https://publicintegrity.org/politics/state-politics/copy-pas...

https://nationalpress.org/topic/model-legislation-statehouse...

https://www.thegazette.com/opinion/guest-columnists/lawmaker...

I have looked into hiring lobbyists. I have seen how the sausage gets made.

Pop quiz, who do you think funds https://www.digitalchildhoodalliance.org/ ?

https://ifstudies.org/in-the-news/over-50-conservative-group...

:)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reddit-user-uncovers-beh...

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_b...

https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

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In general, this is an example of the Martha Mitchell effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Mitchell_effect

Real conspiracies exist. Openly. They're open secrets for those in the know.

You'd be surprised by how banal so much of this is. So many parties trying to get what they want. Doing a cost v benefit analysis and looking the other way.