Judd Legum

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4. https://t.co/JhoV1QDaTS contacted every member of the Pennsylvania State Senate and asked if they would consider setting aside the popular vote The Democratic Leader got back to us and committed to respecting the popular vote No Republican responded https://t.co/qTxIc3IWyu — PolitiTweet.org

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3. PA Senate Majority Leader @JakeCorman also issued a statement that didn't not contradict anything in the article and his spokesperson AFFIRMED that he would consider direct appointment of pro-Trump electors. https://t.co/qTxIc3IWyu — PolitiTweet.org

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@firstenergycorp @comcast @Boeing @UPS @LillyPad @Nationwide @UnitedHealthGrp @pfizer 2. After The Atlantic article published, PA GOP chair Lawrence Tabas issued an angry statement but he didn't deny discussing direct appointment of electors with the Trump campaign or rule it out as a possibility. https://t.co/qTxIc3IWyu — PolitiTweet.org

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1. The PA Republicans plotting to set aside the popular vote and directly appoint pro-Trump electors are backed by prominent corporations: @firstenergycorp @comcast @boeing @UPS @LillyPad (Eli Lilly) @Nationwide @UnitedHealthGrp @pfizer https://t.co/qTxIc3IWyu — PolitiTweet.org

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“Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis said he received a text message saying that there was a SWAT team standoff at Parscale’s home.” — PolitiTweet.org

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I have a newsletter that you should try. I can’t fix Trump’s hair. But I can bring you independent accountability journalism 4x per week. Sign up —> https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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Like millions of Americans, I own a small business and pay a significant portion of my total revenue in federal taxes. Trump owns many businesses, and uses every trick to avoid paying a penny in taxes, including PAYING HIS DAUGHTER AS A CONSULTANT and writing off her "fees" — PolitiTweet.org

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Donald Trump wrote off $70,000 on his taxes FOR HAIR STYLING — PolitiTweet.org

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5. To everyone responding that there are much fewer Republicans today, that is not backed up by the data. Gallup found 27% of voters identified as Republican in November 2016. Today? 29% https://t.co/VDhF11zGIL — PolitiTweet.org

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@EldrichMatt If people open to Biden no longer identify as Republicans it seems unnecessary to spend time courting them as Republicans — PolitiTweet.org

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@RaymondSultan you don't think the Biden campaign is spending a lot of time courting Republicans? — PolitiTweet.org

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4. The idea that "Republicans of principles" will abandon Trump is a fantasy. If what's happened over the last 3+ years wasn't enough to persuade a significant portion of Republicans to support Biden what is going to happen in the next 45 days? — PolitiTweet.org

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3. There are a few high-profile Republicans on Twitter who don't like Trump, but they are not at all representative of Republicans as a whole. The same NYT poll finds that 93% of Republicans approve of Trump That's after tens of millions of people lost their jobs and 200K died — PolitiTweet.org

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2. The national NYT poll out today shows that Biden is currently attracting 6 PERCENT of Republican voters. That's similar to the 4% of Democrats who support Trump. And less than the 8% of Republicans who supported Clinton in 2015, according to exit polls — PolitiTweet.org

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1. There is so much emphasis by Biden and outside groups on courting disaffected Republicans There was an entire day of the Democratic National Convention devoted to it But there is really no evidence that the appeal is working REPUBLICANS REALLY LIKE TRUMP Let's review — PolitiTweet.org

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Democracy is a pretty popular concept. — PolitiTweet.org

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Wait, the Democrats nominated a CATHOLIC to be president??? I’ve been reading all week on Twitter about how Democrats hate Catholics and that’s why they oppose Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. — PolitiTweet.org

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On his way to the golf course, Trump confirms he's trying to jam through another Supreme Court nominee before the election so he can terminate health insurance coverage for millions during a deadly pandemic that has already killed more than 200,000 Americans. — PolitiTweet.org

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Today, the assault may be on mustaches. But tomorrow, no facial hair will be safe from the same attacks. And then the message will be clear, if you want to serve in public office, especially on the highest court in the land, only those will to shave their face need apply. — PolitiTweet.org

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ABSOLUTELY NO ONE IS ASSAULTING CATHOLICISM! THE DEMOCRATS NOMINATED A CATHOLIC! THE LAST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT APPOINTED A CATHOLIC TO THE SUPREME COURT! — PolitiTweet.org

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This is true and I agree that expanding the court is a heavy lift but remember before a few days ago there were numerous Republicans who said they would absolutely not consider a Supreme Court nominee this year so anything is possible — PolitiTweet.org

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Some other Qs for the Facebook executive who blames the algorithm on the dominance of right-wing content. Did the algorithm make the Daily Caller an official fact checking partner? Did the algorithm designate Brietbart a trusted news source & include it in Facebook News? — PolitiTweet.org

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What would Bill Barr need to do to get impeached? Seems like he’s tried just about everything — PolitiTweet.org

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@David_Boaz But think about the numbers required for an 8X match, which they offer very frequently. It would require massive funds that just aren't there. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ll also note that this new justification is completely contradicts what Facebook has been telling me, @kevinroose, and others. Specifically that Facebook does not favor right-wing content, we were just looking at the wrong data. — PolitiTweet.org

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This does not play out in other contexts. Outside of Facebook, The Daily Wire does not recieve “more engagement” than the New York Times. They’ve DECIDED to create a system that rewards incindiary, inaccurate, and bigoted content. — PolitiTweet.org

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Facebook says that it’s algorithm is neutral but the right-wing is just BETTER at connecting with people on a “visceral level.” But it was HUMANS at Facebook who CHOSE to make their algorithm favor content that elicits visceral emotions https://t.co/BVnUBnlbpJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Total itemized (large) contributions to the Trump campaign total $116,203,201.00. Unitemized (small) contributions total $88,512,889.00 Even if every large donation was a matching donation it wouldn't even support a 200% match. It barely supports a 100% match. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Trump campaign repeatedly lies to its supporters, telling them their contributions will have an 800% match or a 600% match or a 500% match. How do I know? — PolitiTweet.org

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How could this be surprising? Trump still claims the 2016 election was rigged and he won (the electoral college). — PolitiTweet.org