Judd Legum

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@ATT 2. In April, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law banning trans youth from participating in school sports. In early June, @ATT signed a letter opposing that kind of discriminatory legislation. A few days later, AT&T's corporate PAC donated $5,000 to Ivey https://t.co/S0uppunPqJ — PolitiTweet.org

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1. In June, @ATT plastered its social media accounts with rainbows and declared its solidarity with the LGBTQ community. Simultaneously, @ATT quietly sent thousands to anti-LGBTQ politicians in Alabama that are targeting trans youth https://t.co/S0uppunPqJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Taylor Greene's pledge to stop comparing things to the Holocaust lasted less than three weeks — PolitiTweet.org

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Stephen Miller, who until recently was a top White House adviser, was caught promoting white nationalists literature and websites. Surprise! Miller doesn't want students to learn about structural racism. — PolitiTweet.org

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6. Today is the 6 month anniversary of the 1/6 attack on the Capitol We will continue to track corporate donations to the members of Congress that voted to overturn the election For updates and accountability journalism, sign up for the newsletter ➡️ https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Other companies that pledged to cut off donations to the 147 objectors but are funding them indirectly through these kinds of transfers include: @DowNewsroom, @ATT, @comcast, @UMG_News, and @Walgreens https://t.co/GOwitmQgp9 — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Through these committee-to-committee transfers, corporate PAC money from Google has flowed to at least 14 Republican members of Congress who voted to overturn the election https://t.co/GOwitmQgp9 https://t.co/ezNzW3p3mO — PolitiTweet.org

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3. 3/5/21: Google's PAC reported making a 5K donation to Mitch McConnell's Bluegrass Committee 5/24/21: The Bluegrass Committee distributes 5K to the campaign committee of Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) https://t.co/GOwitmQgp9 — PolitiTweet.org

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@Google 2. 3/11/21: Google's PAC reported making a 5K contribution to the Wild and Wonderful PAC 3/23/21: Wild and Wonderful PAC, reported distributing 5K to Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), who voted to overturn the election on January 6 https://t.co/GOwitmQgp9 — PolitiTweet.org

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1. After 1/6, @Google pledged to cut off donations to members of Congress that voted to overturn the election for at least two years. But Google's corporate PAC money is still flowing to numerous Republican objectors. Here is how it works. https://t.co/GOwitmQgp9 — PolitiTweet.org

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"Of the nearly 700 Republicans who have filed initial paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run next year for either the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives, at least a third have embraced Trump’s false claims about his defeat." https://t.co/kIV6vyZ8Nf — PolitiTweet.org

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The federal case against the Trump Organization and its CFO is about paying taxes on "fringe benefits" if you consider stacks of cash a fringe benefit — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: Do you have tomorrow off? I recommend waking up early and watching C-SPAN! — PolitiTweet.org

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Just realized I'm probably going to have to put on a tie for this. — PolitiTweet.org

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Do you have tomorrow off? I recommend waking up early and watching C-SPAN! — PolitiTweet.org

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99.2% of US COVID deaths in June were unvaccinated people — PolitiTweet.org

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On the day of our nation’s independence remember to show your patriotism by insisting that the USA has never done anything wrong.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias @kdrum I find the argument extremely confusing. This is a survey of voters. If more Democrats believe immigrants are valuable members of society or are less religious, are they supposed to change those views after reading Kevin’s post? People believe what they believe — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump argues that paying for private school for your employees’ grandkids is a non-taxable business expense — PolitiTweet.org

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If only there was some sort of theory - perhaps a critical theory? - that could explain why we continue to punish marijuana use but not alcohol — PolitiTweet.org

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If only there was some sort of theory - perhaps a critical theory? - that could explain why we continue to punish to marijuana use but not alcohol — PolitiTweet.org

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@NRCC Gosar is also reportedly fundraising for his campaign with white nationalist Nick Fuentes https://t.co/UsjeBack6c — PolitiTweet.org

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Gosar's reelection is being supported by the @NRCC So every corporate PAC dollar to the @NRCC helps Gosar stay in office. — PolitiTweet.org

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Noted opponent of “cancel culture” uses his political position to cancel a discussion of a history book about the Alamo — PolitiTweet.org

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"For too long, the tyranny of false objectivity has been employed to erase and discredit the work of journalists from marginalized communities and reinforce narratives that make White power structures more comfortable." https://t.co/9EO6aCVSIQ — PolitiTweet.org

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@Manning4USCong Right. And this is the same argument made to justify literacy tests in the Jim Crow South. — PolitiTweet.org

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This decision has major implications for voting restrictions passed in Georgia and that are being considered in Texas. For updates and accountability journalism, sign up for my newsletter, Popular Information https://t.co/TfpCIsWktO — PolitiTweet.org

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6. As far as the Constitutional concerns, I get it but there is no longstanding constitutional principle that allows prosecutors to make secret unwritten deals with defendants that will be enforced against future prosecutors — PolitiTweet.org

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5. A successful prosecution of Cosby would have been embarrassing for Castor in 2015 because, at the time, Castor was running for elected office. So he had many motivations to suddenly reveal such a "deal" — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Constand and her attorneys are never informed of such an agreement. We don't hear anything about it from Castor until A DECADE LATER when he is trying to prevent his successor from prosecuting Cosby — PolitiTweet.org