Judd Legum

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If Disney was interested in staying “out of all this” maybe they shouldn’t have donated 300K to the supporters of this bill in the last two years. Complicity in a regressive Republican agenda is not “neutrality” — PolitiTweet.org

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Until last week, former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was simultaneously registered to vote in three different states — North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina https://t.co/sR4OXHL4zx — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 5. DeSantis and right-wing activists claim that SEL is just CRT by another name. But the SEL content of these math books s… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 4. Along w/many math problems, there are short sections encouraging kids to be nice “How can you show that you value the id… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 3. We obtained 4 math textbooks for elementary students rejected by Florida There is ZERO discussion of race, racism, or an… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @allinwithchris: Florida refused to provide evidence for how exactly the math textbooks they rejected “indoctrinated” youth. So report… — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ll be discussing this story with @chrislhayes at around 8:45 Eastern tonight on @MSNBC — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: @GovRonDeSantis 2. @GovRonDeSantis said these math books contain "race essentialism" The Florida Commissioner of Ed said th… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 1. @GovRonDeSantis claims math textbooks "indoctrinate" students with "dangerous and divisive" ideologies like "Critical Rac… — PolitiTweet.org

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The clear takeaway here is that DeSantis’ interpretation of the Florida ban on Critical Race Theory is that no textbook can include the word racism, even in passing — PolitiTweet.org

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12. UPDATE: The Florida Department of Education responds: https://t.co/bDugMTzfCr — PolitiTweet.org

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5. There is nothing in any of these examples that contradicts what we found in our thorough examination of 8 textbooks: Nothing in these textbooks "bears no resemblance to the alarming assertions of Florida officials" https://t.co/51u8S5rQMk — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Keep in mind, the Florida Department of Education rejected 26 TEXTBOOKS and these were the 4 worst examples they could come up with. And there is nothing objectionable. The standard appears to be you can't use the word "racism" or talk about empathy, even in passing — PolitiTweet.org

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3. The other two examples are math problems that include REFERENCES to prejudice and racism as part of the fact pattern There is nothing about "racial essentialism" or anything resembling CRT https://t.co/WxKcKDIGVV — PolitiTweet.org

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2. They didn't indicate which textbooks these examples came from or why they caused those textbooks to be rejected. Two of the four examples are just straightforward examples of SEL. One promotes "empathizing with classmates." https://t.co/OuXvfFJivn — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATE: A few hours after this article was published the Florida Department of Education responded to https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ's inquiry and provided 4 examples of "problematic elements" from rejected textbooks Follow this 🧵for details. — PolitiTweet.org

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Today, @KochIndustries did what hundreds of other companies realized many weeks ago: it was time to leave Russia. For more accountability journalism focused on the powerful, check out my newsletter, Popular Information It's free to sign up. https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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@KochIndustries On April 6, https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ obtained an internal email from Charles Koch's non-profit, @StandTogether. In the email, Stand Together's VP for Foreign Policy argued against most economic sanctions and directly linked to @KochIndustries statement https://t.co/dJCMzFTihF https://t.co/nThxhiAWAn — PolitiTweet.org

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@KochIndustries On March 24, in an internal memo obtained by https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ, @KochIndustries confirmed their intention to continue operating in Russia. Again Robertson said leaving would "do more harm than good." https://t.co/m5YCHP26sa — PolitiTweet.org

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On March 17, @KochIndustries released its first public response. In a statement, Robertson said that Koch Industries would continue operations in Russia. Robertson said that leaving, as hundreds of companies had done, would do "more harm than good" https://t.co/fJ1wUin74u — PolitiTweet.org

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On March 16, Popular Information documented how non-profit groups funded by Charles Koch's non-profit, @StandTogether, were advocating against economic sanctions on Russia https://t.co/zpwSF6yyNF — PolitiTweet.org

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@KochIndustries Popular Information broke the news that @KochIndustries was maintaining full operations in Russia on March 14. The company offered no response. https://t.co/kcmm0AwULH — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING: In an internal memo obtained by https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ, @KochIndustries CEO David Robertson announced that the company is exiting Russia This is an abrupt reversal of position the company has held since Russia invaded Ukraine https://t.co/z3xz5w6y9g — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg twice lobbied The Daily Mail, on the publishers that receives the most traffic from Facebook, to kill a negative story about her then-boyfriend It worked both times https://t.co/84qIKaaUb4 — PolitiTweet.org

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@akj9999 I'm not aware of any right now but I will certainly look into it — PolitiTweet.org

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Only one publisher approved for elementary math textbooks is notable but different than one publisher approved for all grades It's not as fun, but it's important that we stick to the facts The fact is DeSantis made claims about the rejected books that are verifiably false — PolitiTweet.org

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I obtained 8 of the rejected books and published a report this morning. I found no evidence of CRT, "race essentialism," or any other "dangerous and divisive" concepts https://t.co/51u8S5rQMk — PolitiTweet.org

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You can see the full list of math textbooks approved by Florida here: https://t.co/LUq2aoKgyQ — PolitiTweet.org

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I've had many people send me this thread, which has been retweeted 10s of thousands of times, so I feel obligated to point out this claim is false Only one publisher was approved for ELEMENTARY LEVEL math books in Florida. Many other publishers were approved for other grades https://t.co/MgpRiosEAl — PolitiTweet.org