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Clarence Thomas’ Latest Pay-to-Play Scandal Finally Connects All the Dots (slate.com)

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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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[-] just_change_it@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago

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.

[-] Vodik_VDK@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

What do you do with the democratic process

There's more than one way to run a democracy, and more than one way to tally votes; it just so happens that the way we're currently doing it —First Past The Post Voting— is utter shit; it's the lynchpin of the two party system and systemic corruption.

If we commit grassroots focus to electoral reforms in favor of Ranked Choice Voting then all these insidious actors will find power to be much more slippery.

[-] just_change_it@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

I want this but I don't see any way of it happening in current republican controlled states. Seems really difficult in democrat ones too.

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

[-] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago

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