Democracy Matters :verified: · @DemocracyMattersALot
5244 followers · 15616 posts · Server mstdn.socialGinni Thomas and rightwing activists exploited supreme court ruling – report #GinniThomas #HarlanCrow #ClarenceThomas #CitizensUnited #LeonardLeo https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/11/ginni-thomas-leonard-leo-harlan-crow-citizens-united-dark-money
#LeonardLeo #citizensunited #clarencethomas #harlancrow #ginnithomas
Nonilex · @Nonilex
927 followers · 3365 posts · Server masto.ai…The application was approved 7 days before #ClarenceThomas joined the 5-4 majority on a decision that would open the door to a new era of major #spending on groups like the one his wife was forming. After putting up $500k, the lion’s share of her #nonprofit’s seed money, #HarlanCrow held an event for #GinniThomas at his palatial home in Dallas. The group later made clear its goal was disassembling President Barack #Obama’s agenda, mainly the #AffordableCareAct.
#clarencethomas #spending #nonprofit #harlancrow #ginnithomas #obama #affordablecareact #darkmoney #scotus #corruption
Nonilex · @Nonilex
927 followers · 3360 posts · Server masto.aiNow, #LibertyConsulting is a focus of interest from congressional committees probing #SCOTUS’s #ethics disclosures. #Senate #Democrats have demanded that #LeonardLeo & #HarlanCrow provide a list of “gifts, payments, or other items of value” they’ve given #GinniThomas & her husband.
Meanwhile, Leo’s network of *nonprofits* — whose annual donations have skyrocketed into the hundreds of millions of dollars — is the subject of an investigation by the DC AG….
#libertyconsulting #scotus #ethics #senate #democrats #leonardleo #harlancrow #ginnithomas
Nonilex · @Nonilex
926 followers · 3352 posts · Server masto.aiThe activists included #FederalistSociety leader #LeonardLeo &his ideological soulmate, a hard-edged activist named #GinniThomas, the wife of #SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomas.
“Ginni really wanted to build an organization & be a movement leader. Leonard [Leo] was going to be the conduit of that” said a person familiar….
She also had… #HarlanCrow, the… #billionaire who helped Thomas & her husband in many ways, from #funding #luxury #vacations to picking up #tuition payments for their great-nephew.
#federalistsociety #leonardleo #ginnithomas #scotus #clarencethomas #harlancrow #billionaire #funding #luxury #vacations #tuition
Greg W. · @GW
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#GinniThomas Helped Establish a ‘Billion-Dollar Force’ Ahead of Citizens United: Report
"NO INFLUENCE PEDDLING HERE, SAYS CLARENCE.
WHAT BULLSHIT!
Ginni #Thomas, and Leonard #Leo, the co-chairman of the #Federalist Society’s Board of Directors, were working behind the scenes with the support of a controversial billionaire
Its mission would be to, at the time, block then-President Barack Obama’s pet initiatives.”
“She also had a rich backer: #HarlanCrow,
#GinniThomas #thomas #leo #federalist #harlancrow
Babs E. Blue · @BlueWaver22
762 followers · 13455 posts · Server genomic.socialThanks for posting @GottaLaff
Me: I've been shouting from the rooftops for years that Citizens United singlehandedly ruined American politics & wld end democracy, too. Of course--Leonard Leo & Ginni Thomas had a big part in amassing exactly what it was meant to do😡
"Via NYCSouthpaw:
As Citizens United decision was being written at the Supreme Court, #GinniThomas, #LeonardLeo, #HarlanCrow & #CletaMitchell were laying groundwork for a dark money empire. #SCOTUS https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/10/g
#ginnithomas #leonardleo #harlancrow #cletamitchell #SCOTUS
Art Smart · @ArtSmart
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Though #HarlanCrow and #LeonardLeo aren't mentioned in this very informative piece, their fingerprints are all over the High Court. Chief Justice #JohnRoberts is just a passenger. It hasn't been his court since #Trump screwed it up royally with three radical right appointments. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/09/supreme-court-praying-coach-joe-kennedy-fake.html
#Trump #johnroberts #LeonardLeo #harlancrow
Duck Dodgers · @coctaanatis
120 followers · 529 posts · Server mstdn.social@SteveThompson I wonder what Justice Thomas thinks he's being reimbursed for?
#SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #HarlanCrow
#harlancrow #clarencethomas #SCOTUS
GrrlScientist Ⓥ :verified: · @grrlscientist
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Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court.
“It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” says one former judge.
#ClarenceThomas #HarlanCrow #SCOTUS #grifters https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow
#grifters #SCOTUS #harlancrow #clarencethomas
Democracy Labs · @DemLabs
184 followers · 276 posts · Server newsie.social
How to vacation for free like a Supreme Court Justice with billionaire friends
https://thedemlabs.org/2023/09/01/supreme-court-corruption-clarence-thomas-gifts-harlan-crow-samuel-alito/
#ExpandSupremeCourt #ClarenceThomas #HarlanCrow
#expandsupremecourt #clarencethomas #harlancrow
U.S. Politics in Real Time · @uspolitics
4842 followers · 4548 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgClarence Thomas officially discloses private trips on GOP donor Harlan Crow's plane
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/31/politics/thomas-alito-supreme-court-disclosures
#ClarenceThomas #disclosures #privateTrips #GOPdonor #HarlanCrow #SupremeCourt #Politics #News
#clarencethomas #disclosures #privatetrips #gopdonor #harlancrow #supremecourt #politics #news
ProPublica · @ProPublica
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Clarence Thomas Acknowledges Undisclosed #RealEstate Deal With Harlan Crow and Discloses Private Jet Flights
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The new filing comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the #SupremeCourt justice’s beneficial relationship with the billionaire GOP megadonor. Thomas also reported three private jet trips provided by Crow.
#ClarenceThomas #HarlanCrow #SCOTUS #Courts #Transparency #Alito #SamuelAlito #News
#RealEstate #supremecourt #clarencethomas #harlancrow #SCOTUS #courts #transparency #alito #samuelalito #News
Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Clarence Thomas Really Just Blamed Abortion for His Undisclosed Private Jet Travel https://jezebel.com/clarence-thomas-really-just-blamed-abortion-for-his-und-1850793278?utm_source=regular #Jezebel #dobbsvjacksonwomenshealthorganization #abortionintheunitedstates #judicialactivism #clarencethomas #brettkavanaugh #samuelalito #harlancrow #abortion #roevwade #thomas #wade #roe
#jezebel #dobbsvjacksonwomenshealthorganization #abortionintheunitedstates #judicialactivism #clarencethomas #brettkavanaugh #samuelalito #harlancrow #abortion #roevwade #thomas #wade #roe
steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
356 followers · 11518 posts · Server masto.ai#ClarenceThomas discloses multiple trips accepted from #GOP megadonor #HarlanCrow
#clarencethomas #gop #harlancrow
Flipboard News Desk · @NewsDesk
8445 followers · 1092 posts · Server flipboard.socialU.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas discloses free trips provided by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.
The Hill reports: "Thomas has denied any wrongdoing in accepting the trips, two of which were to Dallas and one to the Adirondacks in New York."
#ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #HarlanCrow #GOP #Republicans #USPolitics #Politics
#clarencethomas #supremecourt #harlancrow #gop #republicans #uspolitics #politics
Nonilex · @Nonilex
779 followers · 3101 posts · Server masto.aiIn his required annual #FinancialReport, #ClarenceThomas said he opted to fly on the #PrivateJet of his friend & #benefactor, #HarlanCrow, for ONE of the trips on the advice of his security detail. The justices faced heightened security risks, #Thomas noted, after the May, 2022 #leak of the court’s majority opinion to eliminate the nationwide right to #abortion & overturn #RoeVWade.
(except he took a number of similar travel gifts prior to the #Dobbs leak & decision)
#financialreport #clarencethomas #privatejet #benefactor #harlancrow #thomas #leak #abortion #roevwade #dobbs #scotus #judicialethics
Nonilex · @Nonilex
779 followers · 3096 posts · Server masto.ai
#SupremeCourt #Justice #ClarenceThomas reported THREE trips in 2022 on the #PrivateJet of a Texas #billionaire in a financial #disclosure form released Thurs, & for the first time detailed #HarlanCrow’s purchase of THREE #properties from the justice’s family years earlier.
#SCOTUS #JudicialEthics #law #legal #SCOTUSstench #corruption #BoughtAndPaidFor #SCOTUSrulings4Sale
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/31/clarence-thomas-alito-financial-disclosures/
#supremecourt #justice #clarencethomas #privatejet #billionaire #disclosure #harlancrow #properties #scotus #judicialethics #law #legal #scotusstench #corruption #boughtandpaidfor #scotusrulings4sale
Political IQ · @PoliticalIQ
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas officially discloses private trips from megadonor Harlan Crow https://politicaliq.com/2023/08/31/clarence-thomas-officially-discloses-private-trips-from-megadonor/ #ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #HarlanCrow #ProPublica #Ethics #gifts #politicaliq #news #politics
#clarencethomas #supremecourt #SCOTUS #harlancrow #propublica #ethics #gifts #politicaliq #News #politics
jackhutton · @jackhutton
1159 followers · 8537 posts · Server mstdn.social
y'know. I don't feel safe traveling to sonoma this weekend. I want Harlan Crowe to fly me up there on his private jet or helicopter.
[Gifted link, no paywall] Justice Thomas says he used private jet for security reasons after Dobbs leak
Justice Clarence Thomas reported three 2022 trips on the private jet of his friend Harlan Crow, along with 2014 property sales he had not previously disclosed.
By Ann E. Marimow
#clarencethomas #harlancrow #scotus
https://wapo.st/3qN3tZp
#SCOTUS #harlancrow #clarencethomas
MusiqueNow :newpride: · @MusiqueNow
791 followers · 21349 posts · Server todon.eu
https://jacobin.com/2023/08/supreme-court-landlords-rent-control-harlan-crow-clarence-thomas
U.S. #landlords, The Chamber Of Commerce, etc are pushing the #SupremeCourt to stop #RENTCONTRL
#clarencethomas #harlancrow #landlords #supremecourt #rentcontrl #housing #housingcrisis #Globalhousingcrisis