This week's parasha includes the famous phrase

צדק צדק תרדוף

"#Justice! Pursue justice!" (Deut. 16:20)

What does this mean in practice? Well, the preceding verse gives us a clue:

לא־תטה משפט לא תכיר פנים ולא־תקח שחד כי השחד יעור עיני חכמים ויסלף דברי צדיקם

"You shall not judge unfairly: you shall show no partiality; you shall not take bribes, for bribes blind the eyes of the discerning and upset the plea of the just." (Deut. 16:19)

To my understanding, #Christians accept the "moral commandments" (as opposed to "ritual commandments") of the #Torah. My question then is: why are so many self-proclaimed Christians—like, say, just as a totally random example, #JusticeThomas, or, another entirely random example, the current occupant of the White House—so willing to transgress these commandments?

#Amerika #impeach47 #resist #donotcomply #SCOTUS #law #ruleOfLaw #democracy #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy #impeachThomas #ImpeachConvictRemove

"#Ethics experts said #ClarenceThomas’ undisclosed ties to the #Koch network could call his impartiality in the case into doubt. This sort of potential conflict is why the judiciary has rules against both political activity and fundraising, they said. 'Parties litigating in the court before #JusticeThomas don’t know the extent of Thomas’ relationship with the parties on the other side,' said James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who studies judicial ethics. 'You have to be pretty cynical to not think that’s a problem.' "

#OligarchCamp
#BohemianGrove
#SCOTUS
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
#ChevronDoctrine
#NDRC
#KochIndustries
#Oligarchy
#CorruptSCOTUS
#SCOTUSIsCompromised
#Corporatocracy
#Oiligarchy
#EnvironmentalProtections
#BigOilAndGas
#CorporatePolluters
#HeritageFoundation
#ClimateDeniers
#WaterIsLife
#AirIsLife

We live in a f*cked up world when #Republican #SCOTUS members are the only ones who do the right thing. WTF!

BREAKING! Supreme Court Refuses Plea to #ProtectOakFlat

#ApacheStronghold said it will continue the fight in the courts

#WendslerNosieSr. said, "While this decision is a heavy blow, our struggle is far from over. We urge Congress to take decisive action to stop this injustice while we press forward in the courts."

By Becket Law, Censored News, May 27, 2025

WASHINGTON – "The Supreme Court today refused to protect a Western Apache sacred site, #OakFlat, from destruction by a Chinese-owned mining giant. In Apache Stronghold v. United States, a coalition of Apaches, other Native peoples, and non-Native allies will now continue to fight in court to
stop the government from transferring Oak Flat to #ResolutionCopper and turning the site into a massive mining
crater, ending Apache religious practices forever.

"#JusticeGorsuch, joined by #JusticeThomas, dissented from the Court’s refusal to hear the appeal,
saying that the Court’s 'decision to shuffle this case off our docket without a full airing is a grievous mistake—one with consequences that threaten to reverberate for generations.'

"Since time immemorial, Western Apaches and other Native peoples have gathered at Oak Flat, outside of present-day Superior, Arizona, for sacred religious ceremonies that cannot take place anywhere else."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05/supreme-court-refuses-plea-to-protect.html

Link to PDF (with Gorsuch's full dissention):

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-291_5i26.pdf

#Fight4OurExistence #SCOTUS #ProtectOakFlat #LandBack #sacredland #OakFlat
#SaveOakFlat #SanCarlosApache #Apache #ReligiousLiberty #NativeAmericans #FirstNations #CensoredNews #ReaderSupportedNews
#ProtectOakFlat #ProtectTheSacred #ApacheStronghold #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #RioTinto #CopperMining #Arizona #LeaveItInTheGround #ChichilBildagoteel #WesternApaches #BecketLaw

Supreme Court Refuses Plea to Protect Oak Flat

Censored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.

@bBuck

Like an aneurism, a growing bubble in the brain where there should be no growing bubble.

A social and economic aneurism, that kills the host by clot or stroke.

Or like today, by both.

#billionairism #nihilionaires #billionaires #musk #bezos #porky #coup #JusticeThomas

What If Trump Wins?

The chaos and lawlessness of the first term could pale in comparison to what comes next.

Rolling Stone
I’m going to make a seemingly controversial statement: Ginni Thomas is a treasure. No, not in the warm and fuzzy kind of way, but the trove type. She just keeps giving us all kinds of reasons why #SCOTUS seriously needs to be reconfigured in “so, so, so” many ways (see what I did there?). Impeach and remove Thomas and others. Expand the court. Impose term limits. Impose real consequences for violating a strict ethics code. #courts #RuleOfLaw #uspol #justicethomas https://www.salon.com/2024/09/04/ginni-thomas-privately-praised-group-opposing-reform-thank-you-so-so-so-much_partner/
Ginni Thomas privately praised group opposing Supreme Court reform: “Thank you so, so, so much"

In call with donors, First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford read email he said came from Thomas.

Salon.com
Lorraine Evanoff on Substack

Brilliant. "Did you know who it was back then who financed the Swiftbosat Veterans for Truth campaign? It was Harlan Crow. Yes, that Harlan Crow. Clarence Thomas’s sugar daddy. Did you know who the “Republican hitman” - as he was known then - who ran that campaign was? It was Chris LaCivita, the guy now running the Trump 2024 campaign, who has been given control of the operations of the RNC. Last week, when Tim Walz was first “discovered” and people began to take a look at his biography, Chris LaCivita put in a call to Harlan Crow. And, after the call, Crow made a “significant donation” to the PAC supporting Trump, which isn’t supposed to be controlled by the campaign, but is run by one of LaCivita’s associates. Rather than let the bullshit lie there unnoticed like Kerry did in 2004, the Harris campaign was quick to pounce, and make certain the Credulous Media got the facts: Walz served in the field artillery, a job that took a toll on his hearing. After serving 20 years, in 2002 a medical board considered discharging him because of the hearing impairment he’d developed from that. At the time, he was already eligible for retirement, but he convinced the board to allow him to complete his assignment, which had begun just after 9/11."

Substack

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/crewjuly2024match

Five years ago, #JusticeThomas was just arriving off the private jet paid for by #HarlanCrow in Santa Rosa for the two-week all male #BohemianGrove party…right on the heels of his trip #yachting around #Indonesia, also paid for by Crow.

If past summers are any indication, #JusticeClarenceThomas is in a summer full of travel on private jets paid for by billionaire friends–he never disclosed any of this until this year. That’s much too late, and it’s illegal.

 #DirkSchwenk

🔴 So let's get this straight. #JusticeThomas went to #russia, in secret, with #HarlanCrow. The trip included a helicopter ride to a palace in St. Petersburg. It took place in 2003. This is the first known yacht trip. Let's examine the implications. A thread:

ℹ First, a rich american with a #SCOTUS justice doesn't just show up unannounced and fly a helicopter into St. Petersburg

That sh*t requires advanced notice and clearance ⤵

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1811828418503409910.html #US #News

Thread by @DirkSchwenk on Thread Reader App

@DirkSchwenk: So let's get this straight. Justice Thomas went to Russia, in secret, with Harlan Crow. The trip included a helicopter ride to a palace in St. Petersburg. It took place in 2003. This is the...…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Articles of Impeachment against Justices Thomas and Alito

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