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Judd Legum

May 20, 2019 • 10 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X

1. I scoured the campaign finance databases for the six states that have banned abortion this year.

I looked for corporate contributions to the politicians leading the charge to pass abortion bans

6 companies stood out.

Let's take them one at a time

popular.info/p/these-six-co…

@ATT

2. @ATT says the company makes "sure women at AT&T feel supported in everything they do."

@ATT donated $196,600 to politicians pushing abortion bans in six states

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@ATT

@ATT 3. @Walmart says it's committed "to celebrating, developing and lifting up women around the world – both within the company and in the communities we serve."

The company donated $57,700 to politicians pushing abortion bans across six states

popular.info/p/these-six-co…

4. NOTE: Info about corporate political donations SHOULD be very easy to get.

But it's not

Much of the info is tucked away in arcane state databases

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@Pfizer

5. @Pfizer says "investments in women’s health and gender equality must be prioritized to help create healthier communities worldwide"

The company donated $53,650 to politicians pushing abortion bans in six states popular.info/p/these-six-co…

@pfizer

@pfizer 6. Eli Lilly (@LillyPad) it is working to remove "any hidden barriers for women ...to pave the way for a more open, engaging and inclusive culture for everyone."

The company donated $66,250 to politicians pushing abortion bans in five states

popular.info/p/these-six-co…

@pfizer

@pfizer @LillyPad 7. @CocaCola says there "is overwhelming evidence that achieving equality and empowerment for women...benefits them directly and [has] broader ripple effects that are good for society."

The company donated $40,800 to politicians pushing abortion bans

popular.info/p/these-six-co…

@pfizer

@pfizer @LillyPad @CocaCola 8. @Aetna says women "are the largest consumer and workforce group. Women’s views on health care and health care services are critical to our success"

The company donated $26,600 to politicians pushing abortion bans

popular.info/p/these-six-co…

9. I've heard from a lot of people already who are reaching out directly to these companies about their donations to politicians pushing abortion bans

If you hear back let me know. DMs open, email in bio

To follow this story, sign up for my newsletter at popular.info

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10. If you are interested in what it takes to gather this info, I detail the process in this thread

https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1130097081643884544

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1. Amdist the chaos of April 2024, there is something that has gotten relatively little attention: a historic victory for union organizing in Chattanooga, Tennessee

And it wasn't just a victory for unions

It was a stinging defeat for Charles Koch and his right-wing allies

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2. The NLRB certified that workers at a Volkswagen auto plant in Chattanooga voted to join the @UAW. The union secured a commanding 73% of the vote.

Koch and others have spent more than a decade trying to prevent this from happening

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3. In 2014, a constellation of right-wing groups launched an aggressive campaign to defeat an earlier unionization effort at the VW plant in Chattanooga. They spent months distributing "materials...detailing the negative economic consequences of UAW representation."

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Apr 22

1. An inflection point in the situation at Columbia was the president's decision to call in the NYPD and arrest over 100 students who were protesting Israel's operations in Gaza on the south lawn.

To understand the gravity of this decision, some historical context

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2. In the early morning hours of April 30, 1968, then-Columbia University President Grayson Kirk summoned the NYPD to arrest hundreds of student protestors. About 1,000 police officers arrived on campus and, wielding nightsticks, violently arrested about 700 students. Almost 150 protesters ended up in the hospital with lacerations, broken bones, and other injuries.

3. The students were protesting Columbia's plans to build a large gymnasium in a public park used by the Black community in Harlem. 88% of the facility would be limited to staff and students. Only 12% of the gym would be available to community residents, and they would be forced to use a separate entrance at the bottom of the facility.

Protesters called the proposal "Gym Crow."

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Apr 18

1. @berniemoreno, the GOP Senate nominee in Ohio, is being bankrolled by @charliekirk11, a far-right activist who argues that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a mistake and MLK Jr "was awful"

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2. Moreno benefited from an early endorsement from Kirk's org, @TPAction_.

Moreno wrote that he was "honored to be endorsed by Charlie Kirk and Turning Point Action" and endorsed the work of the org.

"Few have done more to fight back against the radical left than they have. and I look forward to working with them to defend for our America First conservative values in the US Senate"

@TPAction_ 3. @charliekirk11 hired Blake Neff, the producer who was forced to resign from Tucker Carlson's show for posting racist screeds on message boards.

In recent months Kirk has collaborated with Neff to trash the work of MLK Jr and anti-segregation laws

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Apr 17

1. Who chooses to spend $800,000+ to help Trump become the next president?

We got a peak this week when a new joint fundraising committee, Trump 47, filed its first FEC report

The filing revealed 20 people have donated $800,000 or more

Follow along for the gory details

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2. Jose "Pepe" Fanjul ($814,600)

✅ Controls sugar empire, an industry that receives billions in annual subsidies from the US gov't

✅ In 2022, Dominican Republic subsidiary banned from importing goods to the US after CBP found evidence of "the use of forced labor"

✅ Employed white nationalist as an "executive assistant"

3. Steve Wynn ($806,300)

✅ Billionaire casino mogul

✅ Forced to resign following @WSJ report that, for decades, he pressured employees into performing sex acts

✅ Sued by Justice Dept in 2022 for lobbying Trump on behalf of the Chinese gov't without registering as a foreign agent

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Apr 15

1. One of the most important Senate campaigns this year is in Ohio.

The GOP nominee, @berniemoreno, has made being "tough on China" a centerpiece of his campaign

And, on the trail, he tells a couple of stories to bolster this claim

Just one problem: the stories are lies

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2. In 2011, Moreno was appointed to the board of Cleveland State University, eventually becoming chair in 2016.

Moreno claims that, as chair, he got rid of the school's Confucius Institute, an institution partially funded by the Chinese government that offered language and cultural programming

3. There was bipartisan concern that Confucius Institutes were being used to promote Chinese government propaganda

Burt Moreno had nothing to do with Cleveland State axing its Confucius Institute.

He left the board in 2018, and the Institute wasn't closed until 2021.

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Apr 11

1. The Arizona Supreme Court reinstated an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions & the response by many AZ Republicans has been shameless

They are now saying a near-total abortion ban is unacceptable

The same Republicans have pushed for a complete abortion ban for years

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2. The most notorious example is US Senate candidate @KariLake.

Lake said she "opposed" the ruling reinstating the 1864 law.

But in 2022, Lake called it a "great law" and said her position was that "life begins at conception"

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@KariLake 3. @RepDavid Schweikert (R-AZ) wrote that he does “not support today’s ruling from the AZ Supreme Court.”

Schweikert has “co-sponsored the Life at Conception Act six times"

That bill would extend 14th Amendment protections from conception, effectively outlawing abortion

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