No surprise - Clarence Thomas is completely corrupt

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Anonymous wrote:My DH is an SES at at a reg agency. He started his career with a guy who is now a senior executive at a company they regulate. He’s invited us to his beach house on multiple occasions. We have always said no because that just feels wrong even though it might be ok because they knew each other before. Guess we’re just a bunch of stupid schlubs for not taking the free stays.

Mmmmm...yeah probably. Just go chill w your friends, geez.

Maybe work in government before showering us with your ignorance.

You’re right to be cautious, PP. The book will get thrown at you if you’re found out.

Meh...overcautious. I've seen it done, no biggie.

Ethics are for losers.

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For the little people

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For decades Clarence Thomas been accepting free gifts from a republican billionaire - including vacations on his yacht, private jet travel, week long stays at a luxury resort in the Adirondacks and other stays at a Texas ranch and 'all men' California retreat. He has not been disclosing any of it. He has not been reporting it even though federal law requires judges, along with other officials, to report many types of gifts they receive.

Thomas showed us what he was during his confirmation hearings. Some transgressions are unforgivable and I pray that George H.W. Bush is spending his afterlife eternity in Hell.

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Totally not surprising. His wife was able to help the traitorous uprising and apparently get away with it.

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I’m surprised he was that apparent about it, but that’s no surprise at all.

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Thomas should have been forced to step down after the post-election recordings of his but case wife surfaced. I also wouldn’t be surprised if he was the source of the Roe v Wade leak. There needs to be a public protest and this POS needs to step down.

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Anonymous wrote:Thomas should have been forced to step down after the post-election recordings of his but case wife surfaced. I also wouldn’t be surprised if he was the source of the Roe v Wade leak. There needs to be a public protest and this POS needs to step down.

There can be as many protests as we like, but there aren’t enough decent Republicans to vote for conviction if he’s impeached. We’re stuck with that compromised loser until he dies.

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Cory Doctorow's rundown on the Pro Public story:

Today, Propublica published an expose on the vast fortune in secret gifts bestowed upon Thomas by the billionare GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, who is also one the most significant funders of political campaigns that put business before Thomas and the Supreme Court:

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow

The story, reported by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski is a masterwork of shoe-leather investigative journalism, drawing on aviation records, social media posts and other "open source" intelligence to expose the illegal, off-the-books "gifts" from a billionaire to an unaccountable Supreme Court justice with a lifetime appointment.

Here are a two of those gifts: a private jet/superyacht jaunt around Indonesia valued at $500,000; and a $500,000 gift to Ginni Thomas's Tea Party group (which pays Ginni Thomas $120,000/year).

On top of that are gifts that are literally priceless: decades' worth of summer vacations at Camp Topridge, Crow's private estate, with its waterfall, great hall, private chefs, 25 fireplaces, thee boathouses, clay tennis court, batting range, 1950s-style soda fountain and full-scale reproduction of Hagrid's hut.

Summer retreats to Topridge allow business leaders like Leonard Leo – the Federalist Society bankroller and mastermind who set Trump up to pack the Supreme Court – to coordinate in private with Thomas:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/29/betcha-cant-eat-just-one/#pwnage

They also allow top execs from PWC, Verizon and other corporations who may have business before the court to establish a warm, collegial relationship with a judge whose decisions can make billions for their employers. In its reporting, Propublica points out that Thomas got to hang out on Crow's superyacht with Mark Paoletta, who was then general counsel for Trump's OMB, and who has opposed any tightening of ethics rules for Supreme Court judges: "there is nothing wrong with ethics or recusals at the Supreme Court."

Crow and Thomas also hobnob together at Crow's Texas ranch, and at the Bohemian Grove, the Bay Area's ultra-luxe retreat for rich creeps. Crow bought Thomas a private superyacht cruise through New Zealand, another through the Greek islands, and a river trip around Savannah, GA. He also traveled around the country on Crow's private jet – even a short private jet trip is valued around $70,000.

Crow also makes many donations on Thomas's behalf, from a $105,000 donation to Yale Law School for the "Justice Thomas Portrait Fund" to paying for a 7 foot tall, 1,800 lb bronze statue of the nun who taught Thomas in the eighth grade, which now stands in a New York Catholic cemetery.

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Billionaire spent thousands of dollars on Republicans?
How much did he spend on Sinema and Manchin- hundreds?

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Anonymous wrote:Is Leonard Leo the schlubby looking one on the left in photo? He’s been apparently living high off the hog too per news.

The guy in the middle is Mark Paoletta, former chief counsel to Pence.

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I knew it. All republican Supreme Court judges need to be tossed now. And Democrats need to be elected in their positions.

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Anonymous wrote:I knew it. All republican Supreme Court judges need to be tossed now. And Democrats need to be elected in their positions.

The GOP rubber stamp justices need to be gone, but until the Democrats fully crush the GOP at the ballot, they’re not going anywhere. There are no decent Republicans in office, not a one.

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Anonymous wrote:I knew it. All republican Supreme Court judges need to be tossed now. And Democrats need to be elected in their positions.

The GOP rubber stamp justices need to be gone, but until the Democrats fully crush the GOP at the ballot, they’re not going anywhere. There are no decent Republicans in office, not a one.

It's all kayfabe.

The same people donate to both parties.

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Anonymous wrote:Thomas should have been forced to step down after the post-election recordings of his but case wife surfaced. I also wouldn’t be surprised if he was the source of the Roe v Wade leak. There needs to be a public protest and this POS needs to step down.

Thomas will.kust come back with "it's another high tech lynching.". I bet he and kavanaugh compare notes on which one was treated worse.

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The real sin here is that he is a black conservative who is off the liberal plantation. How dare he.