Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel
Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel
The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.
The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.
Excellent Reads @sh.itjust.works A Pulitzer-winning deep dive into the Supreme Court scandal (Pt 5): Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel 
What a disgrace, how is this not penalized is so fucking blatant
26they did it out of the kindness of their heart, and not to try to bribe him, of course.
20ProPublica is easily the best U.S. news source I’ve ever seen.
19For me The Atlantic is also very good. Hart hitting well investigated pieces.
8Yeah but they also said the author of the Shakespearen plays was a women writing in secret. Because the plays have some strong female characters.
They might get it right sometimes but they also indulge in conspiracy theories.
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It's good to be the king, isn't it?
10The moment his marriage goes on the rocks will be the moment Loving V. Virginia gets overturned.
4Do this but for every elected and appointed government official. Strong news reporting needs to point out these blatant interest conflicts about all the scum and people need to clean them out.
2Man has earned it. He has been working hard for this country. Can't help but feel that all attacks on him are racially motivated. Gives me the ick
-58C'mon Ginny, you aren't fooling anybody the jig is up
28You got me
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Can’t help but feel that all attacks on him are racially motivated. Gives me the ick
because it can't possibly be that this man has received millions of dollars worth of gifts from extremely wealthy individuals who would absolutely have an interest in owning a justice of SCOTUS.
from the article:
Perhaps even more significant, the pattern exposes consistent violations of judicial norms, experts, including seven current and former federal judges appointed by both parties, told ProPublica. “In my career I don’t remember ever seeing this degree of largesse given to anybody,” said Jeremy Fogel, a former federal judge who served for years on the judicial committee that reviews judges’ financial disclosures. “I think it’s unprecedented.”
"Unprecedented" is an understatement. and if you think Clarence Thomas isn't for sale... ask yourself why it is that his "good friends" only came around after Thomas was appointed to SCOTUS?
yeah. Great friends... who want something. And Thomas is willing to sell Americans out to give it to them.
16idiot
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