Add three more private jet rides to the tally of gifts Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted from right-wing billionaires. A Senate investigation into Thomas’ relationship with conservative megadonor Harlan Crow revealed three additional, unreported trips by the justice on Crow’s personal jet. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee …
Read More »Supreme Court Implements Extremely Vague Code of Ethics
The Supreme Court has adopted its first-ever code of ethics, the justices announced Monday. The move comes in the wake of increased scrutiny into Justice Clarence Thomas‘ close relationship with Nazi-obsessed billionaire and GOP donor Harlan Crow, including gifts and trips funded by Crow that Thomas failed to disclose. The …
Read More »Cornel West Gets Max Money From GOP Megadonor Harlan Crow
Republican megadonor Harlan Crow gave a maxed-out individual campaign contribution to progressive independent candidate Cornel West. Crow, who in recent months has been under scrutiny over his longtime financial relationship with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has also donated to Republican candidates, including Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis. According to …
Read More »Ginni Thomas and Conservative Activists Worked Together to Exploit Citizens United Ruling: Report
As the Supreme Court prepared to decide the Citizens United case that designated money as political speech, Ginni Thomas — wife of Justice Clarence Thomas — along with conservative activists quickly and quietly filed to create exactly the type of non-profit group that would benefit from the decision, Politico reports. …
Read More »Investigation Uncovers More of Clarence Thomas' Undisclosed Freebies from Wealthy Pals
Clarence Thomas‘ connections to wealth and expensive vacations run deeper than billionaire businessman and Nazi-enthusiast Harlan Crow. The New York Times reports that Thomas has milked relationships with the rich he made through the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, a scholarship association, to benefit himself and his wife. Because …
Read More »Roy Wood Jr. Breaks Down His Killer White House Correspondents' Dinner Set
“I don’t think there’s a crowd that’s a more strange mix than this,” offers Roy Wood Jr. “It’s just too many different types of people, all in the same place, and you’re trying to figure out the joke that’s going to hit all of those people. And then, you have …
Read More »SNL Weekend Update Drags Clarence Thomas, Dianne Feinstein, and Trump
After a sweet monologue from host Ana de Armas, who announced that she’s about to become a U.S. citizen, this week’s edition of Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” took aim at a trio of high-profile political figures: former game show host turned president Donald Trump, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, …
Read More »More Irregularities Uncovered in Clarence Thomas' Financial Disclosures: Report
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for more than a decade claimed on mandatory financial disclosure forms that he received significant income from a defunct real estate firm, Ginger, Ltd., Partnership, that has been shuttered since 2006. This news comes only 10 days after ProPublica reported that the justice has …
Read More »Clarence Thomas' Family Got $133K from Nazi-Obsessed Billionaire
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his family sold $133,000 worth of real estate properties to conservative billionaire (and collector of Nazi memorabilia) Harlan Crow — without disclosing the transaction as required by federal ethics laws, according to ProPublica. The report published Thursday expands on previous reporting linking Thomas to …
Read More »Clarence Thomas' Billionaire Buddy Has a Vast Collection of Hitler Paintings, Nazi Memorabilia
Following the news of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ unethical friendship with GOP megadonor Harlan Crow, more details about the Texas real estate mogul have emerged, including a report that Crow is an avid collector of Adolf Hitler items. The Washingtonian on Friday resurfaced a 2014 article by the Dallas …
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