How Two Billionaire Preachers Remade Texas Politics. The article is a gift from the New York Times - these are the kinds of folks inside the US who are meddling with our politics. The subhead: They control Republican politics in the state. Now they’re poised to take their theocratic agenda nationwide.

Damned scary stuff.

More scary stuff from Trump (not gift, may have to try different browsers to read): Trump’s Plans Could Increase U.S. Debt While Raising Costs for Most Americans
A new analysis finds that Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump’s plans would both add to the deficit, but Mr. Trump’s proposals could create a fiscal hole twice as big.