Judd Legum

Founder and author of Popular Information, an independent political newsletter. judd@popular.info

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2023-06-28 23:48:39

"Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump's breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that once led John Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter"
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ivanka-naked-sexism-miles-taylor-book-nyt-anonymous-1809187

2023-06-28 23:48:33

RFK Jr is holding an event with a doctor who says the COVID a vaccine turns you into a human magnet 🧲 https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/06/robert-f-kennedy-jr-does-vaccine-make-fork-stick-to-me.html

2023-06-23 17:09:53

RFK Jr. knows how important it is to get TUCKER CARLSON'S SUPPORT IN A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
This is all totally on the level
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2023-06-20 14:03:00

1. The US murder rate is down an 12% year-to-date, based on 90 cities that have released data.
If the trend holds it will be the single largest annual decline in the murder rate ever recorded.
And yet, you probably haven't heard anything about it.
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2023-06-06 21:20:38

The PGA Tour is now, essentially, a subsidiary of the Saudi government

2023-06-06 14:45:13

In a lawsuit, the PGA Tour said LIV was offering golfers "astronomical sums of money" in an attempt "to use the LIV Players and the game of golf to sportswash the recent history of Saudi atrocities."
Today, the PGA Tour announced it was MERGING with LIV
WTF!

2023-06-06 14:23:18

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13. Let's be honest: Twitter has been optimized by Musk to promote right-wing politics
That includes promoting RFK Jr., who the right-wing views as politically useful
Don't rely on Twitter for the facts
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2023-06-06 14:20:35

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12. You can support a presidential candidate with these views and associations, but supporters of RFK Jr like @jack@twitter.com don't really address it. They ignore it.
https://popular.info/p/fox-news-favorite-democratic-presidential

2023-06-06 14:19:22

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11. RFK Jr. has also “courted” GOP mega-donors Leila and David Centner, the AP reports. Previously, the couple had given “a combined $1 million to support Trump’s 2020 campaign” and were “VIP guests” at the January 6 rally
https://popular.info/p/fox-news-favorite-democratic-presidential

2023-06-06 14:17:20

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10. RFK Jr attended former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn (who called for a military coup to overturn the 2020 election) event, ReAwaken America, a roadshow described as a “recruiting tool” for the “Christian nationalist movement.”
https://popular.info/p/fox-news-favorite-democratic-presidential

2023-06-06 14:13:16

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9. Today, Kennedy has close ties to right-wing politics. In 2022, Popular Information broke the news that the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) accepted an illegal $50,000 contribution from Children's Health Defense in July 2021.
https://popular.info/p/republican-attorneys-general-association

2023-06-06 14:12:18

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8. Kennedy has even called for the release of Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of murdering his father, claiming Sirhan was framed.
Kennedy believes his father was killed by his security guard, Thane Cesar.
Kennedy's advocacy for Sirhan is opposed by six of his siblings.

2023-06-06 14:11:15

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7. Kennedy falsely claims that 5G, a communications network that powers many mobile phones, is a plot by the government "to harvest our data and control our behavior." He has previously said that 5G technology "damages human DNA [and] causes cancer."
https://popular.info/p/fox-news-favorite-democratic-presidential

2023-06-06 14:11:14

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6. For example, the article claims that Daily Beast is controlled by the CIA because its then-editor, John Avlon, "has all the credentials of the CIA’s iconic gentleman spy, including an old moneyed family with military pedigrees [and] a Yale education..."

2023-06-06 14:00:20

1. @jack@twitter.com, the co-founder of Twitter, has endorsed @RobertKennedyJr@twitter.com for President
@elonmusk@twitter.com, Twitter's current owner, featured RFK Jr in a Twitter space yesterday
And RFK Jr has been showered with positive coverage on Fox News
But lets look at what RFK Jr ACTUALLY BELIEVES
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2023-05-13 22:56:20

Elon Musk, who claimed to be a "free speech absolutist," is censoring tweets in Turkey ahead of critical elections at the request of the autocrats currently in power

2023-05-09 19:50:18

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@CNN@twitter.com And I don't mean a throwaway question where Trump answers that it's a "witch hunt," and we move on to another topic.
I mean actual, probing questions and follow-ups that demand answers.

2023-05-09 19:48:08

Trump is appearing at a @CNN@twitter.com town hall tomorrow night.
If he is not asked multiple questions about the jury's decision to hold him LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT and THE NUMEROUS OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE PUBLICLY ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT it will be a journalistic catastrophe

2023-05-01 16:50:55

Horse race reporters are getting sick of the "DeSantis floundering" narrative and are slowly pivoting to a "DeSantis comeback imminent" narrative
The narrative shift is made up. It's not based on facts. It's based on the needs of these reporters to write something new.

2023-04-19 16:49:11

The original justification was to protect "young children." So much for that.
RT @ABC@twitter.com
BREAKING: The Florida Board of Education votes to expand so-called "Don't Say Gay" rules through 12th grade. https://trib.al/boY47Lj
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1648722194262904835

2023-04-04 15:56:15

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@NoLabelsOrg@twitter.com 5. If no candidate secures an outright majority of the Electoral College, the House of Representatives selects the president, with each state delegation getting one vote.
Republicans currently represent the majority in 26 states, virtually assuring Trump wins under that scenario

2023-04-04 15:55:14

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@NoLabelsOrg@twitter.com 4. No Labels' own poll shows "Democrats, liberals and urban voters to be more open to a moderate independent candidate than Republicans, conservatives or rural voters."
The poll found an "unnamed 'moderate independent' candidate was on the ballot, Trump would win a plurality

2023-04-04 15:54:16

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@NoLabelsOrg@twitter.com 3. The No Labels strategy appears focused on siphoning off votes from the Democratic candidate.
According to a projected map circulated by @NoLablesOrg@twitter.com, it seeks to capture two-thirds of its Electoral College votes from states that supported Biden in 2020.
https://cdn.masto.host/journahost/media_attachments/files/110/141/351/858/649/745/original/488e2f9797ecebb2.jpg

2023-04-04 15:52:16

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2. The $70 million was raised by @NoLabelsOrg@twitter.com to fund ballot access for a "centrist" third-party ticket the group claims could win an "outright victory in the Electoral College in 2024."
But the strategy outlined by No Labels is far more likely to help Trump.

2023-04-04 15:51:17

1. Anonymous donors are financing a $70 million scheme that could make Donald Trump the next president
Follow along if interested
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2023-03-30 21:50:14

1. Trump has been indicted.
Some will snidely dismiss this as a "bookkeeping" matter unworthy of the first criminal indictment of a former president.
This is wrong
Stormy Daniels matters
Follow along if interested
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2023-03-17 13:05:16

1. @RonDeSantisFL@twitter.com is pushing legislation that would prohibit banks from thinking about things like carbon emissions and worker pay when deciding where to invest money
It just so happens this bill could benefit one of DeSantis' BIGGEST DONORS
Follow along for all the details
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2023-03-16 12:37:16

1. Fox News' @JesseBWatters@twitter.com told millions of viewers that Silicon Valley Bank "donated $74 million to Black Lives Matter."
Similar claims went viral on Twitter
Some "facts" are too good to check
The actual amount that SVB donated to BLM is ZERO
Follow along for receipts 🧾
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