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.

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[–] 226 points 3 years ago (11 children)

So before, we could only assume from the preponderance of evidence that Thomas is corrupt as shit. Now we know it for a fact. And still, nothing will change because the Koch brothers own more than some SCOTUS justices. They also own most of congress.

End legalized bribery now.

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    [–] 153 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    At minimum, it’s time to investigate Clarence Thomas. When the Democrats retake the house (hopefully in 2024 after the Republicans shutdown the government over nothing), they need to begin impeachment hearings in the House. I don’t care if the Senate will never remove him.

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  • [–] 64 points 3 years ago

    That's right. You don't skip your responsibilities because you think another link down the chain won't fulfill their duties. You do your job and make whoever skips out on their responsibility to put their name to it. Doesn't matter if nothing practical comes of it. Integrity and faith in "the system" demands no less.

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  • [–] 125 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    We shouldn't be talking about impeachment at this point. We should be talking about prison. Injustice Thomas needs to go to prison.

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    First impeachment, then a criminal trial ending in significant prison time.

    Edit: scratch that. Caging humans doesn't decrease crime or otherwise benefit society. Give him several years of community service and permanently take away his licence to practice law in any way, shape or form.

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    [–] 114 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    He and is going to take every dime they can hustle and sign off on any "Supreme Court decision" that Koch's lawyers hand to him.

    And he's not even going to pretend to feel bad about it because there's not a god-danged anyone is going to do to stop it. He's a whore, bought and paid for.

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  • [–] 77 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That's a bit offensive to whores. They only sell their bodies, he's selling democracy.

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  • [–] 101 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    I love the USA, but I'm surprised at how passive the average American has become. Thomas is actively making your lives worse in exchange for bribes. Where are the mass protests? SCOTUS will do nothing about it, and neither will Congress, if you don't protest.

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  • [–] 58 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Half our population is insane actually

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    [–] 65 points 3 years ago

    Of course, none of this actually matters in the slightest unless those ethics violations have consequences.

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  • [–] 64 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    This POS assaulted Anita Hill and never should've been affirmed.

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    Clarence Thomas is clearly not just a threat to the integrity of the court but to the entire United States. If we are going to have a functional democracy, he needs to be removed from office and imprisoned.

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  • [–] 35 points 3 years ago

    Does a wild bear shit in the woods? Of course he worked for the Kochs. Doesn't everyone already know this?

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  • [–] 29 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    murica is winning and winning and winning.

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    [–] 18 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    It literally doesn't matter. The republicans don't care and they've gerrymandered control away from the democrats so it can't change.

    Even if democrats had control it would just be more of the same bullshit with some sugar coated feel good nonsense that still funnels wealth to the real owners of the country while appearing to make a difference.

    What do you do with the democratic process when the same people control the judges, the legislative branch, and the executive branch? The answer is nothing. You just continue on getting f'd like the cows we all are.

    This is not a nation of the people, it's a nation of the owners.

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    [–] 18 points 3 years ago

    I feel like every case justice thomas was a part off and had a vote on the winning rule should be thrown out.

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  • [+] 15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)
  • [–] 27 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Technically, neither one probably paid for it, it was a private jet that they probably own. It's a gift no matter what and should have been disclosed, he's unethical but also doing stuff that's illegal in most government jobs. I think people are forgetting that SCOTUS is a job that the American people hired through the president. Half the court should be fired.

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