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1. MLB's decision to ask for its contribution to Hyde-Smith doesn't end the game's association with her campaign.

Giants owner Charles B. Johnson and his wife contributed the max to Hyde-Smith.

But Johnson's involvement goes deeper

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2. Johnson is also a donor to a group called "Black Americans for the President’s Agenda." (He is white.)

Yesterday, in an email obtained by popular.info, founder Vernon Robinson says the group has a plan to suppress the black vote

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3. "They will lie to them, they will throw slime, whatever they need to do to scare black folks into the voting booth," Robinson writes.

He calls this the "spike strategy" -- and his group can stop it.

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4. "[A]s black voters found out what kind of crazy policies Democrats support, large numbers did not go to the polls. The black vote in St Louis in 2018 was half of what it was in 2016… You can help us stop the spike again." popular.info/p/cindy-hyde-s…
5. The group plans a 34K radio ad to help execute the black voter suppression strategy. Prior radio ads from the group have accused Democrats of trying to bring back lynching.

This is the kind of politics that the owner of the @SFGiants is involved in

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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.

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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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