jensho (she/her)May 4, 2023
Eric Topol
This, by Bill Bramhall today
May 4, 2023 at 6:06pmWeb
Show threadJulietMay 4, 2023
@erictopol Please add #AltText to your images to make them accessible to those who use screen readers.
Show threadZhi Zhu 🕸️May 4, 2023

@erictopol

“The ethical conduct of the #SupremeCourt has been under growing scrutiny,” Emmarie Huetteman wrote. “Questions have been raised over Justice #ClarenceThomas' appearances before Republican-backed groups and his acceptance of favors from a contributor in #Texas, #HarlanCrow...”

Huetteman hasn’t worked for the Times since 2017. So how’d she capture the current gestalt so accurately? Because it hasn’t changed since 2011, when she wrote the passage above."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/02/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-partisanship/

Clarence Thomas’s ethics are not the Supreme Court’s only problem

The court has been viewed with skepticism for decades. But there's a reason it's spiking now.

The Washington Post
Show threadBetterifyouneilMay 4, 2023

@erictopol

But all my rich friends said it was fine.
🤣

Show threadKevin RussellMay 4, 2023

@erictopol

America itself is filled with shame.
Hang down your head.
Child slaughtering, mass death and corruption.

Just shameful. Entitled Republicans destroying a nation.

Show threadDuncanWatsonMay 4, 2023
@erictopol The onion has multiple pieces on this today. Here is one
https://www.theonion.com/supreme-court-once-again-interrupted-by-clarence-thomas-1850404884
Supreme Court Once Again Interrupted By Clarence Thomas Receiving Live Cheetah As Donor Gift

WASHINGTON—Frustrations were reportedly mounting among his fellow justices Thursday when Supreme Court oral arguments were once again interrupted by Clarence Thomas receiving a live cheetah as a gift from a donor. “It is the court’s belief that the defendant—oh, come on, Clarence, really? That’s the third one this…

The Onion
Show threadLorian TaylorMay 4, 2023
@erictopol
And there in lies the problem...
Show threadExtinction (our fate)May 5, 2023

@erictopol

This story has been sitting out there for a dozen years. Nobody, no newsroom, no investigative team, no scandal seekers, no "opposition researcher" has bothered to look into this matter until this political moment.

This is why we need an independent media. Independent from billionaires and monopolists that is.

Show threadHammer ArmadaMay 5, 2023
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