this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2025
401 points (99.5% liked)

News

28416 readers
4331 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

“By a preponderance of the evidence,” Travis County Judge Catherine Mauzy says in her judgment, the plaintiffs proved liability, damages and attorney’s fees in their complaint against the attorney general’s office.

“Because the Office of the Attorney General violated the Texas Whistleblower Act by firing and otherwise retaliating against the plaintiff for in good faith reporting violations of law by Ken Paxton and OAG, the court hereby renders judgment for plaintiffs,” Mauzy states.

The court found that the former employees were fired in retaliation for reporting allegations that Paxton was his using his office to accept bribes from an Austin real estate developer who employed a woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair.

all 15 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago

Texas GOP voters are fucking dumb.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago

He should be facing way worse than a fine. Firing a whistleblower should at the bare minimum have you kicked out of office.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Texas: not even once. Sorry Austin

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Austin is pretty much just tech bros that decided California was too woke at the this point. All the locals have been pushed out.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can we get this corrupt fucker behind bars already?

[–] pneumatron 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this one the piss baby or was the governor?

[–] lka1988 3 points 1 day ago

Governor Hot Wheels isn't a giant piss baby?

[–] Reverendender 32 points 1 day ago

I'm 110% certain that everything Ken Paxton does he does wrongfully

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why do you idiots in Texas keep electing him?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I keep hitting the other button but it never seems to work :/

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In Texas: bold of you to assume Texas is a democracy and not in violation of United Nations guidelines. Feel free to send observers

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Amen, same state where the governor is stalling a special election for an open US representative position because the district is left leaning

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Good, now clap him in irons and haul him off to prison.