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4. @RepublicanAGs are spending at least $682,250 to defeat Kaul and replace him with Eric Toney (R), who has pledged to enforce the abortion ban if elected. The result could be a ban on abortion in Wisconsin without any legislative action. https://t.co/Ikuht6Zhz9 — PolitiTweet.org

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3. The @RepublicanAGs are using @Match's money, along with other contributors, to reserve $682,250 in TV ad time for spots opposing Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul (D). Wisconsin has an 1849 law on the books banning abortion. Kaul says he will not enforce it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Match @Tinder @okcupid 2. @Match Group, which owns @Tinder, @okcupid, and other popular dating sites, donated $137,000 to the Republican Attorneys General Association (@RepublicanAGs). This money came directly from Match Group's corporate treasury. https://t.co/M3A44hHRsA — PolitiTweet.org

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1. If you've spent money on @match, @tinder, @okcupid and other popular dating sites, some of that cash was funneled into efforts to eliminate abortion rights nationwide. Here is exactly how this happens. 🧵 https://t.co/Ikuht6Zhz9 — PolitiTweet.org

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👀 https://t.co/VUad5XfSEc — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maxabelson: "Follow the money" is a journalistic cliche as old as ink stains, and yet it still works. Here's @JuddLegum on corporate do… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @fidmart85: This gives “swipe right” a whole new, twisted meaning. Story by @JuddLegum https://t.co/BQ7u3pjbRr — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alfonslopeztena: Several companies that have announced they will cover travel costs for employees that need an abortion are financially… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bizboyle: Companies including JPMorgan Chase, AT&T, Bank of America, Comcast, Mastercard, and Uber have said they will help cover emplo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidPepper: If you’re paying to fly your own employees out of the extremism YOU have been investing in, you’re doing it very wrong.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @greenhousenyt: Corporate Hypocrisy >> "Corporations that have announced policies covering employee travel for abortion have donated to… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DKThomp: This is a fascinating dynamic: Big US companies talking like Democrats, but often donating to Republicans (and running their b… — PolitiTweet.org

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9. @Yelp has been outspoken about its opposition to Dobbs. The company donated 15K to @RepublicanAGs in February 2021 but, in response to a request for comment, Yelp told https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ it does not plan to donate to @RepublicanAGs in the future. https://t.co/Ikuht6Zhz9 — PolitiTweet.org

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@RepublicanAGs @Match @gopuff @jpmorgan @TMobile @ATT @BankofAmerica @Cigna @comcast @Mastercard @Uber 8. For more accountability journalism that FOLLOWS THE MONEY check out our newsletter, Popular Information It's free to sign up. https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo https://t.co/fvRvbUZQBs — PolitiTweet.org

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@RepublicanAGs @Match 7. Other companies pledging to cover out-of-state abortion while donating to @RepublicanAGs: @gopuff (50K) @jpmorgan (25K) @tmobile (100K) @att (125K) @BankofAmerica (25K) @Cigna (67K) @Comcast (216K) @mastercard (25K) @uber (50K) https://t.co/Ikuht6Zhz9 https://t.co/bGdPN9Efmq — PolitiTweet.org

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6. @RepublicanAGs, with the support of @Match, is trying to replace Kaul with Eric Toney, who has pledged to enforce the 1849 Wisconsin abortion ban if elected. Popular Information contacted @Match and asked whether it would continue to support RAGA. The company did not respond — PolitiTweet.org

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5. In Wisconsin there is a statute banning abortion, enacted in 1849. The current Wisconsin Attorney General, Josh Kaul, has said he will not enforce the archaic law. @RepublicanAGs have already reserved $682,250 in TV ad time to defeat Kaul. https://t.co/Ikuht6Zhz9 — PolitiTweet.org

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@Match @RepublicanAGs 4. "These battles to protect the unborn will now take place at the state level...every donation will help Republican Attorneys General combat the Democrats' pro-abortion agenda and stand tall for life." https://t.co/BMbVWsIJYl — PolitiTweet.org

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3. But in 2021, @match also donated $137,000 to the @RepublicanAGs (RAGA). RAGA played a central role in securing the outcome in Dobbs. In a fundraising email last Friday, RAGA pledged that donations would be used to further undermine abortion rights. https://t.co/Ikuht6Zhz9 — PolitiTweet.org

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2. @match, a dating company that also owns @Tinder, @hinge, and @okcupid, established a fund to cover the costs of out-of-state abortions in September 2021. CEO Shar Dubey called the abortion ban in Texas "unfair," "regressive," and dangerous. https://t.co/P0DfFtOxTs — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Several companies that have announced they will cover travel costs for employees that need an abortion are financially backing a political committee openly devoted to eliminating abortion rights around the country. Follow along if interested 🧵 https://t.co/Ikuht6Zhz9 — PolitiTweet.org

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"A federal grand jury in New York has issued subpoenas to each board director of the blank check company that has agreed to take Donald Trump's social media startup, Truth Social, public." https://t.co/uMz3m3OlgM — PolitiTweet.org

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@skittavly @NRSC Many do — PolitiTweet.org

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"After initially claiming to be 'basically unaware' of an effort by his staff to get fake presidential elector documents to" Pence, @SenRonJohnson admitted "he coordinated with a Wisconsin attorney to pass along such information" https://t.co/Nrw5RRMwcZ — PolitiTweet.org

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This is how you know these hearings have been effective. The only argument Trump has left is that the recorded depositions are fake. — PolitiTweet.org

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@maraleia @PressSec @ValerioCNN Not defending the response, just to be clear — PolitiTweet.org

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@maraleia @PressSec @ValerioCNN This is just a factual point. She did not say Biden disagreed with it. — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Biden has opposed carve-outs to the filibusters before and perhaps he would for a national law protecting abortion rights. But @PressSec did not say that today. — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Personally, I think @ValerioCNN should delete the tweet. It has thousands of retweets, and it claims @PressSec said something that she did not say. — PolitiTweet.org

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@PressSec @ValerioCNN 3. @PressSec responds by saying, if enough Democrats are elected, "I don't think the filibuster would play a role." Which is a truism. She doesn't comment on whether Biden would support eliminating the filibuster. She dodges the question. There was no cold water thrown. https://t.co/6W6NldNDAk — PolitiTweet.org