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UPDATE: @Twitter informs me that it received a complaint about the tweet at the beginning of this threat, pursuant to German Law, but it will not be removed https://t.co/eug0OTVE2n — PolitiTweet.org

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The sponsor of this legislation, Senator Jett, was a Trump appointee. He chaired a Treasury Department advisory board on community development https://t.co/IjRn8PaMsl — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ve also been doing a lot of reporting on book banning and other attacks on free expression in my newsletter Sign up here —> https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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If you are interested in these issues an invaluable resource is @PENamerica. @JeffreyASachs is doing tremendous work tracking the assault of free speech across the country https://t.co/jRowTkOtYo — PolitiTweet.org

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@shanejett Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. There is a wave of book banning across the nation. More here: https://t.co/xofxxrQKsh — PolitiTweet.org

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A bill just filed in the Oklahoma Senate would ban from schools any book that includes "lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender issues or recreational sexualization." It is sponsored by Senator @shanejett https://t.co/8ZllCYZzbM https://t.co/XoC1QAClRB — PolitiTweet.org

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8. There was extensive coverage of this meeting but none of it covered this glaring contradiction. For more accountability journalism that peels back the spin and uncovers the truth, sign up for my newsletter, Popular Information. https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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7. Instead Corporate America is trying to have it both ways. Public meetings where they declare their commitment to combatting climate change while behind the scenes they are working to defeat essential climate legislation to avoid corporate tax increases https://t.co/tyh8IAi2VQ — PolitiTweet.org

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6. Why does this matter? Because people deserve to know the truth. These CEOs and the White House are presenting Corporate America as supporters of BBB That would be nice. But the opposite is true. They are doing everything possible to defeat it https://t.co/tyh8IAi2VQ — PolitiTweet.org

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5. I contacted @GM and asked a basic question: Does @mtbarra support BBB? No response. I also contacted @BizRoundtable: Do they continue to oppose BBB? No response. @BizRoundtable has been sending tweets trashing BBB as recently as last week https://t.co/tyh8IAi2VQ — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Notably, when it was @mtbarra's turn to speak she did not express support for BBB as a whole. Barra said she was attending to "speak about climate change and our aligned goal as it relates to converting to an all-electric future." https://t.co/tyh8IAi2VQ — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Almost all of the other attendees at Biden's meeting are members of the @BizRoundtable and are participating in this effort. And yet, Biden ticked through the benefits of BBB and said he was "grateful for the support of the CEOs that are here." https://t.co/tyh8IAi2VQ — PolitiTweet.org

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@GM @mtbarra 2. @GM's @mtbarra is the chair of @BizRoundtable a group of CEOs that has engaged in a scorched earth campaign to kill BBB, including advertising on Facebook and television The ads claim that BBB would devastate the American economy https://t.co/tyh8IAi2VQ https://t.co/nWpPiyG7Sk — PolitiTweet.org

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1. There was a very strange meeting at the White House yesterday which supposedly was a meeting of CEOs who support Biden's BBB plan. But one CEO at the meeting, @GM's @mtbarra, is actively leading a multi-million dollar campaign to defeat BBB WTF? https://t.co/tyh8IAi2VQ — PolitiTweet.org

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MORE: A Mississippi mayor is "withholding $110,000 of funding from the Madison County Library System" until its libraries purge books w/LGBTQ themes The mayor calls the books, including an essay collection by Elton John & others, "homosexual materials" https://t.co/PXXpnTCbtE https://t.co/ZHWPjAStSx — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a useful database of book banning and other censorship efforts across the country https://t.co/fhjIp49JM6 https://t.co/0vqSXbcJ32 — PolitiTweet.org

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Tomorrow is International Holocaust Remembrance Day — PolitiTweet.org

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If you are interested in tracking these issues, I’ve been doing a lot of reporting on book banning and other attacks on free expression in my newsletter Sign up here —> https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. There is a wave of book banning across the nation. More here: https://t.co/xofxxrQKsh — PolitiTweet.org

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The Mcminn County School board in Tennessee just voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust The vote was 10-0 https://t.co/kpgjoLZQq9 https://t.co/liMpSKJHYS — PolitiTweet.org

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Hard for me to get too worked up about which new person will get to write dissents while the 6-justice majority guts various Constitutional rights — PolitiTweet.org

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9. There are several other major corporations that sent checks to Texas Republicans after they passed a draconian abortion ban @ATT @Walmart @Ford @Zillow @Allstate @USAA @UPS @Exelon @UnitedHealthGrp None of these companies has responded https://t.co/nAc5SOLJuE — PolitiTweet.org

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8. https://t.co/JhoV1QDaTS is an independent newsletter that focuses on accountability journalism. We have a comprehensive process to track corporate political spending. Sign up (free!) to stay informed. Change is possible. https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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@pepsi 7. Corporations, including @pepsi, expect little to no scrutiny about their political spending That's why they believe they can tweet about "empowering women" while donating to groups that are launching a full-scale attack on women's rights https://t.co/nAc5SOLJuE https://t.co/qlJbAmbYRC — PolitiTweet.org

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6. But for the timing of this donation to have any importance, @pepsi would have to make a decision that, now that it knows about the abortion ban, it will stop donating to the Texas GOP @pepsi is also declining to address its future plans https://t.co/nAc5SOLJuE — PolitiTweet.org

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5. But the story that the check was sent in 2020 and cashed in August 2021 wasn't really true @pepsi admitted that it reissued the check in 2021 But @pepsi wouldn't say when If it was before the abortion ban was enacted, seems like @pepsi would say so https://t.co/nAc5SOLJuE — PolitiTweet.org

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@pepsi 4. Next, @pepsi made an issue of the timing. It claimed it sent the check to the Texas GOP in the summer of 2020. That turned out to be not really true but even if it was, would that be better? This was the Texas Republican Party in 2020 https://t.co/nAc5SOLJuE https://t.co/U7AduQcurJ — PolitiTweet.org

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3. When @pepsi responded on Tuesday, it cast the 15K donation as part of its support for the party convention The point @pepsi is trying to make here is that they don't support these anti-abortion policies. It's INDIFFERENT. Not sure that's better https://t.co/nAc5SOLJuE — PolitiTweet.org

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@pepsi 2. The first tactic is just to ignore the issue. @Pepsi didn't respond to my inquiry about the donation last week. That backfired when the story went viral and #boycottpepsi became the top trending topic in the United States https://t.co/nAc5SOLJuE — PolitiTweet.org

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1. It's worth digging into @pepsi's response to our report that it sent 15K to the Texas GOP after the party passed an abortion ban It's a case study on how corporations seek to evade accountability for political activity Follow along if interested https://t.co/nAc5SOLJuE — PolitiTweet.org