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In a new blog post, the American Petroleum Institute (@APIenergy), the lobbying organization for the oil and gas industry, suggests the reason why Russia invaded Ukraine is that Biden restricted domestic oil & gas production in the first year of his presidency https://t.co/SQ2DoWlrAL — PolitiTweet.org

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And whatever the military asks for, they almost always get And no one asks how it will be paid for or talks about the deficit — PolitiTweet.org

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The amazing part about the Pentagon’s $760 billion+ budget is that if the military decides to do something — in this case deploying some troops in Eastern Europe and providing Ukraine with some weapons — it immediately needs more money Pentagon wants another $5 billion — PolitiTweet.org

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Tucker Carlson’s LONG history of pro-Kremlin, anti-Ukraine propaganda https://t.co/WMmUcunE0s https://t.co/Gpfj4sHWIH — PolitiTweet.org

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@maustermuhle One way to solve this “problem” is just not to have mobile sports betting in DC. It’s puzzling that the city is spending tax dollars to build a market for this app. How is this good for DC residents? — PolitiTweet.org

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Not sure how this is a “response” to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill since the statement doesn’t even mention the bill. Nor does it address the fact that Disney had contributed money to the bill’s sponsors. — PolitiTweet.org

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REMINDER: The moral void of Tucker Carlson — PolitiTweet.org

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We don’t talk enough about the cravenness of Jared Kushner, who used his immense power during the Trump administration to cozy up with the world’s worst autocrats and is now attempting to exploit those relationships to bankroll a multi-billion dollar venture capital fund — PolitiTweet.org

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School district spokesperson: “I was there and the students were out of class for at least 20 minutes. Student leaders were told no flags prior to and at the beginning of the event so as to avoid undue safety concerns and campus disruptions” — PolitiTweet.org

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The protest was PRE-APPROVED by the school, which allowed the students 15 minutes. Administrators first threatened to discipline students who didn’t hand over the pride flags. Then they tried to end the protest after 7 minutes. — PolitiTweet.org

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School administrators attempted to CONFISCATE the pride flags — PolitiTweet.org

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A Florida high school student was SUSPENDED For organizing a protest against the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and distributing pride flags https://t.co/7SPW6muOzh — PolitiTweet.org

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@thetomzone Interesting. Was trying to figure out what possible audience this could appeal to — PolitiTweet.org

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@thetomzone Who was this sent to? — PolitiTweet.org

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Republicans in the Florida House blocked a proposal which would have required the state to divest its $300 million in investments in Russian companies https://t.co/fVWRYKJgJJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Next year, @Kroger is projecting EVEN BIGGER profits -- between $4.2 billion and $4.3 billion. — PolitiTweet.org

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REMINDER: @Kroger canceled its $2/hour hazard pay on May 17, 2020 -- JUST SIX WEEKS AFTER IT WAS PUT INTO PLACE. Since then, Kroger workers have been working in a deadly pandemic with no hazard pay, generating billions in profits https://t.co/erDLfESVIW — PolitiTweet.org

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@kroger In other words, consumers did not pay higher prices @Kroger simply because costs were going up. They paid higher prices to create enormous profits for the corporation. The markups exceeded any cost increases. — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATE: Last June, @Kroger CEO Rodney McMullin said that "a little bit of inflation is always good in our business" and imposed a series of price hikes. McMullin was right. Kroger just reported an operating profit of $3.5 BILLION for 2021 — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump has not posted a single time on HIS OWN SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK, Truth Social, since its launch on February 21. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AndrewLearned @fineout Were you given any explaination? — PolitiTweet.org

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Wake up sheeple! Big Toilet Paper is lying to you. — PolitiTweet.org

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Big Toilet paper is lying to you. — PolitiTweet.org

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@_cingraham OMG. This is a personal obsession of mine. Thank you for this essential investigation. — PolitiTweet.org

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When is the last time Manchin has done something that fossil fuel lobbyists opposed? Not a trick question. — PolitiTweet.org

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@APIenergy Many of Manchin's former aides leave to cash in as fossil fuel lobbyists. https://t.co/hGIsKNotOk — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin's rhetoric here is ABOSOLUTELY INDISTINGUISABLE from the fossil fuel industry, including @APIenergy, the industry's main lobbying org But the fossil fuel industry has been propping up Putin for YEARS I lay it all out here: https://t.co/y25sOEdOMZ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GBBranstetter: A business alliance of large TX employers like Microsoft and Amazon released a joint statement condemning the AG and Gov… — PolitiTweet.org

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11. If you are interested in this topic -- or the issue of corporate accountability more generally -- check out the Popular Information newsletter. It's like this thread only w/punctuation & more in-depth research and reporting And it's free to sign up https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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10. So far we have seen broad corporate statements but little to no action by these corporations. So there is really no pressure on Abbott or Paxton to back off. https://t.co/angFGMe79n — PolitiTweet.org