Clarence Thomas in quid pro quo bribery.
Not that he was going to vote X on a case and interested parties paid him to vote Y. Rather, as many suspected, it's that they know he'll vote Y, and have been paying him off to stay on the Court so he doesn't resign to pursue wealth.
Is the Democratic Party really not able to make an issue out of a conservative SCOTUS Justice taking bribes, who also voted that Congress can't investigate Jan. 6 because it could expose things his wife did, even as a majority of Americans are mad about removing abortion rights?
NEW: In 2000, Clarence Thomas was deep in debt.
He met w/ a GOP Congressman & complained about his salary.
The GOP started to fear he’d leave the court.
In the years that followed, billionaires lavished him w/ secret gifts.
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Can't have an opinion on a war unless you personally fight in it? That's anti-democracy. Civilian control of the military is a core aspect.
Even worse when the question is not "should we go to war?" but "should we say yes when a partner asks for weapons to resist an aggressor?"
The IDF shot and killed 3 unarmed Israelis wearing civilian clothes and waving a white flag because it mistook them for 3 unarmed Palestinians wearing civilian clothes and waving a white flag.
Israel found the Hamas $ machine years ago. Nobody shut it down. My latest w @ScheckNYTimes features frustrated spies, secret ledgers, Saudi interrogations, & intel on a Hamas investment portfolio the US & Israel knew about but failed to prioritize https://t.co/NVpj7qIRq0
A Russian propaganda campaign involving thousands of fake accounts on TikTok spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine has been uncovered by the BBC https://t.co/vjxQbf7vNV
When someone suggests Ukraine should give up land, remember how Russia "treats" aka tortures ordinary Ukrainians there:
Electric charges on ears, genitals.
Ceremonies of humiliation.
Simulated drowning.
Mock executions.
Stress positions.
Starvation.
Beatings.
Rape.
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Former House Speaker Paul Ryan praises Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney for standing up to Trump:
“Trump's not a conservative. He's an authoritarian, a narcissist...Adam and Liz stepped out of the flow and called it out and paid for it with their careers.”
A strong message from Putin to everyone calling on Ukraine to cut its losses and hold peace talks on ending the war.
Putin was clear he isn't making any concessions. His vaguely worded goals – which essentially amount to Ukraine's full capitulation – haven't changed.
@jayrosen_nyu The 2024 election will effectively be an up-or-down vote on Constitutional democracy.
And while we could lose so much, there's also a great opportunity for restoration, a chance to reassert rule of law, and show the world America stands with democracies.
https://t.co/HnAr1YCDSb