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8 Feb, 8 tweets, 8 min read
1. The MyPillow guy made a two-hour movie of lies about the 2020 presidential election.

@Verizon and @ATT beamed it into millions of homes.

popular.info/p/the-mypillow…
@Verizon @ATT 2. @OANN aired Mike Lindell's fever dream of a documentary, which was 120 minutes of disinformation about the presidential election, THIRTEEN TIMES from Feb 5 to Feb 8.

@verizonfios and @Directv (AT&T) include OANN as part of their basic TV package

popular.info/p/the-mypillow…
3, That means if you get your TV through @verizonfios or @Directv, you paying every month to make OANN possible.

I estimate that @ATT customers pay at least $3 million a year to OANN, which called QAnon "the new mainstream."

popular.info/p/the-mypillow…
@verizonfios @DIRECTV @ATT 4. @ATT told popular.info: "When it comes to the channels we carry for customers, we do not exercise control over their editorial content."

True, but it was AT&T's decision to force its customers to pay for OANN

popular.info/p/the-mypillow…
@verizonfios @DIRECTV @ATT 5. The Lindell election movie was technically a paid advertisement but @OANN did not market it that way.

Except for a disclaimer at the beginning, viewers would have no way of knowing.

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6. Notably, Lindell's movie included the same lies that incited a mob at attack the United States Capitol on January 6.

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7. Both @ATT and @Verizon have suspended donations to the 147 Republicans who tried to overturn the election.

Presumably because they set the stage for the January 6 riot.

But now both companies, through OANN, are perpetuating these lies

popular.info/p/the-mypillow…
.@Roku offers OANN as an add-on service. Roku's website describes OANN as "a credible source for national and international news."

Roku did not respond to a request for comment.

popular.info/p/the-mypillow…

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9 Feb
1. Today, Trump's second impeachment trial starts.

Trump's lawyers and Republican Senators will focus on the argument that the proceeding is unconstitutional because Trump is no longer president.

This short thread will explain why that is B.S.

Follow along if interested.
2. The question of whether Trump could be impeached after he left office is irrelevant

Trump was impeached before he left office

The question is whether the Senate still have the authority to try the impeachment after Trump leave office

The Constitution answers this question
3. Article I, Section 3, Clause 6: "The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments."

ALL IMPEACHMENTS.

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9 Feb
1. The assault on democracy that everyone saw at the Capitol on Jan 6 quietly continues in statehouses around the country.

State officials that embraced Trump's lies are introducing a flood of legislation to make it more difficult for people to vote

popular.info/p/the-war-on-v…
2. In PA, HB25 would repeal no-excuse absentee voting, which was passed w/bipartisan support in 2019

One of the bill's sponsors, Rep Jim Gregory, signed a letter to PA's Congressional delegation, urging them object to the state's Electoral College vote

popular.info/p/the-war-on-v…
3. An AZ bill, would make it a felony to send an absentee ballot to anyone who didn't request it. The bill sponsor is Rep. Jake Hoffman, who also signed the letter urging members of Congress to recognize an alternative slate of electors pledged to Trump

popular.info/p/the-war-on-v…
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5 Feb
UPDATE: @Microsoft announces that it "will suspend contributions for the duration of the 2022 election cycle to all members of Congress who voted to object to the certification of electors."

popular.info/p/three-major-…
@Microsoft 2. This next part is important. @Microsoft will also "suspend contributions for the same period for state officials and organizations who supported such objections or suggested the election should be overturned."

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@Microsoft 3. Previously, @Microsoft had indefinitely suspended all contributions. But this was viewed by many employees as insufficient.

popular.info/p/microsofts-u…
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5 Feb
UPDATE: Allen West, the chairman of the @TexasGOP, says Texans should be given an opportunity to vote to secede from the United States.

popular.info/p/the-texas-re…
@TexasGOP 2. The @TexasGOP, which is now endorsing a "TEXIT" vote, is financed by a major corporations. Some top contributors over the last 4 years:

@AnheuserBusch (113K)
@ATT (125K)
@Verizon (115K)
@AltriaNews (145K)

popular.info/p/the-texas-re…
@TexasGOP @AnheuserBusch @ATT @Verizon @AltriaNews 3. West also also adopted a QAnon mantra ("We are the storm") as the official slogan of the @TexasGOP

But the following corporations won't say whether they will continue to support the party.

popular.info/p/the-texas-re…
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4 Feb
Florida @GovRonDeSantis doesn't want to address his state's 2.7B budget shortfall or raging pandemic so he's introducing legislation to fine social media companies $100,000 a day if they ban politicians who use their platforms to encourage violence

popular.info/p/desantis-big…
@GovRonDeSantis The premise of DeSantis proposed legislation is that Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies are biased against conservatives

This is a point made again and again and again

It's a lie.

popular.info/p/desantis-big…
The legislation is pitched as an effort to protect free speech but actually violates the First Amendment. The government can't force companies to print political speech. Forced speech is just as much of a free speech violation of preventing speech.

popular.info/p/desantis-big…
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3 Feb
1. GOP Senators have embraced the idea that convicting Trump is unconstitutional because he's not president.

It's at the center of the document filed by Trump's lawyers yesterday.

And it's worth going through in detail.

Because it makes no sense.

popular.info/p/trumps-answer
2. The argument from Trump's lawyers hinges on this language from the Constitution: "[j]udgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor…"

popular.info/p/trumps-answer
3. Trump's lawyers argue that the key word is AND.

They argue that because the constitution says punishments are limited to removal AND disqualification it means you have to be removed before you can be disqualified

They call it a "condition precedent"

popular.info/p/trumps-answer
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