"26 private jet flights, plus an additional eight by helicopter; a dozen VIP passes to professional and college sporting events, typically perched in the skybox; two stays at luxury resorts in Florida and Jamaica; and one standing invitation to an uber-exclusive golf club overlooking the Atlantic coast."
#ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption #ethics
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"including, on more than one occasion, an entire 737. It’s a stream of luxury that is both more extensive and from a wider circle than has been previously understood.
Like clockwork, Thomas’ leisure activities have been underwritten by benefactors who share the ideology that drives his jurisprudence. Their gifts include:
At least 38 destination vacations, including a previously unreported voyage on a yacht around the Bahamas;"
#ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption #ethics
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"During his three decades on the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas has enjoyed steady access to a lifestyle most Americans can only imagine. A cadre of industry titans and ultrawealthy executives have treated him to far-flung vacations aboard their yachts, ushered him into the premium suites at sporting events and sent their private jets to fetch him —"
#ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption #ethics
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"During his three decades on the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas has enjoyed steady access to a lifestyle most Americans can only imagine. A cadre of industry titans and ultrawealthy executives have treated him to far-flung vacations aboard their yachts, ushered him into the premium suites at sporting events and sent their private jets to fetch him."
~ Brett Murphy and Alex Mierjeski
#ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #corruption #ethics
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"The wrecking ball-sized buoys that make up the floating barrier that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed in July in the Rio Grande have circular saws between them, according to a video posted by Rep. Sylvia Garcia."
~ Khaleda Rahman
This is because Texas Republicans are, as they constantly loudly proclaim, pro-life, right? It's because they're led by Catholic pro-life governor Abbott, right?
#Texas #Republicans #RioGrande #cruently #brutality #ProLife #GregAbbott
https://www.newsweek.com/video-texas-floating-barrier-saws-rio-grande-1818433
nostr:npub1zhmyvn4lfahrem827l84ujcwc0hf9ykgjxpxmcfgnpqp9j270ngqkq2dea nostr:npub1250cand7vhcyayjk27frjrqa8kygxqejgd6e4kr27evnpa7dv5gsqjfjth You're welcome. I have long read her with great interest. She's a valuable commentator.
nostr:npub1n9sy5eyq370pa25qs7hmzz54l8r2npn692777a37kh5gcv7slgqsx84az3 Did King James say that? I hadn't known.
nostr:npub14kacjn58ewkg24hnxumrzdes0d0npl82p9609dpktka2j7fp3s8saaum78 I for one certainly would argue that religious organizations should be every bit as accountable to laws criminalizing and punishing sexual abuse of minors as anyone else is.
nostr:npub1n9sy5eyq370pa25qs7hmzz54l8r2npn692777a37kh5gcv7slgqsx84az3 The way some Christians embody the life and teachings of Jesus certainly provides a counterwitness to what those Christians are proclaiming — as people from Nietzsche to Gandhi have noted.
nostr:npub1js5xtztvvm7sktsdqv9fa2aprdeq3etl9fm9q99nfxxtp2ek9txs6ttldz Yes — I'm certainly not one to focus exclusive attention to the Catholic version of this problem, when reports have blown the abuse situation within the Southern Baptist Convention and among Mormons wide open.
nostr:npub1d80sjkppwru90qug4rq9l5qqf388v9435hqvlg7nenh8yx2uutps76u7gp That's exactly right. It all began in resistance to the civil rights breakthroughs of the 1960s. The "pro-life" movement was born in outright racism, and the US Catholic bishops had their eyes wide open when they allied with racist Southern white evangelicals to create a political movement centered around abortion — which had begun in resistance to rights for people of color.
nostr:npub1nj02gdzfu7q7mca0v46uf5a5nc8777ucf6rwyf0a8del42mcda8sh98jkx Of course they do. They only pretend not to know.
nostr:npub15nl36vsxrcq343sgw98dc23ege4dhcgnuwtfa3tmfcsxv4jfqhwqf925tl Yes, that sounds very correct to me.
nostr:npub19det76duhykfkxztuwfm8unvfyr2hvfkmzgtfhdvalln0em98nusmrynwy No, I wouldn't think they are.
nostr:npub1sej27kye9f4glqwd8wpuqq6d8dpdju3sxd4lk64l7vvjp302pt0s3rp32v He (i.e., Twitter) initially dragged his feet about complying with the warrant, and failed to meet its deadline. That's why he's being fined. He eventually complied, but only after violating the terms laid out in the warrant request by not meeting the deadline for turning over material.
nostr:npub1nqd5hhfxqm2dwrgfsctktdhq946efxdtrepga8jvfplky4mvll4spnettl Yes, and in Texas in the case of Houston, flagrantly snatching rights from citizens who vote Democratic.