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12 Nov, 5 tweets, 2 min read
1. Claims by Walgreens and other corporations that San Francisco is facing an epidemic of "organized retail crime" is not reflected in citywide crime data.

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2. In 2020, shoplifting in San Fransisco reached its lowest level since statistics began being collected 45 years ago.

It has increased slightly in 2021 but still remains well below 2019 levels.

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3. The false narrative is being relentlessly pushed by a far-right website run by a former Republican consultant (and business partner of Jared Kushner) who received a pardon from Trump

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4. Walgreens cited "organized retail theft" as the reason for closing stores.

The percentage of organized retail theft cases that have been prosecuted under DA Chesa Boudin is THE SAME as his predecessor.

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5. For petty theft, prosecutions are down somewhat, from about 70% under the last DA to 50% under Boudin.

But the idea that Boudin is not prosecuting shoplifting is false.

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12 Nov
1. Very illuminating list from @DefendingEd, a dark money group linked to the Koch political network, of what it claims is evidence of Critical Race Theory being taught in K-12 schools in Virginia

I want to highlight some examples of things they find objectionable
@DefendingEd 2. A Fairfax county social studies coordinator who says African-American history “deserves a truer and fuller account.”

This is an example of "Critical Race Theory," according to the group
3. A message from a high school principal that says: "While I did not come from a family with economic means, the color of my skin has given me privileges that others do not have."

This is an example of "Critical Race Theory," according to the group
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10 Nov
1. Everyone is talking about rising prices and there are a lot of factors that contribute to inflation but one important factor is almost never discussed: concentrated corporate power

Follow along if interested

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2. In a competitive economy, profit margins should approach zero (as long as there are reasonable substitutes)

In the US, corporate profits as a share of the American economy have risen dramatically over the last two decades, from 5% of GDP to nearly 12%

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3. In other words, corporations are not being *forced* to raise prices to stay afloat.

They are choosing to raise prices to maintain large profit margins because they have enough market power to do so without losing customers

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9 Nov
UPDATE: Republican lobbyists are "frustrated," pushing corporate PACs to resume contributions

This reflects the reality that dozens of major corporations have stuck by their pledges and have not resumed contributing to GOP objectors

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2. Politico wrote a story with the headline: "GOP lobbyists say corporate America is coming back into the tent"

But when you READ the story you'll find that this is GOP lobbyists PREDICTING that corporations will end their donation freeze soon

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3. Lobbyists have been making similar predictions since February.

And while some major companies like @Cigna and @ATT have violated their pledges, dozens of other major corporations have kept their word.

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8 Nov
1. Right-wing operatives have deployed a MASSIVE network of fake local news sites to weaponize Critical Race Theory in political campaigns

Follow along if interested

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2. The Rosetta Stone of this effort is this tweet by @lansing, the president of @WinRed, the main GOP online fundraising vehicle

Lansing credits an article in "West Nova News" as "starting it all" and helping deliver a win for Glenn Youngkin

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3. West Nova News is part of a massive network of 1300 "news" sites linked to conservative businessman Brian Timpone

Timpone has a long history of leveraging "low-cost automated story generation"

He's been accused of faking bylines & quotes & plagiarism

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4 Nov
I do not know what will happen in 2022 or 2024.

But one thing I do know is that you can safely ignore all the hand-wringing and prognostications based on 2021.

This happens after every election and its usually wrong.

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After the 2004 election, we were told Democrats faced "a long-term disadvantage in future races for the White House and battles for Congress" because of their inability to compete in the South

4 years later Obama won the presidency, winning FL, NC, & VA

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After Obama won again in 2012, we were told that "demography" meant that Republicans would never win another presidential election by firing up its base of older white men

4 years later, Trump won by employing the strategy pundits said would never work

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3 Nov
1. Much of the corporate opposition to Build Back Better was based on the increase in the corporate tax rate

That's been dropped, so we decided to check in w/some corporations.

The responses we received were EXTRAORDINARY

Follow along if interested

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2. The primary tension is many corporations have declared the need for URGENT action on climate.

And BBB still contains historic investments to combat climate change

At the same time, these corporations are members of lobbying groups trying to kill BBB

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3. In response for request for comment, @GM said that it:

A. Supports the Build Back Better framework and the climate provisions

B. Supports @BizRoundtable's lobbying campaign to kill Build Back Better.

Seriously.

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