2. Exclusive new data reveals that in seven key states (AR, FL, SC, SD, KY, OK, OH) Fortune 250 corporations donated $5.7M to legislators that oppose abortion rights and just $1M to legislators that support abortion rights in the 2020 cycle
3. The data undermines the idea that corporate donations are inconsequential because corps give equally to "both sides." In the states where abortion rights are most at risk, corps are providing a 5-to-1 financial advantage to anti-abortion legislators.
5. In some states, the disparity is even starker. In Ohio, for example, Fortune 250 companies gave $1,472,988 to anti-abortion legislators in the 2020 election cycle, and just $189,293 to legislators that support abortion rights.
3. Right now, extremely rich people can accumulate billions in wealth gains throughout their lifetime through capital gains from stocks and other assets
But they can avoid paying taxes by passing those assets onto their heirs
1. The California recall was unsuccessful. But it was part of a much larger strategy to orient Republican politics around undermining & overturning democratic outcomes
Elder ultimately conceded. But he preemptive declared himself a victim of voter fraud
3. Trump, of course, actively supported the Elder campaign's baseless claims
But he's also engaged in a much more alarming effort to put voter fraud conspiracy theorists in charge of election administration in key states like Georgia, Arizona, & Michigan
@ATT 3. Last Friday, September 3, @Greenpeace purchased a digital billboard in the Chinatown neighborhood in DC. The billboard is right above DC's flagship @ATT store.
It said: "DON'T LET AT&T WRECK OUR DEMOCRACY. TELL AT&T TO STOP FUNDING RACIST VOTER SUPPRESSION"
2. "It is settled constitutional law that 'a State may not prohibit any woman from making the ultimate decision to terminate her pregnancy before viability.'"
Hard to argue with that. Cites Casey and Roe.
This isn't rocket science.
3. "Texas enacted S.B. 8 in open defiance of the Constitution...Instead of relying on the State’s executive branch to enforce the law, as is the norm in Texas and elsewhere, the State has deputized ordinary citizens to serve as bounty hunters"
2. The @USChamber, the powerful lobbying org that represents nearly every major American company, produce a report claiming that making private equity managers pay the normal tax rate would result in THE LOSS OF 4.9 MILLION JOBS
3. On the surface, the claim is ludicrous. Why would taxing private equity managers at a higher rate cost even one job, much less 4.9 MILLION, equivalent to every job in the state of Georgia?
But when you dig into the details it gets even worse.