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29 Apr, 6 tweets, 3 min read
BREAKING

Dem members of the TX House Committee on Elections write Attorney General Garland and ask the DOJ Civil Rights Division to monitor future proceedings of the committee after the chair tried to force a vote on a sweeping voter suppression bill with no notice or hearing
The full letter is available here: kxan.com/wp-content/upl…
You can get more detail about what went on today (including video) in my thread from earlier today

I'll be monitoring this situation closely. The bills in Texas are perhaps the worst in the country, creating a bunch of new "crimes" and banning forms of voting favored in counties with large Black populations.

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As a reminder, nearly all corporations -- save @AmericanAir and @Dell -- have remained "neutral" on Texas' draconian voter suppression bills.

This includes many dozens of countries that have committed publicly to opposing laws that restrict voting.

popular.info/p/texas-voter-…
UPDATE: The zombie SB7 (really HB6 now) was approved by the Texas House Elections Committee on a 5-4 vote last night.

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30 Apr
1. Florida's voter suppression bill, SB90, passed the legislature. @RonDeSantisFL will sign it.

Top corporate donors to the sponsors of SB90:

@UnitedHealthGrp (180K)
@Publix (157K)
@AnheuserBusch (75K)
@ATT (45K)
@CVSHealth (32K)

NONE of these corps publicly opposed the bill
@RonDeSantisFL @UnitedHealthGrp @Publix @AnheuserBusch @ATT @CVSHealth 2. Kind of cuts against the idea that corporations have suddenly become "woke." In fact, they are financing the campaigns of politicians who are pushing voter suppression legislation and then saying nothing as the bills are considered and signed into law.

popular.info/p/corporate-ba…
3. Florida Republicans say their election in 2020 was a national model with no fraud.

So why are they passing legislation to make it harder to vote?

Here's what the primary author of the bill said: "[S]ome days even I don’t know why I did something,"

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29 Apr
1. CHAOS in Texas today as Republicans pull out all the stops to push a voter suppression bill over the goal line.

At the center is @BriscoeCain, the Texas Rep who famously traveled to Pennsylvania to help Trump push false claims of voter fraud.

Follow along if interested.
@BriscoeCain 2. There are two main voter suppression bills in Texas, HB6 and SB7. But they've stalled.

Cain, the chair of the House Election Committee, announced he was taking SB7 and amending it so it was identical to HB6.

This way the House could pass "SB7" and get it to the Governor.
3. Cain attempted to get his Zombie SB7 through the committee with no notice or hearing.

One Democrat, on a hot mic, called it "bullshit"

And at least one Republican agreed.

So Cain was forced to abandon his plan, at least for now.

Watch:

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27 Apr
1. Have corporations suddenly gone "woke"?

You won't find the answer in Marco Rubio's column in the New York Post.

Instead, let's look at the FACTS.

Follow along if interested.

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2. Yes, hundreds of corporations and executives have signed a letter saying they support voting rights and oppose voting restrictions.

But talk is cheap.

What are corporations DOING?

popular.info/p/the-myth-of-…
3. @Patagonia called on corporations to take ACTION to support voting rights

- Donate $ to groups fighting against voter suppression laws

- Support H.R. 1 & the John Lewis Voting Rights Act

- Encourage biz partners to oppose state legislation

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26 Apr
1. Tucker Carlson's xenophobic, racist, and bigoted content has cost him nearly all his advertisers

It's mostly an hour of MyPillow ads and promos for other Fox shows

But Fox News doesn't care

Why?

They've rigged the game

Follow along if interested

popular.info/p/tucker-lachl…
2. A primary source of revenue for Fox News is PEOPLE WHO NEVER WATCH FOX NEWS.

On average cable TV subscribers pay $1.72 per month for Fox News

But only 14% watch Fox News

That means for every viewer, Fox News receives a $7.75 subsidy from non-viewers

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3.Every channel in a cable bundle receives a subsidy from non-viewers but Fox News' is FAR HIGHER than any other non-sports channel.

Fox News ($7.75)
CNN ($3.18)
TBS ($2.79)
FX ($1.79)

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23 Apr
1. In January, The Rule of Law Defense Fund, the policy arm of the @RepublicanAGs, sent robocalls urging people to "March to Congress" on 1/6 and "stop the steal"

Now the @RepublicanAGs have PROMOTED the head of The Rule of Law Defense Fund to lead their entire organization
@RepublicanAGs 2. The decision to promote Peter Bisbee to exec director of @RepublicanAGs is controversial even w/i the organization.

The chairman of @RepublicanAGs, @ChrisCarr_Ga, abruptly resigned, citing "vastly opposite views of the significance of the events of January 6"
3. “I felt we needed to go in a new direction. Some in the organization did not believe this was necessary." Georgia Attorney General @ChrisCarr_Ga said

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22 Apr
8 OF THE TOP 10 stories on Facebook yesterday were by the Daily Wire, the far-right site founded by Ben Shapiro

This is a site that does no original reporting and just aggregates other outlets with an emphasis on white grievance
Facebook says engagement on the site just reflects what people are interested in. But this is the only context in which people are interested in The Daily Wire and nothing else.
As a reminder, popular.info uncovered evidence that the Daily Wire was breaking Facebook's rules, Facebook admitted the Daily Wire was breaking Facebook's rules, and then Facebook declined to impose any penalty on Daily Wire for doing so

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