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7. The next person quoted, former ambassador Ryan Crocker, was even harsher about Biden's decision to withdraw. "I’m left with some grave questions in my mind about his ability to lead our nation as commander in chief," Crocker said. https://t.co/4oatAug9xp — PolitiTweet.org

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6. You can't disentangle that failure with the issues with the failures of the withdrawal. Had the government and security forces survived for a few months, things would be different But Panetta doesn't have to confront that. He's presented as a pundit https://t.co/4oatAug9xp — PolitiTweet.org

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5. As recently as June of this year, Panetta was touting the "progress" that had been made in building up the Afghan security forces and government. Panetta, of course, was wrong about all of this. https://t.co/4oatAug9xp — PolitiTweet.org

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4. As Secretary of Defense, Panetta declared we were "winning" in Afghanistan & praised the capability of its security forces "Afghanistan needs to be able to govern and secure itself," Panetta said in March 2012. "We're very close to accomplishing that" https://t.co/4oatAug9xp — PolitiTweet.org

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3. The lead quote comes from Leon Panetta, who claims that Biden "didn’t really spend much time on the issue" and the administration was just "crossing their fingers." But is Panetta a credible voice on how policies will play out in Afghanistan? https://t.co/4oatAug9xp — PolitiTweet.org

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2. As an example, I looked at this Washington Post piece. It cites seven people critical of Biden's decision to withdraw and zero who supported. Not mentioned: many of the critics played a central role in two decades of failed policies in Afghanistan. https://t.co/4oatAug9xp https://t.co/ujG6FwFDU3 — PolitiTweet.org

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1. I took at look at the media coverage of Afghanistan. Lots of experts criticizing Biden's decision to withdraw. But they are the SAME PEOPLE who responsible for two decades of failure in Afghanistan. Supporters of withdrawal almost entirely absent. https://t.co/4oatAug9xp — PolitiTweet.org

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Condoleezza Rice says 20 YEARS wasn’t enough time in Afghanistan. Just a few more decades and it would have worked. She mentioned that everyone involved over the last two decades has made mistakes, but doesn’t get into specifics https://t.co/3Bjb5tIXw9 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 2. The results might surprise you Popular Information identified 57 companies that explicitly pledged to cut off support fo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 1. What corporations have kept the promises they made after January 6? It can be hard to keep track. And without public scr… — PolitiTweet.org

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Doing some research for a piece tomorrow and came across this remarkable headline from DECEMBER 2001 https://t.co/J9yAKfqH2L — PolitiTweet.org

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The same thing is happening in Texas where Abbott has banned mask mandates. https://t.co/sMX6Qpoa9e — PolitiTweet.org

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The reason why mask mandates are important is that kids need to be in the classroom and masks can help keep them in the classroom. DeSantis has banned mask mandates and this is what's happening https://t.co/vbXShkdquJ — PolitiTweet.org

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POLITICO, 3/18/01: "How Ron DeSantis won the pandemic" REALITY, 8/17/21: https://t.co/SNf2XEnA0p — PolitiTweet.org

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7. It's only been about 7 months since 1/6. So companies shouldn't get too much credit yet for keeping their promises But we'll keep this index updated Sign up to the newsletter to the newsletter to stay in the know + more accountability journalism https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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6. Many large donors to GOP objectors (and PACs that support them) come from companies that suspended all donations after 1/6 & then returned to business as usual Top donors in this group include @Boeing (279K), @LockheedMartin (162K), and @GM (87.5K) https://t.co/yOUfjiVZ6q — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Still there are 42 companies pledged to stop support for 147 GOP objectors and kept their promise There are another 59 companies that suspended all PAC contributions after 1/6 and have not donated directly or indirectly to GOP objectors since https://t.co/yOUfjiVZ6q — PolitiTweet.org

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4. These companies said they took 1/6 seriously and then donated to groups like the @NRCC, which are working to put GOP objectors in power @ATT @comcast @cozen_oconnor @genentech @generalelectric @google @HomeDepot @Intel @KPMG @nexteraenergy @Oracle @sanofi @Walmart — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Another 14 companies pledged to cut off support for the 147 GOP objectors and violated the SPIRIT of the pledge by donating to multi-candidate committees like the @NRCC that primarily support GOP objectors. https://t.co/yOUfjiVZ6q — PolitiTweet.org

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2. The results might surprise you Popular Information identified 57 companies that explicitly pledged to cut off support for the 147 Republicans that voted to overturn the election Of that group, just one — @Cigna — directly donated to the GOP objectors https://t.co/yOUfjiVZ6q — PolitiTweet.org

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1. What corporations have kept the promises they made after January 6? It can be hard to keep track. And without public scrutiny, these commitments will evaporate. Today, the solution: Popular Information's January 6 corporate accountability index https://t.co/yOUfjiVZ6q — PolitiTweet.org

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An alarming number of stories about Afghanistan are just asking people who have been wrong about Afghanistan for 20 years what they think about Biden’s decision to withdraw — PolitiTweet.org

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Today, there is a relentless focus on the (very real) costs of withdrawal but little to nothing on the massive human and financial costs of two decades of war In 2003, there was a relentless focus on the alleged dangers of not invading Iraq but little on the potential costs — PolitiTweet.org

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The same media dynamics that brought us the Iraq War permeate the coverage of the Afghanistan withdrawal — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JStein_WaPo: New: America's uneven paid leave policy is undermining vaccination efforts, due to fears of missing paychecks while recove… — PolitiTweet.org

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"In all, 2,448 American troops, 1,144 service members from NATO and other allied countries, more than 47,000 Afghan civilians and at least 66,000 Afghan military and police died" https://t.co/UTv7dH8Knf — PolitiTweet.org

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The cost of the Afghanistan war in dollars: https://t.co/j72tJUmn9x — PolitiTweet.org

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The strategy of a large chunk of the foreign policy establishment, which promoted a failed policy in Afghanistan for two decades that cost trillions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives, is to focus on incorrect predictions that Biden has made in the last few months. — PolitiTweet.org

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Supporters of the war in Afghanistan have been arguing we should stay just a bit longer for TWO DECADES. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Texas Supreme Court was forced to act because its absolutely imperative that COVID spread in Texas schools as quickly as possible — PolitiTweet.org