Elaine S

I'm a watercolor artist who loves time in my studio, teaching art, urban sketching with friends, gardening, knit, crochet and most any craft, my dog and my cat!

[Elaine S @Elaines322]

@washingtonpost Frustration barely begins to describe what many of us feel! It's pure anger, having more women's rights taken away and we're simply not going to keep letting this garbage happen! We've been here and done this already, earlier in our lives and we'll fight like hell to stop it now!

[All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris]

.@chrislhayes: "You'd think this would be a pretty open and shut case at this point, but today the indicted ex-president offered a 12-point refutation of the recording."

[Bobby Hank @BigShade113]

@propublica @js_kaplan @JustinElliott @Amierjeski It's illegal to have rich friends.
Let me rephrase that... it's illegal to be conservative.

[John Latimer @JohnMLatimer]

@propublica @js_kaplan @JustinElliott @Amierjeski Is Harlan Crow any relation to Jim?

[Amb. Adam Ereli @erelija]

@propublica @JonathanLanday @js_kaplan @JustinElliott @Amierjeski I sure hope MSM picks up this story. It is an issue that merits the widest possible attention.

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[Elaine S @Elaines322]

@propublica @js_kaplan @JustinElliott @Amierjeski #Impeach clarence thomas NOW!

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18/ Read the full story from @js_kaplan @JustinElliott @Amierjeski here:
https://t.co/WMpHrTS9x3

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16/ Virginia Canter, a former government ethics lawyer who served in administrations of both parties, said Thomas “seems to have completely disregarded his higher ethical obligations.”

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15/ “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” said Nancy Gertner, a retired federal judge appointed by former President Bill Clinton.

https://t.co/WMpHrTS9x3

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14/ His failure to report the flights appears to violate a federal disclosure law passed after Watergate, according to experts.

By accepting the trips, Thomas has broken long-standing norms for judges’ conduct, ethics experts and four current or retired federal judges said.

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13/ These trips appeared nowhere on Thomas’ financial disclosures, where justices are required to list most gifts.

We drew on flight records, internal documents & interviews with dozens of people ranging from yacht staff to a scuba instructor to uncover Thomas' travel details.

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12/ During just one July 2017 trip, Thomas’ fellow guests included execs at Verizon & PricewaterhouseCoopers, major GOP donors, and one of the leaders of the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank, according to records reviewed by ProPublica.

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11/ While Thomas and Crow have a genuine friendship, say sources familiar with the two men, these vacations often put the justice in contact with corporate execs and political activists.
https://t.co/WMpHrTS9x3

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10/ At Crow’s invitation-only resort, guests enjoy boathouses, a clay tennis court, batting cage, a replica of Hagrid's hut from Harry Potter, bronze statues of gnomes & milkshakes at a 1950s-style soda fountain.

For free.

Rooms at a nearby resort start at more than $2K/night.

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9/ If Leo's name sounds familiar, it's because the longtime Federalist Society executive is regarded as an architect of the Supreme Court’s recent turn to the right and recently received $1.6 billion for a new conservative political group:
https://t.co/NsMkcDK0RW

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8/ Inside Topridge hangs a photorealistic painting of one of Thomas' visits to the 105-acre property in remote upstate NY.

The painting shows Thomas enjoying a cigar alongside Crow and chatting with other conservative power brokers like Leonard Leo:

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7/ The justice has gone with Crow to the Bohemian Grove, the exclusive California all-male retreat, and to Crow’s sprawling Texas ranch.

Every summer, Thomas typically spends about a week at Camp Topridge, Crow’s private resort in the Adirondacks.

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6/ While sailing around New Zealand with Crow, Thomas autographed a copy of his memoir as a gift for a crew member.

"Thank you so much for all your hard work on our New Zealand adventure," reads the inscription.

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5/ It wasn’t Thomas’ first time on Crow's yacht, the Michaela Rose. He went on a river day trip in Savannah, Georgia, and an extended cruise in New Zealand roughly a decade ago.

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4/ In June 2019, Thomas boarded Crow's private jet to Indonesia for 9 days of island-hopping on Crow's yacht.

Had Thomas chartered the jet and yacht himself, it could have cost him over $500K.