Texas Rigged the Broadband Grants to Hand Musk $110 Million
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He rewrote the rules so one bidder could win. The bidding was a courtesy.
This cartoon ran with Texas Rigged the Broadband Grants to Hand Musk $110 Million.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Hector Rentier
- Primary entities
- Nathan Johnson, Elon Musk, SpaceX, Starlink, Greg Abbott, Mayes Middleton, Charles Schwertner, Bryant Clayton, Texas broadband development office, Texas
- Themes
- government-contracting, campaign-2026, broadband-access, conflict-of-interest
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Equality & fairness, Informed citizenship