bills-19962055.php ...See a talk on the struggle looming next year for the Texas LGBTQ+ community held recently at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqjn-Qs2CMk Great to see everyone at our first holiday gathering in Austin! The second is in Dallas on December 16 - there are sponsorship opportunities available, and individual tickets are now on sale here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://act.progresstexas.org/a/progress-texas-holiday-parties-2024⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Holiday shopping for your progressive pals is easy and fun at our web store! Grab your goodies at ⁠https://store.progresstexas.org/⁠. We're loving the troll-free environment at BlueSky! Follow us there at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@progresstexas.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.