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30 Mar, 8 tweets, 4 min read
1. Many members of the media appear convinced that Biden rolled back Trump's immigration policy and created a "border crisis"

But Biden has left the most salient Trump border policy in place.

And the surge of migrants started in April, not February.

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2. On the left, is a chart tracking articles that mention "border crisis" in major publications. (Spike starts 3/21)

On the right, is the number of apprehensions at the border (Spike starts 4/20)

The coverage of the "crisis" is untethered to reality.

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3. The spike in apprehensions that begins in April 2020 tracks when the Trump administration began immediately deporting everyone for public health reasons.

Trump claims he had the authority under Section 42 of the US Code.

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4. One reason why immediately deporting everyone under Title 42 caused a spike in apprehensions is that people start trying to cross the border again and again, sometimes within hours.

The practice is legally dubious but its been continued under Biden

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5. But, as you'll note from the chart, the current spike driven by Section 42 is still lower than we saw in 2019 when all of Trump's harshest policies were in place.

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6. There is a record surge in unaccompanied minors. Trump had to stop immediately deporting them in 11/20 due to a court order. When the order was lifted, Biden did not resume immediate deportations

And these kids are being held in inhumane conditions

popular.info/p/media-crisis…
7. The treatment of these kids is dreadful and the US is fully capable of treating them much better. But this has been a problem across administrations. No one wants to spend money to improve their treatment because they are worried about OPTICS.

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8. Biden says he's going to improve conditions for kids by creating new facilities to house them. That could help.

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31 Mar
I’ll be talking about voter suppression legislation and corporate power — in Texas, Georgia, and across the country — tonight at 8:30 PM EDT on @joinClubhouse.

My guests will be @BlackVotersMtr’s @cliff_notes and @BrennanCenter’s @swerenbecker

Join us! joinclubhouse.com/event/M4r0dE4W
@joinClubhouse @BlackVotersMtr @cliff_notes @BrennanCenter @swerenbecker Cliff is in Texas right now and was on the ground in Georgia during the legislative battle. He's been on the front lines.

Eliza is is the Voting Rights & Elections Counsel at Brennan Center, which is producing invaluable research. She's the preeminent expert on these bills.
We'll also be joined by Popular Information's researcher extraordinaire @tesszeeks, who has been neck deep in Excel to bring you the facts on:

Georgia: popular.info/p/georgia

Texas: popular.info/p/texas-voter-…

Arizona: popular.info/p/major-corpor…

Florida: popular.info/p/corporate-ba…
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31 Mar
1. One of the biggest donors to Gov Abbott, Lt Gov Patrick and the sponsors of bills to restrict voting is @ATT

@ATT has donated $574,500 to this group since 2018

But @ATT publicly embraces voting rights

popular.info/p/texas-voter-…
@ATT 2. For example, @ATT posted a four-minute video to its corporate website documenting a trip that employees took to Selma, Alabama to honor John Lewis and others that fought for the right to vote

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@ATT 3. In a corporate blog post last summer, AT&T acknowledged the role that corporations play in achieving justice, again citing the work of John Lewis as an example

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31 Mar
1. Corporate PAC donations to the politicians behind voter suppression legislation in Texas (2018-present):

@oncor (577K)
@ATT (575K)
@USAA (370K)
@CharterNewsroom (346K)
@WeAreFarmers (333K)
@BNSFRailway (239K)
@StateFarm (217K)
@UnionPacific (201K)

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@oncor @ATT @USAA @CharterNewsroom @WeAreFarmers @BNSFRailway @StateFarm @UnionPacific 2. Corporate PAC donations to the politicians behind voter suppression legislation in Texas (2018-present) (con't):

@AnthemInc (182K)
@ValeroEnergy (168K)
@tmau (166K)
@GM (154K)
@VistraCorp (153K)
@Exelon (151K)
@comcast (142K)
@CenterPoint (136K)

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3. Corporate PAC $ to the politicians behind voter suppression bills in Texas (2018-present) (con't):

@CVSHealth (136K)
@UPS (125K)
@Centene (103K)
@Walmart (86K)
@Deloitte (80K)
@Phillips66Co (78K)
@BankofAmerica (43K)
@united (43K)
@DowNewsroom (40K)

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31 Mar
1. Texas already has the most restrictive voting laws in the nation

But with the state trending blue, Texas Republicans are pushing draconian new restrictions anyway

These politicians are backed by millions in corporate cash

Follow along if interested

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2. One major bill, SB 7, would make it more difficult for people with disabilities to vote by requiring them to submit a form filled out by a doctor attesting they are physically unable to vote in person in order to receive an absentee ballot

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3. SB 7 would require all countywide polling places to have about the same number of machines

Why is this important?

It would effectively prohibit the use of sports arenas as mega-voting locations

Use of these locations made it easier to vote in 2020

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29 Mar
1. What's remarkable about Georgia's new law restricting voting is how it addresses all the "problems" that Trump invented out of whole cloth

@GovKemp rejected these conspiracies at the time but signed the law & now is pretending like its serious policy

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@GovKemp 2. Trump falsely claimed that drop boxes were a source of fraudulent ballots.

The new law restricts the number of drop boxes and requires them to be placed inside early voting sites, making them less useful

No reason to do this other than Trump's lies

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3. Trump claimed Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) was part of a conspiracy to steal the election for Biden.

So the new law removes Raffensperger as a voting member of the State Election Board.

No reason to do this other than Trump's lies.

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27 Mar
1. Many media outlets are reporting Georgia's new voting law restricts voting in some ways but expands early voting

For many Georgians THIS ISN'T TRUE

In counties with lots of Democrats & people of color, the bill RESTRICTS EARLY VOTING

Facts matter

Follow along if interested
2. Previously, Georgia counties only had to provide one weekend day for early voting. The bill makes two Saturday's mandatory and leaves both Sundays optional.

But Fulton County and others that tilt Democratic already offered early voting on all four days.

So no change there.
3. But the new law PROHIBITS Fulton County from using mobile polling sites to cut down lines and make voting easier during the voting period. That's what they did last year.

So if you live in Fulton County, this is one way in which the new bill RESTRICTS early voting.
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