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@USChamber This is like going to a Phillip Morris event to talk about how to reduce smoking. — PolitiTweet.org

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Why is the Biden Administration continuing to pretend the @USChamber is an ally in the climate fight? No one did more to defeat their climate policy than the @USChamber. The organization continues to lobby against it. — PolitiTweet.org

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SCOTUS nominees spend their entire confirmation hearings talking about their deep respect for precedent and now they are reconsidering a slew of issues where nothing has changed except for the composition of the court. It's a farce. — PolitiTweet.org

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@atheist_in_nc @ATT @DadePhelan Under Texas law you can't donate directly from a corporate treasury to a political committee UNLESS you stipulate that it only be used to defray "administrative and overhead costs." But it's kind of a distinction without a difference. — PolitiTweet.org

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@zillow @Allstate @Ford @Exelon @KochIndustries @UPS @USAA @UnitedHealthGrp 9. One more thing: The head of @ATT's legislative strategy is @EdWGillespie, the former chair of the @RNC. When Gillespie ran for Governor of Virginia in 2017 he said he "would like to see abortion be banned.” https://t.co/7CxOFQC6UQ https://t.co/NPSfTCSz3x — PolitiTweet.org

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8. Other companies that made substantial donations to Texas Republicans after the passage of the state's abortion ban: @zillow @Allstate @Ford @Exelon @KochIndustries @UPS @USAA @UnitedHealthGrp https://t.co/7CxOFQC6UQ — PolitiTweet.org

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7. If you are interested in this thread, you'll be very interested in my newsletter, Popular Information. It's dedicated to accountability journalism. You'll learn the information you won't find anywhere else. And it's free to sign up. https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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@ATT @DadePhelan @pepsi @TexasGOP 6. @Walmart touts its "efforts to advance women associates and empower women." In December, @Walmart donated 5K to Texas House Speaker @DadePhelan and 5K to Lt. Gov @DanPatrick, who also serves as president of the Texas Senate. https://t.co/7CxOFQC6UQ https://t.co/FfodNOuKWu — PolitiTweet.org

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@ATT @DadePhelan 5. @pepsi publicly touts its commitment to "empowering women in the workplace, marketplace and community." On 8/5/21, @pepsi donated 15K to the @TexasGOP Pepsi did not respond to a request for comment. https://t.co/7CxOFQC6UQ https://t.co/CDPAiIUk7s — PolitiTweet.org

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@ATT @DadePhelan 4. @ATT told https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ that it "has never taken a position on abortion" and "did not endorse nor support passage of Senate Bill 8." The 50K check to the Texas Senate Republicans, @ATT insists, "may not be used for political purposes." https://t.co/7CxOFQC6UQ https://t.co/XSMJLFRiXW — PolitiTweet.org

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@ATT 3. On 12/14/21, @ATT's corporate PAC donated 30K to @DadePhelan, the Texas House Speaker who marshaled the abortion ban through the House. https://t.co/7CxOFQC6UQ https://t.co/7T21xWkaDX — PolitiTweet.org

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2. @ATT CEO John Stankey said one of the company's "core values" is "gender equity and the empowerment of women." On 11/20/21, @ATT donated 50K from its corporate treasury to the Texas Senate Republicans who unanimously approved the abortion ban https://t.co/7CxOFQC6UQ — PolitiTweet.org

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1. In May, Texas Republicans enacted a draconian abortion ban and a system of vigilante justice to enforce it. In response, numerous large corporations wrote these Texas Republicans substantial checks. Follow along if interested. https://t.co/7CxOFQC6UQ — PolitiTweet.org

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"Just 20% of Americans would like to see their state ban abortion completely if Roe is overturned," something many states will do if Roe is overturned — PolitiTweet.org

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69% of Americans oppose overturning Roe, which the Supreme Court is likely to do soon https://t.co/BkHuSalWhs — PolitiTweet.org

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"OAN airs testimonial from its owner confirming it was dropped by AT&T and begging viewers to reach out to other cable providers" https://t.co/DTBrtCYCyP — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 1. There are 150K people in US hospitals with COVID and it put the hospital system into a state of crisis. Yes, more people… — PolitiTweet.org

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Maybe we should reflect on what institutions' "agenda-setting power" has brought us? 1. Iraq has WMDs 2. Hillary Clinton's email practices are extremely important 3. Trump is a joke who will never win the GOP nomination — PolitiTweet.org

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2. One opportunity right now is that many people have effectively given up on the idea that COVID will not be a disruptive force in their day-to-day lives. If that's not the case sometime soon-ish (I have no idea) it will help Biden. — PolitiTweet.org

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@benyt @harrispolitico "Powerful media institutions can defend themselves in lawsuits, and stand up to intimidation from public officials, corporate interests and advertisers in a way that smaller entities and individuals cannot." I think independent journalism is much better positioned to do this — PolitiTweet.org

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@benyt @harrispolitico I would argue that this both overstates the ability of large media institutions to capture public consciousness and understates the ability of good information from any source to break through — PolitiTweet.org

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@benyt @harrispolitico "One thing a powerful media institution can do that the most talented writer on Substack, or even a small startup site, cannot do is marshal sustained focus from a wide swath of the public on a subject that deserves it." Do you agree with this? — PolitiTweet.org

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1. In politics, perception = reality - expectations. Biden is unpopular right now because he set expectations too high and underdelivered. Some of that was self-inflicted and some it was out of his control. If he tempers expectations and overperforms, he'll get more popular. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is requesting a special grand jury to aid in her investigation of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results." https://t.co/HIDjLcLxUT — PolitiTweet.org

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The difference between the people Manchin represents and other Democrats is the people Manchin represents would benefit more from the policies that Manchin is killing — PolitiTweet.org

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@MikeIsaac @laurenthomas Some people love peloton and that’s fine but if you are going to spend time exercising moving your body through space and not looking at a screen are two big things to give up — PolitiTweet.org

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@RMac18 Metaverse seems like a very savvy rebrand of Second Life — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: On November 1, a few months after @GregAbbott_TX signed the nation's most draconian abortion ban into law, @Walmart sent Abbott a check for $10,000 to support his reelection. — PolitiTweet.org

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One reason @ATT does this is it is used to no one paying attention. If you are interested in this tweet, you'll be very interested in my newsletter, which is dedicated to independent accountability journalism. And it's free to sign up --> https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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@ATT @DadePhelan On December 20, @ATT donated $50,000 to the Texas Senate Republicans, who also passed the state's abortion ban. This money also came directly from @ATT's corporate treasury. The company is rewarding politicians who ban abortion and enforce the ban with vigilantes — PolitiTweet.org