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24 May, 6 tweets, 6 min read
1. After 1/6, hundreds of corps made commitments about future political giving

But each month a flood of campaign finance records are reported to the FEC

So I've created a list of companies that have violated the letter or spirit of their commitments

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2. Corporations that pledged to suspend donations to GOP objectors and then donated to committees that support GOP objectors:

@Walmart (60K)
@generalelectric (60K)
@Intel (15K)
@ATT (5K)
@Pfizer (15K)
@sanofi (3K)
@Oracle (7.5K)

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3. @Cigna pledged to suspend donations to Republican objectors and directly violated its pledge:

Cigna donated 12.5K to 7 individual GOP objectors

Cigna also donated a total of 30K to the @NRCC and @NRSC, which support GOP objectors

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4. Corporations that pledged to "reevaluate" their donation criteria after January 6 and then directly or indirectly donated to GOP objectors:

@Toyota (62K)
@JetBlue (1K)
@GM (40K)
@Ford (32.5K)
@AltriaNews (15K)
@northropgrumman (7.5K)

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5. There is a ton of pressure from corporate lobbyists and others for corporations to break their commitments and start donating to GOP objectors

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6. For perspective, a couple of hundred companies made public commitments about their future political giving after Jan 6. The overwhelming majority have kept their promises. This thread is about the exceptions to that rule.

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25 May
1. Millions of Americans have not been vaccinated yet because of very practical economic concerns.

Among the unvaccinated, 48% say they are concerned they "might need to miss work if the side effects of the vaccine make them feel sick for a day or more"

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2. Among unvaccinated Americans taking a "wait-and-see" approach, nearly three-in-ten "say that they would be more likely to get the COVID-19 vaccine if their employer gave them paid time off to get vaccinated and recover from any side effects."

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3. In April, Biden called on ALL EMPLOYERS to offer PTO to get vaccinated and recover. Small businesses get a tax credit to cover these costs. But big businesses are on the honors system.

Many large companies are doing little or nothing.

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19 May
BREAKING

After 1/6, @Ford said it would review its political contribution criteria in light of the violence

On 4/28, @Ford donated $2500 to @kevinomccarthy, who voted to overturn the election on January 6
@Ford @kevinomccarthy .@Ford also donated 15K to the @NRCC, which will support the reelection of 130+ Republicans House members who voted to overturn the election and 15K to the @NRSC, which is chaired by @SenRickScott, who voted to overturn the election
Tomorrow is another significant FEC filing deadline.

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18 May
UPDATE: Following a report by me and @nicksurgey, @Google acknowledges attending a private "working group" on "election integrity" with the @RSLC, a Republican group pushing voter suppression laws

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@NickSurgey @Google @RSLC 2. @Google claims that its representative attended the working group "to understand whether our products would be discussed"

But that strains credulity

It was a briefing by the @RSLC's "Election Integrity Commission" which is chaired by 2 people pushing Trump's lies about 2020
3. @Google told Axios that "it donated to leadership groups of both parties in 2020 as part of an effort to inform the groups about the company's election tools and services"

Google also donated 20K to the @RSLC on 2/11/21, after the 1/6 riots

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17 May
1. In public, @Google, @Citi, & @Deloitte purport to be champions of voting rights

But internal documents obtained by Popular Information and Documented reveal that, privately, these companies are collaborating with a GOP group pushing voter suppression

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@Google @Citi @Deloitte 2. According to an agenda obtained by me and @nicksurgey, representatives from @Google, @Citi, & @Deloitte participated in an April 6 "working group" on "election integrity" with the @RSLC, a major GOP pushing voter suppression laws around the country

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3. These companies aren't just meeting with the @RSLC to discuss voting restrictions, they are funding it

These are direct corporate contributions to the @RSLC since 2020:

@Google (65K)

@Citi (75K)

@Deloitte (15K)
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12 May
"A Michigan lawmaker who's been at the center of efforts to question the 2020 election introduced a bill Tuesday that would require "fact checkers" to register with the state."

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"The bill requires qualifying fact checkers to file proof of a $1 million fidelity bond with the Secretary of State's office"
"An 'affected person' could bring a civil action in any county district court to claim the bond for 'any wrongful conduct that is a violation of the laws of this state.'"
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12 May
1. One of the reasons I spend time talking about corporate PAC donations is that PAC donations are transparent.

But most corporate political spending is kept SECRET.

But there are some shareholders trying to change that.

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2. While 5K donations from corporate PACs are public, corporations can spend millions of dollars supporting trade associations and non-profits and keep those expenditures completely secret

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3. Most major companies send very large sums of money to the U.S. Chamber which the group uses to oppose a $15 wage and federal protections for voting rights.

This is all kept secret.

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