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Defeat by Tweet is a campaign to combat Trumpism, fight racism and advance racial justice in America. You can sign up to donate between $0.01 and $1 (or more) to Black and Brown-led political organizers every time "The Seditious Six" tweets — turning their hateful words into positive change!
Contributions to Defeat by Tweet will be used to benefit the Live Free and Black Cat Fund, a portfolio of Black and Brown-led grassroots organizations working at the intersection of electoral politics and justice reform.
Currently the portfolio we fund is comprised of organizations that build power in the swing states and "high potential" states (states with large Black and Brown populations that, if well organized, could become a swing state.).
Here is the complete list of our current portfolio.
NC Black Alliance, Advance North Carolina
VA BLOC - Black Leadership Organizing Collective
Detroit Action
The Grove, Cypress Action Fund/SC
Texas Black Civic Engagement Fund
Power Coalition/LA
New Georgia Project, New Georgia Project Action Fund
Live Free
When you sign up, you can cap your monthly donations at any amount so you don’t have to worry. If they are throwing a particularly large tantrum on Twitter, your donation will max out at your predetermined limit and reset the following month.
Defeat by Tweet is a Resist This PAC (https://www.resistthispac.org/) effort.
As organizations reach their funding goals, Defeat by Tweet will rotate them out of the portfolio, either adding new organizations that meet its funding criteria or concentrating your donation to help close the funding gaps of the other organizations it supports.
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Given the variable nature of Defeat by Tweet donations, it can be often prove difficult for donors to anticipate what will be withdrawn from their account on the 1st of each month.
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Like other political contributions, contributions to Defeat by Tweet are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.
Only US citizens or Green Card Holders can donate to Defeat by Tweet because Defeat by Tweet is a federal super PAC. We cannot accept contributions from foreign nationals.
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