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Petition to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg:
"Stop funding the Federalist Society and contributing to the
rehabilitation of accused rapist Brett Kavanaugh."

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Dear Jack,

[ [link removed] ]Tell Facebook: Stop
funding the Federalist
Society

The Federalist Society gave accused rapist Brett Kavanaugh a one-minute
standing ovation just weeks after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's
gut-wrenching testimony. Now, the right-wing legal organization is working
overtime to rehabilitate Kavanaugh's reputation, and it has a powerful
ally: Facebook.^1

Facebook was a gold circle sponsor of the Federalist Society's recent
black-tie convention where Kavanaugh was the keynote speaker. Facing waves
of investigations and fines for data breaches and potential fraud,
Facebook apparently decided it could curry favor with right-wing,
pro-corporate Republicans by helping to rehabilitate Kavanaugh.^2

This isn't the first time Facebook sided with Kavanaugh. The company faced
internal and external blowback after one of its executives sat behind the
disgraced judge at his confirmation hearing.^3 But with Facebook reeling
from scandals, it's more urgent than ever to stand with survivors and make
it clear that continuing to support Kavanaugh is unacceptable.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Facebook: Stop funding the Federalist Society. Click here to sign
the petition.

Facebook's years-long support for the far-right Federalist Society would
be atrocious even if Kavanaugh wasn't involved. The shadowy, immensely
powerful legal organization is a driving force behind the right-wing
takeover of the federal judiciary. A majority of Supreme Court justices
are now tightly connected to the Federalist Society, and its president
took a leave of absence to advise Trump on Supreme Court picks. The mob of
ultra-conservative judges attacking health care and women's equality and
giving free rein to massive corporations have their roots in the
Federalist Society.^4

At the Federalist Society's recent annual gathering, attendees faced
protestors from the Center for Popular Democracy, Demand Justice and
UltraViolet. They showed video of Dr. Blasey Ford's testimony on a
billboard truck in front of the event, confronted convention participants
with the truth of Kavanaugh's deplorable behavior and called out Facebook
by name.^5,6

Facebook's support for the Federalist Society and Brett Kavanaugh's
rehabilitation provides more fuel for attacks on women's health care and
is an insult to survivors of sexual assault. But it's one of many of
Facebook's offenses against our values – Facebook now allows outright lies
in political ads. It is facing investigations from 47 state attorneys
general and regulators in multiple nations. It lied to advertisers about
video metrics, lied to Congress in testimony and lied about the Cambridge
Analytica scandal. It created a safe haven for white nationalism,
right-wing hatred, racism, misogyny, ethnic supremacism and fake news that
fosters violence worldwide.^7 We have to push back everywhere, including
exposing its complicity with right-wing institutions and demanding it
stop.

Tell Facebook: Stop funding the Federalist Society. Click the link below
to sign the petition:

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Thank you for speaking out,

Nicole Regalado, Campaign Director
[ [link removed] ]CREDO Action from Working Assets

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References:

 1. Judd Legum, "[ [link removed] ]Facebook fetes Kavanaugh," Popular Information, Nov.
14, 2019.
 2. Edward Helmore, "[ [link removed] ]Outcry after Facebook sponsors gala featuring
Brett Kavanaugh," The Guardian, Nov. 14, 2019.
 3. Ibid.
 4. Legum, "[ [link removed] ]Facebook fetes Kavanaugh."
 5. Julia Conley, "[ [link removed] ]Ad campaign condemns Facebook's sponsorship of
Federalist Society dinner honoring Brett Kavanaugh," Salon, Nov. 17,
2019.
 6. Demand Justice, "[ [link removed] ]Kavanaugh: 31 Lies and Counting," Medium, Oct. 1,
2018.
 7. Cecilia Kang, Mike Isaac and Nathaniel Popper, "[ [link removed] ]Facebook’s
Zuckerberg, Accused of Lying, Withstands a Washington ‘Beating,’" The
New York Times, Oct. 23, 2019.

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