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2. The woman who Zucker was in a relationship with was Allison Gollust, CNN's Chief Marketing Officer. But one thing I'm not seeing mentioned is that before joining CNN Gollust was THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR ANDREW CUOMO https://t.co/udWsX0HzWJ — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Zucker is successfully spinning his firing/resignation as a simple matter of failing to disclose a consensual relationship with a subordinate But that's not the whole story — PolitiTweet.org

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12. Nearly all of these companies either declined to comment or did not respond to a request for comment. They believe they can say one thing, spend their money on something in conflict with it, and then not explain the contradiction https://t.co/vHXl1D44Cf — PolitiTweet.org

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11. Many other corporations have donated large sums to the @RSLC in 2021, backing the radical agenda that Republicans are pursuing at the state level. A few more @AnheuserBusch (65K) @HomeDepot (50K) @WeAreFarmers (100K) @Intuit (100K) @Walmart (70K) https://t.co/M73moMVJsy https://t.co/UgW1NkIMwU — PolitiTweet.org

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@ghostofalbertm1 @Meta False. Those are contributions from individual employees, not its corporate PAC — PolitiTweet.org

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10. This new research is the product of our newsletter, Popular Information. If you value this work, please sign up for the newsletter. We publish on Twitter but it's the newsletter, not Twitter, that enables us to do the work. It's free to sign up: https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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9. @ATT donated $150,000 to the @RSLC in 2021. CEO John Stankey said one of the company's "core values" was "gender equity and the empowerment of women." The company sent this statement: "We provide the same amount annually to the @RSLC and the @DLCC" https://t.co/M73moMVJsy — PolitiTweet.org

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8. @Citibank donated $75,000 to the @RSLC in 2021. Citi claims it's working to advance women's rights "enabling progress…to ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities" The company did not respond to a request for comment https://t.co/M73moMVJsy — PolitiTweet.org

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7. @CVS donated $50,000 to the @RSLC in 2021. CVS claims its mission is to "support the unique health needs of women at every age." CVS did not respond to a request for comment. https://t.co/M73moMVJsy — PolitiTweet.org

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6. Today, @comcast is financially supporting efforts to keep Republican legislators pushing abortion bans in power The company did not respond to a request for comment https://t.co/M73moMVJsy — PolitiTweet.org

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6. Today, @ComcastPolicy is financially supporting efforts to keep Republican legislators pushing abortion bans in power The company did not respond to a request for comment https://t.co/M73moMVJsy — PolitiTweet.org

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5. @Comcast donated 135K to the @RSLC in 2021. The company, which owns @NBCUniversal, suggested just a couple years ago that it would pull out of Georgia if the state's 6-week abortion ban was upheld https://t.co/M73moMVJsy — PolitiTweet.org

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@RSLC 4. @Google donated $155,000 to the @RSLC in 2021. This is money from its corporate treasury. Google presents itself as a champion of women "striving for a future where there is equity across the globe." https://t.co/M73moMVJsy https://t.co/k5aMnYTCAY — PolitiTweet.org

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3. This year, with the @RSLC's help, GOP legislators have passed 108 abortion restrictions (including Texas' ban) and 34 laws restricting voting The @RSLC is backed by big donations from corporations that claim to support voting rights & women's equality https://t.co/M73moMVJsy — PolitiTweet.org

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2. The document was filed by the @RSLC, a GOP group that delivers "wins for Republican state legislators" by "targeting national resources to support state races" It takes credit for the fact that the GOP controls "61 of 99 state legislative chambers" https://t.co/M73moMVJsy — PolitiTweet.org

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1. On Monday, a 10,055 page PDF was quietly filed with the IRS It revealed that some of the nation's most prominent corporations have sent large donations to the GOP group behind state abortion bans and voter suppression Follow along if interested https://t.co/M73moMVJsy — PolitiTweet.org

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In case you are wondering, when I ran for office (in 2010) I did not accept PAC money — PolitiTweet.org

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Very few people who write and report about political issues have ever run for office themselves but it helps a lot — PolitiTweet.org

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As a practical matter, I learned more personally knocking on 10,000 doors than I could have in a lifetime of observing politics from afar. It's given me a deep and abiding sympathy for all candidates. You are really putting yourself out there and it's tough — PolitiTweet.org

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If people want to run for office, I absolutely encourage them to do so As someone who has done it, however, I can tell you it is not a "crazy impossible thing" but it is a very challenging thing in every possible way I learned so much doing it Including that its not for me — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @getnicced: This (amazing) thread sums up the latest pull in North Carolina. There were also two recent pulls from schools in Missouri.… — PolitiTweet.org

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@mpersandy I'm pretty rigorous with sourcing for my newsletter, which is my job. This is Twitter though, so I have different standards. Not for accuracy though. All the numbers are correct. — PolitiTweet.org

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8. Shoutout to @accountable_us who produced a report with the research that I used to create this thread For more accountability journalism, check out my newsletter, Popular Information https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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@mpersandy https://t.co/8w4tfPJA0U — PolitiTweet.org

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7. @Meta (Facebook) donated 27K in 2021 to senators that filibustered federal voting rights protections https://t.co/sclocZT91P — PolitiTweet.org

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6. @Amazon donated 30K in 2021 to senators that filibustered federal voting rights protections https://t.co/UXyVYf3fa7 — PolitiTweet.org

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5. @dell donated 41K in 2021 to senators that filibustered federal voting rights protections https://t.co/qlxlvF7DmU — PolitiTweet.org

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4. @google donated 99K in 2021 to Senators that filibustered federal voting rights protections https://t.co/ZRzD9OtHCe — PolitiTweet.org

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3. @verizon donated 126K to senators that filibustered federal voting rights protections https://t.co/PKRd0jbMAb — PolitiTweet.org

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2. @Microsoft donated 135K to senators that filibustered federal voting rights protections https://t.co/7L3IdDjvp2 — PolitiTweet.org