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@CVSHealth @GovMikeDeWine 7. 10. For more accountability journalism that follows the money, check out my newsletter, Popular Information. It's free to sign up. https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo https://t.co/HH3YDjWYBg — PolitiTweet.org

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6. @CVSHealth has taken a similar posture. It announced it would pay for abortion-related travel. But it also donated 10K for the reelection of @GovMikeDeWine. DeWine signed a 6-week ban in 2019 and now supports a total ban with no exceptions https://t.co/vO5e5PxReY — PolitiTweet.org

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5. @ATT also donated 20K to Lt. Gov and Senate President @DanPatrick on April 21. Patrick isn't satisfied with the current total ban on abortion in Texas and announced he will push for more restrictions in upcoming legislative sessions. https://t.co/vO5e5PxReY — PolitiTweet.org

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4. On May 22, @ATT donated $5,000 to @SenBryanHughes, who authored the six-week abortion ban Hughes also supports forcing rape victims to give birth "If you're in a case like that, a terrible thing has happened, would we want to make that worse by taking the life of a child?" — PolitiTweet.org

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@ATT 3. @ATT, for example, donated 10K to @Burrows4TX on June 30. Burrows was a vocal supporter of Texas' "trigger" law, enacted in June 2021, that bans all abortion from the moment of fertilization with no exceptions for rape or incest. https://t.co/vO5e5PxReY https://t.co/Y2GyJkWOQE — PolitiTweet.org

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@ATT 2. New filings w/the Texas Ethics Commission reveal that, in 2022, @ATT donated $214,000 to the legislators behind Texas' abortion bans That includes the 6-week abortion ban that went into effect in September & the total abortion ban triggered by Dobbs https://t.co/vO5e5PxReY — PolitiTweet.org

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1. After Dobbs, Dallas-based @ATT presented itself as a company that supported its employees reproductive rights, saying it would pay for abortion-related travel But if you follow the money, it tells a very different story. 🧵 https://t.co/vO5e5PxReY https://t.co/hs2y0txLtt — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CREWcrew: Are the 2022 midterm elections for sale? A handful of billionaires are trying to find out. https://t.co/iONbYjwKc9 — PolitiTweet.org

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@Burrows4TX @ATT @SenBryanHughes The head of @ATT's legislative strategy is @EdWGillespie, the former chair of the @RNC. When Gillespie ran for Governor of Virginia in 2017, he said he "would like to see abortion be banned.” https://t.co/wiLpBHuVZh — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cam_joseph: Michael Peroutka thinks public education is a communist plot & COVID response was a "hoax." He bankrolled Roy Moore. He was… — PolitiTweet.org

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@Burrows4TX @ATT .@ATT also donated $5,000 to the author of Texas' six-week abortion ban @SenBryanHughes on May 21 — PolitiTweet.org

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State Representative Dustin Burrows (@Burrows4TX) was one of the driving forces behind Texas' total abortion ban @ATT, a Dallas-based company which claims to support reproductive rights for its employees, donated $10,000 to Burrows on June 30 https://t.co/TfAmOg5MW2 — PolitiTweet.org

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9. Bankman-Fried has spoken enthusiastically about an industry-friendly crypto bill and has also donated $2 million "to GMI PAC, a super PAC championing candidates friendly to 'blockchain innovators.'" https://t.co/8TetcyC2Vs — PolitiTweet.org

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8. Bankman-Fried spent about $12 million supporting Carrick Flynn, an Oregon Congressional candidate with no political experience who didn't even vote in most prior elections. Flynn was crushed in the primary. https://t.co/8TetcyC2Vs — PolitiTweet.org

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7. Sam Bankman-Fried (@SBF_FTX), who made his fortune by founding the crypto-currency exchange FTX, is the top donor to the main Democratic super PACs He's donated $6.5 million. — PolitiTweet.org

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6. The main Democratic super PACs have collectively raised $154 million in the 2022 cycle. About $25 million, around 17%, has come from billionaires. https://t.co/8TetcyC2Vs — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Griffin spends lavishly to keep his tax rate low. In 2020, Griffin spent $54 million to successfully defeat an Illinois initiative to raise taxes on people making $1 million. The investment paid off in one year. https://t.co/8TetcyC2Vs — PolitiTweet.org

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4. The biggest donor to the GOP Super PACs so far this cycle is Ken Griffin. Griffin has donated more than $28 million. In a 2012 interview, Griffin said he believed the "ultrawealthy" have "insufficient influence" on politics. https://t.co/8TetcyC2Vs — PolitiTweet.org

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3. In 2022, billionaires appear to be taking an even more prominent role. Two super PACs seek to establish GOP majorities in the Senate and House raised $188.3 million through March 2022 Nearly HALF of the money has come from 27 billionaires https://t.co/8TetcyC2Vs — PolitiTweet.org

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2. According to a new report by @4TaxFairness, in the cycle prior to Citizens United, billionaires spent $16 million on federal elections. In the 2020 cycle, billionaires spent $1.2 BILLION! (And that's excluding money financing their own campaigns) https://t.co/8TetcyC2Vs https://t.co/UxENjbu6VZ — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Prior to Citizens United, billionaires spent a negligible amount on federal elections Today, billionaires are using a small percentage of their extraordinary wealth to shape the federal gov't to meet their economic and ideological interests Follow along if interested 🧵 — PolitiTweet.org

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@LPDonovan My impression is that Dems have already caved, but Manchin now isn't offering anything. I could be wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

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@LPDonovan Let’s suppose you took Hoppy’s advice and moved “closer” to Manchin’s “position.” How would you do that? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @meganmesserly: Indiana lawyer Jim Bopp, who has authored model anti-abortion legislation, told POLITICO the 10-year-old who got an abor… — PolitiTweet.org

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Las Vegas tycoon who believes aliens can be found on Earth gave DeSantis $10 million https://t.co/iJDwREP49s — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 1. @GovRonDeSantis lied about what was in math textbooks submitted to Florida schools. Now he's rewriting history and taki… — PolitiTweet.org

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REMEMBER: Manchin is laser focused on the needs of the people of West Virginia — PolitiTweet.org

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10. The Florida Department of Education attacked me publicly for reporting the truth about the elementary school math textbooks. They had promised to send me "evidence" of CRT in any of the elementary math textbooks. I'm still waiting. https://t.co/g9JMgiEUPU — PolitiTweet.org

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