I MADE AN ERROR WITH THIS STORY
Marathon Strategies "does not work for the TX GOP"
CORRECTION - I made an error in this story and tied payments from Republicans to the wrong Marathon Strategies. Phil Singer reached out to me and made me aware of my error and stated “We do no work for the TX GOP.”
My sincere apologies. This can happen at times with the type of journalism I produce - I own my mistakes and I will use this as a learning experience to double check the company names with Tax IDs to ensure this doesn’t happen again.
The company these Republicans are paying is - MARATHON STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIOINS INC. (yes, communications is spelled wrong in it’s legal name)
I’ll dig in more on why this communications business is ran out of a house in Dallas.
Texas Republican Payments to “MARATHON STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIOINS INC”
Brian Harrison - $156,142.83
I’ll start with Brian because he’s my favorite - Brian was the chief of staff for Trump's Health & Human Services. Brian was proud of how he worked closely with Dr. Fauci in the development of Operation Warp Speed.
For those that don’t know, Operation Warp Speed handed over $18 billion to big Pharma companies for a vaccine they already had ready to go. The American tax payer paid Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson for research and development that had already been completed, we paid for Pfizer’s vaccine supply that netted them record breaking profits in 2022, and the only thing Americans got in return was an increase in excess deaths, heart attacks, strokes, miscarriages, and a lot more problems.
Brian claims to fight back against vaccine mandates and COVID tyranny but my personal story exposes Brian is a LIAR! I’ve reached out to Brian’s office, I know he saw my replies on X, and he’s a political sellout who is working for the same people he pretends to fight against.
Debra Lehrmann - $506,851.04
Wow! A Texas Supreme Court Justice paid half a million dollars to Marathon Strategic Communicatioins Inc.
Jon Cobb - $221,999.71
Jon Cobb was a 2016 Republican candidate for district 24 of the Texas State Senate. Jon is now on the city council for the city of Bee Cave Texas - my guess is I could find money laundering if I dug into Bee Cave.
Rodney Earl Anderson - $220,765.47
At this point trusting Conservatives is the same thing as trusting Democrats. Rodney is a former Dallas County Republican Chair and Former State Rep.
Kenneth Sheets - $260,316.23
Kenneth served the Texas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017 representing part of Dallas. Hiding your tweets as a retired politician says a lot about you - what else are you hiding Kenneth?
Kristin Tassin - $176,183.12
Kristin was a candidate for the Texas State Senate in 2017/2018 and she’s been on the board for the Fort Bend ISD since 2013.
Melisa Denis - $140,645.89
Of course Melisa came from KPMG - she worked for a corrupt financial organization and worked her way into more corruption. Melisa ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives and lost in November 2022 but she paid $140k before she lost.
Greg Travis - $135,999.64
Greg was a member of the Houston city council in Texas. He assumed office on January 2, 2016 and left on February 2, 2022.
Helen D Kerwin - $127,796.17
Helen paid Marathon Strategies $128k in 2024.
Kade Wilcox - $65,355.50
Kade ran for election to the Texas House of Representatives and lost in March 2022.
Wade Emmert - $18,421.98
Leighton Schubert - $18,000.00
Leighton Schubert was a former republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from 2015 to 2018.
You've got the wrong guy. Marathon Strategies LLC does not work for these candidates. You appear to be confusing us with a different firm "Marathon Strategic Communication Inc." Would appreciate it if you correct this item and remove my name and likeness. Thanks.
no black folks? MFers are racist too