The Saga of Clarence Thomas and His Luxury RV Takes a Disturbing Turn
The Saga of Clarence Thomas and His Luxury RV Takes a Disturbing Turn
In a new letter, Democratic senators press the associate justice on whether he’s paid off the loan for that famous R.V.—and whether he may have ducked federal tax obligations.
But once again, the letter—which TNR viewed—offered little additional clarity.
so by "taking a turn" they mean remains on the exact same path with no new developments.
But once again, I hate modern journalism
I hate the 24 hour news cycle too, but this is worth keeping in the back of your mind. When politicians start asking these questions publicly but it doesn't seem like anything's changed, it's because we're missing information.
It's one real news piece, followed by 20 people's response to that news piece, followed by manufactured drama about those opinions, over and over again.
I thought "the turn" was that he was actually being investigated for it.
Agreed 100%. OTOH - keeping people engaged and thinking about these gross ethics violations are good for our elections. Republicans are winning the hearts and minds of the electorate as they up the ante on terrible acts. This will hopefully not let these assholes get off the hook.
Also… I don’t know this publisher’s ethics standards or motives. Just wishful thinking
keeping people engaged and thinking about these gross ethics violations are good for our elections
in an ideal world. but you even show that you know it doesnt work in the next sentence, these stories do not stop coming out but republicans are not being written off despite them. To republicans its all justified to own the libs, and to people like me, it's just showing impotence of democrats. I only care about these stories if consequences are happening, not empty threats and criticisms.
The main thing we need to do to fix journalism is crowdsource the titles. But how to make that happen? I dunno.
r/savedyouaclick was pretty good at this, I'd say
I mean unless there are consequences, it doesn't mean shit.
That's the disturbing part!
title didn't tell me what the article was about, didn't click
Thomas is refusing to say whether he paid the $264k loan on his RV or whether his rich buddy gave it to him for free. If it was the latter, he should be paying taxes on it, which means a Supreme Court justice may be involved in felony tax evasion.
Wasn't his corruption already disturbing?
I wonder which road his RV took with that turn. Must have gone offroad with it and ended in a swamp ?
As usual, Biden's Justice Department is missing in action. After four years, we're still waiting on any form of accountability for Trump. Thomas can rest easy.
I don't think the DOJ can take on SCOTUS. For that you need Congress
The only thing Congress is needed for is to impeach and remove him. And since we know the chances of that happening are exactly zero, that makes them completely useless.
SC judges aren't immune to the law. The DOJ absolutely can investigate, arrest, and charge him just like they can any other citizen. Now, I'm not saying they will; I'm just saying they can. And if they had anything resembling balls, they would, and then Congress can then decide if they want a Supreme Court judge making rulings from inside a jail cell.
But this is the Merrick Garland DOJ, which means he's too afraid to mention Thomas' name, let alone investigate him. And we all know Congress ain't doing squat.
Who could've predicted that an AG that is part of the federalist society would go easy on a fellow federalist society member.
Clarence Thomas is the definition of making something out of nothing in this country. He was born with nothing, and became a fucking Supreme Court Justice. His only mistake is that he's a conservative... which is too bad..because he's not as "accepted" by his own people... African Americans should be praising this man and giving him the upmost respect for what he's done.
Apparently you've never heard of Thurgood Marshall. Now there was a great man, unlike Clarence "Uncle" Thomas...