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Jan 24, 2022 • 9 tweets • 13 min read • Read on X
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1. In May, Texas Republicans enacted a draconian abortion ban and a system of vigilante justice to enforce it.

In response, numerous large corporations wrote these Texas Republicans substantial checks.

Follow along if interested.

popular.info/p/after-texas-…
2. @ATT CEO John Stankey said one of the company's "core values" is "gender equity and the empowerment of women."

On 11/20/21, @ATT donated 50K from its corporate treasury to the Texas Senate Republicans who unanimously approved the abortion ban

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@ATT 3. On 12/14/21, @ATT's corporate PAC donated 30K to @DadePhelan, the Texas House Speaker who marshaled the abortion ban through the House.

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@ATT @DadePhelan 4. @ATT told popular.info that it "has never taken a position on abortion" and "did not endorse nor support passage of Senate Bill 8."

The 50K check to the Texas Senate Republicans, @ATT insists, "may not be used for political purposes."

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@ATT @DadePhelan 5. @pepsi publicly touts its commitment to "empowering women in the workplace, marketplace and community."

On 8/5/21, @pepsi donated 15K to the @TexasGOP

Pepsi did not respond to a request for comment.

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@ATT @DadePhelan @pepsi @TexasGOP 6. @Walmart touts its "efforts to advance women associates and empower women."

In December, @Walmart donated 5K to Texas House Speaker @DadePhelan and 5K to Lt. Gov @DanPatrick, who also serves as president of the Texas Senate.

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7. If you are interested in this thread, you'll be very interested in my newsletter, Popular Information.

It's dedicated to accountability journalism.

You'll learn the information you won't find anywhere else.

And it's free to sign up.

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8. Other companies that made substantial donations to Texas Republicans after the passage of the state's abortion ban:

@zillow
@Allstate
@Ford
@Exelon
@KochIndustries
@UPS
@USAA
@UnitedHealthGrp

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@zillow @Allstate @Ford @Exelon @KochIndustries @UPS @USAA @UnitedHealthGrp 9. One more thing: The head of @ATT's legislative strategy is @EdWGillespie, the former chair of the @RNC. When Gillespie ran for Governor of Virginia in 2017 he said he "would like to see abortion be banned.”

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Nov 25
1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge

Tennessee's Secretary of State ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books w/LGBTQ characters

popular.info/p/tennessee-pu…
2. Hargett has cited Trump's executive order “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism." Executive orders are not federal law and generally do not apply to state or local governments.

Tennessee libraries do receive some federal funding, but not for book purchases.
3. In the letters, Hargett singled out a children’s book called Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown. The book, which was written by a straight, cisgender man, does not feature any LGBTQ characters. It is based on a childhood experience of the author in which he tried on his mom's clothes.Image
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Nov 25
1. EXCLUSIVE

Musk’s xAI has secretly built its AI supercomputer, Colossus, using Chinese transformers, leaving it vulnerable to espionage or sabotage

Colossus performs sensitive work for the U.S. military

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3. An April report published by the security firm Gladstone AI noted that Chinese transformers "can be used as back-doors for sabotage operations. Indeed back-door electronics are known to have been installed in Chinese-made transformers.”
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Nov 18
1. An abrupt decision by the Trump administration on October 3 left thousands of ICE detainees without access to vital medical care — a crisis that is ongoing — according to previously unreported ICE documents.

🧵

popular.info/p/exclusive-ho…
2. For 2 decades, the VA played a limited but essential role in ensuring that people in the custody of ICE received necessary medical care. When an ICE detainee needed medication or outside medical treatment, the VA processed the claims. ICE paid the VA to provide this service.
3. On October 3, the VA “abruptly and instantly terminated” its agreement w/ICE, according to partially redacted documents.

The termination left ICE with “no mechanism to provide prescribed medication” and unable to “pay for medically necessary off-site care.”
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Nov 12
BREAKING: Following Tucker Carlson's friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, @rocketmoneyapp has ended its sponsorship of Carlson's podcast.

🧵

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@RocketMoneyApp 2. On Monday, Popular Information revealed that several prominent companies — including Rocket Money — were continuing to sponsor Carlson’s show as he mainstreams white supremacy and other forms of bigotry.

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@RocketMoneyApp 3. On the November 3 episode of Carlson’s podcast, he said he was “excited to partner with Rocket Money.” Carlson promoted a special URL, , where his viewers could sign up for the service. rocketmoney.com/TUCKERImage
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Nov 6
1. JD Vance dismissed Tuesday's election as “a couple of elections in blue states”

But there were contests nationwide, including in purple & red states

And voters everywhere rejected the MAGA agenda

Let's review

popular.info/p/six-election…
2. In Bucks County — Pennsylvania’s largest swing county, which Trump narrowly won in 2024 — Democrat Danny Ceisler was elected county sheriff after the Republican incumbent signed a deal to collaborate with ICE earlier this year.
3. In Texas’s third-largest school district, progressives won all three open board seats, giving them a 4-3 majority.

Over the last year, the incumbent board removed textbook chapters on vaccines, COVID and climate change, banned library books, and fired half of the librarians.
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Oct 27
1. Last week, there were 3 Trump corruption scandals in 4 days that would define any other presidency.

Most people are probably not even AWARE of all three scandals.

🧵

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2. On Thursday, Trump pardoned Binance’s founder, CZ, who pled guilty in November 2023 to willfully violating anti-money laundering laws

CZ's actions “allowed money to flow to terrorists, cybercriminals, and child abusers” through Binance.
3. Trump's pardon for CZ came after Binance structured a $2 billion investment with USD1, a Trump-backed cryptocurrency.

The transaction is expected to result in tens of millions of annual profits for Trump and his family.
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