feels like a bribe

"Exclusive: U.S. shale firms offer $100 million to aid Texas, New Mexico"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shale-consortium-exclusive-idUSKCN1NN0EY

Sounds like someone out there is getting ready to purge some people and sending out a warning. WaPo piece.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/40-years-ago-this-journalist-survived-the-jonestown-massacre-he-warns-it-could-happen-again/2018/11/16/bae22596-e9aa-11e8-b8dc-66cca409c180_story.html