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31 Mar, 7 tweets, 7 min read
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

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@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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@ATT 4. At the same time @ATT donated 150K to Texas Lt. Gov Dan Patrick.

Patrick was so enamored with Trump's false claims of voter fraud that he offered a $1 million reward for people who came forward with "evidence."

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@ATT 5. @ATT also donated $12,500 to @AngelaPaxtonTX, who traveled to DC on 1/6 and appeared on stage at the "Stop the Steal" rally

@ATT also donated 3K to Rep. @BriscoeCain who traveled to PA after election day to promote Trump's claims of election fraud

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6. @ATT did not respond to an inquiry from popular.info asking:

1. Does @ATT support the voter suppression bills in TX?

2. Will @ATT continue to donate to politicians like Patrick, Paxton, and Cain?

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7. @ATT is headquartered in Dallas and has a HUGE influence in Texas. Some consider the company the third branch of the TX legislature.

They employ nearly 80 lobbyists in the state!

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1 Apr
1. Kemp seems really committed to this blatantly misleading talking point.

So it's worth understanding the facts.

Follow along if interested.
2. Prior to Georgia's new law, there were four potential weekend early voting days and only one was mandatory and three were optional.

The new law makes two mandatory and two optional.

BUT major urban and suburban counties like Fulton County already used all four.
3. So if you like in Fulton or similar counties, where you'll find most of Georgia's Democrats and people of color, this second mandatory day does not expand access AT ALL.

It only expands access in rural Republican counties.

I'm sure that's a coincidence.
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1 Apr
1. A week after Georgia's voter suppression bill was signed into law, major corporations are finally issuing strong statement opposing the law.

But especially at this point, talk is cheap.

What are these companies will to DO.

I decided to ask!

popular.info/p/a-corporate-…
2. Yesterday, @Delta CEO Ed Bastian released a memo calling Georgia's new law to restrict voting "unacceptable," counter to Delta's values, and "based on a lie."

So will Delta continue to donate to the politicians that promoted the legislation?

popular.info/p/a-corporate-…
@Delta 3. @Delta did not rule out future donations to the sponsors of voter suppression legislation in Georgia. Instead it send me this statement, which doesn't commit the company to any particular course of action.

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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. 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

popular.info/p/texas-voter-…
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

popular.info/p/texas-voter-…
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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30 Mar
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.

popular.info/p/media-crisis…
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.

popular.info/p/media-crisis…
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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