Judd Legum

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Multiple groups are dropping millions in negative ads against Warnock and Ossoff daily. There is no comparable outside spending effort against the Republicans. — PolitiTweet.org

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American Crossroads, Karl Rove's SuperPAC, dropped $7 million in ads against Warnock yesterday — PolitiTweet.org

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Is there a good website that tracks the progress of vaccine distribution in the US? — PolitiTweet.org

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Students who grow up poor are being shut out of elite law schools. Just 1% of the student body comes at from the bottom 25% of socioeconomic status. There is a new org devoted fixing this and other problems with law schools admissions. Check it out: https://t.co/Epr02HYIDQ — PolitiTweet.org

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I'll be following the spending in Georgia run off closely. Sign up for updates: https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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@themoneycoach @ossoff I mean they spent $7 million today on ads against Ossoff — PolitiTweet.org

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THE PEACHTREE FUND is being run by McConnell's other Super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund. There is absolutely no purpose to it, other than to keep the funders secret for as long as possible. — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell has spun up a separate Super PAC called THE PEACHTREE FUND for the express purpose of hiding its funders from the public. THE PEACHTREE FUND has spent nearly $20 million in Georgia over the last week. It's last filing, on 12/3, reported ZERO in contributions — PolitiTweet.org

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The Senate Leadership Fund just dropped over $7 million worth of ads opposing @ossoff in Georgia It's an org McConnell uses to funnel unlimited cash from billionaires into politics — PolitiTweet.org

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To be clear, Facebook won't allow you to run ads right now to raise money for a domestic violence charity, for example. Because that is a banned political ad. That remains the case, even after this change. — PolitiTweet.org

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The only reason there is an ad ban at all right now is because the Trump campaign would run false ads claiming Trump won and Facebook doesn't want to take those down. So instead it has banned all ads for weeks. — PolitiTweet.org

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Extremely revealing. The argument is not: “You will be undermining the basic foundation of Democracy and disrespecting millions of voters.” It’s: You will make us seem anti-Trump — PolitiTweet.org

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@CaseyNewton @TaylorLorenz I didn't make any predictions but quit my job to start a Substack in 2018 so that should count for something, right? — PolitiTweet.org

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@juliettekayyem Do you think its possible Johnson and Johnson's trial will finish early since COVID is spreading so widely in the US? — PolitiTweet.org

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Loeffler and Perdue sent Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger a harsh letter demanding the public release of newly registered voters. It was an effort to support Trump's claims that Raffensperger is corrupt. The data was already public and their campaigns already had it. — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Thus far, there is really no evidence that a significant number of Republicans are planning to boycott the Georgia runoffs because of these bogus fraud charges. But the races could be very close. So even a small number of people could be decisive. https://t.co/cBr7rhm8Y5 — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Yesterday, Loeffler and Perdue appeared on Fox & Friends and tried to thread the needle. It did not go well. https://t.co/cBr7rhm8Y5 — PolitiTweet.org

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2. It puts Loeffler and Perdue in a very difficult position. Their entire strategy is about supporting Trump. They need his voters. But Trump is saying that the election system in Georgia is rigged. Why vote in a rigged election https://t.co/cBr7rhm8Y5 — PolitiTweet.org

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1. This Trump tweet is quite significant as voting begins in the Georgia run-offs Lin Wood, who Trump retweets here, is advocating that Republicans BOYCOTT the runoff elections in protest Trump is amplifying his voice https://t.co/cBr7rhm8Y5 https://t.co/5L4KNAYUCw — PolitiTweet.org

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@atrupar It’s also in a county that Trump won... — PolitiTweet.org

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In 2018, the average CEO of America’s 350 largest firms made $17.2 million, 278x more than the average employee In 1965, those CEOs made 20x more than the average employee — PolitiTweet.org

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On FEBRUARY 26, Trump said that just 15 had COVID and, within a few days, that number would be zero and COVID would disappear As of TODAY, 300,000+ Americans have died have COVID and more than 100,000 are currently in the hospital. https://t.co/SodTUEC0tj — PolitiTweet.org

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Loeffler now criticizing Warnock, a reverend, for his "repeated use of the bible." — PolitiTweet.org

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Vaccine hesitancy, driven by misinformation on social media, could needlessly prolong the pandemic. That's why this 2-person newsletter is spending time checking to see if Facebook is enforcing their own policies. Sign up: https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATE: I just heard back from Facebook and they said the post featured in this article from Children's Health Defense did, in fact, violate their new COVID vaccine policy. It has now been taken down. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Trump campaign has secured a key victory at the Electoral College Total Landscaping — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MattGertz: Dan Crenshaw was on Fox & Friends this morning. He was not asked about the VA IG report that alleged he participated in a sm… — PolitiTweet.org

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6. This is a critical issue because while supplies are limited now, soon the challenge will be to overcome vaccine hesitancy. I'll be continuing to monitor what's happing on Facebook. Sign up for updates and accountability journalism: https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Facebook said that it will not be able to enforce its policies "overnight." Why not? The company had $7.8 billion in profits last quarter. Why can't it devote sufficient resources to enforce policies that it created? https://t.co/C2atVpaPk4 — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Facebook didn't respond to a request for comment. One possibility, raised by several Facebook staffers who left following the election, is that Facebook is overly reliant on artificial intelligence to enforce its policies instead of hiring human beings https://t.co/C2atVpaPk4 — PolitiTweet.org