aloof wife guy (@nullthread.bsky.social)

The extent to which the border buildup in South Texas, now much subsidized by the feds, has been a pay-to-play electoral strategy for Republicans, sort of a nativist, inward facing version of military Keynesianism, is seldom acknowledged but a big part how Rs flipped some of those seats.

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The Rio Grande Has Transformed From Environmental Haven to Militarized Border Dozens of environmental, wildlife, and public access regulations have been waived to make way for a border wall. https://truthout.org/articles/the-rio-grande-has-transformed-from-environmental-haven-to-militarized-border/