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sad-cafe wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 8:34 pm why isn't he impeached?

In Jail?

AndyinPA wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 8:35 pm

sad-cafe wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 8:34 pm why isn't he impeached?

In Jail?

He could share a cell with Skeletor.

Parents should demand every teacher be trained to carry. Parents should demand every school administrator is trained to carry. Parents should demand that schools are hardened, with controlled access points manned by armed officers.

Parents should put aside the politics, and do something to keep our children safe.

AG Pax­ton Launch­es Inves­ti­ga­tion Against Twit­ter for Poten­tial­ly Deceiv­ing Texas Con­sumers, Texas Busi­ness­es Over Fake Bot Accounts

Today Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation against Twitter for potentially false reporting over its fake bot accounts in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

On Twitter, “bots” are automated, non-human accounts that can do virtually the same things as real people: send tweets, follow other users, and like and retweet others’ posts. Spam accounts like these inflate followers and reach, and often push deceptive and annoying activity. Bot accounts can not only reduce the quality of users’ experience on the platform but may also inflate the value of the company and the costs of doing business with it, thus directly harming Texas consumers and businesses.

Twitter has received intense scrutiny in recent weeks over claiming in its financial regulatory filings that fewer than 5% of all users are bots, when they may in fact comprise as much as 20% or more. The difference could dramatically affect the cost to Texas consumers and businesses who transact with Twitter.

To address this concern, Attorney General Paxton issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to investigate whether Twitter’s reporting on real versus fake users is “false, misleading, or deceptive” under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The CID requires Twitter to turn over documents related to how it calculates and manages its user data and how these numbers relate to Twitter’s advertising businesses. Twitter has until June 27 to respond to Attorney General Paxton’s Demand.

“Texans rely on Twitter’s public statements that nearly all its users are real people. It matters not only for regular Twitter users, but also Texas businesses and advertisers who use Twitter for their livelihoods,” said Attorney General Paxton. “If Twitter is misrepresenting how many accounts are fake to drive up their revenue, I have a duty to protect Texans.”

The CID requires Twitter to turn over documents related to how it calculates and manages its user data and how these numbers relate to Twitter’s advertising businesses. Twitter has until June 27 to respond to Attorney General Paxton’s Demand.

tek wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 4:54 pm

The CID requires Twitter to turn over documents related to how it calculates and manages its user data and how these numbers relate to Twitter’s advertising businesses. Twitter has until June 27 to respond to Attorney General Paxton’s Demand.

Ken doing his buddy Elon a favor?

Texas AG Ken Paxton was on Fox News this morning. He wasn't asked about Uvalde, but they did lead with this.

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:05 am I'm unaware of mass shootings involving twitter bots, but I'm just a dumb old girl.

Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 @RonFilipkowski wrote: Musk waived his right to due diligence with the twitter deal, so trying to use the “too many bots” excuse to back out without hard evidence is problematic. But TX AG Ken Paxton is happy to use taxpayer funds and resources to help him out by opening a twitter bot investigation.

Kendra wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:14 am

Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:05 am I'm unaware of mass shootings involving twitter bots, but I'm just a dumb old girl.

Me too

Texas GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton on the Uvalde massacre: 'God has a plan'

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said recently that he would tell parents of young children killed in the Uvalde school shooting that "God has a plan."

Paxton's immediate response to the shooting was to call for arming teachers, which some schools in Texas already do despite strong pushback from teachers.

"We can't stop bad people from doing bad things. We can potentially arm and prepare and train teachers and other administrators to respond quickly. That, in my opinion, is the best answer," Paxton said following the shooting.

Ironically, Paxton himself cannot buy a gun under federal law, because he has been under indictment since 2015 for breaking state securities law.

Attorney General Ken Paxton @KenPaxtonTX wrote: Today's historic decision is the culmination of generations of Pro-Life activism in defense of the unborn.

Texas' laws are clear – abortion is now unlawful in the Lone Star State. [you mean one-star]

I will work tirelessly to ensure our laws are fully enforced and Life is protected in Texas.

Don Lewis @DonLew87 wrote: Upon the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton closed his agency's offices statewide and declared June 24 an annual holiday for his agency to "honor the unborn". Paxton also remains under indictment for felony securities fraud charges.

Pax­ton Applauds Court’s Deci­sion to Green-Light Texas’s Antitrust Suit Against Google

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton applauds a New York federal district court’s decision last night to reject Google’s motion to dismiss Texas’s lawsuit alleging that Google monopolized the digital advertising market. The federal court has allowed a coalition of seventeen states led by Texas to proceed on all counts under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, a major body of federal antitrust laws. The court ruled that “the States have plausibly alleged that Google has monopoly power in and willfully engaged in anticompetitive conduct.”

Attorney General Paxton stated: “Google’s monopolization of the display-advertising industry and its misleading business practices stifle innovation, limit consumer choice, and reduce competition. Here, the court is absolutely right to reject Google’s attempt to throw out our case. We look forward to a jury hearing how this Big Tech giant abused its monopoly power by harming consumers to reap billions in monopoly profits. This is a major step in the right direction to make our free market truly free.”

Read the federal district court’s Opinion and Order here.

Jim Wright
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Texas Republican Attorney General, Ken Paxton, who was arrested and indicted for securities-fraud and who has been under FBI investigation for seven years on those charges -- along with new federal charges of abuse-of-office and bribery brought by his OWN office via whistleblower complain -- has this morning fled his home in a truck driven by his wife, Texas state Senator Angela Paxton, to avoid being served with a subpoena.

The process server reports that the Paxtons attempted to evade him as he legally tried to serve the AG with a subpoena in a lawsuit brought by an Abortion Fund against the State of Texas.

Yet another example of the criminal cowardice of this ideology.

If you're a voter in Texas, FYI: Paxton faces Democrat Rochelle Garza in the coming election, two months from now.

Show up.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — a Republican — fled his home in a truck driven by his wife (a state senator) to avoid being served a subpoena.