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8 Oct, 6 tweets, 6 min read
1. As part of Trump's child separation policy, ROD ROSENSTEIN told prosecutors to pursue cases even if it would result in infants being separated from their mothers

Where is Rosenstein now?

At the high-powered law firm King & Spalding (@kslaw)

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2. @kslaw's website says it is committed to "protecting and supporting women and families"

How making Rosenstein, whose actions violated international human rights law, a partner consistent with those values?

I asked the firm and they didn't respond

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3. Many of @kslaw's corporate clients spoke out against the child separation policy.

@Airbnb: "Ripping children from the arms of their parents is heartless, cruel, [and] immoral"

Will @airbnb keep doing business w/@kslaw?

They declined to comment.

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4. @Google's CEO, @sundarpichai, also vocally opposed the child separation policy, calling it "gut-wrenching"

Will @Google keep doing business with @kslaw?

The company did not respond to request for comment.

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5. It's easy to SAY you oppose a policy. It's more important to align your stated values with action. And that's a decision confronting the clients of @kslaw now

For updates on this story - and more accountability journalism - sign up for my newsletter: popular.info/subscribe
6. More clients of @kslaw:

@CocaCola
@Delta
@onepeloton
@JNJNews (Johnson & Johnson)
@amazon
@Costco
@ATT

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6 Oct
1. Yesterday, Breitbart published a completely false article to suggest that masks are ineffective

Facebook has a policy against COVID-19 misinfo that could create imminent harm

Breitbart's article is dangerous

But Facebook is giving them a pass

Again

popular.info/p/facebook-giv…
2. The Breitbart article claimed that Senator Thom Tillis contracted COVID-19 at a White House event even though he was wearing a mask

If this were true the story would be silly. But it was a lie

Tillis was photographed indoors at the event w/o a mask

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3. Breitbart uses this lie to falsely suggest that there is a "lack of consensus on the controversial subject" of mask-wearing. This is another dangerous lie.

But Facebook said the article DID NOT VIOLATE ITS COVID-19 MISINFORMATION POLICY.

Some policy

popular.info/p/facebook-giv…
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5 Oct
1. Control of the Senate next year could come down to ALASKA

Incumbent Dan Sullivan (R) is enmeshed is a major scandal centered around the potential development of a massive gold mine in Southwest Alaska

Let's follow the money

popular.info/p/the-scandal-…
2. The project, known as Pebble Mine, is very unpopular in Alaska. That's because it threatens the salmon fishery in the area, which is the largest in the world. It's important commercially, recreationally, and for Alaska Natives

popular.info/p/the-scandal-…
3. On the other hand, there is a lot of MONEY behind the project. Sullivan opposed a move by Obama in 2014 to shelve the project and supported Trump's effort to revive it.

Meanwhile, Sullivan received cash from the company planning its development

popular.info/p/the-scandal-…
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2 Oct
“I don’t wear masks like him. Every time you see him, he's got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away from me, and he shows up with the biggest mask I've ever seen.” — Donald Trump, 9/29/20
"A lot of people don't want to wear a mask. There are a lot of people think the masks are not good." — Donald Trump, 9/16/20
"There's no reason for [Biden] to have masks on. We get tested. I'm tested. I have people tested...So, I'm in sort of a different position. And maybe if I wasn't in that position I'd be wearing it more." — Donald Trump, 9/16/20
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28 Sep
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

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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.

popular.info/p/pennsylvania…
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.

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27 Sep
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
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
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
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25 Sep
1. Trump is running ANOTHER contest to meet him in person.

There is proof that previous contests were FRAUDS.

But he just continues to scam his supporters.

Most of the media is uninterested.
2. The Trump campaign extensively promoted a contest last September to have breakfast with Trump.

After reporting by popular.info, the Trump campaign admitted that this contest was a fraud.

Someone "won" a breakfast, but Trump was not there

popular.info/p/update-trump…
3. The Trump campaign just held a contest to have dinner with Trump in Southhampton, New York, on August 8th.

The contest was advertised in states where it would have been impossible to attend without violating New York's quarantine rules

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