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9 Feb, 5 tweets, 2 min read
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

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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

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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

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4. In New Hampshire, legislation "would prevent the use of student IDs" to vote.

The bill was introduced by Representative Al Balsadaro (R), who appeared at a "Stop the Steal" rally and called Biden's presidency "illegal."

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5. While many corporations have cut off funding to the 147 who objected to the Electoral College vote, most are silent about future donations to the state officials that supported them

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11 Feb
1. As the Senate debates Trump's responsibility for the events of Jan 6, a relatively new group is organizing the next insurrection

And this one could be more sophisticated, efficient & violent

At the center of the scheme is a familiar name: Ammon Bundy

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2. Bundy, who occupied a federal wildlife refuge by force in 2016, has created a new org called People's Rights

People's Rights wants to enable people to "call a militia like they’d call an Uber and stage a protest within minutes."

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3. The rapidly growing group, which Bundy says now has 50K members, aims to be able to "dispatch 10 protesters to a scene in 10 minutes, 100 in 100 minutes and 1,000 in 1,000 minutes."

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10 Feb
1. Of all the things Republicans Senators are saying about the impeachment trial, "I blame the rioters, not Trump," is the dumbest
2. TRUMP:

* Invented the lie that the election was stolen

* Told his supporters to come to DC on Jan 6 and get "wild"

* Held a rally where he spoke to the mob for an hour and told them to "fight like hell"

* Instructed the mob to march to the Capitol
3. AFTER THE RIOT THAT LEFT SEVERAL PEOPLE DEAD, TRUMP:

* Described it as "things and events that happen" when an election is stolen

* Said everyone should look back on the riot fondly: "Remember this day forever!" Image
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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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8 Feb
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.

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@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

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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."

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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."

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@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.

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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.

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@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)

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@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.

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