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Whatever she has been up to, trying to get back at her by charging a 13-year old with terrorism over posting a jpeg is loving vile.
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He’s so going to be our president. lol. So anyways, Clarence Thomas has been taking bribes: https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow quote:IN LATE JUNE 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet headed to Indonesia. He and his wife were going on vacation: nine days of island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago on a superyacht staffed by a coterie of attendants and a private chef. Will he see any repercussion? I mean, his wife was involved in the coup so uh. Automata 10 Pack fucked around with this message at 12:57 on Apr 6, 2023 |
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Slashrat posted:Whatever she has been up to, trying to get back at her by charging a 13-year old with terrorism over posting a jpeg is loving vile. Eh, put me in the skeptical camp until there’s an actual charge filed…
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Kalit posted:Eh, put me in the skeptical camp until there’s an actual charge filed… DeSantis tricked and basically kidnapped and human trafficked immigrants to score political points, arrested people for voting and engaged in countless petty abuses of power to punish his political enemies, Wtf would you give that Nazi piece of poo poo the benefit of the doubt?
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Skex posted:DeSantis tricked and basically kidnapped and human trafficked immigrants to score political points, arrested people for voting and engaged in countless petty abuses of power to punish his political enemies, Tbh I'm somewhat on the skeptical side as well because it's so comically stupid, but also the question becomes "why now?". It's been years since she has been relevant to DeSantis, and while "cruelty is the point" there isn't really anything he gets out of this that hasn't already been done in the past.
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Automata 10 Pack posted:He’s so going to be our president. lol. not without a Dem majority in the house. Not without a spine majority either considering the amount of optics poisoning. Unless he resigns himself the AG wont risk committing politics by charging a political opponent before an impeachment.
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CuddleCryptid posted:Tbh I'm somewhat on the skeptical side as well because it's so comically stupid, but also the question becomes "why now?". It's been years since she has been relevant to DeSantis, and while "cruelty is the point" there isn't really anything he gets out of this that hasn't already been done in the past.
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Skex posted:DeSantis tricked and basically kidnapped and human trafficked immigrants to score political points, arrested people for voting and engaged in countless petty abuses of power to punish his political enemies, It’s not trust in DeSantis, but distrust in an extremely far fetched story (in multiple ways) by someone who has lied a lot For the biggest specific reason why I’m skeptical: how has no news outlet printed a story on this? It shouldn’t be hard to confirm a 13 year old that was arrested and has since been in custody for nearly 12 hours
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Automata 10 Pack posted:So anyways, Clarence Thomas has been taking bribes: Well now the other Justices are going to be angry THEY didn't get at least $500,000 bribes a year. Though I can assume they all are getting bribes they don't declare too.
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Kalit posted:It’s not trust in DeSantis, but distrust in an extremely far fetched story (in multiple ways) by someone who has lied a lot What are you accusing this woman of lying based on? So far you are in good company with your skepticism, the cop who murdered Breonna Taylor agrees! Harold Fjord fucked around with this message at 13:55 on Apr 6, 2023 |
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CuddleCryptid posted:Tbh I'm somewhat on the skeptical side as well because it's so comically stupid, but also the question becomes "why now?". It's been years since she has been relevant to DeSantis, and while "cruelty is the point" there isn't really anything he gets out of this that hasn't already been done in the past. She said in the second tweet that she just started a lawsuit against the state.
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I think we should believe the woman who says that a known fascist governor is using the power of the state to attack her family. It doesn't require a huge stretch of the imagination given all the things we know about Desantis. If it turns out she's lying, then yeah gently caress her. But for now, practically and morally speaking, there is absolutely nothing to be gained by doubting her.
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Automata 10 Pack posted:He’s so going to be our president. lol. "In a 6-3 decision by the SCOTUS, not only is bribing Chief Justices fine, but it is now mandatory to bribe them".
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Automata 10 Pack posted:He’s so going to be our president. lol. Weren't there a lot of rumors and allegations that Scalia had the same kind of relationship(s)? I'm not sure if "bribery" is the correct term unless there was an established quid pro quo, but I'm pretty sure Thomas isn't (wasn't) the only one.
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This is the most salient point from that thread. Pretty on the nose from someone who just sleeps through arguments. He’s completely bought and paid for, doesn’t care, knows he’s untouchable, and doesn’t give the slightest poo poo about keeping up appearances. Must be free’ing. https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1643932027215904775?s=46&t=JBd6ZXmGQ3LmWL-ineTnAA Shooting Blanks posted:Weren't there a lot of rumors and allegations that Scalia had the same kind of relationship(s)? I'm not sure if "bribery" is the correct term unless there was an established quid pro quo, but I'm pretty sure Thomas isn't (wasn't) the only one. Scalia was even more shameless about it.
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It's possible that it hasn't been processed yet or that her son has a different last name than her, but there is no minor with the last name of Jones who was charged with a crime in Florida in the last 24 hours in NCIC.
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Harold Fjord posted:What are you accusing this woman of lying based on? Did you read the legal issues section of the wiki entry posted earlier? Just huge Main Character/Cookie Monster PJ pants in public energy. That doesn’t disqualify her outright, but does justify healthy skepticism.
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Fluffs McCloud posted:This gets really expensive really quick. I love hop waters, mocktails, and numerous decent non-alcoholic beer. That said, having drunk them extensively when cutting back or going dry for periods of time, my tabs easily doubled from not sipping on a tallboy of Rainier or Montucky, or even a well spirit. As with so many things, good luck if you're already barely getting by. just get a club soda with lime. classic sober drink.
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Fister Roboto posted:But for now, practically and morally speaking, there is absolutely nothing to be gained by doubting her. I trust she is working with lawyers and in contact with the press, and if there is a story here it will be covered.
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TheDisreputableDog posted:Did you read the legal issues section of the wiki entry posted earlier? Just huge Main Character/Cookie Monster PJ pants in public energy. The part about a past relationship at a university she taught? Not sure I agree with this assessment of its relevance "Accused of editorializing the way she was arrested for whistleblowing" doesn't seem very damning either. Harold Fjord fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Apr 6, 2023 |
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Randalor posted:"In a 6-3 decision by the SCOTUS, not only is bribing Chief Justices fine, but it is now mandatory to bribe them". They previously ruled that in order to count as a bribe, one or more of the listed types of payment:
Pretty clear that Thomas has yet to be bribed.
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FizFashizzle posted:This is the most salient point from that thread. Pretty on the nose from someone who just sleeps through arguments. He’s completely bought and paid for, doesn’t care, knows he’s untouchable, and doesn’t give the slightest poo poo about keeping up appearances. Must be free’ing. Behind the Bastards has a good multi-part episode about Clarence Thomas, and he really is a fygm shithead. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-the-clarence-thomas-story-99759984/
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:It's possible that it hasn't been processed yet or that her son has a different last name than her, but there is no minor with the last name of Jones who was charged with a crime in Florida in the last 24 hours in NCIC. Let's also keep in my mind that 12 hours is a quick turn around time for a reputable journalist to turn around a news story. To say there isn't anyone picking it up right now, doesn't mean anything. Also, to add, did anyone see that Musk added NPR as a US State Media arm on Twitter?
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Mooseontheloose posted:Let's also keep in my mind that 12 hours is a quick turn around time for a reputable journalist to turn around a news story. To say there isn't anyone picking it up right now, doesn't mean anything. NPR sure did.
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FizFashizzle posted:This is the most salient point from that thread. Pretty on the nose from someone who just sleeps through arguments. He’s completely bought and paid for, doesn’t care, knows he’s untouchable, and doesn’t give the slightest poo poo about keeping up appearances. Must be free’ing. Seriously though, whether any of this rises to a crime is irrelevant because he'd have to be impeached + convicted to be removed. Obviously that's far outside of the realm of possibility.
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cat botherer posted:Man, I bet whoever was on the judiciary committee when Thomas was appointed feels like a dumb rear end in a top hat now!
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Harold Fjord posted:What are you accusing this woman of lying based on? https://www.politico.com/states/flo...ampaign-1385039 quote:As the head of Florida’s emergency management department, he was already in charge of pandemic response and had to contend with someone in his office possibly leaking to a purveyor of what he called coronavirus “disinformation.” The person receiving the leaks was Rebekah Jones, a fired health department worker who earned national media attention for unsubstantiated allegations that Florida was manipulating Covid-19 death data. Politifact says she lied about a leaked document proving that she demonstrated DeSantis was fixing the research. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/nov/01/rebekah-jones/rebekah-jones-misrepresents-findings-state-investi/ quote:Jones shared a photo of the report the Commission on Human Relations released about Jones’ whistleblower complaint. The version of the report in the photo included multiple discrepancies from the official version released by the commission. Although that Politifact article is uh, weirdly semantic. And I can see Florida democrats going turncoat against anybody speaking out against the ol’ meatball because, y’know, he’s a freak that persecutes people.
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Isn't it absolutely undeniably a crime under the Watergate laws? Not accepting the gifts, but the complete failure to report them?
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FizFashizzle posted:This is the most salient point from that thread. Pretty on the nose from someone who just sleeps through arguments. He’s completely bought and paid for, doesn’t care, knows he’s untouchable, and doesn’t give the slightest poo poo about keeping up appearances. Must be free’ing. That trip Scalia died on was one of his many, many junkets, in fact. A history of Scalia's
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GlyphGryph posted:Isn't it absolutely undeniably a crime under the Watergate laws? Not accepting the gifts, but the complete failure to report them? It's deniably a crime, because they're going to deny it. Ither posted:If a justice gets thrown in jail (this won't happen sadly) can they still hear cases? They can do whatever they want until they get impeached and removed.
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Ither posted:If a justice gets thrown in jail (this won't happen sadly) can they still hear cases? Probably their own.
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Mellow Seas posted:I know you didn’t specifically say this wasn’t the case but I’m just gonna throw in a reminder here that Biden voted against Thomas’s nomination, since people often claim or imply that he was a huge Thomas cheerleader. Biden also, as chair of the senate judiciary committee, refused to allow Thomas' other victims to testify as Hill did. He felt bad enough about it that he apologized for his actions, and for allowing the mistreatment of Hill during the Thomas hearings, during the 2020 campaign. Willa Rogers fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Apr 6, 2023 |
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Yeah I'm sure he felt really bad about it, coincidental timing tho 
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keeping in mind that npr killed a documentary on the koch brothers because they threatened to stop funding npr. "citizen koch" was later released independently
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InsertPotPun posted:keeping in mind that npr killed a documentary on the koch brothers because they threatened to stop funding npr. NPR is bad sure, but this is so clearly an Elon pissing his pants moment. For example, Voice of America doesn't have that label, and uh....
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Randalor posted:"In a 6-3 decision by the SCOTUS, not only is bribing Chief Justices fine, but it is now mandatory to bribe them". Why should anyone expect SCOTUS to clean it's own house. Impeachment exists for just such a scenario, but the Democrats won't even have the juice to launch a proper investigation.
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VoA makes sense as being labeled as state media. NPR does not. Like a lot of other recent actions, this reads as Musk exploiting the platform to favor right-wing narratives.
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Failed Imagineer posted:Yeah I'm sure he felt really bad about it, coincidental timing tho My point was that Biden hosed up as judiciary committee chair in spite of ultimately voting against confirmation. Of course it was insincere, or he would've said something before his post-MeToo presidential run rather than waiting for almost three decades to pretend to be contrite.
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Kalli posted:NPR is bad sure, but this is so clearly an Elon pissing his pants moment. but yeah elon, state media *wank*
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