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7 Oct, 11 tweets, 5 min read
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Is now a good time to take a look at #Facebook’s VP for Global Public Policy, Joel Kaplan; his connection to William Burck; Kaplan’s and Burck’s connections to Lindsey Graham—and how all three connect directly to Brett Kavanaugh?

We’ll start here:

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On second thought, maybe we should start with Senator Graham’s performance during Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing. Keep this image in mind while reading the rest of the thread.

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Anyway, it’s weird that the Zuckerberg-funded nonprofit’s ad for Graham didn’t mention immigration.

Here’s Mitch McConnell’s brother in law explaining how Graham’s ad was purchased by a “smart team of political operatives,” including Joel Kaplan:

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Why didn’t Zuckerberg simply arrange a private dinner with Lindsey Graham—as he did later—toward aligning Graham with the nonprofit’s efforts? Maybe an unsolicited six-figure ad buy is kinda the same thing?

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Joel Kaplan’s second row seat to the Kavanaugh hearings made a few waves, of course.

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Although Kaplan received far less scrutiny for the work he reportedly performed to help assure his friend Kavanaugh’s confirmation.

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The Joel Kaplan-William Burck connection is simple: Both were George W. Bush appointees. Kaplan was an Assistant to the President; Burck, a Deputy Assistant.

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Burck’s role in Kavanaugh’s confirmation may have been the most important of all: He was hired by George W. Bush to bury, under executive privilege claims, thousands of pages of documents from Kavanaugh’s tenure as Bush’s Staff Secretary.

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After Lindsey Graham confirmed Kavanaugh as an Associate Justice, Graham’s principal campaign committee received a $10,000 contribution from William Burck.

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Kavanaugh’s confirmation wasn’t the culmination of a five-year influence op, but I find it interesting that two people who played major roles in Kavanaugh’s confirmation made a six-figure ad buy to benefit Lindsey Graham, or made a five-figure contribution to his campaign.

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Also: Joel Kaplan gave $2,800.00 to Team Graham Inc. on October 6, 2020.

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