TIL that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton owns 15 properties worth ~$9 million. His official salary is $150,000
http://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/us/paxton-vacation-condos-wealth.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yFA.ThDP.YPuKNj3upD24
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Astronut@lemmy.zip · 96 pts · 18d
It’s ok, He’s a republican. Rules and laws do not apply to them anymore apparently!
limer@lemmy.ml · 73 pts · 18d
We are talking about one of most openly criminal politicians in the USA. He has spent decades stealing from Texas. He just does not get paid in money to his bank accounts.
His total worth must be north of a billion dollars, given how long he has been in power. It’s distributed across family and hidden in dozens of ways.
saltnotsugar@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 18d
Totally not a bribe!
IamBlank@lemmy.zip · 24 pts · 18d
Are there any republicans not corrupt?
deft@lemmy.wtf · 10 pts · 18d
Yeah they all lived in the 1800s.
frank@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 17d
Yes! Some are hyper-corrupt or super-corrupt instead
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 17d
That's not true and you know it. Some of them are 100% open and honest... about their desire to rape children.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · -9 pts · 18d
why does this imply corruption? It just means he's rich
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 13 pts · 18d
I really hope for the Texans that they decide to vote in Talarico. Everything i have heard of him seems to be a good fit for the state. i do not approve of the amount of religion in politics in general, but at least Talarico seems to be an upstanding citizen. Paxton is just another old, rich, white republican with no morals.
AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 17d
Tommy Tallarico? Video game music mastermind, Tommy Tallarico? Tommy Tallarico, creator of Roblox Oof? Tommy "My mother would be very proud" Tallarico? World record holder Tommy Tallarico???
NM_Gringo@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 18d
Real estate is the new campaign contribution.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 18d
See?? Housing is affordable. :P
lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 18d
And some people in my country -- constantly plagued by institutionalized corruption but so soaked in escapist entertainment -- think American/Japanese/South Korean politicians are incorruptible, no thanks to the movies and Youtube videos they consume.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 18d
"Culture"...movies, music, television, books, etc...thats one of America's
biggestmost important exports.But really any art that's built for commercial incentive will always be, at some level, propaganda.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 18d
Expanded up a bit because it's not just one country.
HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 18d
Hmmm, methinks there's some fuckery about.
Godric@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 18d
Anyone Learning Today about Ken Paxton:
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 18d
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LodeMike@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 18d
How much does his spouse make?
TIEPilot@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 18d
Nancy Pelosi is worth $278 million on a sallary of $223,500 per year...
ceenote@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 18d
Oh, well, I guess Paxton's corruption is okay then.
Madison420@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 18d
Pelosi was rich before she entered politics bud, they have family money like a motherfucker. Her Dad was the mayor of Baltimore, they've been a wealthy politically connected family for the better part of a hundred years if not longer (I haven't looked farther than a generation).
Zannsolo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 18d
She's def used her position to enrich herself further but she can never say "started from the bottom now we're here".
Madison420@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 18d
Oh for sure but she done been rich before that's my only point.
minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 18d
Now do Trump.
SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev · 10 pts · 18d
Whatabout licking deez nuts.
Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com · -10 pts · 18d
So... You mortgage one in your portfolio to buy 3 cheap condos, and rent those out to pay off the mortgage and profit.
I don't get the scandal, isn't this how the system works?
tonyn@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 18d
Yes