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Texas Politicians Slowly Realize Elon Musk Hijacked Billions In Taxpayer Broadband Grants

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨remington@beehaw.org⁩ to ⁨technology@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/31/texas-politicians-slowly-realize-elon-musk-hijacked-billions-in-taxpayer-broadband-grants/

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  • reshuffle6655@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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    • Deyis@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Constantly sticking their hands into bear traps to own the libs

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  • Mihies@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    He did sell them (not Texas specifically) Hyperloop as well which is even worse technology set to fail from the start.

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  • Malica@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    How many times have the taxpayers paid for broadband that will never come?

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    • bedwyr@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      2x here. It did come finally just this year.

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  • bedwyr@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Who does the author think they are kidding? Not us, this wasn’t texas political hacks now realizing they were engaged in graft, they fucking knew, and were paid off and we all know it by now.

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  • Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    and they’ll do it again, gladly.

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