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Bezos and the other billionaires will continue to back racist animals like Tuberville and brain damaged morons like Walker because nothing matters more to them than the tax cuts Republicans always deliver. It's just simple greed.

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How much has each of these companies donated to Democrats?

I'm just curious if they're just saturating the political field or if it's a preference. Obviously they've made terrible decisions in their funding, but I'm curious.

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Each time one of their tribe says something racist, sexist, offensive, they close ranks and refuse to speak. And the news cycle goes on. When we will insist they take responsibility for their violent rhetoric?

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Tuberville should not be running for any elected office.

The fact that all of these companies who claim to support equality, and have made statements to that effect, now play the ‘no comment’ card , is an indication of who they really are.

Let me backtrack, the fact that these companies were donating to Tuberviles campaign , in the first place, itself, speaks volumes.

These are all cause for alarm.

Its been a problem for years and supports the hate the Republicans have been all too ready to display in recent times. They have harbored it for centuries, but now its not a subdued cry, its a scream.

Many powerful corporations that contributed to the GOP, the party of promoting a coup in America. When found out,

apologized , claimed ignorance and pledged to never again donate to these Republicans. They

have resumed this practice. Some of these are Wells Fargo, fedex, Toyota, Lockheed Martin.

The list goes on and on.

The Oil companies of course.

Of course systemic racism is no question , if ever was it

questioned.

We can thank Tommy Tubervile for expressing his rancid truth. And we can vote him out as a Representative of the United States. And we should . Vote him out.

These corporations who are supporters of evil racism, should be boycotted.

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Oct 11, 2022·edited Oct 11, 2022

The GQP finally speaks the truth This is the America they want to take us all back to. A time where racism and misogyny were legal and time honored ways for a man to be a man! A rugged individualist. And their corporate backers? Oh check the record. They put on a performative show at any opportunity but don't believe them. They try to curry favor with "both sides" so they can be left unfettered to pursue their business interests and hey! Maybe get a sweeet tax cut or two in the bargain. C'mon folks! It's just business. Surely this is THE American way, is it not?

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Greg Parsons post brings up an interesting topic, Judd. I've seen other

reports of corp donations to sitting

politicians and those running for office

on Democrat ticket, and some of these, like Bezos donate to them as well. It

might boil down to what committees

these pols are on.

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It used to be that when you give these racist, ignorant, lying politicians enough rope, they'd hang themselves. But Trump has let the demons out of the box and now these hateful people are lauded for their actions or at least rationalized.

Remember, that Republicans were the biggest non-interventionists in the early days of WWII because many were admirers of fascism and Hitler. Many were also anti-Semitic, like Henry Ford. Prescott Bush, a US senator and the grandfather of George W Bush was another acolyte of Hitler's Germany. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar

Fascism isn't new and when hate spreads - and is allowed to spread unreported and unchecked - it gains a foothold. Too much history has been forgotten. Rachel Maddow's new Ultra podcast is a worthy listen.

Democracy dies when the majority subordinate their voice to the screamers and the duplicitous.

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Over the weekend I learned Minden was a sundown town for Native Americans, so they have a disgusting, racist history there. Minden is on the NV side of Tahoe so it’s very close to CA where currently there is a lot of attention to reparations for the descendants of enslaved people. Reparation is a term that has been used with Native Americans as well. Tuberville knew exactly what he was saying and I believe he deliberately excluded race so that the rally attendees as well as the replay audience would read into it whatever best suited their discrimination preference. Tuberville is vile.

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Many of the same corporate cretins show up on every disgusting list.

Home Depot is one and UPS (*DeJoy* and why is he still postmaster general)

Turdeville coached college football all over the place landing like a cat for years at Auburn. The GOP thrives on this malarkey, so why pick the log out of his eye, when they have a log themselves.

He ought to be called out by his former African American players whom he no doubt exploited for the glory, the school athletic dept and the back slapping white donors who waved the Tiger flag on Autumn Saturdays.

This just fires me up.

I have voted, mailed my postcards to PA voters and I am going to be getting voters to the polls in a tight State Senate race to keep Youngkin from gaining control of the VA Senate. You gave him way too much leniency. Carlyle Group. Google it.

We can all do something that gets out the vote. I can't do a thing to impact Turdeville. But I can do things that just might, like it did in GA when Ossoff and Warnock were elected.

I am going down swinging, not sitting by wringing my hands.

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Tommy Tuberville sits on the committee that oversees government "space"

allocations. Bezos is Blue Origin that has

launched several unsuccessful rockets

in his contest to have a footprint in the

"race for space".

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in light of his racist comments about criminality let us not forget " In the complaint, Tuberville and Stroud are accused of a number of things, including, but not limited to, falsifying client statements, failing to file tax returns and mixing their own assets with those of their clients. There are reportedly seven plaintiffs in the case who are seeking damages." He's a racist and a criminal himself. (Oh yeah and a complete idiot who couldn't name the 3 branches of govt) To think he replaced civil rights atty. Doug Jones :(

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Those calling his comments racist are demonstrating racism.

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This list of donors to someone who is a proud offensive racist shows you that the Congress is bought and paid for. The amounts were small, indicative of corporations covering their butts. The "donation" is the price they pay for his vote for what they want from the "government trough."

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Not that I want to vote for him but the NV candidate name is Adam Laxalt.

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Judd, you are a very fine and important journalist and researcher.

Most of us would like to amplify your work, and contact the offending corporations and politicians directly. (I have 10,000 followers on Twitter, for example) and I know we'd all LOVE to have contact info for the offenders. You might consider this as an extra "service" to your readers.

Thank you.

William

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The biggest goddamn criminals in this society are these monsters and we see right through their inhumanity.

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