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Clarence Thomas’ Latest Pay-to-Play Scandal Finally Connects All the Dots

slate.com Clarence Thomas’ Latest Pay-to-Play Scandal Finally Connects All the Dots

There has never been a straighter line between Thomas' unethical conduct and his jurisprudence.

ProPublica released a new report on Friday detailing Justice Clarence Thomas’ close relationship with the Koch brothers with previously undisclosed and extraordinarily damning new details.

According to ProPublica, the justice developed a friendship with the Kochs as they were funneling hundreds of millions of dollars into right-wing causes, many of which ended up before the Supreme Court. The brothers then used Thomas to raise money for their sprawling network, inviting him to speak at “donor events” that brought in millions of dollars.

He disclosed none of these activities on his annual disclosure forms, an obvious violation of federal ethics law.

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So before, we could only assume from the preponderance of evidence that Thomas is corrupt as shit. Now we know it for a fact. And still, nothing will change because the Koch brothers own more than some SCOTUS justices. They also own most of congress.

End legalized bribery now.

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At minimum, it’s time to investigate Clarence Thomas. When the Democrats retake the house (hopefully in 2024 after the Republicans shutdown the government over nothing), they need to begin impeachment hearings in the House. I don’t care if the Senate will never remove him.

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We shouldn't be talking about impeachment at this point. We should be talking about prison. Injustice Thomas needs to go to prison.

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He and is going to take every dime they can hustle and sign off on any "Supreme Court decision" that Koch's lawyers hand to him.

And he's not even going to pretend to feel bad about it because there's not a god-danged anyone is going to do to stop it. He's a whore, bought and paid for.

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I love the USA, but I'm surprised at how passive the average American has become. Thomas is actively making your lives worse in exchange for bribes. Where are the mass protests? SCOTUS will do nothing about it, and neither will Congress, if you don't protest.

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This POS assaulted Anita Hill and never should've been affirmed.

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Clarence Thomas is clearly not just a threat to the integrity of the court but to the entire United States. If we are going to have a functional democracy, he needs to be removed from office and imprisoned.

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Does a wild bear shit in the woods? Of course he worked for the Kochs. Doesn't everyone already know this?

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murica is winning and winning and winning.

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Banana republic

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It literally doesn't matter. The republicans don't care and they've gerrymandered control away from the democrats so it can't change.

Even if democrats had control it would just be more of the same bullshit with some sugar coated feel good nonsense that still funnels wealth to the real owners of the country while appearing to make a difference.

What do you do with the democratic process when the same people control the judges, the legislative branch, and the executive branch? The answer is nothing. You just continue on getting f'd like the cows we all are.

This is not a nation of the people, it's a nation of the owners.

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I feel like every case justice thomas was a part off and had a vote on the winning rule should be thrown out.

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We need to look forward to 2024, take back the House and get a 60 vote majority in the Senate, along with the White House...maybe then, things will change.

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You people make it sound like Thomas is somehow responsible for the slew of right-wing decisions of the court and not the fact that trump got 3 judges in there

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