I normally stay out of political drama, but since I was the “friend in Savannah” Cynthia referenced, I feel obligated to speak honestly about what I personally witnessed.
Thomas and Cynthia visited my home in Savannah after the passing of his wife. From my recollection, it had only been a few months, and he was clearly heartbroken and grieving. I specifically remember conversations by the pool where he talked about how deeply the loss affected him. He did not come across as someone acting recklessly or maliciously. He was kind to Cynthia, respectful, and they appeared happy together at the time.
I also personally knew Cynthia was going through a very difficult divorce during that period and was unhappy with her legal representation. To my recollection, the $5,000 Thomas gave or lent her was related to helping her obtain a different attorney during that divorce situation — not “hush money.”
Separately, Cynthia had ongoing workplace complaints involving Rep. Spartz’s office that she discussed long before any of this current public controversy. From what I understood at the time, those issues were about what she described as a toxic work environment and had nothing to do with Thomas.
I am not speaking on politics, campaigns, or what may or may not be happening behind the scenes. I can only speak to what I personally observed. Based on my own experience around both of them, the timing of these allegations — one week before an election — feels very strange to me.
People can draw their own conclusions, but I felt it was important to share firsthand context instead of speculation.
Here’s the head of the Texas Medical Board @szaafran advising @MuslimHealth on how foreign medical students can get residency spots in America.
He describes collaborating with Greg Abbott on making a law to streamline the licensing process for foreign graduates in Texas.
Excited to share what I'm working on as Visiting Fellow @OversightProject.
The question I'm solving: why do Republicans vote against their own party... and their own voters on issues such as mass migration and SAVE ACT?
Surprising early finding: FEC donations are only weakly correlated with voting behavior. Institutional affiliations (where senators trained, what orgs they've moved through, where they have membership) predict it far better.
And almost nobody tracks that systematically. Building that infrastructure now.
Major stress test: why Senate Republicans are slow-walking the SAVE Act despite 80% public support. Stay tuned.
Men we know what we're asking from you here: our brothers lost limbs in the desert to bombs made out of dishwasher parts and we carved our brothers names into stone.
We all went and fulfilled our Oath and we returned to hometowns that were unrecognizable...betrayed to the core by the very people who sent us in the first place.
This is our chance to actually defend the homeland, not be sent off to foreign boondoggles.
We know it's a big ask, but we need you one more time.
For our Republic.
For us all.
My fellow Texans, please spread this if you like it.
Break the algo by liking, sharing, commenting, and bookmarking.
We are in a time when good becomes evil and evil becomes good.
They call this "grassroots" support.
Top donor to @GregAbbott_TX
$2,222,086.00 - S Javaid Anwar - INDIVIDUAL
Financials:
$103,967,554 - Cash on Hand
$44,883,178 - Total Contributions
$54,922,973 - Total Expenditures
When this is actually grassroots.
Top donor to @DocPeteChambers
$30,000.00 - Austin A - INDIVIDUAL
Financials:
$29,565 - Cash on Hand
$189,918 - Total Contributions
$103,567 - Total Expenditures
In my opinion, the more cash you take the more favors you have to give back. Nobody, I mean nobody donates 2.2M out of the goodness of one's heart.
Look at the impact @DocPeteChambers@DocPete4Texas has had with limited resources. He has done more dollar per dollar spent. That is the kind of efficiency we need in a governor.
I might over say this statement but this is the very definition of David vs Goliath.
Would you kindly vote @DocPeteChambers@DocPete4Texas for Texas Governor!
BREAKING - After it was revealed 50 mosques have opened in the Dallas Fort Worth area in the last 24 months, a woman has uncovered that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s largest donor is a Muslim Pakistani who has given him more than $14 million, including $2 million this year alone.
📍 Austin, TX
Tonight, a Republican primary voter asked the $100 million question:
If the GOP nominee is likely to win the seat anyway… why is the Republican establishment spending so much to prop up John Cornyn?
I’ve heard this question at nearly 50 campaign stops across Texas.
Here’s my answer:
Because their spending isn’t about backing the best candidate.
It’s about keeping control and maintaining the status quo.
Washington doesn’t fear losing the seat to a Democrat.
They fear a Republican holding it who doesn’t answer to them.
Texans are FED UP with D.C. putting their thumb on the scale for career politicians voters have already moved past.
On March 3rd, Texas won’t be told who their Senator should be. Texas will decide.
It’s time for a NEW generation of leadership.
NEW @thenatpulse: Bannon Issues Statement on Epstein Chat Logs, Commits to Film Release THIS YEAR.
PULSE POINTS
❓WHAT HAPPENED: WarRoom ......
READ ON:
https://t.co/o1k35PqzO9
@SaltyGoat17 Me too. It might be nothing, but Bannon is in Texas helping Texans fight the H-1B visas and stop Sharia law. He called Elon out for hiring H-1B visa holders and not Americans. Just a thought
Our campaign is backed by 80+ sheriffs — Republicans, Democrats, Independents. They know who actually protects them.
Abigail took AOC PAC money to defund police and voted to strip qualified immunity.
If she won’t protect them, she won’t protect YOU.
Hello Ms. Spiers,
You can’t seem to resist dancing on Charlie Kirk’s grave. Beyond your commentary, you also play a formative role training progressive journalists at the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute (EIN 13-5562308). That program receives funding from Pierre Omidyar’s Democracy Fund and the Knight Foundation, which itself is tied to the Knight newspaper family.
But the larger issue is that taxpayer dollars are also being funneled into NYU’s journalism programs, our dollars are subsidizing the production of more journalists molded in your image.
@DOGE_GSA, I recommend reviewing the following Assistance Listing Numbers connected to NYU so that we can stop taxpayer resources from underwriting the perpetuation of political violence. According to NYU’s audit, they report receiving the following:
🔷 45.149 — Promotion of the Humanities: Preservation & Access — $128,208
🔷 45.161 — Promotion of the Humanities: Research — $31,552
🔷 45.169 — Promotion of the Humanities: Office of Digital Humanities — $89,412
🔷 45.312 — IMLS: National Leadership Grants — $38,895
🔷 45.313 — IMLS: Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program — $117,447
🔷 19.019 — State Dept: International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking — $1,520,442
🔷 19.345 — State Dept: Democracy, Human Rights & Labor — $932,659
🔷 19.040 — State Dept: Public Diplomacy Programs — $477,764
🔷 98.001 — USAID: Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas — $654,886
🔷 16.052 — DOJ: Restorative Practices for Domestic & Sexual Violence — $32,314
🔷 16.320 — DOJ: Services for Trafficking Victims — $61,776
🔷 16.738 — DOJ: Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grants — $972,723
🔷 16.828 — DOJ: Swift, Certain & Fair Supervision (Project HOPE) — $691,648
🔷 16.830 — DOJ: Girls in the Juvenile Justice System — $234,848
Special session is almost over... ZERO arrests, ZERO seats vacated...
Our feckless uniparty government has been all talk... no action!
Watch @Bannons_WarRoom and I expose more of the shocking truth about the quorum break.
Texans deserve BOLD, Republican leadership!