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      XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh       From: hotmail@hotmail.edu              "He's Trump's personal House Nigger"              Bribe taking nigger and sex offender Clarence Thomas has faced numerous       allegations of corruption, particularly regarding undisclosed gifts and       financial ties to wealthy conservative donors, which have raised concerns       about his impartiality and integrity on the Supreme Court. Calls for his       resignation have intensified as evidence suggests a pattern of quid pro quo       relationships that undermine public trust in the judiciary.              The nigger hates America.              Ginni Thomas Conservative Activism: Thomas’ wife, Ginni Thomas, is a right-       wing activist, which has raised considerable ethics concerns about overlap       between her and her husband’s work—particularly as the New Yorker reported       groups she’s been involved with have submitted briefs before the Supreme       Court, including a group that has weighed in on the court’s pending case       about affirmative action in university admissions.              Ginni Thomas Court Reform Opposition: ProPublica reported Thomas’ wife       praised religious liberty-focused group First Liberty Institute after it       vocally opposed President Joe Biden’s proposals for Supreme Court       reforms—including a binding code of ethics—writing in an email to the       group’s president that “YOU GUYS HAVE FILLED THE SAILS OF MANY JUDGES ...       THANK YOU SO, SO, SO MUCH.”              Harlan Crow Trips: ProPublica first reported in 2023 that Thomas had for       years accepted trips from GOP megadonor and developer Harlan Crow,       including on his private jet and superyacht, without disclosing them on       financial disclosures as federal law requires.              Senate Findings On Harlan Crow: Though Thomas has now started disclosing       some of his trips with Crow on his financial disclosure forms, claiming he       was not previously obligated to report them, the Senate Judiciary Committee       and now the Senate Finance Committee have uncovered additional undisclosed       travel as part of investigations into Thomas—including spending time with       Crow in Russia—and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the Finance Committee chair,       alleged in August Crow is improperly claiming his yacht as a for-profit       business in order to avoid paying taxes on it.              Harlan Crow Tuition: ProPublica reported in May 2023 Crow also paid two       years of tuition for Thomas’ grandnephew Mark Martin, whom the justice has       custody of, to attend two private schools in the 2000s, which cost $6,000       per month at one of the schools and were similarly not disclosed—even as       Thomas did disclose a tuition payment a different friend made years       earlier.              Harlan Crow Real Estate: Thomas and his family also sold a string of       properties in Savannah, Georgia, to Crow in 2014 without disclosing that as       required, ProPublica reports—including the home where his mother still       lives—which Crow told the publication he purchased so he could eventually       build a museum dedicated to the justice.              RV Loan Forgiven: Thomas never repaid a “substantial portion” of a $267,230       loan from wealthy friend Anthony Welters, which he used to purchase a       luxury RV, a Senate Finance Committee investigation found, raising       questions about whether the loan was properly reported on his taxes. If       Thomas never paid the principal on the loan, it would have created a       “significant amount of taxable income,” the committee noted, which wasn’t       reported on his financial disclosure to the court in 2008, the year Welker       said the loan was “satisfied.”              Koch Network Summits: Thomas attended at least two donor summits for the       Koch network—the right-wing political organization founded by billionaire       brothers Charles and David Koch—and participated in a dinner with high-       level donors, without disclosing his appearance at the summits or a private       jet trip he took to and from the event in 2018, ProPublica reported in       September.              Koch Brothers: ProPublica also reported Thomas cultivated a relationship       with the two Koch brothers (David died in 2019) through repeated trips to       the Bohemian Grove, a private retreat for wealthy men; the report noted the       Koch network has brought cases before the Supreme Court, including having       staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs in an upcoming case this term.              Sokol, Huizenga and Novelly Gifts: ProPublica reported that during his       tenure on the Supreme Court, Thomas has accepted gifts including at least       38 “destination vacations,” 26 private jet flights, VIP sports passes,       helicopter flights, private resorts stay and a “standing invitation” for a       private golf club—which ProPublica noted was “almost certainly an       undercount”—particularly from former Berkshire Hathaway executive David       Sokol, late billionaire H. Wayne Huizenga and Apex Oil CEO Paul “Tony”       Novelly, none of which were disclosed on Thomas’ federal disclosure forms.              Horatio Alger Association: ProPublica’s reporting built off a previous New       York Times report that Thomas—a longtime member of the Horatio Alger       Association, which was created to “dispel the mounting belief ... that the       American dream was no longer attainable”—has for years accepted gifts from       a “[broad] cohort of wealthy and powerful friends” who belong to the group,       including people with business before the Supreme Court, receiving such       benefits as luxury trips and a Super Bowl ring.              Ginni Thomas Leonard Leo: Leo, a conservative judicial activist who’s spent       billions on efforts to reshape the federal courts, including the Supreme       Court, told then-conservative pollster Kellyanne Conway to give Ginni       Thomas “another $25k” through a nonprofit group he advises—which then filed       a brief with the Supreme Court—but conceal that the payment was for her,       the Post reports, telling Conway, “No mention of Ginni, of course.”              Ginni Thomas 2020 Election: Thomas pushed efforts to overturn the 2020       election results as her husband was hearing cases on it, including sending       text messages to then White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, which fueled       calls for Thomas to resign or face impeachment over the perceived conflict       of interest.              January 6: Ginni Thomas has also confirmed she briefly attended the rally       on January 6 that preceded the attack on the Capitol building and publicly       criticized the House January 6 Committee, and the justice has come under       fire for failing to recuse himself in a case concerning former President       Donald Trump’s records being turned over to the committee—in which he was       the only justice to dissent and believe the records should have been       withheld.              Ginni Thomas Funding: The Post reported in March that a conservative group       Ginni Thomas formed in 2019 had raised nearly $600,000 from anonymous       donors funneled through a right-wing think tank that filed an amicus brief       at the Supreme Court during the same time, and ethics experts said Clarence              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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