Judd Legum

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4. It's important to understand the full truth about the Kavanaugh investigation. Whitehouse and other Senators asked a series of follow up questions to Wray and they shouldn't have to wait 2 years for answers this time https://t.co/zRAgn3uDxA — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Wray and Kavanaugh overlapped at Yale law school, worked together during the George W. Bush administration, and are both members of the right-wing Federalist Society https://t.co/zRAgn3uDxA — PolitiTweet.org

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2. Wray established a tip line for people with information about the allegations against Kavanaugh, collected 4500 tips, apparently conducted no follow up, and forwarded "relevant" tips to the White House https://t.co/zRAgn3uDxA — PolitiTweet.org

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1. FBI Director Christopher Wray conducted a sham investigation of the sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh and then covered it up for two years There are still many unanswered questions https://t.co/zRAgn3uDxA — PolitiTweet.org

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Lying is non-negotiable. Republicans who don't embrace Trump's lies about election fraud are now "Pelosi Republicans" — PolitiTweet.org

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"Last month, Chris Reynolds, a senior executive who oversees government affairs for the company, traveled to Washington for closed-door meetings with congressional staff members and outlined Toyota’s opposition to an aggressive transition to all-electric cars. " — PolitiTweet.org

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"[I]n recent months, Toyota, one of the world’s largest automakers, has quietly become the industry’s strongest voice opposing an all-out transition to electric vehicles — which proponents say is critical to fighting climate change." https://t.co/5FkLulcKyS — PolitiTweet.org

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Republicans have changed the definition of bipartisanship. It’s no longer enough to have Democrats and Republicans working together on something. You must have Democrats, Republicans AND Republicans who supported Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a group that is pushing voter suppression laws around the country. They are now attempting to exploit concern about Britney Spears to fund these efforts. Disgusting. — PolitiTweet.org

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@_cingraham Also the false inaction/action distinction. Not attending a BLM protest is just as political as attending. — PolitiTweet.org

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@_cingraham The biggest problem with all this stuff is the incoherence. The events identified as “non-political” are just as political as the events identified as “political.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@McCormackJohn The press corps is not the FBI. And they had no access to any of these tips. Including the relevant tips sent to the White House. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is so mendacious. Oh the FBI produced a non-public “summary” of all 4500 tips so it was a legitimate inquiry? The tips are not meaningful absent investigative follow-up. But it was a fake tip line so the FBI didn’t do that. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CaseyNewton This will happen in the metaverse — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m determined to find out everything I can about this injustice and will report the results in my newsletter Sign up for those updates and more accountability journalism https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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Maybe it’s just me but I can’t get past the fact that the FBI Director set up a phony tip line for people to report information about Brett Kavanaugh, then secretly funneled the “relevant” info to the White House, then covered it up for two years AND HE’S STILL THE FBI DIRECTOR — PolitiTweet.org

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How many times does DeSantis' strategy of pretending COVID doesn't exist have to end in disaster before Republicans stop pretending he's a genius for pretending COVID doesn't exist? — PolitiTweet.org

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So, if I have this right, during the FBI “investigation” of Kavanaugh the FBI set up a fake tip line where they forwarded “relevant” tips to the White House FBI Director Wray testified that this sham process was done “by the book” And Wray is still FBI Director for some reason? — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Misinformation about vaccines is growing on Instagram where people are wise to Facebook's efforts to root out false claims with artificial intelligence. They rarely use the word "vaccine" - substituting "V" or "v@#$*(" to avoid detection. https://t.co/R1CZgEvCeb — PolitiTweet.org

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4. The algorithmic recommendations are key because they can turn someone who picked up some doubts about vaccines from Fox News or a family member into someone who will never be vaccinated Facebook claimed this isn't happening anymore but it's happening https://t.co/R1CZgEvCeb — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Further, "viewing" information - true or false - doesn't mean much. The question is how Facebook INFLUENCES people's views on vaccines. A new report from @NewsGuardRating found Facebook is still algorithmically recommending anti-vaxx pages https://t.co/R1CZgEvCeb — PolitiTweet.org

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2. The main stat that Facebook used was " 2 billion people have viewed authoritative information about COVID-19 and vaccines on Facebook." But I've found that Facebook has used a version of this stat since APRIL 2020, long before vaccines were available https://t.co/R1CZgEvCeb https://t.co/CAt9eAHOK9 — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Biden's claimed that misinformation about vaccines on the platform was "killing people" Facebook responded with a flurry of statistics that it claimed proved the company was "saving lives." So I decided to take a closer look at these statistics. https://t.co/R1CZgEvCeb — PolitiTweet.org

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5. The list has been updated to remove those companies. https://t.co/kGuQbCOJDW For more updates and accountability journalism, sign up for the newsletter. https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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4. After 1/6, @KPMG said it was "imposing a moratorium on contributions to Members of Congress who supported objections to state certifications of the 2020 presidential election results." In June @KPMG donated 15K to the @NRSC, which is chaired by GOP objector @SenRickScott — PolitiTweet.org

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3. After 1/6, @Verizon said it was “suspending contributions in 2021 to any member of Congress who voted in favor of objecting to the election results.” In June @Verizon donated 15K to the @NRCC, and 15K to the @NRSC, which is chaired by GOP objector @SenRickScott — PolitiTweet.org

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2. On 1/26, @Google said it "will not be making any contributions this cycle to any member of Congress who voted against certification of the election results" In June, @Google donated 15K to the @NRCC, which is supporting the reelection of 130+ Republican objectors — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Earlier this week I published a list of about 3 dozen major companies that kept their promise to cut off funding to the 147 Republican objectors After yesterday's FEC filing, several had to be removed. Follow along if interested. https://t.co/kGuQbCOJDW — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kathrynw5: “One of the last things they do before they’re intubated is beg me for the vaccine. I hold their hand and tell them that I’m… — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Well, guess what has happened since then? Since authoring the memo, @RepJimBanks has accepted $49,000 from corporate PACs -- including BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen Hamilton. https://t.co/axsr5pkDsJ — PolitiTweet.org