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5. If anyone interviews Karl Rover or Mitch McConnell between now and January 5 they should ask them why they produced this dishonest ad. — PolitiTweet.org

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4. There is no reason why this ad had to reach 100K to 500K Georgians before it was taken down but at least it won't reach any more Georgians on Facebook between now and January 5 — PolitiTweet.org

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2. I did not create Facebook's ad policy. Facebook created its ad policy. But it enforced the policy only after: -- I fact checked the ad -- I altered one of Facebook's fact checkers -- The fact checker confirmed it was misleading -- I noted it still was running on Facebook https://t.co/H9ttQPStdj — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATE: Two days ago, I flagged how Karl Rove's Super PAC, American Crossroads, was using Facebook to run an outrageously dishonest attack on Raphael Warnock. It has finally been removed. — PolitiTweet.org

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@robpennoyer they did not. see the next tweet. — PolitiTweet.org

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10. The American Crossroads ad, however, is still up on Facebook. In fact, American Crossroads has launched several other versions of the same ad. This is likely because Lead Stories rated it as "missing context" instead of "false." It should have been rated false. https://t.co/eRl1sYeHsE — PolitiTweet.org

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9. UPDATE: Lead Stories, one of Facebook's official fact checking partners, has reviewed this ad and come to the same conclusion that it misleads voters because it lacks context https://t.co/Z7BJWO2JeN https://t.co/iUittUCglp — PolitiTweet.org

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With 3K+ Americans dying every day, this is how the head of the coronavirus task force is spending his time — PolitiTweet.org

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The first time, he exempted every business with more than 500 people. Now he wants to eliminate mandatory paid sick leave entirely. This is his priority. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is Perdue and Loeffler advancing conspiracy theories about "out-of-state voters" to show allegiance to Trump and his voter fraud conspiracies — PolitiTweet.org

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Just in case you wondered what RUPERT MURDOCH was doing while Fox News hosts like TUCKER CARLSON were telling millions of viewers not to trust the vaccine. https://t.co/Do4kFz5XP6 — PolitiTweet.org

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"Concierge practices are fielding frantic, repeated phone calls from well-heeled clients and their assistants. They’re busy assembling lengthy patient files with medical histories and potential COVID-19 risks." https://t.co/yySaDJ18ht — PolitiTweet.org

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"Those patients are already on waiting lists with concierge doctors who charge as much as $25,000 a year for 24-hour access to top-notch care, which includes working to get their clients vaccinated as soon as it’s available." — PolitiTweet.org

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"'We get hundreds of calls every single day,' said Dr. Ehsan Ali, who runs Beverly Hills Concierge Doctor. His clients, who include Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, pay between $2,000 and $10,000 a year for personalized care." — PolitiTweet.org

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"They’re offering tens of thousands of dollars in cash, making their personal assistants pester doctors every day, and asking whether a 5-figure donation to a hospital would help them jump the line The COVID-19 vaccine is here — and so are the wealthy people who want it first" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 1. Yesterday, Facebook lifted its blanket political advertising ban, allowing ads involving the Georgia runoff. Today, Ame… — PolitiTweet.org

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The reason why Perdue and Loeffler filed this case is because their other case got dismissed and "we are fighting in the courts" is what they say when Trump supporters ask them why the vote won't be rigged this time — PolitiTweet.org

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8. I'll note that while American Crossroads is run by Karl Rove and his associates, this cycle it is almost entirely financed by Mitch McConnell, through his Super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund — PolitiTweet.org

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7. Under Facebook's rules, Super PACs like American Crossroads can't run false ads. But Facebook will only take it down if one of their third party fact checkers rate this claim as false. And of course no one has because the are just a handful of fact checkers for all of Facebook — PolitiTweet.org

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6. It's really impossible to overstate just how dishonest this ad is. It's like Kelly Loeffler going on Fox News and saying: "Jerimiah Wright said 'God Damn America.'" And then running an ad attacking Kelly Loeffler for saying "God Damn American" — PolitiTweet.org

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@tesszeeks 5. Here's Warnock's full quote: "Extracted from its theological and rhetorical context and looped to the point of ad nauseam was the most provocative phrase 'God Damn America'" The ad claims this means Warnock "He repeated the same anti-American hate himself" FALSE https://t.co/XLb25wQLDT — PolitiTweet.org

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4. The American Crossroads ad shows a few seconds from a speech Warnock delivered on 7/11/13 at the Chautauqua institution. @tesszeeks helped me track down the audio. Warnock was NOT expressing his own views when he said "God Damn America." He's QUOTING WRIGHT. — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Wright is deemed toxic because he once said in a sermon "God Damn America." The American Crossroad ad tells Georgians that Raphael Warnock ALSO SAID GOD DAMN AMERICA It shows a clip of him saying it. But it's just brutally dishonest. https://t.co/87UVqPShi4 — PolitiTweet.org

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2. The ad starts off with a typical attack alleging that Warnock "defended" Jeremiah Wright. Loeffler has been saying this throughout the campaign and Politifact rated it "mostly false." But American Crossroads takes things to a whole new level https://t.co/R11qguJuyS — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Yesterday, Facebook lifted its blanket political advertising ban, allowing ads involving the Georgia runoff. Today, American Crossroads, Karl Rove's Super PAC, is using Facebook to run an outrageously dishonest attack on Raphael Warnock. Follow along if interested. — PolitiTweet.org

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There is no “legitimate news” portion of Fox News. The lies and propagandizing of Tucker, Hannity, and Ingraham infect the channel 24 hours a day. Everyone needs to stop legitimizing their work. The network should never again be permitted to moderate a presidential debate. — PolitiTweet.org

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Tucker Carlson delivered an anti-vaccine rant tonight, which I will not tweet, encouraging millions of people not to trust the COVID vaccine. It’s not complicated: This kind of misinformation will kill people. Any corporation that advertises on Tucker Carlson is complicit. — PolitiTweet.org

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7,000 Americans died of COVID in the last two days and Trump hasn’t even acknowledged it, focusing instead on the fantasy that he won the election and non-existent voter fraud — PolitiTweet.org