Mastodawn

We work #DavidChase, #PeterThiel, #HoratioAlger & #Herblock into a review of a searing indictment of the #BabyBoomer generation. As if you need more reasons to read it. We review #BruceCannonGibney’s #AGenerationofSociopaths: http://the-agency-review.com/generation-of-sociopaths #sociology #history #culture

The Agency Review Dec 9

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Aug 23, 2023

The combined wealth of my entire family, including the value of the houses we live in, is much less than a tenth of what this kid raised in private loans. Articles like this, telling us we can all be rich #investors, are remixed #HoratioAlger myths that insult the #WorkingClass.

Poetry News Jul 11, 2023

Thomas embroiled in mess
Clarence's role with Alger group
Raises more concerns

#clarencethomas #ethics #horatioalger #haiku #poetry

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/clarence-thomas-ethics-mess-goes-bad-worse-rcna93379

Clarence Thomas’ ethics mess goes from bad to worse

Clarence Thomas' ethics mess was already a problem. Revelations about his role with the Horatio Alger Association make the problem worse.

MSNBC

DrBob, 🧠 Mechanic Jul 10, 2023

#ClarenceThomas Shenanigans: Updated (no end in sight!)

“his ‘friendships’ forged through Horatio Alger have brought him proximity to a lifestyle of unimaginable material privilege…

Several #HoratioAlger friends also helped finance the marketing of a hagiographic #Documentary about the justice in the wake of an #HBO film that had resurfaced #AnitaHill’s #SexualHarassment allegations”

#supremecourt #SCOTUS #Thomas #kickbacks #greed #Ethics #termlimits #justice
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/clarence-thomas-horatio-alger-association.html

The Elite Circle Clarence Thomas Entered That Led to the Supreme Court

The exclusive Horatio Alger Association brought the justice access to wealthy members and unreported V.I.P. treatment. He, in turn, offered another kind of access.

The New York Times

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Nonilex Jul 10, 2023

“But a look at his tenure at the #HoratioAlger Assn, based on >2 dozen interviews & a review of public filings & internal docs, shows that #Justice Thomas has received benefits — many of them previously #unreported — from a broader cohort of #wealthy & #powerful friends. They have included major #donors to #conservative causes w/broad #policy & #political interests & much at stake in #SupremeCourt decisions….”

#ClarenceThomas #SCOTUS #Privilege #Power #Law #Greed

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Nonilex Jul 10, 2023

“Over the yrs, his #HoratioAlger friends have welcomed him at their vacation retreats, arranged VIP access to sporting events & invited him to their lavish parties. In 2004, he joined celebrities including Oprah Winfrey & Ed McMahon at a 3-day 70th birthday bash in MN for the (billionaire) industrialist Dennis Washington.

#ClarenceThomas #SCOTUS #Money #Privilege #Power #Justice #Law

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Nonilex Jul 10, 2023

“One entrepreneur called it ‘the closest thing to being knighted in the United States.’ At the same time, #Justice #ClarenceThomas has served as the group’s best messenger, meeting w/& mentoring the recipients of millions of dollars a year in #HoratioAlger college scholarships, many of whom come from backgrounds that mirror his own.…

“His friendships forged through Horatio Alger have brought him proximity to a lifestyle of unimaginable material privilege.

#SCOTUS #Privilege #Power #Law #Greed

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Nonilex Jul 10, 2023

“At #HoratioAlger, #ClarenceThomas moved into the inner circle, a cluster of extraordinarily #wealthy, largely #conservative members who lionized him & all that he had achieved. While he has never held an ofcl leadership position, in some ways he has become the assn’s leading light. He has granted it unusual access to #SCOTUS, where every yr he presides over the group’s signature event: a ceremony in the courtroom at which he places Horatio Alger medals around the necks of new lifetime members.

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