I’m not sure I understand, isn’t this saying money was exactly the problem because outside support was blocked so they all were paying out of their personal pockets?

They’re part time legislatures with regular jobs, and being fined $500 a day that they don’t attend session. How long would you be able to hold out in that situation?

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/former-neo-nazi-candidate-us-senate-arrested/
You really picked the wrong guy to draw the line in the sand for. Dude was a regional coordinator for a neo-Nazi organization…

Oh that’s wild, I would not have guessed it even happening in the 1900s

"Consider: Victorian England: 1837-1901 American Old West: 1803-1912 Meiji Restoration: 1868-1912 French privateering in the Gulf of Mexico: ended circa 1830

Conclusion: an adventuring party consisting of a Victorian gentleman thief, an Old West gunslinger, a disgraced former samurai, and an elderly French pirate is actually 100% historically plausible."

A lot of our light switches and smart plugs are pre HomeKit WeMos and this is super frustrating. They weren’t a great product but we had them and they worked well enough, but Belkin’s on my fuck off list now.