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1. Jim Messina was Obama's campaign manager
Jim has been on TV a lot talking about the 2020 presidential candidates.
We need to talk about Jim and his undisclosed work as a consultant for some of America's most powerful corporations.
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Jim has been on TV a lot talking about the 2020 presidential candidates.
We need to talk about Jim and his undisclosed work as a consultant for some of America's most powerful corporations.
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2. Messina was on MSNBC this week trashing Warren for calling for the breakup of Facebook.
"that logic doesn't make sense… stop playing games"
But Messina did not disclose that he represents GOOGLE another company that Warren says should be split up.
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"that logic doesn't make sense… stop playing games"
But Messina did not disclose that he represents GOOGLE another company that Warren says should be split up.
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3. Messina also works for a subsidiary of Amazon, another company Warren is targeting.
Messina is pushing his corporate talking points under the banner of Obama.
The media is abetting him by not disclosing his obvious conflicts
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Messina is pushing his corporate talking points under the banner of Obama.
The media is abetting him by not disclosing his obvious conflicts
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4. Too many outlets are empowering Messina and either ignoring or covering up his conflicts.
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5. BTW, it's unclear why Dems should care what Messina has to say about Democratic presidential candidates
Most of his political work now is on behalf of right-wing candidates. He worked for Theresa May in the UK, who ran on an anti-immigrant platform
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Most of his political work now is on behalf of right-wing candidates. He worked for Theresa May in the UK, who ran on an anti-immigrant platform
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6. Messina says he has over 70 corporate clients and most of them are unknown. I only know about Google and Amazon because they are listed on his website.
Messina should disclose his client list so people can know whose interests he's representing.
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Messina should disclose his client list so people can know whose interests he's representing.
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7. There are people who really love Messina's commentary, however: the right-wing media. Most of Messina's appearances are gleefully picked up by numerous right-wing outlets.
Messina, of course, is always identified as an "Obama advisor" popular.info/p/the-real-jim
Messina, of course, is always identified as an "Obama advisor" popular.info/p/the-real-jim
