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4 Mar, 5 tweets, 5 min read
UPDATE: Following popular.info's investigation, a coalition of civil rights groups — including @Georgia_NAACP & @NewGAProject — launched a campaign demanding corporations divest from the legislators behind Georgia's voter suppression bills

popular.info/p/updates-vote…
@Georgia_NAACP @NewGAProject 2. The @ajc, Georgia's largest paper, has also picked up the story on corporate donors to sponsors of the bill restricting voting, eliciting new responses from @Delta, @HomeDepot, @UPS, and @aflac

popular.info/p/updates-vote…
3. For now, these corporations are trying to have it both ways. They are releasing statements saying they support voting rights but are declining to oppose legislation that restricts voting rights or stop contributing to GA legislators pushing the bills

popular.info/p/updates-vote…
4. I'm not convinced that this is a sustainable position over time. If you support voting rights, how can you be neutral on a bill that would dramatically restrict voting?

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UPDATE: At 11:45, I'm going to host a chat on Twitter Spaces with Cliff Albright (@cliff_notes) of @BlackVotersMtr, one of the groups involved in this new advocacy campaign. Will post a link when it starts!

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5 Mar
BREAKING: In a memo, the @USChamber attempts to provide cover to corporations to resume donating to the 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the election

"We do not believe it's appropriate to judge members of Congress solely based on their votes on the electoral certification"
@USChamber The memo written by @USChamber's National Political Director, @ashleewrich, argues that only members of Congress involved in "organizing the rally of January 6th or continuing to push debunked conspiracy theories" are culpable

FULL MEMO: uschamber.com/issue-brief/me…
3. This is the first step by corporate America to try to forget that January 6 happened and resume business-as-usual

I'll be monitoring these developments closely.

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5 Mar
1. @cocacola, the parent company of @sprite, has donated $34,750 to the sponsors of the voter suppression legislation in Georgia that targets the Black community.

Coca-Cola publicly declined to oppose the legislation, saying it favors a "balanced approach."
@CocaCola @Sprite 2. @CocaCola, the parent company of @Sprite, has donated $34,750 to the sponsors of the voter suppression legislation in Georgia that targets the Black community.

Coca-Cola has declined to oppose the legislation, saying it favors a "balanced approach"

3. @CocaCola has donated $34,750 to the sponsors of the voter suppression legislation in Georgia that targets the Black community.

Coca-Cola has declined to oppose the legislation, saying it favors a "balanced approach"

popular.info/p/georgia

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3 Mar
1. Major corporate contributors to the sponsors of the voter suppression bills in Georgia (2018-present)

@ATT (100K)
@CVSHealth (43K)
@Delta (42K)
@comcast (40K)
@SouthernCompany (39K)
@CocaCola (35K)
@UPS (35K)
@HomeDepot (34K)
@GM (33K)
@Publix (30K)

popular.info/p/georgia
@ATT @CVSHealth @Delta @comcast @SouthernCompany @CocaCola @UPS @HomeDepot @GM @Publix 2. Major corporate contributors to the sponsors of the voter suppression bills in Georgia, con't (2018-present)

@UnitedHealthGrp (28K)
@SunTrust (25K)
@Walmart (23K)
@Pfizer (17K)
@Allstate (17K)
@AnthemBCBS (17K)
@AnheuserBusch (17K)
@Verizon (15K)

popular.info/p/georgia
3. Major corporate contributors to the sponsors of the voter suppression bills in Georgia, con't (2018-present)

@Walgreens (10K)
@TMobile (8K)
@aflac (7K)
@Lyft (6K)

We contacted all 22 companies and only two responded. None ruled out future donations to the bill sponsors.
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3 Mar
1. Republicans in the Georgia legislature are pushing two bills that would impose severe new restrictions on voting

The sponsors of the legislation are backed by millions in corporate cash — including money from @CocaCola, @Delta, and @UPS

popular.info/p/georgia
@CocaCola @Delta @UPS 2. Since 2018, @CocaCola has donated $34,750 to 29 co-sponsors of the Georgia voter suppression legislation.

Meanwhile, @CocaCola has publicly championed voting rights, producing a series of ads last year about importance of voting in the Black community

popular.info/p/georgia
@CocaCola @Delta @UPS 3. In response to an inquiry from popular.info, @CocaCola declined to say whether or not it supported the voter suppression legislation.

@CocaCola also declined to rule out future donations to the sponsors of the voter suppression bills

popular.info/p/georgia
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2 Mar
1. At the urging of Trump, GOP legislators are introducing hundreds of bills to restrict voting

Today, the Supreme Court considers a case that could obliterate what's left of the Voting Rights Act — the last line of defense against voter suppression

popular.info/p/mcconnell-as…
2. In 2013, Chief Justice John Roberts crippled the voting rights act by gutting Section 5, which required pre-clearance of voting changes in areas with a history of discrimination

But discriminatory changes are still illegal under Section 2

popular.info/p/mcconnell-as…
3. The case was actually filed by the Democratic Party, challenging two changes to Arizona voting procedures.

But now, McConnell and others are urging the Court to use the case as a way undermine the rest of the VRA and greenlight voter suppression

popular.info/p/mcconnell-as…
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1 Mar
1. Last week the US finally acknowledged the TRUTH: That Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) ordered the murder of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi

But there were not CONSEQUENCES for MBS

What gives?

popular.info/p/truth-withou…
2. One major factor, IMO, is money.

MBS controls Saudi's $400 billion sovereign wealth fund.

He has a plan to build it up to $1T.

That makes MBS a valued partner of many powerful corporations.

popular.info/p/truth-withou…
3. In 2018, shortly after Khashoggi's murder, many US companies boycotted MBS' annual conference, known as "Davos in the Desert"

When the event was held again this January, almost all were back.

The facts hadn't changed but the money is irresistible.

popular.info/p/truth-withou…
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