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Over the past three decades, Buc-ee’s founder, Arch “Beaver” Aplin III—an aw-shucks type who as a college student dreamed of building skyscrapers—has increasingly transmuted some of his fortune into campaign contributions to GOP politicians like Governor Greg Abbott, which in turn earned him a plum appointment as the chairman of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. As Buc-ee’s has expanded outside Texas, it has sought massive tax breaks from local governments, many of them small towns des...

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The Material Review·

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BLCKDGRD·

I got a call from the White House, from the President himself, asking me if I’d do him a personal favor. I like the President, so I said, “Sure, Mr. President, anything you like.” He said, “Just act like nothing’s going on. Act normal. That would mean the world to me. Can you do that, Leon?” “Why, sure, Mr. President, you’ve got it. Normal, that’s how I’m going to act. I won’t let on, even if I’m tortured,” I said, immediately regretting that “tortured” bit

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