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Two multi-billion dollar corps (@UnionPacific & @BostonSci) asked Cindy Hyde-Smith to send their money back after I reported their donations today in my newsletter.

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@UnionPacific @bostonsci Cindy Hyde-Smith also returned a $2700 donation from a notorious racist today after I exposed his contribution last week.

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A total and humiliating capitation to a president with no interest in the truth.

The news media is supposed to inform the public.

They are now being used to disseminate government propaganda.
REMEMBER: When Obama wanted to address the nation on immigration, the networks refused to air it because they believe it would be "overtly political."

What a joke.

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The idea that a Democratic rebuttal or fact-checking will make this better is insulting.

If I break my arm and a doctor gives me a cast, I'm thankful.

If a doctor breaks my arm and hands me a band-aid, it's not a favor.
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Any network that airs this live is knowingly participating in a disinformation campaign
Some conflicting info, but @JenniferJJacobs of Bloomberg says the networks will air this live

This show just how deeply the mainstream media misunderstands Trump and his tactics

@JenniferJJacobs This is what happened when Obama gave a primetime address on immigration in 2014
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1. Can we talk about @redlobster?

Dozens of corporations stopped advertising on Tucker Carlson after he said immigrants made America "dirtier"

Now Carlson is arguing there's a moral responsibility to pay women less than men.

@redlobster is one of the few corps sticking w/him
@redlobster 2. The president of @redlobster is Salli Setta. She's on the board of the Women's Foodservice Forum (@WFFHQ).

@WFFHQ is dedicated to "galvanizing the Food Industry" to become "one of the first industries to close the gender gap"

Why is @redlobster sticking with Tucker Carlson?
3. Corporations like @redlobster want to develop a reputation for being socially conscious. Its president is devoted to gender equality. Kudos.

But the power of corporations comes from how they use their resources.

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folks, it's a remote for a video titler. do i need to explain what that is
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this is an 80s phenomenon. i was not there, so i can't tell you what the reality of it is. i can tell you what was intended and what i believe happened.
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Hyde-Smith lost Warren County in the first round, and trails Espy there now. But Wicker carried it earlier this month when he won y 20 points. Lucky for her, she doesn't need to carry it. Though she should want to.
Tidbit: Cindy Hyde-Smith is currently at 63.8% in Lawrence County, just under Roger Wicker (65.3%). #MSSen
Pike County, which is a GOP county, early dump showed 210 votes for Espy and only 3 votes for Hyde-Smith.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith just bailed. Without a second or a wave goodbye to the folk here in Columbus who attended the event. Backdoor. Two days out. For a U.S. Senate seat.
Bus problems for Cindy Hyde-Smith between her two campaign stops this afternoon after slipping out the back door of her first event & avoiding press questions.
Update from Hyde-Smith’s second event of the day in Meridian: “Will you take some questions from the press after?”
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Cindy Hyde-Smith on voter suppression: "And then they remind me, that there's a lot of liberal folks in those other schools who that maybe we don't want to vote. Maybe we want to make it just a little more difficult. And I think that's a great idea." Nov 2nd in Columbus, MS.
Correction: Video WAS taken in Starkville on 11/03, which is what I had initially reported. There was some confusion, because apparently, Sen. Hyde-Smith has a talent for saying things like this often. @GanucheauAdam
I just received the full-length video. It is 14 minutes and 26 seconds long. Hyde-Smith's statements about voter suppression were, in fact, the 18 seconds posted above. There was nothing taken out of context. Nothing cut or manipulated. Nothing edited.
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Mississippi: 1 in 5 Black people has lost the right to vote; a White man wore 👇at a polling place; & yesterday Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said about a cattle rancher, "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row."

She's facing Mike Epsy in an election Nov 27. VOTE.
He's a registered nurse and former cop. commercialappeal.com/story/news/201…
Who was thankfully fired after this came out. But it is enraging to think of how many arrests he made and how many Black people suffered as a result of his idea of "Mississippi Justice." wmcactionnews5.com/2018/11/08/hos…
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