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12 Jul, 9 tweets, 4 min read
1. Hervis Rogers waited 6 hours to vote in March 2020 and now faces decades in prison.

He is a case study in how the criminal justice system is abused to promote political narratives, undermine fundamental rights, and target minority groups.

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2. Rogers was charged with two FELONIES because he voted while on parole

Rogers didn't know couldn't vote.

Why?

In 2007, the Texas legislature passed a bill to inform people released from prison about voting eligibility

It was vetoed by Rick Perry

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3. Rogers, a 62-year-old man who allegedly committed a non-violent crime w/no victims, had bail set at 100K!

There are 60K people behind bars in Texas jails

3 of 4 haven't been convicted of a crime

They are incarcerated because they can't afford bail

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4. Rogers was released from jail because of a successful crowdfunding effort

The special session of the TX legislature is considering legislation that would prevent crowdfunding bail in many cases

If that bill was law, Rogers might still be behind bars

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5. Texas law requires voters to KNOWINGLY vote when they aren't eligible.

But AG Ken Paxton is prosecuting cases against people who didn't know their eligibility.

Crystal Mason was sentenced to 5 years.

Her case is on appeal.

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6. Rogers lives in Harris County and voted in Harris County.

But Paxton is prosecuting him in neighboring Montgomery County -- on the whitest and most conservative counties in Texas.

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7. Texas officials have known about Rogers eligibility issue since 2020, but he is only being charged now.

He was arrested as the legislature considers a bill to restrict voting.

Governor Abbott cited his arrest on Fox as proof voter fraud was real

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8. Paxton thinks Rogers should be behind bars for decades because he attempted to vote more than 25 years after his conviction.

Meanwhile, Paxton has been under indictment for securities fraud for more than 5 years and is running for reelection

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13 Jul
1. In 2020, Critical Race Theory was an obscure academic theory

In 2021, a chorus of voices claims CRT an existential threat to the country

Who is financing this effort?

We've identified an obscure foundation funding at least 21 groups attacking CRT

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2. Non-profits and media orgs promoting anti-CRT hysteria keep their funding SECRET

Private foundations, however, have to disclose their spending to the IRS

Looking at this data, one group kept appearing again and again: The Thomas W. Smith Foundation

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3. Who is Thomas W. Smith? He runs a hedge fund out of Boca Raton Florida and keeps a low profile

His foundation has no website, but is run by James Piereson, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute

Piereson is prolific and provides insight into what motives the foundation's giving
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10 Jul
1. HERVIS ROGERS

Everyone should know his name.

He faces DECADES in prison as the result of a gross abuse of power by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Rogers crime?

He tried to vote.
2. Rogers arrived at the polls in 2020 shortly before the 7PM closing and WAITED 6 HOURS TO VOTE

He was happy to do it!

3. But Rogers was still on parole so he was ineligible to vote. Rogers was not trying to vote illegally. It was an honest mistake.

He has now been charged with two felonies and is behind bars.

He faces a potential sentence of 40 YEARS or more.

His bail was set at 100K
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8 Jul
BREAKING: @Toyota reverses course, will STOP donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election

The company faced a backlash after it donated 62K to 39 Republican objectors
@Toyota Popular.info first reported on @Toyota's donations in APRIL. At the time, Toyota said that it did "not believe it is appropriate to judge members of Congress solely based on their votes on election certification."

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7 Jul
Trump's business and CFO were just indicted. Trump's response to a bad story is always to concoct another story. Just FYI.
Whether the new story has any connection to reality is beside the point. The purpose is to make noise.

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7 Jul
1. In June, @ATT plastered its social media accounts with rainbows and declared its solidarity with the LGBTQ community.

Simultaneously, @ATT quietly sent thousands to anti-LGBTQ politicians in Alabama that are targeting trans youth

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@ATT 2. In April, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law banning trans youth from participating in school sports.

In early June, @ATT signed a letter opposing that kind of discriminatory legislation.

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@ATT 3. In June, @ATT emphasized its commitment to addressing the "mental health crisis among LGBTQ+ youth," including a charitable contribution to the @TrevorProject

But the @TrevorProject condemned the Alabama bill as a dangerous attack on trans youth

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6 Jul
1. After 1/6, @Google pledged to cut off donations to members of Congress that voted to overturn the election for at least two years.

But Google's corporate PAC money is still flowing to numerous Republican objectors.

Here is how it works.

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@Google 2.

3/11/21: Google's PAC reported making a 5K contribution to the Wild and Wonderful PAC

3/23/21: Wild and Wonderful PAC, reported distributing 5K to Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), who voted to overturn the election on January 6

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3.

3/5/21: Google's PAC reported making a 5K donation to Mitch McConnell's Bluegrass Committee

5/24/21: The Bluegrass Committee distributes 5K to the campaign committee of Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)

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