ProPublica released a new report on Friday detailing Justice Clarence Thomas’ close relationship with the Koch brothers with previously undisclosed and extraordinarily damning new details.

According to ProPublica, the justice developed a friendship with the Kochs as they were funneling hundreds of millions of dollars into right-wing causes, many of which ended up before the Supreme Court. The brothers then used Thomas to raise money for their sprawling network, inviting him to speak at “donor events” that brought in millions of dollars.

He disclosed none of these activities on his annual disclosure forms, an obvious violation of federal ethics law.

  • @[email protected]
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    -591 year ago

    The republicans aren’t calling for him to step down so this is partisan politics, not an actual call for ethics reform.

    • @[email protected]
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      481 year ago

      That is because one party at least tries to be ethical most of the time and the other doesn’t even have the courtesy to pretend. Ethics shouldn’t be a party issue but here we are.

          • @Ensign_Crab
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            -141 year ago

            De you really think that anyone liberal or left is going to defend Manchin

            All day long on this community.

            • @dragonflyteaparty
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              141 year ago

              Link the mass amount of people. Surely you can go find them.

              • @Ensign_Crab
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                -51 year ago

                Didn’t say a mass amount. But there are people on this community who will defend Manchin as long as anyone keeps talking about what a piece of shit he is. You can test this for yourself. Just point out some policies Manchin has killed and express disappointment without making excuses for him. You’ll be inundated with “HE’S THE BEST WV CAN DO” and “WHATABOUT ALL THE REPUBLICANS HE VOTED WITH?!?!” or some of the standard centrist gaslighting about not knowing how anything works, or some combination of the above.

            • @Illuminostro
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              11 year ago

              “Ah like muh poleeticks like ah like muh football. Muh teem no mattur wut!”

          • @[email protected]
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            -191 year ago

            No, I expect the usual will happen, everyone will try to ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist

            • @Illuminostro
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              51 year ago

              Kind of like your attitude towards reality?

        • @AbidanYre
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          171 year ago

          There are like a dozen stories on the front page right now about Democrats running against Menendez and/or calling for him to resign for corruption. Nobody’s falling for this “both sides” crap anymore.

        • @Cryophilia
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          31 year ago

          Manchin is the most Republican of the Democrats and he’s the best you could come up with when looking for Democratic corruption?

          Kinda proving your opponent’s point here

        • @Illuminostro
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          31 year ago

          A little secret: he ain’t a Democrat. He just said so because the old folks in his State remember when their grandparents voted Democrat.