Judd Legum

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@Darktionary @MistyBRRT Some companies voluntarily provide paid family leave. Most don't. The chart reflects how much paid family leave is gaurenteed — PolitiTweet.org

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♫ If there was a problem yo I'll solve it ♫ — PolitiTweet.org

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Problem solved. https://t.co/f0gU3wpKr4 — PolitiTweet.org

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The "tax hike" that corporations are so worried about would be 8.5% LOWER than the rate in 2017! And corporations were doing quite well in 2017. https://t.co/tKDVTgyoBO — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @emorwee: Publicly, @Apple is calling for Congress to pass a Clean Energy Standard. Privately, it’s part of a "massive lobbying blitz"… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sfpelosi: Hey @apple stop greenwashing — you can’t run ads claiming to care about climate then pay your DC lobbyists to oppose climate… — PolitiTweet.org

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This is why it is a mistake to call this position "moderate" There is nothing moderate about preserving tax loopholes that are only available to the wealthy — PolitiTweet.org

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There is absolutely no popular constituency in West Virginia or Arizona or anywhere else to maintain a special tax loophole for dynastic wealth But there is pressure from the powerful elite to convince members of Congress to preserve the loophole — PolitiTweet.org

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The day-to-day machinations around the reconciliation bill are complex but the overall dynamics are simple The bill includes policies are that are massively popular with the public but opposed by corporations and the wealthy The Q is: Will enough Democrats vote for it anyway? — PolitiTweet.org

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@tim_cook @BizRoundtable @lisapjackson I've asked @Apple and @lisapjackson for comment and I haven't heard back. But what's happening now is Cook is publicly saying that "the fight for our planet isn't waiting" while an org he helps lead is trying to kill essential climate legislation https://t.co/r4WyilfwD0 — PolitiTweet.org

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.@tim_cook is on the board of the @BizRoundtable which is engaged in a "multifaceted campaign" to defeat the reconciliation package and its Clean Energy Standard. It's a policy that @lisapjackson says is "urgent" and essential to combat climate change https://t.co/r4WyilfwD0 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZoeSchiffer: Apple has publicly called for Congress to pass a Clean Energy Standard. Privately, it’s part of a "massive lobbying blitz"… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rebleber: important point from @JuddLegum about @Apple's part of the lobbying blitz trying to kill the most important climate policy in… — PolitiTweet.org

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8. There are some companies handling it differently. @Patagonia is urging Congress to pass the reconciliation bill because of the climate provisions and says it's willing to pay higher taxes to fund it Hundreds of other (smaller) companies say the same https://t.co/r4WyilfwD0 — PolitiTweet.org

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7. @Netflix also put out a statement strongly supporting the Clean Energy Standard "The impact of the U.S. Congress’s decisions in the coming weeks cannot be overstated" But @Netflix is part of the Business Roundtable's effort to kill it https://t.co/r4WyilfwD0 https://t.co/xAlbJzZefw — PolitiTweet.org

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6. What's depressing to me is the media echo system supports 100s of journalists to "report" on the newest iPhone but there is very little interest in the political activity of a $1 trillion+ company Sign up for my newsletter for a different approach https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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5. The Business Roundtable, with Cook's participation, has decided that taking action on climate isn't worth it if the corporate tax rate has to go up from 21% to 26.5% to pay for it. @Apple made $67 billion in profit last year! https://t.co/r4WyilfwD0 — PolitiTweet.org

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4. How does @Apple account for this duplicity? How does it justify SAYING it supports the Clean Energy Standard while simultaneously trying to KILL it? It doesn't. Apple and Jackson did not respond to requests for comment. https://t.co/r4WyilfwD0 — PolitiTweet.org

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3. @Apple CEO Tim Cook is a board member of the Business Roundtable which is part of a "massive lobbying blitz" to kill the reconciliation bill and its Clean Energy Standard. BR has launched "a significant, multifaceted campaign" to defeat the bill https://t.co/r4WyilfwD0 — PolitiTweet.org

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@Apple 2. @Apple says it supports a clean energy standard to cut carbon emissions from the energy sector 80% by 2030. It says that it is "urgent" to pass the standard now Apple is also trying to kill the reconciliation bill, which includes that standard https://t.co/r4WyilfwD0 https://t.co/X7zlw3FFIb — PolitiTweet.org

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1. We can't avert a climate catastrophe with corporate PR We need government action So if corporations care about the climate, now is the time to show it Instead, companies like @Apple are trying to KILL meaningful climate legislation https://t.co/r4WyilfwD0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Corporate America wants to keep treating American families this way so they don't have to pay another cent in corporate taxes https://t.co/rdaZqsz6VS — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats have the power to break the filibuster and raise the debt limit without McConnell but refuse to do so because it's Senate tradition to let McConnell do whatever he wants with no consequences — PolitiTweet.org

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Mitch McConnell says he wants to raise the debt limit but thinks the Democrats should do it and then the Democrats tried to do it and McConnell led a filibuster to block them — PolitiTweet.org

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And we could pay for it by partially rolling back the last tax cuts and closing some tax loopholes but now we are told this will wreck the economy — PolitiTweet.org

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Now there is a proposal to give working families paid leave and prevent catastrophic climate change and provide the elderly with dental care and every cent has to be paid for — PolitiTweet.org

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Remember when every Republican in Congress voted for trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations and they paid for it by saying “it’ll pay for itself” — PolitiTweet.org

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Lachlan Murdoch said Tucker Carlson "decried and rejected" the white nationalist "great replacement" conspiracy theory and then a few months later Tucker said it wasn't just a theory it was a fact and Lachlan Murdoch is just pretending it didn't happen https://t.co/V0W2AR96QT — PolitiTweet.org

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@guypbenson It is possible to pay for spending with tax increases. — PolitiTweet.org

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10. My guess is Lachlan Murdoch just ignores Carlson's latest comments. For him, it's about money. But what about Fox News' advertisers? Will they continue to support the promotion of white nationalist conspiracy theories to an audience of millions? — PolitiTweet.org