Mastodawn

U.S. Politics in Real Time Sep 18, 2023

GOP megadonor drops support for DeSantis' presidential bid, saying his 'ongoing battle with Disney' is 'pointless'

https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaire-ken-griffin-drops-desantis-pointless-battle-disney-2023-9

#BusinessInsider #GOPMegadonor #DeSantis #DisneyBattle #PresidentialBid #KenGriffin #Politics #News

DeSantis megadonor criticizes governor for 'pointless' battle with Disney

Ken Griffin, who was DeSantis' biggest backer in 2022, previously said that "our country would be well-served by him as president."

Insider

U.S. Politics in Real Time Aug 1, 2023

RFK Jr's super PAC is mostly funded by a GOP megadonor who spent millions on Trump and bankrolled an effort to build a border wall in Texas

https://www.businessinsider.com/super-pac-robert-kennedy-funding-tim-mellon-trump-border-wall-2023-7

#RFKJrSuperPAC #GOPMegadonor #TrumpCampaign #BorderWallTexas #TimMellon #CampaignFunding #Politics #News

RFK Jr super PAC mostly bankrolled by pro-Trump GOP billionaire

$5 million of the group's nearly $9.8 million fundraising haul came from Timothy Mellon, who gave millions to Trump's super PAC in 2020.

Insider

U.S. Politics in Real Time May 11, 2023

Justice Elena Kagan was worried about the ethics of accepting bagels from friends, while Clarence Thomas was enjoying expensive vacations paid for by a GOP megadonor: report

https://www.businessinsider.com/supreme-court-elena-kagan-rejected-bagels-clarence-thomas-paid-vacations-2023-5

#BusinessInsider #SupremeCourtEthics #ElenaKaganBagelEthics #ClarenceThomasPaidVacations #GOPMegadonor #JudicialEthics #Politics #News

While Clarence Thomas accepted vacations, Elena Kagan refused bagels

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Elena Kagan seem to have vastly different approaches to the court's rules on gifts, per Forward.

Insider

U.S. Politics in Real Time May 10, 2023

Billionaire Harlan Crow Also Bankrolled GOP Lawmakers Blocking SCOTUS Ethics Reform. A new analysis shows Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have received more than $450,000 from the same GOP megadonor who has lavished Justice Clarence Thomas with undisclosed gifts.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/harlan-crow-senate-judiciary-committee-republicans-supreme-court-reforms

#CommonDreams #HarlanCrow #SenateJudiciaryCommittee #SCOTUSreform #GOPmegadonor #ClarenceThomas #Politics #News

Billionaire Harlan Crow Also Bankrolled GOP Lawmakers Blocking SCOTUS Ethics Reform | Common Dreams

A new analysis shows Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have received more than $450,000 from the same GOP megadonor who has lavished Justice Clarence Thomas with undisclosed gifts.

Common Dreams

U.S. Politics in Real Time May 5, 2023

Durbin: Reports about Clarence Thomas, GOP megadonor ‘getting worse by the day’

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3988475-durbin-reports-about-clarence-thomas-gop-megadonor-getting-worse-by-the-day?utm_source=hill_app&utm_medium=social&utm_content=share-link

#TheHill #ClarenceThomas #GOPmegadonor #Durbin #sexualharassment #SupremeCourt #Politics #News

Durbin: Reports about Clarence Thomas, GOP megadonor ‘getting worse by the day’

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Thursday that the reports about Justice Clarence Thomas’s ties with GOP megadonor Harlan Crow are worsening each day. Durbin said his initial reaction to the new report by ProPublica that Crow paid for the boarding school tuition of Thomas’s great-nephew was a “combination of sadness and rage.” “Sadness to think…

The Hill

U.S. Politics in Real Time May 5, 2023

Clarence Thomas — who let a GOP megadonor foot bills for him for years — said being a Supreme Court justice 'is not worth doing for what they pay'

https://www.businessinsider.com/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-is-not-worth-doing-for-pay-2023-5

#BusinessInsider #ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #GOPmegadonor #judgesalary #ethicsconcerns #Politics #News

Clarence Thomas: Supreme Court 'not worth doing for what they pay'

Clarence Thomas made the remark in 2001, when Supreme Court justices earned a $178,300 salary. He said the job was "worth doing for the principle."

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Poetry News Apr 18, 2023

Clarence Thomas's filing cause a stir,
For his finances weren't reported to her
Though a decade ago
He failed to show
Now it's time to amend as he concur

#clarencethomas #financialdisclosure #gopmegadonor #cnnpolitics #limerick #poetry

http://us.cnn.com/2023/04/17/politics/clarence-thomas-amend-disclosure-gop-megadonor/index.html