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Gregg Phillips continues to be a weirdo

Posted on April 8, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

Your federal government at work. Gregg Phillips, President Donald Trump’s top disaster response appointee, has drawn national headlines over claims he has teleported–not once, but twice–including an experience that apparently brought him to a Waffle House in Georgia. But this … Continue reading →

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House committee to investigate Gregg Phillips

Posted on January 4, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

This is a good start. The head of a state House investigating committee said Monday he will look into allegations of cronyism involving contracting at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Workforce Commission. “This is something … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Followup on the Gregg Phillips story

Posted on January 3, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Kimberly adds quite a bit to my post yesterday on Gregg Phillips and his self-enriching tendencies. She’s got a lot of good insight there, so check it out. Something I want to clarify: I thought the story that RG Ratcliffe … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Chron investigates Gregg Phillips

Posted on January 2, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron has a long and detailed story about the tenure of former Health and Human Services Director Gregg Phillips, who was responsible for overseeing the transition of much HHS work to private firms. Phillips, who helped write the infamous … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Gregg Phillips resigns

Posted on July 17, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Good riddance, if you ask me. Deputy Commissioner of Health and Human Services Gregg Phillips, a lightning rod for critics of the state’s massive social services overhaul, said Friday he is resigning. “I didn’t anticipate this effort on my part … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More on Gregg Phillips

Posted on June 25, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

The Gunther Concept is still digging into Gregg Phillips’ background (see this post for more). He’s also still got Blogspotted links, so if this has scrolled off the top, look for the June 24 entry entitled “The Revolving Door of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Perry and Phillips

Posted on July 19, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron tut-tuts Rick Perry for giving a $40K/year job to a lobbyist’s wife. Any more emotion on their part and I might actually be able to detect a pulse. Elsewhere on the Patronage Patrol, here’s a nice parting gift … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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More trouble for True the Vote

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Music to my ears. When identifying the individuals most responsible for convincing supporters of Donald Trump that the 2020 election was stolen, no one surpasses Trump himself. But one could argue that the second person on the list is filmmaker … Continue reading →

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IRS complaint filed against True the Vote

Posted on June 11, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Let’s go! Conservative activists Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips used the nonprofit True the Vote to enrich themselves, according to a complaint filed to the IRS. On Monday, the nonprofit watchdog group Campaign for Accountability called for an investigation into True … Continue reading →

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Konnech withdraws its lawsuit against True the Vote

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Something strange is going on. An election management software company withdrew a lawsuit last week that accused a Houston-based conservative nonprofit of making slanderous statements about the software company’s work during the 2020 election. The company reserved the right to refile the … Continue reading →

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The “True The Vote Freedom Hospital of Ukraine”

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

This story has broken my brain. Gregg Phillips and Catherine Engelbrecht are best known as the election deniers behind True the Vote, a Texas-based nonprofit responsible for amplifying conspiracies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. But soon after Russia … Continue reading →

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True the Vote keeps on contempting

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s the latest filing from the plaintiffs in the defamation lawsuit against True the Vote and their lying grifter principles, Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips. You may recall that Engelbrecht and Phillips spent a few days in the pokey for … Continue reading →

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Fifth Circuit releases the True the Vote duo

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Thanks for making the streets less safe. After spending nearly a week in jail, Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips — leaders of Texas-based right-wing voting activist group True the Vote — have been released. They’d been held for contempt of court since Halloween, … Continue reading →

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A True the Vote twofer

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

An update on a different lawsuit they’re involved in. A disgruntled supporter of the True the Vote campaign to find voter fraud in the 2020 election preserved a claim on appeal, at least temporarily, against the organization’s law firm. While … Continue reading →

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True the Vote leaders officially held in contempt

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

How long do you think they’ll be willing to sit in jail? Federal marshals escorted two leaders of True the Vote out of a Houston courtroom on Monday morning and into a holding cell. Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips have … Continue reading →

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Contempt of court in the True the Vote lawsuit

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Wilder and wilder. After a chaotic day of testimony on Thursday, a federal judge in Texas found Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips — known as leaders of the group True the Vote — in contempt of court. They are facing … Continue reading →

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The True the Vote lawsuit continues to be wild

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

This is crazy. Inside a nearly empty federal courtroom Thursday, a fiery argument broke out between a judge and the lawyers representing Texas-based nonprofit True the Vote in a defamation and computer fraud case filed by a Michigan-based election software … Continue reading →

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Lawsuit filed against True the Vote

Posted on September 17, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Oh, this will be fun to watch. A defamation and computer fraud lawsuit filed this week against Texas-based True the Vote asks a judge to essentially determine whether the election-integrity group’s campaign against a small election vendor constitutes slanderous lies … Continue reading →

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Look for the grifters

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

In any rightwing political movement, there will always be grifters. It’s absolutely an ants-to-a-picnic situation. Over the last two presidential election cycles, True the Vote has raised millions in donations with claims that it discovered tide-turning voter fraud. It’s promised … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court hears TDP-KSP appeal

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

Here‘s a little blast from the past. A meandering legal dispute between Texas Democrats and a Houston tea party group has landed before the Texas Supreme Court in a case that could overturn longtime election laws that require certain political … Continue reading →

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The thing you need to know about the guy behind the “three million illegal votes” claim

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Charles Kuffner

He’s a known liar and grifter. When President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Sunday — without evidence — that “millions” of people voted illegally in the race for the White House, he invited a wrath of condemnation for again stoking doubts about … Continue reading →

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Making money on both ends

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

I’m glad to hear that the food stamp backlog should be cleared up soon. I’m not so glad to hear that one of the guys who bears responsibility for getting us into that mess in the first place now stands … Continue reading →

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The circle of life in Lobbyist Land

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Charles Kuffner

Behold how the world works. The House’s second most powerful member inserted a provision in the budget last month that would all but guarantee a state contract for a company run by a former state official. The lawmaker, House Appropriations … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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IBM sues over Accenture contract

Posted on March 19, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

In addition to filing a complaint over the way that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission awarded its call center contract to Accenture, IBM has now filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas, claiming that there was a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TIERS of frustration

Posted on February 26, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Father John points to a story about major problems with a new computer system used by Colorado to handle its food stamps, Medicaid, and other relief services: [T]he explosion in hunger across the state is the direct result of problems … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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An inside view of the Health and Human Services Commission

Posted on January 6, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

A comment in this post on Gregg Phillips led me to this blog post that I recommend you read by Father John Whiteford, a caseworker with TxHHSC. Father John and I are not on the same side of the fence … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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August traffic report

Posted on September 25, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

September’s almost over, isn’t it? That means I really ought to do the August traffic report, so I don’t fall any farther behind. We had about 45,000 hits in August, a nice rebound from the doldrums of July but still … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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July traffic report

Posted on August 8, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Had about 37,000 hits in July, which is a dropoff from June and May but not bad considering I had no flood-of-traffic links. This is probably my natural level for now. I’ll be curious to see if the publicity surrounding … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Let me be your sweetheart dealmaker

Posted on August 5, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

And another entry in the Gregg Phillips files. A deputy human services commissioner awarded a $1.2 million consulting contract to a company whose lobbyist employed the commissioner’s former business partner as a consultant. Gregg Phillips oversaw the Texas Health and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Outsourcing government

Posted on May 21, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

Greg has a long excerpt from this Governing magazine article on the latest trends in outsourcing state government functions to the private sector. Texas is now on the leading edge of this, and if the program is declared a success … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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December traffic report

Posted on January 18, 2004 by Charles Kuffner

December was my busiest month ever, with over 35,000 hits on the Sitemeter counter, thanks to several high-profile links to my Worst Movies list and my interview with Richard Morrison. Had there not been the usual lull for Christmas and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Pirate popularity

Posted on September 22, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Meant to do this Saturday but was too busy with other stuff…How popular was National Talk Like A Pirate Day? Here are the most frequent search engine terms that referred people to my blog on Friday: #reqs: search term —–: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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August stats

Posted on September 7, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I’m just back from an out-of-town trip and still feeling a bit mellow, so regular blogging will resume tomorrow. Meantime, I had about 27,000 hits in August, making it by far my best month yet. Having a full month of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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July traffic report

Posted on August 2, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

July was by far my best month for visits, with nearly 19,000 Sitemeter hits. That’s more than double my next best month. There were two factors for this. One was that search engine referrals are now being counted by Sitemeter. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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